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Table of contents Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE in figures Introduction Mission Organisers and staff involvement Domestic and international cooperation Ambassadors Space and venue Participants Programme Special guests Special zones ŚFN accompanying competitions Science Festival Forum ŚFN all year round Promotion and communication Promotion in figures Sponsors and partners Visual identification in the previous editions
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CO-ORGANISERS
SPECIAL GUESTS
HONORARY PATRONS
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MINISTRIES SUPPORTING ÅšFN
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ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES OF 59 MEDIA UNITS
604
FOREIGN GUESTS
LECTURES
715
EXHIBITION BOOTHS
780
419
SPEAKERS
WORKSHOPS
1,489
5,000
REGISTERED ORGANISED GROUPS
EXHIBITORS
56,135 ONLINE TRANSMISSION VIEWERS
3,488,550 PLN
>146,000
MEDIA EQUIVALENT VALUE
PARTICIPANTS AT ICC
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Introduction Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE is currently one
world. It all results in increasing popularity of the event
of the largest popular science events in Poland and
- the fourth edition of ŚFN gathered the audience of
Europe.
over 51,000 people.
Since the first edition, it has been held at the Inter-
The international character of subsequent editions
national Congress Centre in Katowice. The event has
is proven by the fact that Silesian Science Festival
a different motto each year. In 2020 the slogan was
KATOWICE has been admitted to the European Scien-
‘Science is closer’.
ce Engagement Association. ŚFN has also been awarded with the ‘Golden Rose’, which is the first prize for
Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE involves hundreds
the best marketing campaign among popular scien-
of scientific highlights, including:
ce events during the EUPRIO (European Association
l exhibition booths,
of Communication Professionals in Higher Educa-
l lectures,
tion) conference.
l workshops, l meetings with scientists. Its success lies in the great involvement of scientists and students, as well as many lecturers, exhibitors and science communicators from Poland and all over the
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Mission FE STIVAL M IS S IO N We want our science festival to bring the joy of being with knowledge and creating it, and to give us the hope that thanks to science we can systematically repair the world where we live, thus making it a better place for all living things. The Festival’s mission is to stimulate social interest in science by inspiring cognitive curiosity in people of all ages. The involvement of ŚFN participants in learning science happens thanks to their active participation in shows, experiments, presentations, lectures and interviews. Our aim is to keep convincing people about the value of knowledge and scientific research, and their positive influence on the future of the world. We find it important that the residents of the Silesian Voivodeship should be aware of the scientific variety of their region and proud of having such great academic centres with thousands of
International Congress Centre in Katowice, to the Silesian Theatre, but also to streets, parks, museums and galleries, so that science and knowledge take over the city and become an attraction both for residents and guests.
WH Y WE D O I T Our goal is not only to present the scientific achievements of a region in Poland and of the world, but also to convince people that knowledge and science should be the foundations of the life which we share with all living things. Thanks to science and knowledge, the culture of conversation grows, argumentation improves, and we gain respect for facts and reliable descriptions of reality. Science proves that dialogue about the most difficult issues (not only cognitive, but also ideological ones) is possible. By organising the Sile-
researchers working in them.
sian Science Festival KATOWICE, we contribute to the
WH AT WE D O
which undertakes key decisions based on reason and
During the festival days we gather outstanding scientists from Silesian and other domestic universities, as well as remarkable guests from abroad. They represent various fields of science and arts. During this time we want to move science out of the lecture halls and la-
development of society of knowledge – a community knowledge, and becomes involved in social dialogue. Prof. Ryszard Koziołek General Director of Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE Rector of the University of Silesia
boratories – outside the universities, to the hospitable
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Organisers and staff involvement Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE is organised by
The host of the Festival is the City of Katowice, and
a number of Silesian universities, which have formed an
the co-hosts are Metropolis GZM and Marshall Offi-
agreement-based consortium since 2018. The leader
ce of the Silesian Voivodeship.
of the consortium and main organiser of the event is the University of Silesia in Katowice. The co-orga-
Organisation of the Festival involves many administra-
nisers include:
tion employees of the University of Silesia who form
l Silesian University of Technology,
a complex organisational team divided into sections,
l Medical University of Silesia,
made of specialists in different fields. The team is led
l Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education
by the General Director and managed by the Executi-
in Katowice,
ve Director and Vice-Chancellor for Development and
l Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa,
Industry Cooperation.
l University of Bielsko-Biała, l Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice.
