08:00 – 08:45
Breakfast
Breakfast is available at the venue for New GYA members and workshop participants (facilitators, mentors)
Location: West Court
09.00 – 17.00
(Lunch break 12:30 – 13:30)
Science Leadership Workshop for New Members – Day 1
Internal Workshop (registration required). This 2-day workshop aims to give new GYA members space to reflect together on how to be leaders in diverse contexts: in their research contexts, in the institutions and communities where they live and work, and in the GYA. The workshop will cover topics like effective and creative problem solving, collective leadership tools, personality differences and preferences in teams and cultural dexterity. It will give new GYA members confidence as they begin their tenure with the GYA and attend their first Annual General Meeting.
Location: NAS 120 (Lunch in West Court)
17:30 – 19:00
Dinner
Dinner is available for New GYA members and workshop participants (facilitators, mentors)
Location: West Court
08:00 – 08:45
Breakfast
Breakfast is available at the venue for New GYA members and workshop participants (facilitators, mentors)
Location: West Court
09.00 – 17.00
(Lunch break 12:00 – 13:00)
Science Leadership Workshop for New Members – Day 2
Internal Workshop (registration required). This 2-day workshop aims to give new GYA members space to reflect together on how to be leaders in diverse contexts: in their research contexts, in the institutions and communities where they live and work, and in the GYA. The workshop will cover topics like effective and creative problem solving, collective leadership tools, personality differences and preferences in teams and cultural dexterity. It will give new GYA members confidence as they begin their tenure with the GYA and attend their first Annual General Meeting.
Location: NAS 120 (with Lunch at West Court)
08.30 – 10.00
LOC & GYA Office meeting
Internal Meeting
Location: NAS 118
10.00 – 12.00
EC-in-person Meeting
Internal Meeting – This session is for GYA Executive Committee members and GYA Office Team only.
Location: Board Room
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Lunch on 6 May is available only to participants of the New Member Science Leadership Workshop. All other arriving GYA members are welcome to join the afternoon workshops, and Networking Dinner at 18:30.
Location: West Court
13.00 – 15.00
parallel sessions
Reforming Research Assessment to Foster an Open and Socially Responsive Research Culture: a GYA-CoARA event
Workshop descriptions and registration (required for participation) here: AGM Workshops
Location: Lecture Room
Advancing Biosecurity: Promoting Responsible Research through the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines
Workshop descriptions and registration (required for participation) here: AGM Workshops
Location: NAS 125
15.00 – 15.30
Break
15.30 – 17.30
parallel sessions
Science Diplomacy Forum
Workshop descriptions and registration (required for participation) here: AGM Workshops
Location: Members Room
Science Advice Masterclass: A Global Transdisciplinary Approach
Workshop descriptions and registration (required for participation) here: AGM Workshops
Location: NAS 125
17:00 – 18:00
Arrival and Registration GYA Members
Location: Lobby on Const.
18:00 – 20:30
Networking Dinner
A chance to network for GYA and New Voices members.
Location: Great Hall
07:45 – 08:45
Breakfast
Location: West Court
08:30 – 09:00
Registration New Arrivals – GYA Members
Location: Lobby on Const.
09:00 – 10:30
parallel sessions
Official AGM Opening
AGM Session
Moderators:
Priscilla Kolibea Mante (GYA Co-Chair),
Felix Moronta-Barrios (GYA Co-Chair; remote) and
Monika Kedra (Acting Co-Chair)
Welcome
Introduction to GYA
Inauguration of new GYA Members
EC & Financial Reporting
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:00 – 12:30
parallel sessions
New Voices internal meeting
Internal Meeting – This session is for members of the New Voices only.
Location: Lecture Room
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
Location: West Court
11:00 – 12:30
Plenary – Internal Reports: GYA in the past year
GYA Activities Group Highlights – This session will highlight specific outcomes and finished projects by four GYA Activities groups from the past year, to acknowledge the work they have done and what they have achieved.
