12.10.2009
International science camp for young people
MILLENNIUM YOUTH CAMP 2010
The first-ever international Millennium Youth Camp (MY Camp) will be organized in Helsinki 6-13 June 2010. This is the week when the Winner of the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize will be announced.
MY Camp is targeted at young people (16-19 years) from all parts of
the world whose interests lie in mathematics, the natural sciences,
information technology and other technologies.
There will be 30 participants (15 girls and 15 boys), 10 from Finland, and
all the educational activities, travel, accommodation and food will be
provided free of charge.
Participants will be selected on the basis of individual applications
using a two-stage process. The application period began on 9 October
and the first stage will end on 30 November 2009. The names of the
successful applicants will be announced by 15 March 2010.
The multi-faceted MY Camp programme is based on three fundamental
pillars - science, technology and nature - and includes lectures,
workshops, visits to companies and universities and time for enjoyable
social activities. The main themes are Environmental Science and
Technology (climate change, renewable natural resources, renewable
energy, water), Information and Communication Technology and
digitalisation, and Applied Mathematics.
One of the high points in the programme will be the opportunity for MY
Camp participants to attend the Millennium Technology Prize Award
Ceremony, during which the winning innovation will receive an award of
one million euros.
Application forms and the preliminary programme are available at:
>> http://www.technologyacademy.fi/millennium-youth-camp-fi.html
Organisations responsible for arranging the camp are the Technology
Academy Finland, Finland’s LUMA Centre, the Ministry of Education and
the Centre for School Clubs.
Cooperation partners include the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of
Finland, the Finnish National Board of Education, the Academy of
Finland, universities (University of Helsinki, Helsinki University of
Technology), the Economic Information Office (TAT), the Federation of
Finnish Technology Industries, the Association of Biology and
Geography Teachers (BMOL), the Finnish Association of Teachers of
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Informatics (MAOL), the Finnish
Science Centre Heureka, the Museum of Technology and Finnish companies
Kemira, Nokia, UPM and Vaisala.
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