Programme
Whatever your age, profession or background, come along to a science festival like no other in Bulgaria to explore the curiosity of the world we live in.
Sofia Science Festival
10-13 May 2018, Sofia Tech Park
The southernmost world
Snow, folk, science and dogs. From running Husky teams to medical evacuations, from simple skidoo units to major overland traverses, from radio communications to satellite wi-fi...
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Thursday 10 May 2018 - 18:00 to 19:00
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- Cosmos hall | general audience | free passes
30 years in the Antarctic
Meet three of the big names of the South Pole!
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Thursday 10 May 2018 - 20:30 to 21:30
- Location
- Mtel Arena | general audience | ticketed event
Paediatric surgery and inspiration
Join the Consultant in children’s surgery at the Children’s Hospital in Sheffield, England, for an uplifting talk on medicine and the role of inspiration in his work and our lives.
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Friday 11 May 2018 - 18:00 to 19:00
- Location
- Mtel Arena | general audience | free passes
The Astronaut
Have you ever dreamed of meeting a NASA astronaut? Dream no more because the Sofia Science Festival gives you the chance to meet NASA astronaut Dr. Richard Linnehan.
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Saturday 12 May 2018 - 17:30 to 18:30
- Location
- Mtel Arena | general audience | free passes
Science will save the world
Meet futurist and nanotechnologist Roey Tzezana. His robotic body will be on the stage in Sofia, which he will control live from the USA.
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Friday 11 May 2018 - 19:30 to 20:30
- Location
- Mtel Arena | general audience | ticketed event
AI through the looking glass
Artificial Intelligence is set to transform society in the coming decades in ways that have long been predicted by science fiction writers but are only now becoming feasible.
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Saturday 12 May 2018 - 20:30 to 21:30
- Location
- Mtel Arena | general audience | ticketed event
From theorems to serums, from cryptology to cosmology... and The Simpsons
Join Simon Singh, one of the world’s most popular science and maths writers, on a whistle-stop tour through the bestselling books that he has written over the last two decades.
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Saturday 12 May 2018 - 19:00 to 20:00
- Location
- Mtel Arena | general audience | ticketed event
Who said nerd?
One of the most popular British science journalists and BBC presenter Dr Quentin Cooper explores the image of scientists and how the stereotypes we know can be changed
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Friday 11 May 2018 - 20:30 to 21:30
- Location
- Cosmos Hall | general audience | free passes
To be popular or to be humble – is this the question?
An inspiring talk by Prof. Ferdinand Waldenberger about the meaning of medicine and his brave path as one of Europe’s leading cardiac surgeons.
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Thursday 10 May 2018 - 19:00 to 20:00
- Location
- Mtel Arena | general audience | free passes
How does the brain work?
How did a picture change an entire airport’s cleaning bill? What one word can double the number of people willing to be organ donors?
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Sunday 13 May 2018 - 12:00 to 13:00
- Location
- Cosmos hall | general audience | ticketed event
Dangerous attraction – the science of love
Kissing. Flirting. Love. Some important moments in human life, don’t they? But what separates the Romeos from the Tinder turn offs? Are humans programmed for monogamy?
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Sunday 13 May 2018 - 16:30 to 17:30
- Location
- Cosmos hall | general audience | ticketed event
Why clever people believe in nonsense?
The reasons are so many that one can assume that foolishness is a normal human behaviour. How rational are we? How many strange ideas do we believe in?
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Sunday 13 May 2018 - 18:00 to 19:00
- Location
- Cosmos hall | general audience | ticketed event
