MIllennium Youth Camp - Home of Future Millennium Technology Prize Winners
MILLENNIUM YOUTH CAMP offers young people between years 16-19 an overview of Finnish expertise and top-level research in the natural sciences, mathematics and technology. Students network with each other, with individuals in Finnish companies and organisations, and with top scientists.
The target of the international Millennium Youth Camp is to find young people interested in mathematics, science and technology, and help them start up a career in these fields. During the one-week-camp, Youth Campers are introduced to a number of Finnish companies and higher educational institutions. In addition to lectures, workshops and visits to Millennium Youth Camp partners, the programme includes project work supervised by top-level experts and carried out in small multi-national groups.
The 2012 Millennium Youth Camp programme includes lectures, workshops, meetings with top Finnish scientists, teamwork, visits to cooperating organisations and also some time for leisure activities.The 2012 Youth Campers will also meet the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize winner.
In 2011, Millennium Youth Campers' experiences included:
Meetings with Millennium Technology Prize Laureate Stephen Furber and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop.
Plenty of laughter and traditional party games at the International Evening.
Presentations of each team's project work at the elegant Millennium Youth Camp Gala.
Exciting visits to Aalto University and the University of Helsinki.
My Science - Discussion Forum for Youth Campers
The English-language webzine MyScience - a forum for presenting the natural sciences, mathematics and technology - encourages the exchange of ideas and supports active learning among young people. Published by the Finnish Science Education Centre LUMA , the target audience is young people anywhere in the world who are interested in these three disciplines. MyScience also serves as a discussion forum for Youth Campers.
