VerCiência is an International Exhibition of Science on TV. Annual festival devoted to

science communication Science communication is the practice of informing, educating, raising awareness of science-related topics, and increasing the sense of wonder about scientific discoveries and arguments. Science communicators and audiences are ambiguously def ...

on television created in Brazil in 1994 by Sergio Moraes Castanheira Brandao and José Renato Campos Monteiro. It is a non-competitive, non-commercial and non-profitable event, with free admission to the general public in all sessions. The main objective of th
VerCiência Project
is to encourage and promote the dissemination of

knowledge Knowledge can be defined as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also refer to familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often defined as true belief that is distinc ...

and scientific culture through television. It has the support of the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation of Brazil as part of the Brazilia
National Week of Science and Technology
The main sponsor of VerCiência is

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. The annual VerCiência exhibitions take place simultaneously in several Brazilian cities, such as

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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

and

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, usually in the third week of October (coinciding with the National Week of Science and Technology) and consist in the exhibition of a selection of science TV programmes produced in Brazil and other countries. Among main traditional international participants of the Ver Ciência exhibitions are the

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(UK) and

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(US), with programmes such as ''

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'', good examples of how science and technology can be conveyed in an interesting and informative manner to the general public.

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