31 March 2009 to 4 April 2009
Université de Genève
Europe/Zurich timezone

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  1. Prof. Christoph Renner
    31/03/2009, 09:00
  2. Prof. Martin Pohl (Unige)
    31/03/2009, 09:15
  3. Dr Olivier Gaumer (Unige)
    31/03/2009, 09:30
  4. Mr Jelmer Renema
    31/03/2009, 09:45
  5. Mr Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
    31/03/2009, 11:15
    General overview of our organisation and activities (experimental shows, open lectures, laboratory classes etc.).
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  6. Dr Arno Verweij (Invited speaker)
    31/03/2009, 11:45
    This presentation will introduce the website Proefjes.nl; the word "proefjes" literally means "little science experiments". The Dutch language website contains do-it-yourself science experiments, aiming at primary school students age 8 to 12 and their teachers. During the presentation, our approach will be discussed in the light of some materials from the website and our teacher workshops.
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  7. Ms Line Brogger
    31/03/2009, 14:00
    The DTU ScienceShow has existed since 2001. The people behind are students from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), who show science in an exciting and instructive way. Our show is a mixture of both physics and chemistry. The show turn to preschool and high school students. Our purpose is to give students an understanding in what science really is about and make up the old prejudice...
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  8. Mr Jaczek Legendziewicz
    31/03/2009, 14:30
    In this presentation we will be talking about our project: mobile interactive exhibition Wiembus. Problematic how we work with children and we also show few special part of the expositions. The topics of the parts will be combined with Coriolis force, gravitation, Bernoulli law.
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  9. Mr Ivan Bazulic
    31/03/2009, 15:00
    The problem with science, and particularly physics, in Croatia is multiple, and is not easy to understand. The most notable problem is the lack of interest in public schools, and especially in high schools, about science, about the world that surrounds us. In this presentation we will give our view of the problem, and a method how to solve it. We will also talk about the possibilty of a...
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  10. Mr Huw James (Invited speaker)
    31/03/2009, 16:00
    science made simple are a spin-out company from Cardiff University (University of Wales) who use scientific demonstrations to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. In this talk, you will see who science made simple are in the flesh, find out what this award winning science communication company does, and see some of the innovative but simple demonstrations they use that make...
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  11. Mr Manu Beeckmans
    31/03/2009, 16:45
    After some general considerations about energy and temperature equilibirium of the planet, we can observe changes induced by variations ofdifferent parameters like enforcement of convection or introduction of carbon dioxyde inside the atmosphere of a miniature planet.
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  12. Mr Carlo Tognoni
    31/03/2009, 17:15
    The Volta's Electrophorus is the simplest and most ancient electrostatic machine. It works from very simple materials: a non-conductive base, a conductive disk and some wool tissue. Using this very simple equipment however you can generate static electricity seemingly without limits: it looks like a perpetuum engine. Here I will present a multimedia, available on the Web, that explains in...
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  13. Mr Merlijn Van Deen
    01/04/2009, 09:15
    In the last few years, the Rino Foundation has grown considerably. This has had a big impact in terms of organization: it is no longer possible for the board to do everything needed for the shows itself. To cope with the increasing work load, while maintaining and improving both quality and size, we have made three important changes. First of all, we have a committee system where volunteers...
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  14. Ms Nataliya Kazachkova
    01/04/2009, 09:45
    "Paradox show " as a way to choose gifted students and how to impove their interests in science in future. We propose the way of selection and developing the talented children by means of impressive show programme.
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  15. Mr Kamil Fadel (Invited speaker)
    01/04/2009, 10:15
    The Palais de la découverte was founded in 1937 by the physics Nobel laureate Jean Perrin. The idea of Perrin was to create a science center where people could attend to lecture demonstrations "à la Faraday". Today, seventy years after its birth, it is still a very unique place with no equivalent in the world since all scientific topics are presented in detail to the public through...
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  16. Ms Tanya Chytil (Invited speaker)
    01/04/2009, 11:30
    Media relationship. How to make people know your show. How to contact and deal with media (TV, Radio and written)
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  17. Natasa Stanič (Invited Speaker)
    02/04/2009, 09:15
    Balloon, glass of water and cell phone is a triple/simple demonstration of the expansion, composition and size of the Universe. Blowing the balloon and, at certain moment, drowing a small fuzzy things on it to introduce the galaxies is the beginning. Story-telling about the Big Bang (BB) and history of the Universe continues with a glass of water and introducing one part of the water molecul,...
