The International Science Festival in Gothenburg (Swedish: Vetenskapsfestivalen) is an annual
festival
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in
Gothenburg
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with science activities.
About the festival
The International Science Festival in Gothenburg took place for the first time in April 1997 and is since then an annual recurrent event.
The purpose is to communicate science to the public and schools in an easy accessible and in a thought provoking manner. Another objective is to create a positive attitude to
research
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and
science
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
which is intended to encourage
higher education
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.
About come each year.
[vartgoteborg.se - Världsrekordförsök inleder Göteborgs tolfte vetenskapsfestival]
, Vårt Göteborg, 11 April 2008 This makes it the largest popular science event in
Sweden
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[goteborg.com - Festivalens hemsida]
(archivelink 2006-11-01) and one of the largest popular science events in
Europe
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.
[Forskning och framsteg, 3/08 sid 64]
(dead link 2012-04-24)
University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 st ...
and
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level ...
contributes with the knowledge.
The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is a member of the ''European Science Events Association'',
EUSCEA.
Theme
Each year a special theme that the festival focuses on is chosen: (translated)
*2001: Food and eatables
*2002: Travel and science expeditions, Life and Medicine
*2003: Love and energy
*2004: The meaning of life and sustainable development
*2005: Design, physics, Finland
*2006: Athletics & health
*2007: Passion, pistil and personality
*2008: Let's play
*2009: Civilization in all times and countries
*2010: Sustainable feature with small and large changes
*2011
Creativity*2012: It's all in the brain
*2013: Control or No Clue
*2014: Act : React : Interact
*2015: Life and Death
*2016
Same but Different 13-17 April
vetenskapsfestivalen.se
Accessed 2015-12-04
See also
* Universeum
Universeum is a public science centre and museum in Gothenburg, Sweden that opened in 2001. It is a part of ''Evenemangsstråket'', the ''thoroughfare of events'' – close to Korsvägen and Skånegatan – which includes sights of interest like S ...
- Public science centre in Gothenburg, Sweden
* Hackerspace
A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace, or makerspace) is a community-operated, often "not for profit" (501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, such as computers, machining, technology, sc ...
- Space for people into technology
References
External links
Official homepage
(2012)
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Program for 2012
pdf 5 MB (English at page 46)
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Where the paper version can be picked up in 2012
pdf 2 MB (Swedish)
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1997 establishments in Sweden
Festivals in Sweden
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Tourist attractions in Gothenburg