Science in the City will be back this November, on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2020.
The ninth edition will host over 30 activities spread around Valletta’s iconic Triton Square, City Gate, Parliament Square, Spazju Kreattiv and il-Muza, the Fine Arts Museum.
Centred around the theme “Engage, Empower, Enable”, this year’s attempt to deal with the virus has resulted in an exciting new outlook for the festival. Most of the activities held in Valletta will also be digitised, allowing the festival to reach new online audiences.
The event endeavours to engage its audience innovatively with science and the arts, in an attempt to empower citizens with creative thinking skills and enable them to become free thinking active citizens.
The event, part of the EU-wide celebration, European Researchers’ Night, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of the EU’s H2020 Programme, has been recognised as an excellent festival by Europe for Festivals and Festivals for Europe (EFFE).
“We hope young people are inspired to think critically and that this will encourage them to consider a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM)”, said Festival Coordinator, Dr Edward Duca.
For regular updates, follow the festival Facebook page.
(Photo by Elisa von Brockdorff)