At the end of this month, the Asian Science Camp (ASC) will commence in Israel, attracting the brightest scientific minds from throughout the Eastern hemisphere to the 'start-up nation.'

The conference, founded by Nobel Laureates from Taiwan and Korea, will feature lectures by at least five Nobel Prize winners – including Robert Aumann and Aaron Ciechanover of Israel - as well as other award-winning academics, researchers, philosophers, and scientists. Attendees will hail from as close as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and as far as Australia, and will be treated to opening remarks by Israeli President Shimon Peres.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sees Israel's role of host as "an important project, one that was one of our top goals for 2012, a special year in which Israel is emphasizing its relations with Asian countries."

Dr. Zvi Paltiel, a physicist who is managing the Israeli delegation, said that Israel's hosting of ASC is "not only a great opportunity to enable the scientists of the future to experience Israel, but also to introduce the cream of our young scientists to an important international conference. I hope that the camp, which coincides with the beginning of the school year, will be an inspiration for the field of scientific education."