World Science Day for Peace and Development

Bangladesh

First name: Najmul
Last Name: Hasan
Organization: Parallel Science Academy
Email: mnhctg18@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 312773653
Type of event: Science For All
Event description: 'Science For All". Everyone has right to know all the information of science. Which is the basic right for all. Parallel Science Academy is working on this view.
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Kattali City Corporation Girls" High & College
Postal address: Kattali City Corporation Girls" High & College , North Kattali
Area code: 4217
City: Chittagong
Country: Bangladesh

Brazil

First name: Denise
Last Name: Casatti
Organization: ICMC - Universidade de São Paulo
Email: denise@icmc.usp.br
Telephone number: + 33739666
Type of event: Um Brinde ao Museu
Event description: The fire that consumed the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro alarmed the community that works with science communication in Brazil. It was when the idea to mobilize a network of volunteers to organize the event "Um Brinde ao Museu" emerged. Eight Brazilian cities have engaged in the initiative and will carry out activities to celebrate the World Science Day for Peace and Development: Araraquara (SP), Belo Horizonte (MG), Campo Grande (MS), Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ), Curitiba (PR) ), Diamantina (MG), Marabá (PA) and São Carlos (SP). Each city will have a special program, ranging from chats between researchers and the local community to guided tours and a science fair. Most activities will take place on Saturday, November 10, or during the previous week (days 7 and 9) and the full schedule is available at https://umbrindeaomuseu.wordpress.com/.
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Museu da Ciência Professor Mario Tolentino
Postal address: Praça Coronel Salles
Area code: +55 16
City: São Carlos
Country: Brazil

Brazil

First name: Sergio
Last Name: Brandão
Organization: Projeto VerCiência
Email: sergio@verciencia.com.br
Type of event: Film Session, Presentation of the VerCiencia 2018 Award, talkshow and opening of the Serra da Capivara Photo-Exhibition
Event description: The VerCiencia Award (Prêmio VerCiência) is given annually to an outstanding contribution to the spreading of the scientific culture through television. The Premio VerCiencia 2018 goes to the Director (Peter Prestel) and Producer (Uwe Weibrecht) of the German television documentary "The First Americans: a Sensational Discovery in Brasil" (Sensationsfund in Brasilien - Die ersten Amerikaner), broadcast by ZDF in the TERRA-X series.
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Museum of Tomorrow
Postal address: Praça Mauá, 1 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20081-240
Area code: 20081-240
City: Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil

Democratic Republic of the Congo

First name: Masheka
Last Name: Zihindula
Organization: Institut Superieur de Developpement Rural (ISDR-Kaziba)
Email: bzihindula@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 978602498
Type of event: Conference
Event description: Students, academic leaders and lectures from ISDR-Kaziba will celebrate the day starting at 12 pm. There will be a walk up to the "Salle Toslefen" the venue of the conference. We plan to print the day poster (on the website) everywhere and make a show at the two local radios and this will serve to raise awareness and invite people to the conference. It means at the end of the walk we will meet people waiting for the conference. The conference-debate from the french word "Conference-debat" is an opened conference of 15min and 30 min of discussion.
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Salle Toslefen in Kaziba territory
Postal address: 246
Area code: 00243
City: South Kivu
Country: Namushwaga, Kaziba, Territory of Walungu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

India

First name: Akshita
Last Name: Patil
Organization: Oasis Foundation
Email: oasis4nation@gmail.com
Type of event: Astronomy | Stargazing
Event description: The event is organised for local community. This event is designed to spread knowledge about scientific temperament among people and to eliminate the superstitions regarding planets, stars, zodiac signs. It emphasize on to help people recognize the difference between stars,planets,constellation, zodiac signs,Polaris with star gazing and telescope viewing activities. We are planing to show planet Saturn from telescope.
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Nakshtra Wan
Postal address: Nakshtrawan, Kalwa Naka, Thane, Maharashtra, India.
Area code: 400605
City: Thane-Kalwa
Country: India

