SciFest 2022 - Welcome to participate
SciFest is and has always been a science festival with a wide range of workshops, shows, competitions, researcher meet and greets, and lectures. Since 2020, the festival is co-organised by Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Here, curious people of all ages get a taste of the research being conducted, with laboratory work, current research questions and hands-on activities. SciFest wants to give children and school pupils the opportunity to discover just how much fun science is, and hopefully be able to sow a seed that leads young people to become interested in studying it more and maybe even become researchers.
Over all the years that the festival has been organised, SciFest has gathered almost 8,000 curious visitors over the three festival days. SciFest exhibitors come from schools, universities, companies, authorities, museums and organisations. The first days of the festival are dedicated to school pupils and teachers. On the final day, SciFest opens its doors to the public.
Are you interested in taking part?
Follow the steps below and if you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with us.
Date: 10-12 March 2022
Venue: Fyrishov
If many exhibitors register activities for this year’s SciFest, it may be necessary to limit the number of activities and stands. In that case we will explore the possibility of creating a joint stand with one or more other researchers, perhaps from different fields. The SciFest team is open to all ways of creating an exciting science festival together with you.
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- Step 1. Registration open
- Step 2. Get practical tips
- Step 3. Deadline for registration
- Step 4. Deadline for all practical details
- Step 5. Transport of material
7 October
Do you already have an idea or a ready-to-go activity that you would like to participate with? Register and fill in information about your workshop. You can go back to your registration at any time up to 1 December and change/add information.
Workshop or non-stop activity
As an exhibitor at SciFest, you can participate with two different types of activities. If you arrange an unbookable non-stop activity, you provide an activity that the visitor is open to interacting with at any time during the day. At a bookable workshop, you offer workshop time slots at special times that is open for school students to book to get a deeper insight into your area of research. Between the workshop sessions, as well as on Saturday, your activity acts as a non-stop activity.
9 and 16 November
If you have questions about the workshops, please contacs us at scifest@uu.se
9 November
A digital workshop for anyone curious about SciFest – and which may inspire you to want to participate in the science festival with your research. No pre-registration is required.
ZOOM-LINK TO THE WORKSHOP
16 November and 20 January
In-person workshop at Gustavianum, where you will get practical tips and advice on how to design your workshop, important things for exhibitors to think about when meeting school pupils, and the perfect way to describe your activity. We are also organising a workshop on 20 January 2022 to provide more inspiration.
READ MORE AND REGISTER TO THE IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
1 December
By this date, you must have entered all the information about your workshop in the booking system (link will be available shortly): a description of your activity, times of workshops and whether your activity will be bookable or non-stop (i.e. non-bookable). After that, you will have time to design your activity. We are organising a workshop on 20 January 2022 to provide more inspiration.
26 January
The SciFest team will send out an enquiry in good time asking about your needs in terms of electricity, network connections, transport, food, etc.
9 March
Coordinated transport of material to Fyrishov, Uppsala.
Get ready! On Thursday it's time for SciFest!
Do you have any questions?
Don’t worry – The SciFest team is here to help you all the way from idea to ready-to-use production. We can work with you right from an early stage to develop an interactive digital activity that is suitable for your particular research. We can help you with adaptation to the target group, suggestions and tips.
SLU
All areas
Contact Anna Lundmark, email: anna.lundmark@slu.se
Uppsala University
Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences
Contact Gunilla Sthyr, email: gunilla.sthyr@uadm.uu.se
Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
Contact Maria Ferletta, email: maria.ferletta@uadm.uu.se,
Carin Marciszko, email: carin.marciszko@uadm.uu.se
Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology
Contact Maja Garde Lindholm, email: maja.garde.lindholm@uadm.uu.se
External exhibitors
Contact Katarina Holmborn Garpenstrand, email katarina.garpenstrand@uadm.uu.se