The Science Festival includes scientific dissemination activities for all audiences during the day and for young people and adults on Saturday evening. Open days are also being held at the Centre Martorell d’Exposicions and at the Hivernacle, in the Parc de la Ciutadella.

The event involves the local science sector and is being carried out around the la Ciutadella del Coneixement, the city’s future hub for knowledge, dissemination, research and innovation.

The festival features workshops, experiments, guided tours, shows, narrations, demonstrations, exhibition and plenty of games. It also includes the second edition of the Science Slam, consisting of five-minute talks with the audience able to choose the best speaker at the end.

Quantum science takes centre stage

Coinciding with the UN declaring 2025 as the International Year of Science and Quantum Technology, the festival will feature a space devoted to this science discipline, “The magic of quantum science”, organised by the Catalonia Quantum Academy with the support of various science institutions.

The section “The world of technology” will feature different activities organised by the Catalan universities taking part in the festival. There will also be sections for archaeology, biology, solar observation and mathematical challenges. Over the course of the weekend, a trail of clues will be organised again, with a prize for solving all the questions and the riddle.

The Citizen Science space will be presenting research projects with citizen participation on 31 May, linked to topics such as odour and noise pollution, climate change, urban biodiversity, Parkinson’s disease and obstetrics and health.

All the activities programmed can be found on the la Science Festival website.