Youth Symposium

The Youth Symposium is the annual 4-day gathering of advisors, mediators, staff and core audiences of Science Gallery across the network.

Every year we look for proposals for workshops and sessions to contribute to the event through our OPEN CALL with past events focussed on the themes of boredom, trust and co-creation. The Youth Symposium allows our communities to create a blueprint for the civic role of Science Gallery: they are the ones who literally give meaning to our exhibitions and programs.

The Youth Symposium participants trust Science Gallery to take action on pressing issues that include climate crisis, mental health, ethics and technology. They trust Science Gallery to develop the Mediator model into a powerful system to reimagine what the university can offer to students and citizens at large as a platform to learn, work and grow professionally. And they trust Science Gallery to be a truly global network. The gallery space is too small for them: the Youth Symposium participants want Science Gallery to achieve an impact that is much larger than the walls of the gallery. They dare to look far beyond where we can see.