SNO

Science Night Out

Coordinatore	INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS    more  Organization address address: Patission Str. 42 city: ATHINA postcode: 10682 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Yannis Cognome: Vassiliou Email: send email Telefono: 302108000000 Fax: 302108000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	35˙820 €
EC contributo	34˙299 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2012-NIGHT
Funding Scheme	CSA-SA
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-06-01   -   2012-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS  Organization address address: Patission Str. 42 city: ATHINA postcode: 10682 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Yannis Cognome: Vassiliou Email: send email Telefono: 302108000000 Fax: 302108000000	EL (ATHINA)	coordinator	19˙519.00
2	ETHNIKO IDRYMA EREVNON  Organization address address: Vassileos Constantinou Avenue 48 city: ATHENS postcode: 11635 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Ioanna Cognome: Petrochilou Email: send email Telefono: +30 2107273525	EL (ATHENS)	participant	14˙780.70

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The main idea of the “Science Night Out” proposal is to offer to the general public a night of going out and enjoying themselves with science.

A common opinion that goes around when people are talking about science is that it is boring and somehow not relevant to their everyday life and personal interests. Researchers are though of as people with grey hair and white robes hiding inside their – if not secret then definitely isolated – laboratories working on subjects hardly understood by anyone else than themselves.

On the other hand, people nowadays don’t leave their home without their iphone and use at least once a day an internet application. Moreover, they are interested in anti-aging and find science fiction movies really cool.

Isn’t this an oxymoron of our times? Why iphone is great but nanotechnology seems frightening? It is because people don’t connect them. People are using high tech gadgets in their every day lives ignoring their origin, are fascinated by the Milky Way pictures knowing nothing on radio astronomy and are looking forward to the latest anti-aging therapies but haven’t heard of stem cells. What is missing here is the bond between the researchers and the general public.

The aim of the “Science Night Out” is to bring closer researchers and people from all different ages and backgrounds, let them know about the fascinating science hidden in their everyday lives and about the research going on in Europe, get them inspired of the latest scientific achievements, introduce them to real life researchers and academics and have them enjoy themselves and having a nice time while doing so.'