For participants at SciFest
SciFest is a science festival that takes place between 9 and 11 October. You will have the opportunity to showcase your research/activities in an interactive way. Expect lots of questions and exciting discussions! The target audience includes school classes and the public. The festival is well attended, with up to 8,000 visitors during the three days.
Plan your participation
April – Registration open and information meeting
Now is the time to consider what you would like to do at SciFest. Feel free to contact us, the organisers of the science festival, if you need any suggestions.
Register your activity (in Swedish)
One thing you need to decide is whether your activity will be a drop-in activity only or if you also want to run a workshop for school classes on Thursday and Friday. Those who run a workshop will get a larger booth. On Saturday, all activities will be drop-in.
9 and 14 May – Get inspiration and tips
A physical workshop where you will receive practical tips and advice on how to design your workshop, what is important to consider as an exhibitor when meeting students and what the perfect activity description can look like.
10 June – Registration closed
Deadline for registration. By this date, you must have entered all information about your activity into the booking system, including a description of your activity and the times for your workshop. After that, you will have time to design your activity. The SciFest team will help you throughout the process.
20-27 Aug – Inform us about the practicalities
Deadline for all practical details. The SciFest team will send out a request in good time regarding your needs for electricity, internet connection, transport, food, etc. Information about safety and regulations at SciFest.
The booking system vill be open between August 20-27th for you to enter this information.
8 Oct – Transport to Scifest
Joint transport of materials to Fyrishov, Uppsala. (Only applies to university employees in Uppsala).
Gather your strength because it's close. The door to SciFest 2024 opens on 9 October!
Photo: Tobias Sterner / Bildbyrån
This is SciFest
The aim of SciFest is to give children and school students the opportunity to discover how much fun science can be, and hopefully plant a seed that will lead young people to become more interested in science and perhaps even become researchers themselves.
SciFest is organised by SLU and Uppsala University.
Interactivity
Think about how you can present your research through games, experiments, quizzes, competitions or other activities that visitors can touch, smell, hear, discuss and experience. How can visitors contribute? Maybe they can make/build or vote on something?
Want to be on stage?
A couple of years ago a group of PhD students from Uppsala university created a very popular chemistry show. Do you have an idea that could work as a children's performance on the SciFest stage? It's a fun way to communicate research! Get in touch with us at SciFest.
During the school days' lectures, middle and high school students act as moderators on stage. Feel free to suggest researchers who are good at engaging with children and young people! Maybe it's you?
Theme: The Earth under our feet
We are also collaborating with Researchers Friday, so if you want to link your activity to their theme "The Earth Beneath Our Feet", you are welcome to do so, but it is not mandatory. As always, we want to have a mix of themes at SciFest.
Photo: Tobias Sterner / Bildbyrån
How it works
SciFest exhibitors come from schools, universities, companies, authorities, museums and organisations. The first days of the festival are dedicated to school pupils and teachers. On the final day, SciFest opens its doors to the public.
Drop-in and workshop
You will be manning your stand at SciFest throughout the fair, but you can also organise a workshop for school classes at specific times of your choosing. You decide the target audience yourself: middle school, high school, or upper secondary school. It is possible to to have different target groups at different times during the day.
Those who run a workshop during the school days will get a larger booth throughout SciFest. When there is no workshop, your activity will be a drop-in activity.
- Booth with workshop: area 5x5m, 2 tables, and 16 chairs, two or three walls.
- Booth with drop-in only: area varies, standard setup 1 table and 2 chairs, at least one wall to hang things on.
Opening hours
- Opening hours between 9 and 15 on Thursday and Friday, and 9 and 16 on Saturday.
Registration
Registration opens on 11 April. Check out our timeline to see what happens on different dates.
Language
Most visitors speak Swedish. If you don't have Swedish-speaking people in your group, we encourage you to bring a Swedish-speaking student or perhaps a communicator who can help communicate with the visitors. However, many children and youngsters speak English well, so there is no need for everyone to speak Swedish.
Candy and give-aways
Remember that SciFest is a candy-free event. Also avoid stickers, balloons and similar things as they tend to spread around the venue. Children and young people are resourceful.
Do you have questions or want to exchange ideas?
The SciFest team is happy to help you! We involve both exhibition educators and communicators. Together we can work out an activity that suits your research at an early stage.
For SLU
All fields of science
- Contact Anna Lundmark, email: anna.lundmark@slu.se
For Uppsala University
- Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences
Contact Azul Tarazona Machicao, email azul.tarazona@konstvet.uu.se - Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
Contact Maria Ferletta, email maria.ferletta@uu.se or Joakim Bergström joakim.bergstrom@uu.se - Disciplinary Domain of Technology and Natural Sciences,
Contact Maja Garde Lindholm, email maja.garde.lindholm@uu.se
For external exhibitors
Contact Katarina Holmborn Garpenstrand, email: katarina.garpenstrand@uu.se