Thursday 10 May 2018
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18:00 Cosmos Hall |
Peter Marquis has been working as Medical Unit Administrator with the British Antarctic Survey for the past 20 years |
in English |
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19:00 Mtel Arena |
To be popular or to be humble – is this the question? Prof. Ferdinand Waldenberger about the meaning of medicine and his brave path as one of Europe’s leading cardiac surgeons |
in English |
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19:30 Cosmos Hall |
The Universe after Hawking Nikola Karavasilev, Team leader of the national Astronomy team |
in Bulgarian |
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20:30 Mtel Arena |
Three of the big names of the South Pole – Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute; Peter Marquis, Operations Manager of the Medical Department of the British Antarctic Institute and Prof. Antonio Quesada, Scientific Researcher of the Spanish Polar Programme |
in English |
Friday 11 May 2018
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16:30 Cosmos Hall |
The Principle of Uncertainty (performance) A quantum mechanics lecture. A man who loves the Universe. The scientific method that clashes with pseudoscience. A secret… Jet Propulsion Theatre is a Permanent Laboratory of the Arditodesìo Theatre Company for the theatrical creation connected to science, the people of science and the scientific tale. |
in Italian with subtitles in Bulgarian |
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17:30 BASF |
Time crystals Stefan Nikolov, Physicist from Plovdiv University, FameLab national finalist |
in Bulgarian |
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18:00 Mtel Arena |
Paediatric surgery and inspiration British paediatric surgeon Ross Fisher, consultant in children’s surgery at the Children’s Hospital in Sheffield, England |
in English |
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18:30 Cosmos Hall |
Nanomedicine Professor Ana Proykova from Sofia University, head of one the computer labs at Sofia Tech Park |
in Bulgarian |
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19:30 Mtel Arena |
Roey Tzezana, futurist and nanotechnologist from the Centre for Technology, Analysis and Forecasts at Tel-Aviv University and Israeli FameLab finalist |
in English |
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20:30 Cosmos Hall |
Dr Quentin Cooper, one of the most popular British science journalists and BBC presenter |
in English |
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21:00 Mtel Arena |
Quantum computers Professor Nikolay Vitanov, lecturer at the Physics Faculty of Sofia University |
in Bulgarian |
Saturday 12 May 2018
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10:00 Mtel Arena |
The Curie Case children’s movie, premiere |
in Bulgarian |
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10:30 Room Minus |
Thunder and lightning Workshop by Geograf.BG |
in Bulgarian |
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10:30 BASF |
Deep down Elitsa Stoilova, nature explorer; Alexandrina Jasem, Biologist and winner of FameLab Bulgaria, Kamelia Miteva, Biologist and story teller |
in Bulgarian |
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11:00 Cosmos Hall |
Made in Bulgaria Anton Orush, creator of Sandacite.bg – the Bulgarian portal for old machines |
in Bulgarian |
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11:30 Mtel Arena |
The four knights of the Apocalypse Vladislav Apostolov, journalist; Hristo Blazhev, publisher; Blagoy Ivanov, film critic and publisher |
in Bulgarian |
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11:30 Room Plus |
Robo-astronauts Workshop by Robotica Academy |
in Bulgarian |
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12:00 BASF |
Human 2.0 Dr Petar Eftimov, Molecular Biologist, national winner of FameLab in 2016 |
in Bulgarian |
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12:00 Room Minus |
Crystal clear Workshop by Veronika Koleva and Nasko Stamenov, chemists and FameLab alumni |
in Bulgarian |
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12:30 Cosmos Hall |
Dr Stoyan Radkov, intellectual property attorney at Priority IP (UK) |
in English |
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13:00 Room Plus |
Robo-astronauts Workshop by Robotica Academy |
in Bulgarian |
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13:00 Mtel Arena |
Zombie internet White hackers from Safer |
in Bulgarian |
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13:30 BASF |
Telescopes Pencho Markishki from the Institute of Astronomy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
in Bulgarian |
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14:00 Cosmos Hall |
Geologist Tshiamo Legoale, winner of FameLab South Africa and 2017 International champion |
in English |
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14:00 Room Minus |
Living library |
in Bulgarian |
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14:30 Mtel Arena |
Bogi Eliasen, futurist, associated partner at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and consultant in the public and private sector |
in English |
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15:00 Room Plus |
Draw me with a microbe Workshop |
in Bulgarian |
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15:00 BASF |
BASF Kids’ Lab Workshop |
in Bulgarian |
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15:30 Cosmos Hall |
Space Odyssey – a flight to Jupiter Viktor Danchev from Space Challenges |
in Bulgarian |
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16:00 Mtel Arena |
