The largest science festival in the Czech Republic Week of Science and Technology of the Academy of Sciences of the CR was ceremonially opened today at the headquarters of the ASCR in Prague with the attendance of President of the ASCR Prof. Jiří Drahoš and Lord Mayor of the Capital City of Prague RNDR. Tomáš Hudeček. This, already the 13th annual festival of successful scientific shows, whose popularity is still growing, bears the subtitle Fascination with the World. It is taking place on 1–15 November 2013 and its programme is filled with more than 500 events scattered all over the Czech Republic.
“I still think that not only scientists but also laypeople and people who are interested in science are fascinated precisely by these scientific aspects,” said President of the ASCR Prof. Jiří Drahoš at the ceremonial opening.
The festival offer will mainly be concentrated in Prague, Brno, Ostrava and České Budějovice, but there will be interesting events in every regional seat and in many other places. The festival is intended for the wider public, but primarily at secondary-school students who will be able to look into scientific workplaces and laboratories and find out more about the world of science.
30 Oct 2013