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employees of the University of Silesia were involved in the fourth edition.
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Domestic and international cooperation Since the very beginning, the idea was to involve
ŚFN is also an active member of EUSEA (European
a number of partners in Silesian Science Festival KA-
Science Engagement Association), which allows us
TOWICE. After four years, we are proud to say that we
to develop our cooperation with festivals abroad.
have become the centre of popular science events
Our team has already visited Göteborg, Edinburgh,
in Poland, and we aspire to be a Central European hub
Belfast and World Science Festival in New York. Thanks
for events in the region. Thanks to perfect cooperation
to these visits, we managed to build a cooperation ne-
with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
twork, which impacts the quality improvement of ŚFN.
and other domestic science festivals, we managed to
Our foreign partners are willing to share their com-
establish the Science Festival Forum (more info on
ments and good practices. They also visit ŚFN and have
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a direct influence on the shape of its programme. The Festival also enjoys excellent cooperation with a group of sponsors and institutional partners who support us financially and substantially during the subsequent editions.
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Ambassadors The ambassadors of the Silesian Science Festival are
The ambassadors have had a direct impact on the sha-
a group of outstanding people, science communica-
pe of subsequent editions of the Silesian feast of scien-
tors, scientists, journalists and authors who support
ce – their meetings with the organisational committee
the mission of our event. The remarks and ideas of our
of ŚFN allow for free exchange of ideas and analysis
ambassadors translate to the constantly improving
of previous activities. During the event our ambas-
quality of the Festival. Thanks to their involvement in
sadors run lectures and workshops. They also have
working together, we succeed in reaching new audien-
meet-the-author sessions and autograph sessions.
ce and properly promoting the subsequent editions of ŚFN.
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DR AGATA KOŁODZ IE J C ZYK
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PROF. KATARZYNA KŁOSIŃSKA
N I CO L E STOT T
WI KTOR NI EDZ I C K I
JAROSŁ AW JU SZ KIEWICZ D R TOMASZ ROŻ E K
D R AR KA D I US Z G O RZ AWS K I MARE K H U C Z I JAN J U RKOWSKI G .F. DARWIN
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Space and venue Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE is almost 40,000
Participants of the event can use:
m filled with science and art, which found a safe ha-
l numerous food outlets,
ven in two outstanding buildings - Spodek Sports and
l over 20 lecture halls,
Entertainment Area and International Congress
l spacious auditorium hall with 550 seats,
Centre (ICC). Both are located in the same centre of
l three ballrooms (which hosted e-sports zone,
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the region capital. This vast space allows us to organise
sports zone and kids zone during 4th ŚFN),
the event like no other in Poland, and gives us the fre-
l many traffic routes with a rich offer of thematic
edom of contact with science. The heart of ŚFN is the
zones (e.g. exhibition of OFF Science - Review of
Main Hall of over 8,000 m2, which holds:
Garage Inventions).
l the main stage l zones presenting particular fields of knowledge, full of exhibition booths, experiments and other
Spodek is mainly the schools zone, whereas the area near the entrance to ICC is occupied by food trucks.
highlights prepared by our partners. Since the third edition, ŚFN has been inaugurated at the Stanisław Wyspiański Silesian Theatre.
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The total usable area of ICC is 34,899 m2 and is almost entirely utilised for the purpose of ŚFN
m2
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Participants Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE attracts crowds
We started the two latest editions of the Festival at
of young and old people fascinated by science. The
the Stanisław Wyspiański Silesian Theatre in Katowice.
