Bright Young Minds
It is the European Year of Youth! Bright Young Minds are therefore the focus this year, which Leiden welcomed to its city!
Leiden Welcomed Bright Young Minds!
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Bright Young Minds
This year Leiden, a city with a large and young population, carries the title 'European City of Science'. Leiden is a real youth city; half of its inhabitants are under the age of 36! This fits perfectly with the year 2022, because the European Commission has declared this year to be the 'European Year of Youth'. Therefore Leiden colloborated with 'European Year of Youth' and created a great program for the week of Bright Young Minds. This program was designed specifically with young and curious people in mind.
Read more about the program of Bright Young Minds below.
EUCYS 2022
One part of the program of Bright Young Minds was EUCYS. During the week of 13 to 18 September, Leiden hosted 132 talents between 14 and 20 years old, from 33 different countries for the European finals of EUCYS. Bright Young Minds brought their brilliant projects to life. It was a fascinating week!
EUTalentOn
The first EUTalentOn took place in Leiden this year. During this competition young people, between 21 and 35 years old, were challenged to think in teams about 5 EU missions. It concerns the following 5 EU missions:
1. Ensure that Europe is resilient to climate change by 2030
2. Be able to cure, prevent or better treat cancer by 2030
3. Devise climate-neutral solutions for cities
4. Clean oceans and water (with the goal of being completely clean by 2030)
5. Ensuring healthy soils within Europe by 2030
Brave Young Minds
One of the highlights of Leiden European City of Science 2022 was Brave Young Minds. This event took place on 18 September, during the week of Bright Young Minds. During this first edition, author, historian, philosopher and professor Yuval Noah Harari talked to 100 children (between the ages of 10 and 18) about the history of humanity. Brave Young Minds took place at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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Nacht van Ontdekkingen
To conclude a week filled with Bright Young Minds and an inspiring and full program, the art and knowledge festival 'Nacht van Ontdekkingen' took place on 17 September at Leiden University, de Hortus botanicus and de Oude Sterrewacht. During this inspiring evening young artists and scientists gave more than 100 performances and lectures.