Handwritten Pulp Fiction Dr Lyudmil Georgiev, criminologist with more than 30 years of experience at the Ministry of the Interior |
in Bulgarian |
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16:30 Room Plus |
Green energy Workshop by Technocrats educational centre |
in Bulgarian |
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17:00 Cosmos Hall |
Julie Novakova, Evolutionary biologist from the Czech Republic, participant in the FameLab competition, sci-fi writer |
in English |
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17:00 BASF |
ER from Space Temenuzhka Spasova from the Space Research and Technology Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
in Bulgarian |
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17:30 Mtel Arena |
Meet NASA astronaut Dr. Richard Linnehan |
in English |
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19:00 Mtel Arena |
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. |
in English |
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20:30 Mtel Arena |
Prof. Wendy Hall is known internationally as a leading light in the development of Web Science and is recognized over the world for her pioneering role as one of the first computer scientists to embark on serious research into multi- and hyper-media technologies |
in English |
Sunday 13 May 2018
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10:00 Room Minus |
Stellar workshop Астро работилницата на Института по астрономия с Национална астрономическа обсерватория към БАН |
in Bulgarian |
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10:30 Room Plus |
Robo-astronauts Workshp by Robotica BG Academy |
in Bulgarian |
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10:30 Cosmos Hall |
Jerusalem garden in Sofia Presentation of the project, in partnership with the Embassy of Israel in Bulgaria |
in Bulgarian |
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11:00 BASF |
Vanishing beaches Dr Iliyan Kotsev from the Oceanology Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
in Bulgarian
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11:00 Mtel Arena |
performance |
in English |
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12:00 Cosmos Hall |
Dr. Deirdre Robertson from the Behavioural Research Unit of the Economic and Social Research Institute in Ireland and winner of the FameLab competition in Ireland |
in English |
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12:00 Room Plus |
Robo-astronauts Workshop by Robotica BG Academy |
in Bulgarian
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12:30 BASF |
Sincerely and (un)paranoidly about radiation Stefan Nikolov, Physicist from Plovdiv University, FameLab national finalist |
in Bulgarian
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12:30 Mtel Arena |
Sir Tim Hunt, Nobel laureate in Medicine Unfortunately Sir Tim Hunt will not be able to travel to Bulgaria due to a medical emergency and this event is now cancelled. |
in English |
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13:30 Cosmos Hall |
On birds and bees Toma Shtilianov, Vet and FameLab national finalist |
in Bulgarian
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14:00 Mtel Arena |
Bulgaria – geography of freedom Assoc. Prof. Georgi Bardarov, writer and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Geology and Geography at Sofia University |
in Bulgarian |
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14:00 BASF |
Science fiction or fictional science? |
in Bulgarian |
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14:30 Room Minus |
From the radio controlled car to the robot Workshop by Robopartans |
in Bulgarian |
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15:00 Cosmos Hall |
Discussion panel: Science as culture and identity European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) |
in English |
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15:00 Room Plus |
Draw me with a microbe Workshop |
in Bulgarian |
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15:30 BASF |
Cosmos geodesy Dr Asparuh Kamburov, assistant lecturer at the University of Mining and Geology and FameLab finalist |
in Bulgarian |
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15:30 Mtel Arena |
The 100-year race with the flu Assoc. Prof. Dr Lyubomira Nikolaeva Glomb, Head of the National Reference Laboratory of Enteroviruses at the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases |
in Bulgarian
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16:00 Room Minus |
From the radio controlled car to the robot Workshop by “Robopartans” |
in Bulgarian |
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16:30 Cosmos Hall |
Dangerous attraction – the science of love Emer Maguire, international award winning science communicator and BBC radio presenter, winner of FameLab UK |
in English |
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17:00 Mtel Arena |
Hungarian evolutionary biologist Prof. Eörs Szathmáry |
in English |
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17:00 BASF |
Tiny science Nasko Stamenov from the Rapid Bomb Squad at Faculty of Chemistry and Farmacy at Sofia University |
in Bulgarian |
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18:00 Cosmos Hall |
Why clever people believe in nonsense? Greek chemist Dr. Spiros Kitsinelis, an experienced science communicator on TV, radio, seminars and science festivals. He is also the first Greek winner of the FameLab science communication competition. |
in English |
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19:00 Mtel Arena |
FameLab national final 2018 |
in Bulgarian |