Festival’s offer is adjusted to all groups of audience -
Almost 1,600 people took part in the opening ceremo-
organised school groups, whole families and friends
nies.
who want to spend some time in an interesting way. For all those who are unable to take part in the feast of
It is also worth mentioning the people who participa-
science directly, every year we prepare online transmis-
ted in the Festival online.
sions of the whole event. In the previous editions of ŚFN, overall we have gathered almost 150,000 participants at the International Congress Centre in Katowice, including over 51,000 people during the latest, fourth edition of the Festival.
over
51,000
over
55,000
watched the first four editions of ŚFN online
took part in 4th ŚFN
people
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Programme The programme of ŚFN KATOWICE consists of the
The Festival space will also include thematic zones,
official opening ceremony (hosted by the Stanisław
e.g.:
Wyspiański Silesian Theatre in Katowice during the
l special zone (during the 3rd edition - space zone,
third and fourth editions of the Festival) and the main
during the 4th edition - climate and electromobili-
part, which takes place in the International Congress
ty zone),
Centre.
l kids zone,
It consists of several hundred various types of activi-
l sports zone,
ties.
l E-sport Point, l OFF Science zone which hosts the Review of Ga-
A significant part of them are exhibition booths loca-
rage Inventions - an integral part of ŚFN since its
ted in the multipurpose hall and grouped in six fields
2nd edition.
of knowledge, reflecting scientific disciplines taught at universities in the Silesian Voivodeship:
The programme of each edition is supervised by the
l natural sciences,
organisational committee and technical coordinators.
l humanities and social sciences,
A majority of programme items are created on the
l technology,
basis of applications from units, employees, doctoral
l medical and health sciences,
students and students from the universities which or-
l exact sciences,
ganise the Festival, as well as other scientific entities,
l the arts.
cultural institutions and partners.
Among the activities are also dozens of lectures and workshops, several exhibitions and concerts, as well as numerous meetings with Festival guests. Many of them took place in a more intimate form - at Science Stations, or in the quiet of the scientific bookshop.
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The circulation of 4th ŚFN KATOWICE programme distributed with “Gazeta Wyborcza” and “Dziennik Zachodni” was 100,000 copies
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Special guests During four editions of Silesian Science Festival
- BBC radio DJ and science communicator, Dr Declan
KATOWICE, we have been visited by numerous out-
McKenna (Northern Ireland) - biomedical scientist,
standing special guests, representing not only many
Dr Victoria Simms (Northern Ireland) - psychologist,
Polish and foreign universities and science institutions,
Daniel Tammet (England) - British autistic savant
but also the world of culture, art, literature, sport and
and writer, Dr Robert Zubrin (USA) - Mars Society fo-
even politics. Among them were Nicole Stott (USA)
under, Tomasz Zubilewicz - weather forecaster, Prof.
- NASA astronaut, Mirosław Hermaszewski - Polish
Jerzy Buzek - former President of the European Par-
astronaut, Prof. Johannes Georg Bednorz (Germany)
liament, Leszek Cichy - Himalayan mountaineer, Prof.
- Nobel Prize winner in physics, Seth Shostak (USA)
Karol Myśliwiec - archaeologist and Egyptologist, Dr
- astronomer associated with SETI Institute, Marc
Arkadiusz Gorzawski - physicist working at CERN, Dr
Elsberg (Austria) - writer, Russell Arnott from the
Andrzej Kruszewicz - ornithologist, as well as Mariusz
University of Bath (England) - oceanographer and
Szczygieł, Filip Springer and Jacek Hugo-Bader -
physicist, Alan Fitzsimmons (Northern Ireland) -
writers and reporters.
astrophysicist, Dr Jamie Gallagher (Scotland) - chemist and physicist, Emer Maguire (Northern Ireland)
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Daniel Tammet, guest of 4th ŚFN KATOWICE, recited 2,214 number pi digits (European record)
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We hosted 82 special guests during four editions of the Festival
We hosted 12 foreign special guests during four editions of the Festival
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NI COL E STOT T
D R R OBE RT Z UB RI N
E ME R MAGU IR E
RU SSE L L ARN OT T PRO F. J O H AN N E S GEORG B E DN ORZ
M I R OSŁ AW H E RM A S Z EWS K I
SE TH SH OSTAK
DR VICTORIA SIMMS
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Special zones Special zone made its first appearance during the third edition of Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE.
