FameLab regional event - Geneva

Thursday 27 Mar 2014, 08:00 → 21:30 Europe/Zurich

80-1-001 (CERN)

Welcome to CERN to take part in one of the Swiss regional FameLab events 2014!

The FameLab competition started in 2005 from an original idea at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Its purpose is to nurture the communication of science by identifying and training talented young people working in science.

Through an innovative format, FameLab encourages scientists to inspire and excite the public with a vision of 21st century science. It supports these young scientists in developing ideas and presentation skills for broadcast and general audiences.

The goal is to give an entertaining and original 3-minute talk that is scientifically accurate and engaging. 

The Jury of the Geneva regional event is composed by the following members;

- Claude Nicollier - ESA and Swiss astronaut, Swiss Space Center, Solar Impulse EPFL Project
- Yasemin Koc - British Council
- Luis Alvarez-Gaume - CERN Theorist
- Emma Sanders - CERN Science Communicator, author of the LHC pop-up book
- Christophe Ungar - Science journalist at Radio Télévision Suisse

At CERN, the 3-minute talk can be given in French or English. However, the MasterClass, the Swiss final and the International Final are in English only. 

Registration is closed but you can still join us at the live event in the Globe of Science and Innovation (book your seat here), on social media or watch the webcast on Thursday 27 March 2014.

More information on the Swiss National organisation can be found at
http://www.famelab.ch/ 
 

11:45 → 12:00 Meeting at the CERN reception¶

12:00 → 13:15 Visit of the ATLAS cavern¶

Meeting at the CERN reception

13:15 → 13:40 Meeting at the reception (for those NOT attending the ATLAS visit) + Walk to building 31¶

Registration and transport to building 600.

13:40 → 14:00 Coffee + Sandwiches

14:00 → 14:15 Welcome and presentation of candidates¶

14:00 Welcome¶

Speaker: Antonella Del Rosso (CERN)

14:15 → 15:00 Warm-up: dos and don'ts of communication¶

Manuella Cirilli and Marco Delmastro

14:15 Warm-up¶

Speakers: Dr Manuela Cirilli (CERN), Marco Delmastro (CNRS/IN2P3 LAPP)

15:00 → 16:00 Rehearsal Session 2¶

Antonella del Rosso

15:00 Rehearsal¶

Speaker: Marco Delmastro (CNRS/IN2P3 LAPP)

15:00 → 16:00 Rehearsal session 1¶

Manuella Cirilli

15:00 Rehearsals¶

Speaker: Dr Manuela Cirilli (CERN)

16:00 → 16:15 Wrap up - Last good advice¶

16:30 → 17:30 Rehearsals on stage (Musicians + Famelabers)¶

17:30 → 18:00 Event preparations¶

18:00 → 19:05 FameLab Local Event 2014, Geneva - Webcast¶

Famelab Local Event - Geneva
Host: Claire Lee and Steven Goldfarb
Producer of the Webcast: Paola Catapano

18:00 Welcome¶

Speakers: Christophe UNGAR, Claire Lee (University of Johannesburg (ZA)/ Academia Sinica (TW)), Claude Nicollier, Emma Sanders (CERN), Luis Alarez-Gaume (CERN), Paola Catapano (CERN), Steven Goldfarb (University of Michigan (US)), Yasemin Koc

18:05 I'm a physicist and I can read your mind¶

Physicist from the UK with a background in Magnetic Resonance Imaging - currently working as a post-doc on MRI projects at the EPFL.

Speaker: Daniel Gallichan (EPFL)

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18:10 How Your Brain Makes Choices¶

I have a Masters degree in Mathematics from Imperial College, London and have been studying behavioural economics/finance in Geneva for the last 3 years. My research has lead me to research neuroscience, which is what I intend to talk about at FameLab. My big hobby is theatre, which I've been doing heavily for the last 4 years. A consummate actor and all-round performer, I've just started writing my own scripts, the first of which will be performed in March in Lausanne. My YouTube channel includes videos where I explain concepts talked about regularly in finance, the most popular of which currently has had just shy of 10,000 views.

Speaker: Christopher Hemmens (University of Geneva)

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18:15 Everybody has flaws, some have good flaws!¶

I am Trained in experimental biology and am now transforming to a computational biologist, in the field of human genomics.

Speaker: Samira Asgari (EPFL)

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18:20 Et si Newton tombait avec sa pomme?¶

My scientific life is shared between research and Education/Outreach. From the Education side: I travel the world to inspire young people with Astronomy through the GalileoMobile programme, convinced that opening their minds to the beauty and grandeur of our Universe (www.galileo-mobile.org) and learning together ""under a same sky"" contributes to a better world. From the Research side: Our group ""Flash & Splash"" at EPFL flies every year onboard parabolic flights of the European Space Agency to unravel the mysteries of cavitation bubbles (bubbles.epfl.ch).

Speaker: Philippe KOBEL (EPFL)

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18:25 Steam: from (Italian) coffee to electricity¶

Nuclear Engineer, I work on medical applications of linear accelerators for Tera Foundation at CERN. I am also Cofounder and COO of a web based company in Italy, aiming at helping any aspiring entrepreneur in building his own project. Finally I am part of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.

Speaker: Giovanni Porcellana (TERA Foundation (IT))

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18:30 Intermission¶

Speaker: Alex Brown (University of the West of England (GB))

18:35 Catalytic Reactions¶

I am a Chemical engineer and passionate about contributing to the field of science by continuous learning and offering solutions in making chemical products efficiently.I have worked on several research projects including plant design, catalytic reacting systems and solvent recovery units. Presently, I am completing my Masters in Chemical Engineering at EPFL, Switzerland. My research focuses on developing catalytic reactions and model the reacting system. Having an efficient understanding of these reactions can have a huge application in converting the biomass waste to fuels quickly rather than waiting for several years for biomass to degrade and form fuel reserves.

Speaker: Vibhuti CHHABRA (EPFL)

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18:40 Enemy or ally?¶

Speaker: Andrii Rogov

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18:45 Moonburn¶

I am currently finishing my master degree in condensed matter physics at the University of Geneva. All along my studies, I tried to spend some time focusing on teaching and popularizing physics and sciences in general to non-scientists. I am convince it is an important part of a scientist job to be able to share his research! Apart from that, I do not know what you what to know... Talking about life and myself is not an easy task! Especially "in a few words"!

Speaker: Leonard Rouillier (University of Geneva)

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18:50 The Mathematics of a River¶

Speaker: Jennifer FOWLIE

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18:55 Our data are up in the clouds¶

I'm a Marie Curie CERN-COFUND postdoctoral fellow within the Beams department at CERN. I develop control software for the LHC collimation system.

Speaker: Gianluca Valentino (CERN)

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19:00 Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard, ou comment éviter de prendre une mauvaise decision¶

Speaker: Miquel Oliu-Barton

19:05 → 19:10 making of Famelab CERN 2014¶

19:05 Making of FameLab 2014¶

Speaker: Noemi Caraban Gonzalez (CERN)

19:10 → 19:30 Voyager Sonification¶

19:10 Voyager Sonification¶

Speaker: Domenico Vicinanza (DANTE)

19:30 → 19:40 Prize Ceremony¶

19:30 Prize ceremony¶

Speakers: Claire Lee (University of Johannesburg (ZA)/ Academia Sinica (TW)), Paola Catapano (CERN), Steven Goldfarb (University of Michigan)

19:40 → 20:25 Cocktail¶