Four short presentations will focus on best practices and lessons learned; this will be followed by Q&As from the plenary.
General Assembly
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
Location: West Court, Members Room
13:00 – 14:00 is reserved for internal meetings of Working Groups. Groups are encouraged to plan accordingly.
Groups that are meeting are: Global Health WG, Strategic Group on Science Diplomacy, Science Education for Youth WG, At-Risk Scholars Initiative, Women in Science WG.
Information re. room allocation for each of these sessions is available at the registration desk.
14:00 – 15:30
GYA Activities Fair
AGM Session – GYA Working Groups, Incubators, Projects & Committees
Location: Lecture Room
14:30 – 15:30 is reserved for internal meetings of Working Groups. Groups are encouraged to plan accordingly.
Groups that are meeting are: Biodiversity WG, Science Advice WG, Scientific Excellence WG, GloSYS LAC, Trust WG
Information re. room allocation for each of these sessions is available at the registration desk.
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
Location: West Court
16:00 – 19:00
parallel sessions
Excursion – Walking Tour of the National Mall
Please bring walking shoes. The tour will cover approx. 3.5 km walking distance. Please inform the organizers ahead of time if you have mobility issues. We will meet in front of the building.
16:00 – 18:30
parallel sessions
New Voices Project Collaboration
Open collaboration time for New Voices Cohort 3 members and interested alumni to develop project ideas and next steps.
Location: NAS 120
19:00 – 21:00
Networking Dinner
Location: If weather permits, West Lawn. Alternatively West Court, Members Room
07:45 – 08:45
AGM Session – Pitches by candidates for Co-Chair or Executive Committee
Location: Pick up breakfast in East Court; seating and EC Pitches in Lecture Room
Breakfast for New Voices & Mirzayan Fellows
Location: Pick up breakfast in East Court; seating in West Court & Members’ Room
08:15 – 09:00
Conference Registration
09:00 – 09:05
Public Session
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
09:05 – 10:05
Opening Panel
Public Session
This session will discuss the role of regional and global socio-political and socio-economic environments and the tension between competition and collaboration in reaching a sustainable and inclusive future for all.
Moderator:
Speakers:
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:05 – 10:20
Coffee Break
Location: Great Hall
10:20 – 11:20
Plenary Panel I – Bridging the Gap and Paving the Way for Future Leaders
Public Session
This panel will focus on how different programs and initiatives are structured to promote new scientists at various national and international venues and the benefits and challenges associated with such initiatives.
Moderator:
Speakers:
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
11:20 – 11:35
Break
Location: Great Hall
11:35 – 12:35
Plenary Panel II – In a Challenging World, No One Should be Left Behind
Public Session
This panel will focus on how science should benefit everyone in society and new approaches that integrate vulnerable populations and marginalized communities to understand how complex challenges impact our society holistically and how to develop effective policies to lower this impact.
Moderator:
Speakers:
Flavio Carvalhaes (Assistant Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; GYA Member)
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
12:35 – 14:45
parallel sessions
Lunch
GYA, New Voices, and Mirzayan Members & Alumni and invited guests only
Location: West Court, Members Room
AI Horizons: Empowering Sustainable Science for a Better Tomorrow
Lunchtime workshop (13:00 – 14:30)
Workshop descriptions and registration (required for participation) here: AGM Workshops
Location: NAS 120
How Might Diverse Minds Come Together to Build a Future People Want?
Lunchtime workshop (13:00 – 14:30)
Workshop descriptions and registration (required for participation) here: AGM Workshops
Location: Board Room
14:45 – 16:15
parallel sessions
Lightning Talks
Locations: Session 1: Lecture Room | Session 2: Members Room | Session 3: NAS 125
Public Session
Lightning Talks showcase the multiplicity of research being done by early- to mid-career researchers, making space for individuals to communicate to each other about their research and work. Lightning Talks by GYA and NVs members will be presented in 3 parallel sessions.
