What is YES?
The Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) is an innovative global competition developed to raise awareness among PhD students, postdocs and research staff how ideas can be commercialised.
For the past 26 years, teams, united by a dedication to their subject, curiosity, enthusiasm and a desire to learn, attempt to deploy novel science and engineering to address societal challenges such as the ageing population, sustainable food production, global warming and driverless cars. In this way, they develop a business plan for a start-up company based on a hypothetical but plausible idea during an intense three-day workshop.