1Peter RebernikScience Festivals

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Was Mozart a famous PAINTER?

A renowned particle physicist? Marylin Monroe?

And who is Tut-ench-Amon?

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Is an electron bigger or smaller than an atom?

When is the earth closer to the sun?In summer or in winter?

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About what did you talk last Sunday withyour family, friends, relatives

Colleagues etc.?About sports, fashion, cooking, cars…?

Or did you talk aboutsulphuric acid, protons, pharaohs, Darwin,

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Project WondersExchange of festivals

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2WAYSTwo Ways

for Communicating European

Research in Life Sciences

in Science Festivals & Science

Centres/Museums,Science Parliaments and Impact Survey

under the Topic:“Life Sciences –

Opportunities and Threats”

30 Partners,

each 2 develop presentation for their festival about modern research in life sciences

each one local „science parliament“,

each one „impact study“ – then

FINALS in Brussels, European Parliament, Natural History Museum

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European Science Events

Association[EUSCEA pronounced as “you see”]

Peter Rebernik, General SecretaryVienna, Austria

office@euscea.org

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We talk science with the citizens!

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Members in:Abu Dhabi, Austria , Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom… in 36 countries

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Type of members (all organise science events):State government, ministries, chamber (BE, EL, IE, NO)

City Government (DE, ES, SE)

Research Council (ES, IS, MT, NO, SE)

Scientific Organisation, Academy of Science (BE, BG, CZ, FI, IT)

University (CH, FI, FR, IS, IT, LV, PL, PT, RO, RU)

Museum (BE, DE, HU, IL, LU, NL)

Non-profit Associations (BE,CH,CY,DE,DK,EE,ES,FI,FR,IE,IT,LT,PL,PT,SE,SI,UA, UK)

Small Enterprises (AT, CZ, EL, HU, RO, SE)

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What is a science festival?

A modern, interactive, personal & engaged, two-way communication

method for science communication – always contact with PERSONS!

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What is a science festival?

Festivals reach new audiences for interest in science – festivals go out TO the people also special events for migration, disabled, social groups…

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What is a science festival?

The events are organised mostly in places unusual for science, like railway stations, public places, in shopping malls, churches, museums, light houses in tents, in parks, at the seaside

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What is a science festival?

A platform for dialogue of the public with the scientists about scientific issues of importance for society – with “concerned” scientists as “partners”

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Festivals take place every year for several days – in every country of the EU (and many other countries) – with great media impact and large & NEW audiences [Estimation: per year > 20 million]

What is a science festival?

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Events are presented mainly by scientists, by students, TEACHERS, sometimes pupils, even actors – in many different ways from lectures to experiments, theatre performances, science cafés, dialogue games (science parliaments, DECIDE), from workshops to camps outside, and guided tours, science taxi…

What is a science festival?

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Examples:

• DE: Rust in the Europapark• UK: Edinburgh – the first big science festival• SE: Gothenburg within city administration• IT: Genua (young) and Perugia (fortress)• ES: Madrid (fair) und Barcelona (region)• PL: Wroclaw (Religion), Warschau (Picknick) +Kielce, Torun, Nysa, Kraków

• SI: Ljubljana (Museum of Modern Art)• EE: Tartu (Agency Science Center)• LV: Kaunas und Vilnius• FR: Paris (banlieue)• IL: Jerusalem

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Festivals consists of many presentations in a city, like Genoa, Göteborg in a region, like Catalan around Barcelona in a country, like Denmark, UK with thousands of presentations

What is a science festival?

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Festivals deal with different kinds of science (taught at European universities): natural sciences and technology (STEM), humanities and sociology – discuss the role of politics, of law, of the media, of the education system, of religion – and listen to the communities

What is a science festival?

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Festival presentations for specific target groups from kindergarten to seniors, from special interest groups (health, economy, sport, law, gender, fire brigade, cyclists, gardeners) to journalists, policy makers, managers special pre-programmes for teachers

What is a science festival?

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Cooperation with many other institutions e.g.: universities and schools, NGOs, museums, media, research centres, city marketing and administration

What is a science festival?

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We, EUSCEA, work for the EUROPEAN DIMENSION

of science festivalsfor European collaboration of

science communication stakeholders

Science festivals?

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• Meeting place for old/new organisers of science festivals• Networking between stakeholders of science festivals• Exchange of professional information and experiences• Distribution of models for best-practice

• Finding new ways for communication, new target groups

• Assisting in improving quality and professionalism• Assessing the European dimension

Objectives, Tasks of EUSCEA

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New festivals

Motivate new festivals, e.g.:• Croatia, Serbia• Lithuania (with Vilnius and Kaunas)• Latvia (Riga, Daugavpils)• Estonia (AHHAA in Tartu)• Moscow (State University), now Novosibirsk• Murcia, Spain• Hungary (palace of Miracles)• Ukraine

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• 2001: Started with 26 member organisations

• 2010: 100 member organisation from 36 states (including EU)

• Ten EUSCEA Annual Conferences [AT, DE, PL, IT, ES, IS, PT, CZ, IT, DE, next in Gothenburg, SE on 13/14 May 2011]

• EUSCEA SEMINAR on organising festivals

Facts

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• First EU project EUSCE/X – analysing European science festivals; result: WHITE BOOK on science festivals

• EU project WONDERS 2006 with 21 Carousel Events; Launch in Vienna, Finals in Helsinki + ECSITE, EUSJA[BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, FI, IL, IT, LT, LU, NL, NO, PL, PT, SE, SI, UK]

• EU project WONDERS 2007 with 31 Carousel Events; Launch in Berlin, Finals in Lisbon + EUN, EUSJA[BE, BG, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, ES, FR, HU, IE, IL, IS, IT, LU, LV, NO, PL, PT, RO, RU, SE, SI, UK]

• EU project 2WAYS with 7 consortium members and 30 Partners

[AT, BE, BG, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, IE, IL, IT, LV, PL, PT, SE, UK]

Special Activities

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Special Activities

Participations at various festivals and conferences: >> 6 times participating at the Korean Science Festival; >> Communicating European Research in Brussels, >> ESOF Stockholm, Munich and Barcelona, >> EU presidency (e.g. Grand Palais, Paris), >> PCST in South Africa, in Göteborg/Copenhagen, Malmö >> Science Festival in Beijing, AAAS in the US etc.

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S E M I N A R

Peter Rebernik

“Now,YOU can tell me

what you think about science festivals!”

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THANK you for listening –

and visit our festivals

Peter Rebernik, office@euscea.org