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)