IAP Young Scientists activities at the venue in Tianjin, the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center

Afternoon Welcome

The World Economic Forum and IAP invited the Young Scientists Delegation to a Welcome Dinner to celebrate the beginning of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions. Welcoming remarks were given by:

• Howard Alper, Chair and President, Science, Technology and Innovation Council, Canada
• André Schneider, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Economic Forum

Session I: Building Successful Business-University Partnerships

The successful partnerships that exist between some of the world's leading universities and top corporations have not always been easily replicated. What are the factors that lead to successful and results-oriented cooperation?
The IAP Young Scientists and members of faculty and business communities of the World Economic Forum discussed ways in which stronger and more successful university-business relationships can be formed, especially in emerging markets.
Discussion Leaders:

• Howard Alper, Chair and President, Science, Technology and Innovation Council, Canada
• Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli, Vice-President for Innovation and Technology
• Transfer, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
• Jean-Marc Frangos, Managing Director, External Innovation, BT Group Plc, USA
• Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
• Jeong Kim, President, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA

Meeting with Ministers of Science and Technology

Young Global Leaders Joint Session with the Young Scientists at the YGL Space "IDEALSLAB"

This session served as an opportunity for Young Global Leaders to interact with the IAP group of Young Scientists. Participants shared their experiences as well as discussed avenues to complement each other's work. The IDEASLAB was a collaborative brainstorming workshop between Young Scientists and Young Global Leaders and explored new and innovative ways of advancing green technologies for sustainability. Ideas were shared on the clean solutions to meet needs for a sustainable future, especially green energy solutions, water and health.

Throughout the official events, the IAP Young Scientists had the opportunity to meet with technology pioneers and young global leaders. IAP is running an award scheme for young scientists who managed to establish a partnership with an entrepreneur at the Forum to carry out a "research to business" project.

On Thursday 16 September, the community of Young Scientists attended a "Debrief and Wrap-Up" session at the Crystal Palace Hotel in Tianjin to reflect on the learning's of the previous days, as well as provide feedback and identify next steps. The Young Scientists were then taken on a scientific tour of Tianjin and attended symposiums at Tianjin University and Nankai University in order to meet and share experiences with local scientists. One symposium focused on Biology, Medicine and Life Sciences, and the other focused on Energy, the Environment and clean solutions. The day ended with a Young Scientists Farewell Party at Nankai University hosted by the City of Tianjin.

One of the main outputs of the 3rd IAP Young Scientists Conference 2010 is the Young Scientist Ambassador Program (YSAP), established by the young scientists during the concluding session. This program will promote the efforts of the Young Scientists to bridge the international scientific gap by facilitating cultural, scientific, intellectual, or educational interactions. The ambassadorship is non-traditional; that is, interaction must occur between two countries that are at different stages of scientific development, or between two countries that historically have had minimal scientific contact. More information is available from the YSAP website at: www.chem.ufl.edu/~miller/YSAP/, or by contacting Professor Steven Miller, on email: miller@chem.ufl.edu