SPAC E ZON E It was the space zone. The space enthusiasts enjoyed shows in the mobile planetarium at the Silesian Planetarium in Chorzów, Martian rovers, gyroscope, spacesuits, Lego Martian mission booth (Unibot), Youth Space Station (YSS) and Astronomical Observatory in Sopotnia Wielka booths, virtual reality booths and spherical tent where they could meet a lot of renowned guests, including Mirosław Hermaszewski (Polish astronaut), Nicole Stott (NASA astronaut), as well as many scientists specialised in space-related themes.
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is the overall time that Nicole Stott (guest of 3rd ŚFN KATOWICE) spent in space during her two missions to the International Space Station
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C L I M AT E AN D E L ECT R O M O B I L I TY ZON E The special zone during the 4th Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE was climate and electromobility zone. What you could see there was environmentally friendly vehicles (for example electric cars, electric motorcycles and solar planes), as well as University of Silesia balloon for air quality studies in the cities of Metropolis GZM. Moreover, a lot of interesting lectures on the problems related to global warming were taught in the spherical tent.
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ŚFN accompanying competitions The programme of ŚFN KATOWICE is systematically
ŚFN, whose activity is particularly significant for the
expanded, e.g. with accompanying competitions.
development of Polish, European and global science.
O FF Scien ce – Rev i ew of Gara g e I nve n ti o n s
PO P S c i e n ce
Since the second edition of the Festival, we have or-
of POP Science competition, in which we want to
ganised OFF Science – Review of Garage Inventions,
reward the achievements of science communicators,
in which amateur inventors and constructors can
both those who are known all across Poland and the
submit the effects of their works created in the quiet
leaders of science communication initiatives in the
of their garages, attics and basements, and the best
Silesian Voivodeship. The first edition included five
projects are watched by the Festival audience in OFF
categories: video blog; blog or website; radio bro-
Science zone at ICC (three prizes are awarded in the
adcast or podcast; think globally, act locally – scien-
competition).
tist and/or lecturer from a university in the Silesian
Silesian Sci e n ti f i c Awa rd
The fourth edition of the Festival marked the debut
Voivodeship; think globally, act locally – resident of the Silesian Voivodeship.
During the 3rd edition of ŚFN, for the first time we granted the Silesian Scientific Awards for researchers representing each of the universities that co-organise
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31 projects were presented in the OFF Science zone during three editions of the Review of Garage Inventions
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votes were cast in the first edition of POP Science competition, which debuted during 4th ŚFN
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1 Forum of Polish Science Festival Organisers st
The success of ŚFN KATOWICE and the activity of the
Ellie Petrie – Programme Manager of the Science
University of Silesia in Katowice as the leader of the
Festival in Cheltenham and Jennie Turner – Opera-
whole event have been noticed and appreciated by
tions Manager of the Vetenskapsfestivalen (Internatio-
the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, which
nal Science Festival) in Göteborg.
chose our university as the host of the 1st Forum of Polish Science Festival Organisers, held in Katowice on
During several panel sessions, the attendants discus-
the occasion of the fourth edition of ŚFN.
sed the social responsibility of science festivals, various models of festival organisation, as well as effective
The Forum, which took place on 27 and 28 January
promotion of events in the public space. On the first
2020, was attended by almost 90 representatives
day, the participants stayed at ICC in Katowice, where
of Polish festival sciences, both the best known and
they could see at close range what ŚFN looks like live.
those which are currently working to win recognition. The meeting was also attended by foreign guests:
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During the Forum, 25 entities signed the letter of intent on the establishment of cooperation network under the name of Agreement of Science Festival Organisers in Poland.
