On 21-26 May, the Copernicus Festival will be held in Krakow and online. This year, the festival will focus on “Machine”. The National Science Centre is a partner of the event, and our grant and award winners will participate in the festival discussions.
The Copernicus Festival aims to promote science and to explain its impact on social life. It is addressed to the public at large and has been co-launched by the Copernicus Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Jagiellonian University, the Copernicus Centre Foundation, the “Tygodnik Powszechny” Foundation and the publisher of “Tygodnik Powszechny”. The festival has been underway since 2014 and this year it will focus on “Machine.”
Our grant winners and NCN Award winners will mark their appearance at the event.
The “Confrontation” programme, created jointly with the National Science Centre, will feature talks and discussions with:
- 21 May: Radosław Zyzik, Wojciech Załuski (Are people rational?)
- 22 May: Alicja Puścian, Marek Binder (Is brain a machine)
- 23 May: Katarzyna Jaśko, Jan Argasiński, Łukasz Lamża (The future of science, the future of AI)
- 24 May: Marek Kuś, Karol Życzkowski (The harmony of the spheres: chaos and order of the cosmos)
- 25 May: Anna Łosiak, Marcin Gawroński (The search for life in the cosmos)
- 26 May: Mariusz Gogól, Łukasz Opaliński (Is biology a machine science?)
The meetings will start at 5.30 p.m.
The Copernicus Festival will be held in the Museum of Engineering and Technology at ul. Wawrzyńca 15 in Krakow and online. The admission is free. You can follow the event on the Copernicus You Tube channel:
The latest issue of “Tygodnik Powszechyny” features a supplement on the Festival, including a profile on the NCN.