2024

Introduction

The S.T. Yau High School Science Award (Asia) [ YHSA(Asia) ] is a research-based competition emphasising innovation, originality, creativity and persistence in research activities. It encourages students and teachers to formulate issues with quantitative precision and scientific rationales, with a view to nurturing students’ passion for scientific discovery, patience in the investigation, and rigour in deliberation. YHSA(Asia) is initiated by Professor Shing-Tung Yau with the following goals:

To stimulate innovation, originality and creativity in scientific investigation among secondary school students in Asia.
To cultivate young talents in science and technology.
To encourage university professors, secondary school teachers and secondary schools to promote research activities.
To facilitate cultural exchanges among secondary school students from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds.
To establish YHSA(Asia) as a reference for university admission.

In 2024, a total of 465 teams from 19 countries and regions joined YHSA(Asia), in which 9 teams were recommended to compete with other regional finalists in the YHSA Finale in Beijing. Students have gained invaluable learning and rewarding experiences from the Award competition.

Science Talk: Bridging the Present and Future

The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (ASHK) has hold an online Science Talk: Bridging the Present and Future on February 8, as the flagship event of the S.T. Yau High School Science Award (Asia) 2024. ASHK has invited two veteran scientists to share their illustrative careers, with personal stories and experience in research, and valuable advices about the future in the study of science. They are the Gastrointestinal Cancer Specialist, Professor Jun YU, and the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Scientist, Professor Anderson SHUM.

In addition, students Cyrus NG and Chi Ki KWAN from Island School, the YHSA(Asia) 2024 Chemistry Silver Winning Team, also shared their competition experiences in the Talk.

Details are as below:

YHSA(Asia) 2024 – Science Talk: Bridging the Present and Future

Date: 8 February 2025 (Saturday)

Time: 11:00 am – 12:15 pm (HK Time)

Language: English

Speakers:
Prof. Jun YU, Assistant Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK
Prof. Anderson SHUM, Vice-President (Research) and Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, CityU
Mr. Cyrus NG, 2024 YHSA(Asia) Chemistry Silver Winning Team, Island School
Miss Dorottya PAPP, 2024 YHSA(Asia) Chemistry Silver Winning Team, Island School

Guests:
Prof. Dong SUN, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, HKSAR Government
Prof. Shing-Tung YAU, Founder, S.T. Yau High School Science Award
Prof. Dennis Y M LO, President, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences

Moderator:

Prof. Joelle WANG, Member, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences

Poster

Introduction

Result of 2024 YHSA(Asia)

Science Talk: Bridging the Present and Future

Video Records of Science Talk 2024