50 years of SIYSS
The history of Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar dates as far back as 1976. The first SIYSS, organized by The Swedish Federation of Young Scientists with help from the Nobel Foundation. 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. For the 10th SIYSS in 1985, more nationalities than ever participated in the week-long seminar. Since then, the program has included up to 30 participants, averaging 24 participants in the past few years. Apart from introducing participants to Swedish culture, science and research, the program brings together youths from all over the world with similar interests and aims to promote international understanding and friendship.
Past honorary guests and content contributors include:
2024
the Nobel Prize laureate David Baker.
2023
the Nobel Prize laureate Moungi Bawendi.
2022
the Nobel Prize laureate David MacMillan.
2020 Digital SIYSS
The nobel lauratem Donna Strickland, Prins Daniel, Jane Walerud.
2016
Cecilia Hertz- founder and Managing Director of Umbilical Design. Umbilical Design is the lead for the Construction and Furniture sector in the ESA Technology Transfer Network and has more than 15 years of experience of working in the space industry.
2014
Associate Professor Ulrica Edlund at KTH – Royal Institute of Technology whose science focuses on polymer biomaterials. Edlund has among other honors been awarded the Stockholm Business Region Innovation Award.
Ph.D. student Niclas Lindvall at Chalmers University of Technology who researches Graphene.
2013
Professor Peter Aspelin, Diagnostic Radiology, Karolinska Institutet
Professor Per-Olof Nilsson, founder of Fysikaliska leksaker (Physical Toys)
2010
Rickard Jonsson, Doctor in theory of relativity at Chalmers University of Technology. Jonsson is one of the few who have conducted research on how to pedagogize Einstein’s General theory of relativity.
Daniel L. McFadden, 2000 Nobel laureate in Economy
Frank Wilczek, 2004 Nobel laureate in Physics.
2009
Professor Johann Deisenhofer, 2002 Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
2008
Professor Martin Chalfie, 2008 Nobel laureate in Medicine.
Professor Ropert Horvitz, 2002 Nobel laureate in Medicine