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  18. Dr Olivier Gaumer
    02/04/2009, 10:00
    PhysiScope is a new structure in Switzerland to produce show in physics. It is based in Geneva, and it depends on the University of Geneva. I'll present the organisation of the group, the way people are sharing responsibilities and the way shows are prepared.
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  19. Ms Stefanie Sandbacka
    02/04/2009, 11:00
    The Åbo Akademi Physics show, began in the mid 90's (although sporadic student initiatives occurred already in the 70's-80's), when the idea of visiting upper secondary schools giving them a well organized lecture on physics studies and interesting demonstrations. During the years the backbone of the show has been experiments with liquid nitrogen (including e.g. the Meissner effect and...
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  20. Mr Fuad Saad
    02/04/2009, 11:30
    Physics Show in Sao Polo, Brazil
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  21. Mr Sasa Ziherl
    02/04/2009, 12:00
  22. 02/04/2009, 14:00
    UniGE and CERN collaborated to design a brand new travelling exhibition about fundamental research with the Large Hadron Collider as an example.
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  23. Mr Hans Harhoff Andersen
    03/04/2009, 09:15
    We will give a short presentation about our show and other activities, both at the university and other places. We will also discuss some of our new experiments and our organisation.
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  24. Mr Marek Golab (Invited speaker)
    03/04/2009, 09:45
    The Stanisław Lem Garden of Experiences in Krakow, opened in spring 2008, is the first in Poland open-air educational exhibition. It was created in the frame of the EQUAL Community Initiative Programme with significant support from the city of Kraków. At the moment the exhibition is administered by the Museum of Municipal Engineering. There are over 50 interactive exhibits in the Garden,...
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  25. Prof. Antoine Weis
    03/04/2009, 11:00
    A Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) operated by single photons with photomultiplier detection and oscilloscope and acoustic display is used to demonstrate that light behaves simultaneously as particles and as waves. By averaging single photon events registered by a digital oscilloscope one sees the emergence of the classical fringe pattern.
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  26. Ms Gabriele Calza
    03/04/2009, 11:30
    We are members of the Laboratory for Physical Sciences Communication in Trento University; it has been set up in 2002 by Prof. Stefano Oss and it aims to research new educational tools for science. So we are here to present a small example of our activity and to learn, of course! You’ll feel directly on your skin the difference between weight and mass with a huge inflated balloon! You’ll be...
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  27. Dr Luigi Bonacina
    03/04/2009, 12:00
    Since its first demonstration, optical tweezing, i.e. the capability of manipulating objects on the micro- and nano-metric scale by a focused laser beam exerting a force depending on the refractive index mismatch between the object and its surrounding, has raised a growing interest from many fields of research: physics, biology, medicine, material science, etc. In order to demonstrate the...
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  28. Prof. Michela Guglielmino
    03/04/2009, 14:00
    In this session experiments discussed in the morning are shown with the designer or the presenter. People will have 1 hour to discuss freely technical details and the way experiments are designed.
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  29. Mr Olivier Landry
    03/04/2009, 15:00
    During this hour, material for the common show is checked and collected in the mini van to carry it to the place of the common show.
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  30. Mr Jelmer Renema
    03/04/2009, 16:30
  31. Dr Bernard Pellequer
    To be confiremed
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  32. Science Made Simple are a spin out company from Cardiff University (University of Wales) who use simple scientific demonstrations to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. In this talk, you will see who Science Made Simple are in the flesh! Just what this award winning Science Communication company does. See some innovative but simple demonstrations, and why we can all look...
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  33. Ms Stefanie Sandbacka
    The Åbo Akademi Physics show, began in the mid 90's (although sporadic student initiatives occurred already in the 70's-80's), when the idea of visiting upper secondary schools giving them a well organized lecture on physics studies and interesting demonstrations. During the years the backbone of the show has been experiments with liquid nitrogen (including e.g. the Meissner effect and...
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