Forum Background - The Youth Scientist Forum will be held on October 22, 2025, in Suzhou as part of the 2025 (4th) Advanced Gel Materials and Industrial Applications Forum, co-hosted by several institutions including the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics [2] - The forum aims to help young scientists refine key scientific issues, propose current solutions, and explore future development trends through a format of 10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes expert commentary [2] Evaluation Method - All participants are required to present a 10-minute oral report followed by a 5-minute Q&A session, with judges providing feedback and scoring, and certificates awarded during the forum dinner [3] Expert Panel - The expert panel includes distinguished scholars such as Wu Ziliang, Yang Peng, Yan Feng, and Zhang Xue Tong, all of whom are recipients of the National Outstanding Youth Fund [4][8][10][12][14] Forum Theme and Objectives - The forum's theme is "Innovation Driven, Industry Integration," aiming to create a collaborative platform that integrates government, industry, academia, research, application, and investment [21] - It focuses on key scientific issues, bottleneck technologies, and engineering applications in gel materials, promoting cross-disciplinary and international collaboration to drive innovation in the gel materials industry [21] Event Schedule - The forum will take place from October 21 to 23, 2025, with various sessions including the opening ceremony, keynote speeches, and parallel forums [23]