FIRST
WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL
The
First World Science Festival is proposed to be held in India early
next year. To be organised by the Centre for Philosophy and Foundations
of Science in collaboration with various scientific departments
of the government and other scientific institutions, the events
will be spread across a dozen cities of the country. Its theme
will be ‘what is life’ and participated among others by Nobel
laureates and world-class scientists.
The festival
will aim at projecting the contemporary developments in the frontier
areas of science and technology to a wider public, enthusing the
youth to go in pursuit of science, stimulating debate on broader
ethical implications of emerging new technologies especially relating
to life and environment and encouraging dialogue within scientists
and others concerned, on policy and regulation.
Two
landmark events in life sciences will be commemorated during the
festival i.e. the golden jubilee of the discovery of the double-helical
structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick and the silver
jubilee of the first test tube baby. The programme will consist
of lectures, panel discussions, television interviews, plays,
films, exhibitions, book launches and interactive events aimed
at a general audience on the one hand and seminars and conferences
intended for specialists, on the other.
