London International Youth Science Forum

The London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) is a science enrichment programme for students from all over the globe. The Science Forum each year brings together some 250 students of the sciences, from almost 60 countries in the 5 continents.

About the Forum

Founded in 1959, LIYSF aims to give a deeper insight into science and its applications for the benefit of all mankind and to develop a greater understanding between young people of all nations.

LIYSF offers a unique opportunity to participate in an international event, attracting science students from around the world. The modern world continues to present new challenges and advances in scientific understanding continue. The forum asks its attendees - the thinkers of today - how science will move forward in the future and which new questions should be asked in that process.

Participants join in a programme of

• Lectures and demonstrations by leading scientists
• Seminars, debates and discussions on scientific topics of world concern
• Visits to industrial sites and research facilities, such as the National Physical Laboratory, UK
• Visits to sites of academic interest in London, Oxford and Cambridge
• Visits to the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum
• Social activities, including discos, inter-hall competitions, a light-hearted International Cabaret and a 'Songs of Home' evening.
• Optional sightseeing tours of London, Stonehenge and Salisbury, Windsor and Hampton Court Palace
• Optional visits to some of the......
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