This is SIYSS

Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) aims to inspire youth to pursue science, by highlighting remarkable achievements of young scientists from around the world.

The first iteration of SIYSS was organized with help from the Nobel Foundation in 1976. At the time, seven young scientists were invited to Sweden to talk about their research in front of an audience of Swedish high school students. Furthermore, their stay included a fully packed social program which combined exposure to Swedish science and innovation, Swedish culture and the Nobel Prize Award ceremonies. Since then, subsequent editions have iterated on this initial blueprint, and hundreds of participants and tens of thousands of students have attended SIYSS. 

Fast forward to today – each year, two dozen young scientists, aged 18 to 25, are selected at international science fairs and by SIYSS affiliated universities to speak at the seminar. This selection is based on their extraordinary research efforts.

Minds of the Future
By gathering some of the brightest young minds in the scientific community, SIYSS hopes to inspire the young audience members by showcasing what it means to be a scientist. However, science is not just about doing research and presenting your findings. A major aspect of science is communication across disciplines in order to tackle greater issues in society at large. Minds of the Future will highlight this by providing a number of SIYSS participants representing different disciplines and countries with a stage upon which they can discuss some of these issues. The purpose of the panel discussion is to raise awareness of some of these issues, but also inspire hope for scientific collaboration to create a better future.

In 2024, The Minds of the Future panel consisted of 4 SIYSS participants and the Nobel laureate David Baker. You can watch the full discussion here.

In 2023, The Minds of the Future panel consisted of 5 SIYSS participants and the Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi. You can watch the full discussion here.

In 2022, The Minds of the Future panel consisted of 11 SIYSS participants and the Nobel laureate David MacMillan. You can watch the full discussion here.

If you are a teacher, check out our school material:

• Presentation technique
  
• Reading comprehension and text structure: reports
• The scientific process: poster analysis
• The scientific process: reflection and discussion
• Reading comprehension and text structure: abstracts
• Writing abstracts and practising peer-reviewing
• Minds of the Future 2023
• Minds of the Future 2022

If you have any questions, please send us an e-mail at maria.osterlund@ungaforskare.se