15-year-old Canadian high school student Helene Li is the 2022 International Brain Bee(IBB) World Champion. Second place went to 17-year-old Anmol Bhatia from the USA,and third place to 17-year-old Ugne Birstonaite from Lithuania. The winners wereannounced at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2022 inParis. The 11 finalists joined the conference stage by Zoom and were introduced byspecial guest and last year’s World Champion Viktoriia Vydhzak from Ukraine

Dr. Jean-Antoine Girault, FENS President, said “It was a delight to host the International Brain Bee world championship at the FENS Forum 2022 this year. Although virtual, the event still took place on centre stage and inspired an audience of over 7,800 scientists. It was an honour to celebrate the achievements of these extraordinary high school students, our scientific future!”