Workshop on high school physics (12 - 18 July 2010)
1st June 2010
The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) has a
long and prestigious tradition in organizing scientific events: more
than 2000 in its 44 years of activity. Among the recent workshop devoted
to education and science dissemination, there are (1) PHYSWARE: A
Collaborative Workshop on Low-cost Equipment and Appropriate
Technologies that Promote Undergraduate Level, 16 - 27 February 2009, http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?smr=0&ida=a07137;
(2) 12 - 16 October 2009, Workshop on Scientific Information in the
Digital Age: Access and Dissemination, 12 - 16 October 2009, http://sdu.ictp.it/openaccess09/;
(3) Using open access models for science dissemination, 7-16 July 2008,
http://cdsagenda5.ictp.it/full_display.php?ida=a07164
etc.
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Education and Human Development Conference in Braga, Portugal
1 Apr 2010
We would like to draw your attention to the International Conference: Excellence: Education & Human Development, that will be held in 9-12 September 2010, at the University Minho, Braga, Portugal. more »
XLAB 2010
5 Jan 2010
As over the past years XLAB likes to invite high school and first year university students, age about 16 to 20 years, from all over the world to participate in the XLAB International Science Camps. The Camps will take place in summer 2010. XLAB is situated on the science campus of the famous University of Goettingen (Germany, Lower Saxony). It collaborates with scientific institutes of university and affiliated research organizations.
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