Imperial Festival returns…bringing back the livelier side of science, 7-8 May 2016
Imperial Festival 2016 is perfect for those who have ever wondered if they can outsmart a robot, what their pee says about them, or whether music makes people healthy.
This free weekend of hands-on, inspiring science is open to all. So whether they’re a regular or first-time visitor to the College, everyone is welcome to join Imperial College to celebrate the fifth year of Imperial Festival.
If that wasn’t enough, this year there is a unique competition giving one lucky person the opportunity to officially open the Festival, and take home a bag of goodies and merchandise. To be in with a chance of cutting the red ribbon and launching Imperial Festival 2016, the registration form is available here.
Imperial Festival 2016
What’s on?
A full programme of hands-on research demonstrations, talks, and music and dance performances will be available shortly via Imperial Festival’s online programme. However, highlights include:
- Over 40 hands-on research’s demonstrations in Research Zone, including opportunities to explore astrophysics through food, finding out what the pee says about one’s lifestyle, making art with fat, and playing noughts and crosses with lasers
- Exploring a unique horseless carriage exhibition, with cars from the turn of the 20th Century being displayed alongside new research into the future of mobility within the brand new Transport Zone
- Meeting the next generation of robots that could revolutionise daily lives and exploring how research into the inner workings of human’s brain could produce true artificial intelligence
- Listening to an inspiring talks programme on everything from predicting the future through science fiction, the health of the Chinese economy, and the geology behind Italy’s dramatic scenery
- Having a tipple at Imperial Festival’s pop-up pub, the Haemo Globe Inn
- Making jelly worms and DNA bracelets for the young budding scientists in the Explore Zone
- Proposing ideas for Paralympic sports of the future with students from the Department of Bioengineering
- Journey into the tiny world of bacteria and the organisms that share homes and bodies, before learning all about the threat of antimicrobial resistance in the Superbug Zone
- Getting away from the crowds with festival’s tours programme featuring opportunities to relax under a sky full of stars in Imperial’s pop-up planetarium, and becoming fully immersed in new research within 313 degree, 64 screen Data Observatory
- Food and drink stalls from the London Farmer’s Market
For all the latest news, sneak previews and behind the scenes photos, visitors can follow the Festival build up on Facebook and Twitter, as well as share their experiences using the Festival hashtag #impfest.
Twitter – #impfest 2016
When: Saturday 7 May: 12pm – 18pm, Sunday 8 May: 12pm – 5pm
Where: Imperial’s South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ (see the online map)
Nearest tube stations: South Kensington or Gloucester Road.
Cost: Free
