Asian Science Camp

The Asian Science Camp (ASC) is an annual forum for pre-collegiate and college students which aims at promoting discussion and cooperation among Asian students for the betterment of science in the Asian region. The first ASC was held at Taipei in 2007, and was subsequently held at Bali (2008), Tsukuba (Japan) (2009), Mumbai (2010), Daejeon (South Korea) (2011), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) (2012). This idea of an annual camp was co-proposed by Yuan Tseh Lee and Masatoshi Koshiba at the 2005 Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau. The ASC is modeled after the Lindau meetings.[1][2][3]

Background

The idea of the Asian Science Camp[4] was co-proposed in September 2005 after the 55th Annual meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany, by Professor Yuan Tseh Lee (1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) from Chinese Taipei, and Professor Masatoshi Koshiba (2002 Nobel Laureate in Physics) from Japan. The proposal expressed the aim to enlighten science talented youths through discussions and dialogues with top scholars in the world, and promoting international friendship and cooperation among best young students of the next generation in Asia. The Lindau Meetings will serve as a model. The Asian Science Camp would invite a dozen Nobel Laureates or world-distinguished scientists as speakers and devise an interesting program to attract all the participants, including plenary sessions, round table discussions, student master dialogues, a creative poster competition, social events and excursion. The working language would be English. This proposal was soon discussed in a board meeting of the Wu Chien-Shiung Education Foundation and was approved unanimously by the board.

The governing body of the Asian Science Camp is the International Board of Asian Science Camp (IBASC). IBASC is a not- for- profit organization, consisting of non-governmental educational institutions. The 2007 Asian Science Camp was organized by the Wu Chien-Shiung Education Foundation with the assistance of Academia Sinica in Taiwan. This non-government Foundation was established in 1995 to commemorate the monumental contributions of Madame Dr. Wu Chien-Shiung to physics and her lifelong love for science education. Since its inauguration in Taiwan in August 2007, the Asian Science Camp has become an International annual event in Asia. [5]

Host Countries

2016 - India Bengaluru, India

2015 - Thailand Bangkok, Thailand

2014 - Singapore Singapore

2013 - Japan Tsukuba, Japan

2012 - Israel Jerusalem, Israel[6]

2011 - South Korea Daejeon, South Korea

2010 - Japan Tsukuba, Japan

2009 - India Mumbai, India

2008 - Indonesia Bali, Indonesia

2007 - Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan

Sixth Asian Science Camp

The Sixth Asian Science Camp hosted by Israel took place in the Hebrew University Safra Campus Jerusalem in 2012 was, by then, the largest event in terms of the number of students from when the project first began. Approximately 300 students, 5 Nobel Prize recipients, and 20 leading experts attended the event.

References

  1. ↑ "Asian Science Camp 2010, Mumbai, India". TIFR. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  2. ↑ "ASC 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Asian Science Camp 2012, Jerusalem, Israel". Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  4. ↑ Asian Science Camp
  5. ↑ Asian Science Camp 2008, Bali, Indonesia Archived February 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ 2012 ASC, Jerusalem Israel

Asian Science Camp Alumni Association www.ascnepal.org

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