Fenist Festival Draws 30,000 Online, Celebrates Science & Tech
Nizhny Novgorod hosted the annual 'Fenist' festival, a week-long celebration of science, arts, and technology. The event, held as part of Russia's Decade of Science and Technology, drew over 30,000 online viewers and a thousand in-person attendees. It aimed to popularize scientific knowledge and was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
The festival featured nine insightful lectures, covering topics like AI, space, language transformation, new medical technologies, brain-music interaction, and psychology. The most popular in-person lecture was on stress and music perception by Sergey Parin and Marina Korsakova-Krey, while Vladimir Surdin's talk on exoplanets was the online hit. Attendees also enjoyed science shows, quizzes, exhibitions, and film screenings.
One of the festival's highlights was the 'Failure' show, where young scientists shared stories about their experiment mishaps. The event also offered tours of the Institute of Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPF RAS), which houses four departments. The Crystal Growth Laboratory, organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences, showcased its work on growing giant KDP crystals for laser radiation conversion, sent to Sarov for laser work.
The 'Fenist' festival successfully combined science, arts, and technology, providing a platform for learning and engagement. It not only celebrated scientific achievements but also encouraged dialogue and understanding, making complex concepts accessible to a wide audience.
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