The 2017 edition of the Dubai Science Festival takes place from November 1-7 with Dubai Science Park as the festival's strategic partner and in association with GEMS Education. SciFest Dubai’s knowledge partners include Dubai’s KHDA and the UK National Space Academy.
The chief guest is Dr Abdullah Al Karam, Director General of Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority.
The keynote speakers are Mark Jackson (American Theoretical Physicist, BDO at Cambridge Quantum Computing, Founder and CEO of Fiat Physica) Simon Ings.(Arts & Culture editor, New Scientist magazine), Paul Epping (President, Singularity University Dubai Chapter) and Raya Bidshahri (CEO, Awecademy).
The theme of this year’s festival is Radical Disruption and the festival takes place at Mohammed bin Rashid University and various other schools, universities, and science venues in the city.
All workshops, panels, talks, and shows are free to attend. The aim is to celebrate science through the arts and promote scientific literacy and STEAM education.
Click here for the 2017 schedule of events .
Registration
Click here for the full programme of events.
**Update**
Events for the 2017 festival are fully booked. Registration is closed.
Please contact lara.matossian@scifestdubai.com for details of school incursions
2017 Science Festival hIGHLIGHTS
See below for a few highlights of this year's festival
Prepared to be amazed by the impressive science demonstrations in this spectacular show! From foggy dry ice storms to a Mad Science burp-flavored potion, audiences will be astonished by what they see, hear, and ugh... taste! Ever see scissors sizzle and shiver? Ever taken a bubble shower? Here’s your chance!
Speaker: Dr. Abdullah Al Karam, Director General, KHDA | Science in the UAE
Speaker: Dr. Mark Jackson, American Theoretical Physicist; Science & BDO at Cambridge Quantum Computing. Topic: The Power of Quantum Computing
Speaker: Paul Epping, Singularity University, Dubai Chapter President Will science re-write science? The next paradigm shift?
Speaker: Simon Ings, Arts and Culture Editor, New Scientist Magazine Critical Thinking and Scientific Inquiry
Science and Art: The Future of Education Technology is growing at an exponential rate. What impact will this have on Education? How will Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality disrupt the way teachers teach? What impact will Big Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of things have on students and the teaching and learning process? Join the panel as they discuss how education will have to change in the coming years.
Café Scientifique 1: Future of Artificial Intelligence Café Scientifique 2: Impact of Exponential Technologies Technology is growing at an exponential rate. Convergence of Genetics, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Sensors, and A.I. will disrupt everything in the near future. We already have AI that can compose music, create art, and write poetry. What impact will smart agents and super smart AIs of the future have on human society? How will greater-than-human intelligence change art?
Science Stories come in many forms, and there are many different mediums one can use, each with its own merits. The Science Stories in this series have been selected for a younger audience and capture the magic and wonder of science in general and astronomy and space in particular.
Sun-gazing using Solar Filters | Astronomy The solar viewing sessions allow for safe telescopic observation of the sun using special solar filters to view sunspots. (Never look at the sun with the naked eye.)
Astronomy Stargazing Join us as we view the rings of Saturn, the red spot of Jupiter, the polar ice caps on Mars, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda galaxy, and various other astronomical objects like the Orion Constellation, and the brightest stars in the night sky, including, Sirius, Betelgeuse, Procyon, Aldeberan, Vega and many more.