Indonesia

First name: Lexye
Last Name: Alexander Leiwakabessy
Organization: Eksakta
Email: lexye.alexander.0510@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 341806335
Type of event: Series of events: competitionns, workshops, discussions.
Event description: EKSADISI is a series of events carried out by an association of science communication activists, Eksakta and supported by CakraDaya Cultural Workers Cooperative, in accommodating the diversity of ideas developed in the public to be socialized and cultivated for the benefit of the masses.
As a series of events, EKSADISI consists of several program sessions: competitions, workshops, and discussions; relating to one big storyline. In this year's event, EKSADISI has the main theme, "Inheriting the Diversity of Ideas as Human Rights", which will be inserted and discussed in each series of events. EKSADISI participants include, public in general, cross-interest students, exact and non-exact science activists.
Date of your event: 11/18/2018
Event venue: MIPA Center Building - Brawijaya University
Postal address: 65145
Area code: 0341
City: Malang
Country: Indonesia

Islamic Republic of Iran

First name: Maryam
Last Name: Elmianvari
Organization: Tehran Azad University of medical an science- ARMAN union
Email: maryam.ea991@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 22590184
Type of event: Standup for science
Event description: We are going to create an stand up for science and some of our university students will present a performance for the audience (students) with the various topics about science.
Date of your event: 11/13/2018
Event venue: Azad University
Postal address: Azad University, zargandeh st, shariati st, Tehran, Iran
Area code: 021
City: Tehran
Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Italy

First name: Mary Ann
Last Name: Williams
Organization: Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Email: mwilliams@ictp.it
Type of event: Film screening
Event description: In honour of World Science Day for Peace and Development 2018, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is hosting a special screening on 9 November of the film "Salam - the first ..... Nobel Laureate" about Nobel prize winning Pakistani physicist and ICTP founder Abdus Salam. The film reveals the extraordinary life of the charismatic Abdus Salam, in all its color, vitality and tragedy. It is the story of a man who traversed two worlds with ease: one of science and religion, modernity and tradition, war and peace and obscurity and celebrity. When he won the Nobel prize in 1979, he became the very first Pakistani to achieve this distinction, and only the fourth from the subcontinent.
Date of your event: 11/09/2018
Event venue: ICTP Budinich Lecture Hall
Postal address: Strada Costiera 11
Area code: 34151
City: Trieste
Country: Italy

Italy

First name: Alexandra
Last Name: d'Epiro Dusmet de Beaulieu
Organization: International and Human Science Liceo Machiavelli Firenze
Email: alessandra.depiro3@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 39333.4748
Type of event: Classroom discussion: Socratic Seminar
Event description: Socratic Seminar about the 70th Anniversary of Human Right Universal Declaration and about United Nations SDGs.
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Palazzo Rinuccini Florence City Centre UNESCO World Heritage site
Postal address: via Santo Spirito, 39
Area code: 50125
City: Florence
Country: Italy

Italy

First name: Alexandra
Last Name: d'Epiro Dusmet de Beaulieu
Organization: Ambassador in Italy for Teach SDGs, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, International "Liceo Machiavelli" in Florence
Email: alessandra.depiro3@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 39333.4748
Type of event: " Education, Culture, Science Diplomacy for Peace" Law Project
Event description: Conference and Socratic Seminar about the possibility of a Law Project as Citizens of the World for the introduction of United Nations Sustainable Goals in world school.
The draft Law was sent to the Senate of the Italian Republic on december 1st 2017 for the " Un giorno in Senato" project.
The Ministry of Education PON project " Cittadinanza Globale: Patrimonio di Pace" by Alexandra d'Epiro won the first place Italy, Lazio on june 14th 2018 and with Alexandra d'Epiro' s report sent to " the World's Largest Lesson" took part in G20 of Ministries of Education 2018 Buenos Aires.
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Florence city centre
Postal address: via Santo Spirito 39
Area code: 50122
City: Florence
Country: Italy

Niger

First name: Ibrahim
Last Name: Sidi Zakari
Organization: Abdou Moumouni University
Email: sidizakariibrahim@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 89131415
Type of event: Public Conference on Citizen Science and Open Data for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) by 2030.
Event description: This event aims at strengthening public engagement for science as well as raising awarness on the importance of citizen science and open data initiatives for bridging data gap in the context of the UN Global Agenda 2030.
Discussion will focus on:
1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 2. Overview of citizen science projects worldwide
3. Opportunities offered by citizen science and open data initiatives
4. Overview of the UN SDGs
5. Implementation plans for the SDGs and identifying gaps related to citizen engagement in Niger
6. Linking Citizen Science, Open Data and the UN SDGs: Statistical Posters Competition in Niger case study
Expected participants include Researchers, Civil Society, Policy Makers, Private Sector, Students(University and High School), Public Administration, NGO, Innovators,...
Date of your event: 11/10/2018
Event venue: Abdou Moumouni University
Postal address: 10896, Rive Droite
Area code: Commune 5
City: Niamey
Country: Niger

