Youth Symposium

The Youth Symposium is the annual gathering of advisors, mediators, staff and core audiences of Science Gallery.

The Youth Symposium is the annual gathering of advisors, mediators, staff and core audiences of Science Gallery. Together, these communities create the 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.

HOT AND BOTHERED: 2022 Youth Symposium

Over four days, HOT AND BOTHERED gathered young people from around the globe to have vital discussions about our changing climate in a hopeful and joyful space. Science Gallery locations and young people delivered a programme of performances, workshops, discussions and games to discuss indigenous climate knowledges, understand the power of data visualisation, co-create activist manifestos, share climate emotions, build youth agency, and much more. The 2022 Youth Symposium is just the beginning of our collaborative conversation, and the ideas and perspectives that moved and inspired our audiences throughout the symposium will help us guide the future of Science Gallery Network's programming around the climate crisis and the upcoming editions of the Youth Symposium.