Euroscience Open Forum
Since 2004, the x-change has travelled to the Euroscience Open Forum. The Forum strives to provide a place for discussion of all aspects of science, for anyone with an interest. The x-change visited Barcelona in 2008, Munich in 2006 and Stockholm in 2004.
ESOF 2008
From 19 to 21 July 2008, the x-change took place at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona. Over 4000 particants from 63 countries and 450 speakers attended ESOF. The x-change offered a friendly, interactive and multi-disciplinary round-up of the best of ESOF, featuring an array of fascinating speakers talking about subjects from astronomy to zoology.
You can download a short report (pdf 12KB) about what happened at ESOF 2008.
ESOF 2006
In 2006, the x-change at ESOF took place in the science biergarten of the Forum am Deutschen Museum from 16-18 July. There was the usual blend of the sublime and the ridiculous, including the top 10 freebies available in the exhibition hall as well a demonstration of a spoon that honey won't stick to, an eco-car and an unusual way to peel a banana! Panellists over the three evenings included Jean-Patrick Connerade (France), the president of Euroscience, Stephen Minger (UK), a stem cell researcher, Yael Shahar (Israel) from the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Seema Kumar (USA), Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical R&D Communications at Johnson & Johnson, Ioannis Tarnanas (Greece), a developer of Virtual Reality systems and Frank Burnet (UK), a science communicator.
ESOF 2008
From 19 to 21 July 2008, the x-change took place at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona. Over 4000 particants from 63 countries and 450 speakers attended ESOF. The x-change offered a friendly, interactive and multi-disciplinary round-up of the best of ESOF, featuring an array of fascinating speakers talking about subjects from astronomy to zoology.
You can download a short report (pdf 12KB) about what happened at ESOF 2008.
ESOF 2006
In 2006, the x-change at ESOF took place in the science biergarten of the Forum am Deutschen Museum from 16-18 July. There was the usual blend of the sublime and the ridiculous, including the top 10 freebies available in the exhibition hall as well a demonstration of a spoon that honey won't stick to, an eco-car and an unusual way to peel a banana! Panellists over the three evenings included Jean-Patrick Connerade (France), the president of Euroscience, Stephen Minger (UK), a stem cell researcher, Yael Shahar (Israel) from the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Seema Kumar (USA), Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical R&D Communications at Johnson & Johnson, Ioannis Tarnanas (Greece), a developer of Virtual Reality systems and Frank Burnet (UK), a science communicator.
