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BergamoScienza
BergamoScienza is a science festival held annually in Bergamo, Italy. Established in 2003, its purpose is to promote the popularization of science. The festival consists of lectures, exhibitions, interactive workshops, as well as meetings with scientists. The event BergamoScienza is organized by the Non-profit organization BergamoScienza, whose founders were a group of friends. 24 Nobel Prize laureates have participated to BergamoScienza since 2003, among them John Forbes Nash Jr., John F. Nash, Kary Mullis, Kari Mullis, Paul J. Crutzen, Paul Crutzen, Roald Hoffmann, Roald Hoffman, Peter Agre, Aaron Ciechanover, Martin Chalfie, Eric Kandel, Barry Marshall, Tim Hunt, R. Timothy Hunt, Linda B. Buck, Linda Buck, Bruce Beutler, James Watson, James Dewey Watson. Among innovative personalities, Jimmy Wales Wikipedia founder attended the conference. In 2004, there were over 35,000 attendees; by 2008, over 72,000 people attended the festival; in the 2011 edition, 112 500. There has ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Festivals
A science festival is a festival that showcases science and technology with the same freshness and flair that would be expected from an arts or music festival and primarily targets the general public. These public engagement events can be varied, including lectures, exhibitions, workshops, live demonstrations of experiments, guided tours, and panel discussions. There may also be events linking science to the arts or history, such as plays, dramatised readings, and musical productions. The core content is that of science and technology, but the style comes from the world of the arts. History The modern concept of a science festival comes from the city of Edinburgh in 1989. The choice of Glasgow as European Capital of Culture for 1990 took Edinburgh by surprise and stimulated it to rebrand itself as a city of science, building on the success of a series of big urban developments led by its Economic Development Department. A senior member of the development team, Ian Wall, proposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