Download the Lightning Talk Speakers List & Book of Abstracts here.
16:30 – 17:30
Working Group Meetings
Internal Session – Parallel meetings: Working Groups come together to discuss, plan and outline the coming year.
Groups that are meeting are: Science Diplomacy in the Americas WG, Climate Change WG, The GYA & the UN SDGs WG, Open Science WG, Antidiscrimination WG
Information re. room allocation for each of these sessions is available at the registration desk.
18:00 – 22:00
Gala Dinner
GYA members and alumni, New Voices members, and invited guests only
External location: French Embassy
08:00 – 10:00
Breakfast with the Science Diplomats Club
Internal Session GYA, NVs and Mirzayan Fellows – Join members of the Science Diplomats Club (SDC) for a networking breakfast and keynote speaker. The Science Diplomats Club (SDC) was founded in 1965 and currently has more than 230 members and guests (mostly Science Counselors and Attachés) from 103 organizations (53 countries/geographic areas represented).
This joint event will be part of the SDC’s monthly “Science Breakfasts” series and will feature a prominent member of the American science and technology community as the keynote speaker. The meeting will also be an opportunity for SDC members to meet young scientists from around the world while sharing their insights on science diplomacy with Global Young Academy and New Voices members.
Guest Speaker: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Past Director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science; Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry, University of California, Merced
Location: Great Hall and Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:00 – 10:15
Break
Location: Great Hall
10:15 – 11:15
Keynote
Frances Colon (Senior Director, International Climate Policy at American Progress)
Public Session
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
11:15 – 11:30
Break
Location: Great Hall
11:30 – 12:30
Plenary Panel III – Science Innovation, Transformation, or Both
Public Session
This session will discuss the basic difference between science innovation and transformation and the intricate process needed, through multi-stakeholder partnerships (such as university-industry collaborations and public-private partnerships), to establish innovative and transformative science and how to deal with challenges that hinder such progress.
Moderator:
Speakers:
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
12:30 – 14:30
parallel sessions
Lunch
GYA Members & Alumni and invited VIP guests only
Location: West Court
Lunch with the Editors
The GYA Open Science working group invites GYA members to join their lunch with journal editors Jianhong Zhou (Senior Editor at PLoS ONE) and Yamini Dalal (ELife’s Deputy Editor), to discuss in an informal setting matters relating to Open Science.
The Open Science Working Group’s card-board Fair poster will be displayed on the table for members to find the group. No registration needed.
Location: West Court
Women in Science for Peace
Lunchtime workshop (13:00 – 14:30)
Workshop descriptions and registration (required for participation) here: AGM Workshops
Location: Members Room
14:30 – 16:30
US Partnership Expo
This networking event brings together stakeholders from science and research institutions, science policy organisations, foundations, academies and other organisations from across the United States.
Location: Lecture Room, East Court
16:30 – 18:20
Reception and Musical Performance
All expo attendees and presenters are invited to join an open reception with refreshments to be followed by a musical performance in the Kavli Auditorium.
Location: West Court, Fred Kavli Auditorium
18:45 – 19:45
parallel sessions
EC Elections
Internal Session (GYA members eligible to vote only)
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
18:45 – 19:15
parallel sessions
Meet a Scientist Gathering with Sticks+Bars Youth Marimba Band
New Voices Members and Mirzayan Fellows only
New Voices members and Mirzayan Fellows are invited to attend this Meet a Scientist mingling activity with the Sticks+Bars Youth Marimba Ensemble members following the closing music performance.
Location: Great Hall
08:00 – 08:45
Breakfast
Location: West Court
09:00 – 10:30
Plenary – Future of the GYA
AGM session
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
10:30 – 11:00
Break
Location: Great Hall
11:00 – 13:00
Plenary – Future of the GYA
AGM session
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
Location: West Court
14:00 – 16:00
End-of-AGM GYA Business
EC-EC business transition meeting
Location to be added.