The large-scale festival of popular science, "KSTATI. Coordinate System" will be held from April 18th to 21st in Chelyabinsk. A large, highly-charged program is waiting for those who are not indifferent to the topics of science and self-improvement.
You can already register as a participant of the festival at this link.
All of the newest news about the festival can be found in the VK group.
As a reminder, more than 10 festival events will be held all around the city in Chelyabinsk’s academic and educational institutions; one of the largest will be South Ural State University – the epicenter of the South Ural region’s scientific life.
The popular science festival is targeted to a large audience – the various formats make it simultaneously attractive to school students, pedagogues, students, and all those interested in modern popular science.
Participants of the KSTATI festival will include MSU professor Pavel Plechov (Moscow); senior research member of the MSU Sternburg Astronomical Institute, Vladimir Surdin (Moscow); main editor of the popular science journal Redaktor, Ilya Kabanov (Moscow); head of the Early Engineering Education for Children, Anatoliy Sherpkh (Saint Petersburg); chairman of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of SPSTU, Andrey Akatov (Saint Petersburg); head of the Russian Theremin School, Pyotr Termen (Saint Petersburg); research staff of the ICBFM SB RAS, Daniil Gladkikh (Novosibirsk).
Chelyabinsk residents can look forward to Science Drama, a creative breakfast, an intellectual talk show “Science. Tasty.” and “Examine down to the atoms”, a concert for the unique electrical musical instrument – the theremin, public lectures, and different events.
Schedule of festival events at SUSU
April 18th
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11:30 SUSU, Pr. Lenina 76, office 1007 |
Master class – PR experts and journalists – friends or enemies? – Vasiliy Korelskiy, head of the Press Service Office of AO AKKUYU NUKLEAR (State corporation Rosatom), member of the Russian Society of Journalists, journalist, head of programs on VGTRK and Channel One (2002-2011) |
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13:30 SUSU, Pr. Lenina 76, conference hall |
Official opening of the popular science festival “KSTATI. Coordinate System.” |
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14:00 SUSU, Pr. Lenina 76, conference hall |
Popular science talk show – Trial of Superheroes. Daniil Gladkikh, research staff of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of CO RAS, winner of Science Slam in Novosibirsk and Barnaul; Ilya Kabanov, head editor of the popular science almanac metkere.com, research communicator; Valeriy Roizen, junior research staff of the MIPT’s Laboratory of Material Computer Design, research staff of the Polytechnic Museum; Evgeniya Blinova, candidate of biological sciences, winner of the 2016 Science Battles in Chelyabinsk. |
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15:40 SUSU MBA Center, Ul. Soni Krivoy 79, office 204 |
Public lecture – Computer-assisted teaching: humanity’s new intelligence. Ivan Drokin, co-founder and Chief Data Scientist at BrainGarden. |
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15:40 |
Public lecture – Beauty under a microscope: crystal optics as an art. Pavel Plechov, doctor of geological and mineral sciences, professor of the Department of Philology at the MSU Faculty of Geology, director of the A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum. |
April 19th
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13:35 SUSU MBA Center, Ul. Soni Krivoy 79, office 204 |
Public lecture – Returning to the Moon. Vladimir Surdin, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, senior research staff at the P.K. Shternberg State Astronomical Institute at MSU. |
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13:35 SUSU MBA Center, Ul. Soni Krivoy 79, office 208 |
Public lecture – The Internet of Things. Oleg Evsegneyev, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, associate professor of the Department of Computational Technologies in the UrFU Institute of Physics and Technology, founder of the MakeItLab hackspace. |
April 20th
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13:35 SUSU MBA Center, Ul. Soni Krivoy 79, office 204 |
Valeriy Roizen, junior research staff of the MIPT’s Laboratory of Material Computer Design, research staff of the Polytechnic Museum |
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13:35 SUSU MBA Center, Ul. Soni Krivoy 79, office 208 |
Public lecture – Three steps to the infinity. How biology changed man’s worldview. Daniil Gladkikh, research staff of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of CO RAS, winner of Science Slam in Novosibirsk and Barnaul. |
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17:00 SUSU Sigma building, Ul. Lenina 78-v |
Public lecture (in English) – Nuclear energy and its benefits. Andrey Akatov, head professor of the Department of Engineering Radioecology and Radiochemical Technologies, chairman of the SPBSTU Council of Young Scientists and Specialists. |
April 21st
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15:20 SUSU, Pr. Lenina 76, office 239 |
Master class in scientific journalism. Ilya Kabanov, head editor of the metkere.com popular science almanac, research communicator. |