The Festival of Science 2024 was held at the Brno Exhibition Centre from Friday 6 September to Sunday 8 September 2024. Around 10,000 visitors had the opportunity to see the attractive world of science, technology, and history. CEPLANT joined the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology with the showcase of plasma technology.
Around ten thousand visitors attended this year's Science & Technology Festival 2024. The event was organized by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium with the support of the Statutory City of Brno and the South Moravian Region.
The event on Facebook was followed by 6 400 people. Attendees filled out 2 300 cards. In totoal, 375 was the number of science animators and promoters.
CEPLANT joined all three physics departments of MU Faculty of Science and showed what physics and physics research are about to adults and kids. There were demonstrations of light polarization, magnetic materials, liquid nitrogen experiments, 3D electron microscope images, quizzes, water rocket launching, sun observation, virtual reality, demonstration of an electrical discharge, plasma treatment and the power of low pressure. You can already look forward to the next Science Festival from 5-7 September 2025.
Petr Vašina, Pavel Souček and Matej Fekete participated in the 21st Plansee Seminar – an international conference dedicated to advancing knowledge in Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, held at the headquarters of the Plansee Group in Reutte, Austria.
Dr. Kelar participated in experiments with our colleagues from the VUB Co.Ltd. (Czech Republic) at Elmarco in Liberec, a leading manufacturer of Nanospider® technology.
