Asian Science Camp 2022 participants with Kim Eunjoon

The Asian Science Camp (ASC) is an annual forum for pre- collegiate and college students which aims at promoting discussion and cooperation among

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n students for the betterment of science in the Asian region. The first ASC was held at

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in 2007, and was subsequently held at

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in 2008,

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in 2009,

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

in 2010,

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in 2011, and

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in 2012, among others. This idea of an annual camp was co-proposed by Yuan Tseh Lee and Masatoshi Koshiba at the 2005 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The ASC is modeled after the Lindau meetings.

Background

The idea of the Asian Science Camp 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 Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. 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

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, 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 Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei. Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...

. 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.

Host countries

2025 - Nakhon Ratchasima Province,

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

2024 - Not held 2023 - Not held 2022 -

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

2021 - Postponed due to COVID-19 2020 - Postponed due to COVID-19 2019 -

Shantou Shantou, Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 20 ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

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2017 - Kampar,

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

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Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

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Camps by year

ASC 2007

The first Asian Science Camp was held at

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in August 2007. It was organized by the Wu Chien Shiung Foundation with assistance from Academia Sinica. Around 400 students and five Noble Laureates attended this event. The event was supported and funded by Ministry of Education, National Science Council, Academia Sinica, National Women's League of the R.O.C., Macronix International Co., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacture Company Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Company, MediaTek Inc., Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., Li Ching Cultural and Education Foundation.

ASC 2012

The sixth Asian Science Camp took place in the Hebrew University Safra Campus,

in 2012. Hosted by

, it had the largest number of students compared to previous years. Approximately 300 students, 5 Nobel Prize recipients, and 20 leading experts attended the event.

ASC 2015

The ninth Asian Science Camp was held in August 2015. The Camp was hosted by Thailand and organized by th
Promotion of Academic Olympiad and Development of Science Education Foundation (POSN)
to celebrate the 60th birthday of H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. ASC 2015 was held at Sirindhorn Science Home and Thailand Science Park Convention Center of the

National Science and Technology Development Agency The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) is an agency of the government of Thailand which supports research in science and technology and its application in the Thai economy. See also * NSTDA affiliated institutions ** ...

Pathum Thani Pathum Thani (, ) is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, directly north of Bangkok. It is the capital of the Pathum Thani province, Thailand as well as the Mueang Pathum Thani district. As of 2005, it has a population of 18,320, c ...

and co-hosted by the

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, Ministry of Science and Technology,

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, Science Society of Thailand under Royal Patronage, and the

Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology The Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology (IPST) is a Thai state agency, founded in 1972. Its responsibilities include the development of national science and mathematics curricula, and sponsorship of science education, as ...

. 255 students from 28 countries including 40 from Thailand, attended along with their leadership. Plenary lectures were given by Yuan T Lee,

Robert Huber Robert Huber (; born 20 February 1937) is a German biochemist and Nobel laureate. known for his work crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the protein's st ...

Harald zur Hausen Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; 11 March 1936 – 29 May 2023) was a German virologist. He carried out research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Phy ...

Ada Yonath Ada E. Yonath (, ; born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for B ...

Vladimir Voevodsky Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky (, ; 4 June 1966 – 30 September 2017) was a Russian-American mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal ...

Hitoshi Murayama is a Japanese-born physicist with notable contributions in the fields of particle physics and cosmology. He is currently a professor at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and was the Director of the Ka ...

and Yongyuth Yuthavong.

ASC 2016

The tenth Asian Science Camp was jointly organised by the Department of Science and Technology of India and the

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a Public university, public, Deemed university, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The ...

in August 2016. The venue for the program was J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science and the program was divided into academic programs and sightseeing and excursions.

ASC 2022

After a two-year delay due to the

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, the fourteenth Asian Science Camp was held in 2022 in Daejeon, South Korea. This was the first hybrid offline and online conference and had 250 participants from 25 countries.

References

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