The city of Campinas, São Paulo, held between the next 13 and 19 October to the second edition of Municipal Science and Technology Week. Part of the 11th edition of the National Week of Science and Technology, the event is organized by the city, Unicamp and the Core Softex, along with all the Municipal Council of Science, Technology and Innovation (CMCTI) of the municipality.
This year the national event has the theme “Science and Technology for Social Development”, and the idea is basically “introduce technology to children and adolescents,” as explained INFO Edvar Pera Jr. , director of the Center Softex Campinas. For this, institutions will be encouraged to “address the issue in the social dimension, as an instrument of inclusion, transformation and human development,” according to a statement.
Among the activities is a show on Exploratory Museum Science Unicamp, in addition to lectures and visits to institutes such as the IMA, the CTI, CPqD and CNPEM. The latter, incidentally, serves as the basis for the Brazilian particle accelerator, you will receive interested in meeting him. The equipment bears some similarity to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Europe, where experiments were made with the God particle -. Give and to learn more about it here
The show at the Museum will feature five tents, in which different activities and presentations will be held. In one of them will be the 1st ExpoCiatec, internal event that will show visitors some of the startups and companies that were born in the city, considered one of the greatest centers of technology in Brazil – if not the biggest. Otherwise, spaces will also be aimed at more traditional institutions in the area of technology and science, recreational activities which attempt to generate interest in area A and an exhibition on water for reuse.
Campinas, technological pole – Thanks to research centers and Unicamp, especially Campinas is now the only city in Brazil with “such a structure,” which places “for years now as the leading technology city in the country,” according to director Pera Jr., who speaks with pride of his homeland. The process of evolution comes from before the 60s, according to the executive – but the biggest boost came from that era, when companies such as IBM and universities, as already mentioned Unicamp and the PUC, settled in the area .
Research and wages paid by the industry helped boost growth, and as “one thing leads to another, the city developed.” Incentives to the area did not stop, and the very Municipal Science and Technology Week is part of the stimulus. Account as Pera Jr., she was introduced by a law passed last year, exactly when the first edition was held.
This year, the goal of the event is campineiro attract at least 4000 children and adolescents, making it the biggest event of the previous year. And the idea is to maintain growth in 2015, when the ambitious goal is to make it grow 60% in size and public
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What? 2nd week of Municipal Science and Technology
When? Between 13 and 19 October from 9h to 17h
where Campinas (SP), with activities spread throughout the Exploratory Science Museum of Unicamp and institutions in the city, as the IMA, the CTI, CPqD and CNPEM
How? Free
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