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The smart festival
With hundreds of activities and over 100,000 visitors The International Science Festival Gothenburg is one of Europe’s leading popular science events and the only one of its kind in Sweden. All year around The Science Festival arranges science cafés, workshops, lectures and more.
 
Elinor via link
Did you miss out on the lecture with the Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom? Here is you chance to see her.
Come to Gothenburg in May 2011
Knowledge comes in many shapes and sizes and thus the Science Festival has many different faces.
During the festival standard lecture‐halls are complimented with cafés, shopping centres, museums, and other outside environments. Quite simply, we’re filling central Göteborg with science.
Each year the festival is characterised by a central theme. The theme for 2011 is Creativity.
Acitivities in English
During this years festival we arranged a group of different lectures in English with participants from 15 countries all over the world.
Science for everyone
During the festival week Gothenburg is filled with hundreds of unusual activities, experiments, workshops, hot debates, and engaging exhibitions for all ages. Our aim is to be the best and most exciting meeting-place for researchers, schools, and the general public. The main arenas include Nordstan Shopping Centre, Göteborg’s City Museum, and The Experiment Workshop at Chalmers University of Technology.
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Science Night
We're having a Science Party! Universeum was buzzing when over 800 people showed up to our opening night. Music, dancing, shows and quizzes filled the foyer, Explora and Kaleido. It was a night to remember, and if you weren't there...
 
Three programmes
The Science Festival is divided into three branches. Besides the public programme, there is also a school programme. Over 35,000 teachers and pupils from all over Sweden come to Gothenburg to participate. In addition there is a specialist programme for specially invited guests. There is something for everyone during the festival.
  • The School programme
  • Programme open for the public
  • Specialist programme
An International Festival
In 2010 15 different countries where represented in the three different branches, the public programme, the school programme and the specialist programme. We work together with embassies, guest lecturers in Göteborg and arrangements tied to the international network European Association of Science Events (EUSCEA).
Film
Watch clips from the Science Festival 2010>>