The City and Science Biennale 2023 kicks off with a party

Focusing on the science that observes life and human relationships with the natural, human, and digital environment, the biennial City and science The year 2023 begins today with the participation of scientists from the Supreme Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). For six days, Madrid and Barcelona will host simultaneously several activities aimed at It is to promote greater participation of citizens in science, on the grounds that it is the key to solving problems facing society.

Biennale has different locations in Madrid And BarcelonaWhich will host performance activities, workshops, science cinema, round tables, science tours and concerts. A group of CSIC scholars, who also collaborated on content proposal, are participating in the event.

Topics such as the environment, biodiversity, climate change, the city of the future, gene editing, space exploration, robots with assistive functions, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and the relationship to art will be covered. places, according to one of the curators, CSIC researcher Elijah JimenezThe Biennale’s goal is “for science to dazzle citizens and show its most diverse, interdisciplinary, creative, dynamic, and most unknown facet.”

“It is about emphasizing the need for society to be part of science from the very beginning of the projects. We want to show amazing bodies of knowledge, which provide solutions to the global problems we face,” he highlights. jimenez, CSIC Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator is science.

The following CSIC scholars participate in the program of activities: Ramon Lopez de Mantaras (IIIA), Guillen Alenya (IRI), Diego Ramiro (IEGD-CCHS), Carlos Briones (Taxi), Juan Maria Marcaide (IAA), Eloy Revellto (EBD), Gotzon Basterretxea (IMEDEA), Louis Montolio (CNB), Idoya Murga (IH-CCHS), Javier Moscoso (IH-CCHS), Xavier Philip (CI), Xavier Obradors (ICMAB), Paula BrunA (IBB, CSIC-Barcelona City Council), Immaculate Yruela (Commission) , Carlos F. Sopuerta (ice), Paul FossallBA (ICE-CSIC), it isKardelach Hill (ice), Anthony Rios (ice), Geordie Camp (ICM-CSIC), Esther Garces (BMI), Maria Cruz Minguilon (IDAEA). Similarly, the Vice-Presidents for Scientific Culture of the CSIC, the Royal Botanic Garden, the Student Residence and the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN) collaborate, at which the Madrid Science Tours (February 25 and 26) will stop at these. Places. In Barcelona, ​​the Residencia de Investigadores cooperates, which host various activities.

In addition to Jimenezpart of the team of curators for the 2023 City and Science Biennale Helen Coleresearcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA); Josep PerilloProfessor at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Director of Open Systems at the University of Barcelona (UB); Louis Nacenta, curator, writer, musician and scholar at the intersection of art and science; And Jose Manuel Sanchez RonProfessor Emeritus of the History of Science at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM).

Madrid and Barcelona collaborate for this third edition of the Biennale as a result of the Cultural and Scientific Capital Agreement, with the participation of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid and the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) in Barcelona. The City Council joins the Barcelona University of Sciences and Universities in the organization.

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