Academic Program

The overall theme of this year's ISSC is Science of Tomorrow. We have chosen to focus on the three major topics of health science, nanotechnology and energy technology. The academic program will consist of lectures from leading researchers in each of the chosen areas, we will embark on excursions to scientific research labs and industrial production companies, as well as partake in exciting laboratory exercises in each of the chosen scientific fields.

At the end of the week we will finish off with an ethics workshop where some of the subjects that have been handled and worked with over the week will be worked through and discussed by the participants.

Overall we look forward to an exciting week where science will be our main focus!

Nanotechnology

Have you ever wondered what nanotechnology is all about? The name refers to extremely small-scale technology, and this is exactly what we will be working with during the week.

Nanotechnology allows us to see the world of science in an entirely new way. It lets us work with existing and well-used technologies from a new angle and opens new doors into fields like health and energy technology, to name a few. With nanotechnology we delve down to the atomic scale, challenge the laws of physics and take a look at the building blocks of nature.

Health science

Everyone knows about doctors and hospitals, and what it is like to be treated for an injury or illness, but not many people know about all the research going on behind the doors of the medical world - the research that will one day cure cancer, or AIDS, through stem cell technology or drug-based medicine, or, perhaps, something entirely different.

Research that improves diagnostic methods or the quality of life of people all over the world. Combining this research with known technologies in physics, chemistry and engineering, will create a medical field where anything is possible.

Energy Technology

We have heard a lot about climate change, and about what other possibilities there are, for utilising renewable energy on this planet. One of these possibilities is wind, an energy source which is widely utilised in Denmark.

Another energy resource so far untapped is the recycling of pre-used materials that can be converted into bioenergy such as bioethanol or biofuels. Incorporating these renewable energy systems into our daily life poses a challenge for the existing energy networks which are based on a stable addition of energy from power plants.