Science Festival: 7 days to reflect
Cycab, the future car in Sophia, multimedia in Antibes, all the universe in Nice, flight simulation in Cannes-Mandelieu: open doors about knowledge on the French Riviera.
The 9th Science Festival will take place from Oct. 16 to 22, 2000. Like the precedent year, PERSAN association (research-teaching pole Sophia Antipolis-Nice) coordinates this national Festival in the Alpes-Maritimes department. For the edition 2000, several events will be put forward: welcome to Valentina Terechcova, the first woman cosmonaut in the world in Bar-sur-Loup on Saturday; multimedia and internet discovery in Antibes; presentation on Saturday of the future car Cycab in Sophia Antipolis; flight simulation from Monday to Friday, except on Wednesday at Cannes-Mandelieu airfield…Big research laboratories will open their doors for several conferences: 'the internet by satellites' at Inria on Saturday; presentation of the works of recently graduated students at Inria on Friday; experimental physics on Friday at ESINSA, Sophia Antipolis…The full program with contacts and schedule on www.persan.asso.fr. And here is a general survey day after day:Monday, Oct. 16:-flight simulation at Cannes-Mandelieu airfield (CIRAS)-introduction to practical astronomy in Nice (Collège Valéri)-visit of the Roman aqueduct in Sophia Antipolis (CNRS-Cépam)-visit with a guide of the Natural History Museum in Tourette-Levens-exhibition about the issue 'the passing time' in Valbonne (Service culturel)-exhibition about the geological risks of living on the seaside Villefranche-sur-Mer (Villerfranche-sur-Mer Observatory)Tuesday, 17-multimedia discovery in Antibes (service jeunesse)-flight simulation at Cannes-Mandelieu airfield (CIRAS)-conference 'a Walk in the Universe' in Nice (Collège Valéri)-visit of the Roman aqueduct in Sophia Antipolis (CNRS-Cépam)-visit with a guide of the Natural History Museum in Tourette-Levens-conference 'a Trip in the past time' in Valbonne-exhibition about the geological risks of living on the seaside Villefranche-sur-Mer (Villerfranche-sur-Mer Observatory)Wednesday, 18-multimedia discovery in Antibes (service jeunesse)-how to use the internet on a large screen in Antibes-insects and butterflies of the region and of the world in Levens (Entomology Museum)-planetarium session in Nice (Collège Valéri)-visit of the Roman aqueduct in Sophia Antipolis (CNRS-Cépam)-visit with a guide of the Natural History Museum in Tourette-Levens-exhibition about the issue 'the passing time' in Valbonne (Service culturel)-exhibition about the geological risks of living on the seaside Villefranche-sur-Mer (Villerfranche-sur-Mer Observatory)Thursday, 19-multimedia discovery in Antibes (service jeunesse)-how to use the internet on a large screen in Antibes-flight simulation at Cannes-Mandelieu airfield (CIRAS)-insects and butterflies of the region and of the world in Levens (Entomology Museum)-visit of the Roman aqueduct in Sophia Antipolis (CNRS-Cépam)-experimental physics and show in Sophia Antipolis (ESINSA)-visit with a guide of the Natural History Museum in Tourette-Levens-conference 'a Trip in the past time' in Valbonne-exhibition about the geological risks of living on the seaside Villefranche-sur-Mer (Villerfranche-sur-Mer Observatory)Friday, 20-multimedia discovery in Antibes (service jeunesse)-how to use the internet on a large screen in Antibes-flight simulation at Cannes-Mandelieu airfield (CIRAS)-sky festival: conferences, activities, sky observations in Grasse-insects and butterflies of the region and of the world in Levens (Entomology Museum)-conference 'see the surface of stars' in Nice (Collège Valéri)-visit of the Roman aqueduct in Sophia Antipolis (CNRS-Cépam)-experimental physics and show in Sophia Antipolis (ESINSA)-presentation of the works of recently graduated students at Inria in Sophia Antipolis-visit with a guide of the Natural History Museum in Tourette-Levens-exhibition about the issue 'the passing time' in Valbonne (Service culturel)-exhibition about the geological risks of living on the seaside Villefranche-sur-Mer (Villerfranche-sur-Mer Observatory)Saturday, 21-multimedia discovery in Antibes (service jeunesse)-how to use the internet on a large screen in Antibes-welcome and visit of the different workshops by Valentina Terechcova, the first woman cosmonaut in the world in Bar-sur-Loup-insects and butterflies of the region and of the world in Levens (Entomology Museum)-discovery of plankton: activities/workshop in Nice-experimental physics and show in Sophia Antipolis (ESINSA)-the Cycab: a concept of future urban car in Sophia Antipolis (Inria)-free software dedicated to research in Sophia Antipolis-conferences: 'the internet by satellites' at Inria-visit with a guide of the Natural History Museum in Tourette-Levens-exhibition about the issue 'the passing time' in Valbonne (Service culturel)Sunday, 22-insects and butterflies of the region and of the world in Levens (Entomology Museum)-experimental physics and show in Sophia Antipolis (ESINSA)-visit with a guide of the Natural History Museum in Tourette-Levens-exhibition about the issue 'the passing time' in Valbonne (Service culturel)
