Exposcience is the open day of the Scientific Park, the innovative ecosystem of the Universitat de València and a place where scientifics and businessmen work to make public this discipline to the productive sector and the society. The Scientific Park organises each year its science, technology and innovation party with the objective of make public its research activity to the visitors. This event will take place on Saturday morning in May.

This year, the organization has prepared more than 80 playful and academic activities for everyone. Apart from the activities that the research institutes, enterprises and the School of Engineering (ETSE) offer every year, the party counts on the participation of several faculties and departments of the Burjassot Campus, as well as Feria Experimenta.

In this 9th edition, the Institute for Systems and Integrative Biology (I2SysBio) will participate for the first time. This is a new mixed research centre of the Universitat de València and CSIC, focused on the complex field of biological systems; and the Analog Devices enterprise, both institutions located at the Scientific Park.

Workshops of physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology and robotics will offer to the visitor the chance to get immerse in the most magical branch of science by recreating crystalline gardens, observing the Universe from the depths of the sea, or becoming a scientific police in a crime at the laboratory of genetics. It will be possible to draw in 3D; take up gastroscience just as the most important chefs do; prepare a blandiblú, launch a rocket, play with Lego robots, observe the cellules and detect environmental radioactivity. The open day will host the ceremony award of Natura Project Prizes, an initiative addressed to secondary students. The aim is to elaborate a natural scientific projects targeted to students of primary school and it is organized by the Faculty of Biology of the Universitat de València.

The visitors could also know how to be a great scientific, as the ones who work in the European Space Agency or the Large Particle Acelerator, as well as those whose job is to preserve the biodiversity, the energy efficiency and the environment. Some of these experts work at the Scientific Park and will attend the Exposcience.

The Exposcience 2017 will commemorate the Global Capital Status of Sustainable Food, which is occupied by Valencia after its nomination by FAO. The session will count on the collaboration of the city council and the IATA (Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology) proposals and the clinics of the UV, managed by Lluís Alcañiz Foundation. Regarding the sustainable food, Exposcience will also count on the participation of ‘La Tira de Contar’, an institution in charge of the commercialisation of Valencian fresh products. The Valencian orchards have its origin in the 12th century and a heritage value for Valencian population.

Exposcience, organized by the Scientific Park, receives lots of visitors each year and has the support of the Universitat de València and CSIC as well as the Valencian Government. The organization recommends the use of public transport.

More information at www.expociencia.org 
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