International Science Festival in Gothenburg
The International Science Festival in Gothenburg (Swedish: Vetenskapsfestivalen) is an annual festival in Gothenburg with science activities. 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 and science which is intended to encourage higher education. About 100 000 visitors come each year. This makes it the largest popular science event in Sweden and one of the largest popular science events in Europe. University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology contributes with the knowledge. The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is a member of the European Science Events Association, EUSCEA. 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 Universeum - Public science centre in Gothenburg, Sweden Hackerspace - Space for people into technology Official homepage (2012) Search for activities (parametric search) Program for 2012, pdf 5 MB (English at page 46) Where the paper version can be picked up in 2012, pdf 2 MB (Swedish)