October 21, 2019

Asia-Pacific Conference of Young Scientists and Science Fair Held in Yakutsk

From October 14-18, 2019 Yakutsk hosted the 8th Asia-Pacific Conference of Young Scientists (APCYS). This large-scale meeting was held in Russia for the first time and attended by over 130 participants from 11 countries, including China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. High school students presented their research projects in five categories: physics, mathematics, computer science, environmental sciences, and life sciences. The presentations were evaluated by an international jury comprising well-known experts in the corresponding category. The jury was chaired by prominent theoretical physicist Prof. Kwek Leong Chuan from the Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore. The 2nd Yakutsk International Science Fair was held concurrently with APCYS – with both events aiming to encourage and promote interest in science and technology. The meetings provided an excellent opportunity for contestants from remote Yakutian schools to showcase their work and interact with like-minded students from the Asia-Pacific region. MPI provides continued support to all regional science fairs by assisting with project review, judging, organizing research site visits, and running talks and workshops. This year, Alexandra Cherepanova of MPI Laboratory of General Geocryology judged the presented projects as a jury member (photo).