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Youth Agency for Development of Science Technology and Innovations (YADSTI) 3rd Annual Conference and Exhibition
In its support for science based university student's associations, the African Technology Policy Network (ATPS) sponsored the Youth Agency for Development of Science Technology and Innovations (YADSTI) to hold its 3rd Annual Conference and Exhibition. The two day conference and exhibition took place from the 22 - 23 March 2007 at the University of Nairobi's Chiromo Campus, Millennium Hall.
The conference recognized that entrepreneurship was the missing link between innovation and industry and aimed to showcase emerging technologies and offer a platform for emerging innovators in science, technology and engineering to display their products to the world. YADSTI is a multidisciplinary network of young scientists seeking to promote innovative science and technology policy through dialogue, research and advocacy.
YADSTI draws its membership draws from the Nairobi University College of Biological and Physical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, College of Architecture and the College of Engineering It has offices in Kenya and Tanzania.
Nairobi University Biochemistry Students Association (NUBSA) Workshop Dinner.
The African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) through its youth programme the African Youth Forum for Science and Technology (AYFST) supported the Nairobi University Biochemistry Students Association (NUBSA) to organize a dinner and workshop on 18 May 2007 at the Hilton hotel under the theme Intellectual Property Rights: protecting innovations of Kenyans for the benefit of Kenyans. The dinner and workshop sought to enlighten biochemistry students on the necessity and value of patent laws, demystify intellectual property rights (IPRs) and elaborate the patenting process to biochemistry students.
The Nairobi University Biochemistry Students Association (NUBSA) was founded through the students' initiative in the 1980s to build a cadre of internationally recognized scientists capable of research leadership. NUBSA's core activities are to implement incentives and reward systems for scientific research, foster a culture of research collaboration among scientists, build a critical mass of scientists, institutionalize a policy of "publish, innovate or perish" , carry out continuous needs assessment and prioritize areas of research.
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