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Science Challenge Heading to Science Museum

Jan 30 2008 16:45

Daniel Burrows

At Sir Brian Hoskin's seminar on Tuesday, it was announced that this years Science Challenge Finals will be held in the IMAX Theatre at the Science Museum.

The screen is taller than 4 double decker buses!

At Sir Brian Hoskin's seminar on Tuesday, the organisers of this year's Science Challenge announced that the Science Challenge Finals will be held on March 18th in the IMAX Theatre, with a black tie reception afterwards held in the Energy Hall.

“ I believe that the Science Museum is an ideal venue for the science challenge final and I am very happy to announce that with the support of Shell, we have managed to secure it!”

Daniel Burrows, Chairman 2008 Science Challenge Committee

Sir Brian’s talk introduced his question “To what extent is geoengineering the solution to the climate change problem?” The talk was well received and sparked a lively discussion at the Q&A session and over drinks afterwards. The event was also broadcast live to hundreds of school pupils, with over 70 schools watching the launch event online last week. For those who have missed the talks so far, the slides and a video of will be available on the Science Challenge website.

Next Weeks Seminar

Next week’s talk will be given by Dr Paul Snaith, VP Shell Global Solutions and Dr Phillip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature. They will each present their chosen question for the 2008 Science Challenge.

If you are interested in competing in the science challenge competition or just want to have a chance at winning the Nintendo Wii the organizers are offering, then you can sign up for updates.

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