Science Olympics World (SOW) is an international initiative promoted by the international non-profit foundation of the same name, involving the world's top 30 universities. Its purpose is to bring together researchers from around the world on adolescence every four years to study the protective factors of adolescent health. This study takes into account the paradigm shift in the concept of health: "Choosing true possibilities to be the best human being," a result of the indeterministic and teleonomic paradigm shift in health sciences, in the light of "Person-Centered Medicine." The gathering of young researchers from around the world on the theme, united in the search for truth, is a contribution to peace and cooperation in the world.

The first edition of Science Olympics World, Science Olympics Italy 2025, will be held in Assisi, Italy, a location chosen for its symbolic significance as a city of peace, as will subsequent editions. It will include the International Congress

"Person-centered health and the resilient adolescent" www.person-centeredhealth.it, the thirteenth International Congress of Adolescentology. Science Olympics World is associated with the request made by the Ambrosiana University to UNESCO to establish the World Scientific Research Day on October 24th each year and with the European Union to establish the "European Week of Scientific Research Education" in high schools, the first experimental edition of which will take place in Italy from October 6th to 10th, 2025. We sincerely hope that the young researchers of Research Gate will participate in Science Olympics World and become Olympic champions of research (deadline September 30th). Registration is easy, and there are 10 scholarships for free registration.

The deeper meaning of Science Olympics World is in the annex with the provisional program of the Congress. Information is on the website. Researchers of all ages are also expected to attend the Congress. Registration is free for members of the World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP), the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH), the International Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH), the European Research Council for Research on Adolescence (EARA), the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM), the World Association of Dynamic Psychiatry (WADP), and the International Society of Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology (ISAPP), whose presidents have been invited to participate in a roundtable discussion on the epistemological fragmentation of research on adolescence.

Science Olympics World, which aims to rival the traditional Olympics in importance as a non-profit organization, currently independent of the International Olympic Committee, also studies sport and its motivations as a factor of resilience.

The value of intellectual activity in the search for truth that unites people and contributes to the progress of humanity is certainly greater than physical training for Olympic competition, even if it is a factor of resilience. For this reason, we felt it necessary to establish Science Olympics World to recognize those who commit their entire lives to the good of humanity.

Science Olympics World is ethically founded on the values ​​of the Universal Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Young People.

The International Congress is expected to feature Olympic champions in the sports session and delegations from various countries at the opening ceremony.

An international press conference is scheduled for next week.

To request to participate, please write to

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The Congress proceedings are published by the international journal Medicine, Mind and Adolescence. www.medicinemindadolescence.it

Giuseppe R. Brera

Ambrosiana University

Claudio Violato

University of Minnesota and Ambrosiana University

Richard Fiordo

University of North Dakota (Em. Prof.) and Ambrosiana University