The Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) invites you to the European Science Night, which will take place on Friday, September 27, 2024 in five Slovak cities: Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, Košice, Žilina and Poprad. Scientists from the largest research institution in Slovakia will present themselves at 37 stands and you can listen to them in 16 popularization lectures, workshops and panel discussions.
This year, the main theme of the event is Complexity, which reflects the interconnectedness of the world around us and emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary approach to solving complex problems. Visitors can look forward to interesting lectures on climate change, artificial intelligence and other current topics. A list of workplaces and personalities who will present themselves in individual cities at stands or on stages can be found below:
- Banská Bystrica, Europa Shopping Center
Lectures:
9:30 a.m. Zuzana Hukeľová, Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences – Were they like us? The fates of people from the distant past inscribed in their bones
- Košice, OC Optima
Lectures:
2.00 p.m. Tamás Csanádi, Institute of Materials Research SAS – Nanomechanical study of ceramics. Can we also create flexible ceramics?
6.00 p.m. Katarína Šipošová and Tomáš Bíró, Institute of Experimental Physics SAS– Amyloid aggregation – from pathological diseases to useful nanomaterials
7.00 p.m. Matej Baláž, Institute of Geotechnics SAS – Mechanochemistry: Chemical reactions and solvent-free recovery of waste using only mechanical energy
7.30 p.m. Šimon Mackovjak, Institute of Experimental Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences – Northern Lights over Slovakia?
Stalls:
- Institute of Neurobiology, Biomedicínske centrum SAS: A Path to Understanding the Nervous System
- Institute of Experimental Physics SAS:Fun Magnetism, Where Can We Find Proteins?
- Institute of Materials Research SAS: Get to know the world of materials
- Institute of Geotechnics SAS: Music and Light of Rocks /Remediation of Environmental Burdens and Art /Chemical World of Emotions /Polymetallic Ores of Slovakia
- Poprad, OC MAX
Lectures:
10.10 a.m. Marek Husárik, Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of SciencesSpace facts and nonsense
Stalls:
- Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences: Cosmic Chaos and Order
- Institute of Experimental Physics SAS:Cosmic rays
- Bratislava, V-KLUB, Old Market Hall, Lab.Café
Lectures:
11.00 a.m. Viktória Sunyík, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS – Let’s not fall for nonsense, let’s think scientifically (V-club)
12.00 p.m. Daniel Reitzner, QUTE.sk, –Computational Complexity and Quantum Computer (V-club)
15.00 h. (Panel discussion) WILL INTERDISCIPLINARITY SAVE US? Discussed: Pavol Šajgalík, President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vladimír Šucha, Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia, Zuzana Fialová, sociologist, Alena Sabelová, State Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic. Moderated by: Zuzana Gabrižová, Editor-in-Chief of EURACTIV Slovakia (Old Market Hall)
16.00 h. (Workshop) Try Citizen Science – You Can Also Get Involved in Research Adam Kantor, Centre of Plant Biology and Biodiversity SAS, v. v. i., Zuzana Stožická, SCSTI SR, Alena Vaľková Stromosvet, OZ., Zuzana Lackovičová, Slovak Ornithological Society (V-club)
5.00 p.m. Tomáš Hromádka, Institute of Neuroimmunology SAS – Artificial intelligence from the point of view of neuroscience (V-club)
6.00 p.m. COMPLEXITY: The Complexity of Our Situation in the Midst of the Climate Crisis – From the Perspective of Four Scientific Fields Richard Stahel, Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Oliver Zajac, Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Natalia Salomé Móller, Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Peter Gömöry, Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Old Market Hall)
19:45 h. EST: A JOINT EUROPEAN INITIATIVE TO WORLD-LEADING SOLAR SCIENCE | Peter Gömöry, Astronomický ústav SAV, v. v. i., Manuel Collados, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (ES) | Héctor Socas Navarro, EST Foundation (ES) (Stará tržnica)
Stalls:
Centre for Experimental Medicine SAS – Cheers together!
Biomedical Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences – IMMUNITY Our strength / EXERCISE as medicine, Brains! A complex network of neurons in the brain
Institute of Chemistry SAS – From sugars to diagnosis
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SAS – A laboratory of miracles. Inorganic adventures
Centre of Biosciences SAS – How do neurons communicate? / From genes to organisms – discovering the secrets of the complexity of life at all levels
Institute of Neuroimmunology SAS – BRAINS!
Institute of Archaeology SAS – Back to the Past: Technology and Life in Prehistory
Polymer Institute SAS – po-by-polymer: come and see
Institute of Electrical Engineering SAS – Microchips, electricity and superconductivity in a playful way
Institute of Slovak Literature SAS – Institute of Slovak Literature SAS
Institute of Physics SAS – Variety of thin films
Institute of Geography SAS – Geography in Lego
Institute of Earth Sciences SAS – Space weather, geomagnetic field and magnetic umbrella / Earthquakes – to be afraid or not to be afraid? / The Untamed Earth
Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS – Into the secrets of ecosystems
Institute of Molecular Biology SAS – Pigments and pharmaceuticals
Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture SAS – The danger of light smog and its impacts on the ecosystem
Institute for Research in Social Communication SAS – Let’s think scientifically, let’s not fall for nonsense
Institute of Zoology SAS – From Simplicity to Complexity: Discovering the Secrets of Life in Fruit Flies
Institute of Measurement SAS – Life of cells in a magnetic field
Computing Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Centre of Joint Activities of the Slovak Academy of Sciences- Supercomputers and high-performance computing
The European Science Night offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the secrets of science, talk to top Slovak and foreign scientists and experience exciting interactive activities. For more information on the European Science Night, visit www.nocvedy.sk
Do not hesitate to join us and experience a night full of fascinating discoveries with us!
Text and photos: Katarína Gáliková
Graphic: ENV 2024