Nigeria

First name: Tunde
Last Name: Sanyaolu
Organization: Nawair-Ud-Deen Grammar School (Junior), Solu-Ifo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Email: tpcnudjnr@gmail.com
Type of event: Multifarious
Event description: Events include physical exercise, exhibition, career talk and quiz. These are designed to enhance the knowledge of the students in science, to let them see some interesting practicals and to motivate them to become scientists.
Date of your event: 11/12/2018
Event venue: The school premises
Postal address: P. O. Box 141, Ifo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Area code: 112102
City: Ifo
Country: Nigeria.

Nigeria

First name: Bukola
Last Name: Afolabi Ogunyeye
Organization: Morna International Children's Foundation in Collaboration with WIN-Rites Montessori School
Email: bukola44ester@yahoo.com
Type of event: Science Exhibition and Seminar
Event description: A seminar will hold for School pupils, their Parents and members of the Community on the importance of science to the Society. The focus will be on the theme - Science; a Human right.
Also, school pupils (Preschoolers and Primary pupils) will perform some simple science experiments which would also take the form of Science exhibition. Schools have been invited for the event and no fewer than 200 School pupils will be in attendance.The print media and some other media houses have been invited too in order to give the event publicity.
Date of your event: 11/09/2018
Event venue: WIN-RITES MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Postal address: 9B, Prince Olofin Street, off Mathe Ojo Street, White House Bus/stop, Off Governor's Road, Ikotun, Lagos
Area code: 01
City: Lagos
Country: Nigeria

Pakistan

First name: Samar
Last Name: Azhar
Organization: Beaconhouse School System AECHS Branch
Email: samar.azhar@bh.edu.pk
Type of event: Science Exhibition on World Science Day for Peace abd development on 8th November'2018.
Event description: Different participants from schools for Science projects exhibition.
Students from Nursery till Grade 5 will display relevant projects in their classes.
Parents and neighbor schools will be invited.
Date of your event: 11/08/2018
Event venue: Beaconhouse School System, AECHS Branch, Rawalpindi
Postal address: Plot # 100, Main Jinnah Road, Sector 1, AECHS
Area code: 46222
City: Rawalpindi
Country: Pakistan

Spain

First name: Mikel
Last Name: Mancisidor
Organization: UNIVERSITY BASQUE COUNTRY
Email; mikel.mancisidor@deusto.es
Telephone number: + 619202113
Type of event: Conference titled "Science, a Human Right"
Event description: A conference, in the frame of the Science Week in Bilbao, on the issue of "Science, a Human Right"
Date of your event: 11/08/2018
Event venue: Bizkaia Aretoa
Postal address: 48001 Bilbao
Area code: Bilbao
City: Bilbao
Country: Spain

Ukraine

First name: Kseniia
Last Name: Minakova
Organization: NTU "KhPI"
Email: friday.marjory.johnes@gmail.com
Telephone number: + 662129402
Type of event: Science Festival
Event description: The celebration of the World Science Day (UNESCO) emphasizes the importance and relevance of science in our everyday lives. By linking science with a closer relationship with society, the World Science Day for Peace and Development aims to ensure that citizens are informed about the development of science. It also emphasizes the role that scientists play in expanding our understanding of the wonderful, fragile planet that we call home and for sustainable development of society.
November 11 on the occasion of the World Science Day (UNESCO) celebration at the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" will be the Science Festival "Science is FUN!"
The Festival of Sciences "Science is FUN!" awaits you:
- Robotics and Engineering Zone;
- Laboratory-experimental zone;
- Area of master classes;
- Lecture: motivational and scientific-cognitive lectures ("How to succeed to 30 years" is a motivational lecture from the KhPI graduates and so on);
- Quick tests in mathematics, physics, chemistry and languages;
- Discussion panel: "Professions of the future";
- Рerformances by rock bands - Rebel Yell (Cover-band) & ВЛ8 (Rock-band)
Date of your event: 11/11/2018
Event venue: National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”
Postal address: Kyrpychova,2
Area code: 61002
City: Kharkiv
Country: Ukraine