About Asian Science Camp (ASC)

The idea of the Asian Science Camp (ASC) 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 number of Nobel Laureates and world-class scientists as speakers and devise an interesting program to attract all the participants, including plenary sessions, informal discussions, student master dialogues, a creative poster competition, social events and excursion. The working language would be English.

It will be a 6–days inspiring /life changing moment for around 250 Asian students, who will learn from Nobel Laureates and world class scientists in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Medicine.   

Considering that Asia’s current education systems, compared with those in the West, traditionally lack flexibility and openness in developing students’ individuality, creativity and originality, particularly with respect to science, reshaping of education in Asian region is a very important task. A realistic first step is to provide those bright and promising students an opportunity to satisfy their desire for learning and inspire them to pursue excellence in science research. These talented students would then become assets not only to their own countries, but to all human kind. It is our dream that students participating in ASC event will one day contribute to shape a better future for all nations through their creative inventions.