Showcases exhibition

In addition to the debates in plenary and parallel sessions, the Forum will have an exhibition area that will present most of the 40 showcase actions selected to illustrate the issues covered by the Forum. It will be accessible during lunch hours and coffee breaks.
Collected from the Member States and the EU, three clusters of showcase actions have emerged. An information sheet is available for each of these actions.

Cluster I: Popularisation of science

Science communication

• “Science on the web – the Netherlands” – NL
• “Science on the web – Sweden” - SE
• “Science on the web – Norway” - NO
  Presentation [ - 4.5 Mb]
• SCP - University Science Communication to the Public – IS

Science and the media

• AlphaGalileo – UK
• EXPERTANSWER – SE

Hands-on science

• European Science and Technology Weeks – EC
• Engineering in summer - PT
• GSF - Genova Science Festival – IT
• House of Science – SE
• Invent an et! – PT
• IPUSTS - Improving Public Understanding of Science and Technology in Slovenia – SI
• Science & the city – ES
• Science Picnic – PL
• SFPL - Warsaw Science Festival – PL
• YESS - Yearly European Science Society – EC
• Le Palais des images – BE [FR]

Art and science

• Mindscape: a video of your brain! - UK
  More about the Mindscape project
• Science et cinéma – FR [ - 239 Kb]
• Klara Soup theatre [ - 17 Kb]
• Pandemonia
• Inedit Theatre - Theatre-debate for the general public

Regional Dimension of science

• ZIELONA – Green action – PL
  

Cluster II: Debates and participatory processes

• CLIMATE – Interactive exhibition on global warming – FR
• NANO DIALOGUE – IT, UK, BE, FR, DE, SE, PT, EE
• NANOFORUM – UK
• PPGI - Public Participation and Governance of Innovation – IT
• Technology foresight in Greece - GR
• TRUSTNET-IN-ACTION – Improving governance of hazardous activities - EC
• Medical Research Charities – UK
• Democracy on the move - AT

Scientific advice

• SINAPSE
• Geology and society
• IPR - Intellectual Property rights Helpdesk

Cluster III: Addressing groups of society

Women in science

• fForte, Women in Research and Technology – AT
• FiF Contact Point: Coaching for Women Scientists – DE
• CEWS - Coaching for Women Scientists - DE

Science through the eyes of children

• MERA - Pupils in Research – CY
• Science Generation – IL
• EFYP - Ethical Forum for Young People – DK
• Kinderunis (Children's University) with Kinderenten Club - DE

Educating new generations of scientists

• EMBO – Biology education and communication – EC
• EUROSCENE 2003 - European Science Education Network 2003 – SK
• YEBN - Young European Biotech Network – IT, DE, FR, CH, NL, PL, PT, AT
• ZUKUNFTSWERKSTATT – Didactic concept for knowledge transfer – DE

The local and regional dimensions of knowledge transfer

• COST - European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - EC
• ERRIN - European Regions Research and Innovation Network – EC
• ETHNIC - Raising Awareness of S & T among Ethnic Minorities – AT
• ISSNET - Improving Science Shop Networking – NL, D, AT, RO, DK, E, F, UK, USA
• Regional Research & Development Centres – IL