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ŚFN all year round It is very important for us that science communication and achievements of universities in the Silesian Voivodeship are not only limited to the few days when we meet at ICC. We want the potential of ŚFN to ‘work’ and bring results all year round, every day. Our goal is to keep the Festival audience connected with us between the subsequent editions of the event. Here is how we try to make it happen:
“ Su pern ova – Ś FN s c i en ti f i c s ubscrip tio n” n ews l e tter The Festival newsletter has a lot of popular science content and provides regular updates on the progress in preparing the fifth edition of ŚFN.
Ś F N s c i e n t i f i c ch a l l e n ge s We also encourage you to take up ŚFN scientific challenges prepared by our team – there are various tasks to perform (e.g. Goldberg machine design, vision of Silesia in 2030, educational board game design), but what they all definitely have in common is creativity.
We bi n a r s e ri e s In April 2020 we began a series of webinars on Wednesday evenings. ŚFN ambassadors and special guests, as well as scientists from the University of Silesia, run online lectures every week. Thanks to Facebook, it is also possible to ask questions to the lecturer. This form of science communication has proven itself very well during the social isolation period.
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Overall, the first 15 webinars (from 15 April to 13 August) had 43,203 views.
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Promotion and communication ŚFN communication is based on the ongoing contact
Promotion of each Festival edition consists of two sta-
with our audience and partners, also between the
ges - the first one concerns the recruitment of acti-
specific Festival editions. We believe that the commu-
vities, and the second one is related to programme,
nity gathered around our event appreciates the possi-
guests and partners. During the second stage, we run
bility of contact with science in different forms, which is
a complex Polish nationwide advertising campaign
why we use social media to transmit recordings of the
on the Internet, in media and public space. We invite
most interesting performances, involve the audience in
artists to prepare graphic designs and visual iden-
numerous campaigns (e.g. #NaukoweWyzwanieŚFN),
tification for us. Our collaborators include Szymon
as well as invite them to meetings with our ambas-
Nawrat, Marek Głowacki, PhD and Natalia Łukom-
sadors and speakers. We are strongly represented
ska, PhD. Our promotional activities were appreciated
in the media which we have cooperated with for seve-
in 2019 - 3rd Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE won
ral years - thanks to the creativity of the Festival team,
recognition and the first place in the competition
it is possible to involve journalists in promoting ŚFN.
for the best communication and marketing initiatives of European universities - EUPRIO Awards 2019.
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HONORARY PATRONS
65.6 MILLION
PLN 2,018,488 OF MEDIA EQUIVALENT VALUE
MEDIA COVERAGE AREA (SUM OF CONTACTS)
4,942,177
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MEDIA USERS INFORMED ABOUT THE EVENT
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING MEDIA
18 MEDIA PARTNERS
112 ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES OF 59 MEDIA UNITS
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Sponsors and partners Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE would not have
Cooperation, search for common themes and mutual
won such success or publicity without the help of
promotion connect us in striving for science commu-
many public and private entities - sponsors and part-
nication at the highest level and in an unusual form.
ners who believe in our vision. The Festival has been supported by the City of Katowice, Metropolis GZM
So far, the Festival has been supported by: PKO Bank
and Marshall Office of the Silesian Voivodeship sin-
Polski, Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazowe, Górno-
ce the first edition.
śląskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów S.A., Arcelor
Thanks to multiple financial and substantial partners,
TEM S.A., Bank PEKAO, Fujitsu, Mokate, JAS-FBG,
we can offer an exceptionally interesting programme
Altmira, Danone, SPEAK-UP and Koleje Śląskie Sp.
in an exceptionally attractive setting.
z o.o.
MittalPoland, Concept Music Art Sp. z o.o., GAZ-SYS-
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Organisational Committee of Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE University of Silesia in Katowice Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice e-mail: sfn@us.edu.pl phone no. 32 359 23 25
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