Edinburgh International Science Festival
Edinburgh International Science Festival, founded in 1989, was a
world first to celebrate science and technology. It remains one of
Europe’s largest science festivals and the two-week annual event
encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the
wonder of the world around them.
Dr Simon Gage has been Director of the Edinburgh International
Science Festival for 15 years and is committed to establishing an
interactive, energetic and entertaining style of science
communication. Over his tenure, the Science Festival has
grown in stature and international reputation and in June 2010, Dr
Gage was made an OBE in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours List
for ‘Services to Science Communication’.
Read more about Dr Simon Gage, OBE
Festival 2011
The 23rd Science Festival will be held from April 9 -
25. The programme will be announced early 2011 and The
City Art Centre will be one of the main venues for events.
Festival 2010
In 2010, the Science Festival welcomed over 80,000
visitors to 170 events in 26 venues across the City. Some of the
highlights:
Spirit of the wild: spectacular
exhibition of wildlife images from the award-winning Steve Bloom in
St Andrew Square garden
Video game studio: intensive
workshops at Stevenson College in computer games design
Sonic dreams: experience
"wraparound" soundscapes in a 3D sound lab in St Andrew Square
garden
Huxley's lab: Edinburgh's Grid
Iron and Lung Ha's theatre companies present a commissioned
performance exploring genetic perfection at the Festival
Theatre.
Science festival
singles: event for singletons, on all seven floors of the City
Art Centre.
Journey of lego: University
of Edinburgh plays host to a Lego expert who will explain how the
coloured bricks have shaped the minds of youngsters to develop an
interest in technology, building, engineering and mechanics
Road to robocup: University of
Edinburgh insight on creating an "Android FC"
Further information on Edinburgh International Science
Festival
Generation Science
Throughout the year, the Edinburgh International Science
Festival brings science to life with Generation Science, the UK’s
largest touring science education programme.
The programme uses a unique combination of professional
communicators, tailor-made props and an expertise in science
education to bring unforgettable shows into schools. Shows and
workshops are regularly reviewed to fit with the Curriculum for
Excellence.
