Science on Stage 2 National Events: April–October 2006, in 29 participating countries International Event: 2–6 April 2007, ATRIA Centre, Grenoble, France The first Science on Stage festival, held Centre from 2–6 April 2007. The Euro- Visit the Science on Stage website at at CERN in Geneva in November 2005, pean Synchrotron Research Facility and http://www.scienceonstage.net/ (or email was a great success. As described in the Institut Laue-Langevin are the local [email protected]) to find contact details the previous issue of The Messenger, al- organisers from the EIROforum. for your National Steering Committee most five hundred science educators (NSC). The national websites will be avail- from across Europe met to share innova- If you are a teacher or are interested in able by the end of April, giving details tive science-teaching techniques. innovative teaching methods, and are of how to get involved with Science on from one of the 29 countries who will be Stage at a national level. The National Now, the countdown has begun for Sci- represented at Science on Stage 2, then Events will be taking place between April ence on Stage 2. The festival is again now is your chance to get involved! and October of this year, so if you want being organised by the EIROforum, of Each country will be running a National to join this exciting programme you should which ESO is a member, and co-funded Event during 2006, in order to choose contact your NSC as soon as possible. by the European Commission as part the delegates who will go to Grenoble in of the EIROforum Science Teachers’ Ini- April 2007. For further details see http://www. tiative (ESTI). The international event scienceonstage.net/ or email eduinfo@ will take place in Grenoble at the ATRIA eso.org Euroscience Open Forum – ESOF2006 15–19 July 2006, Munich, Germany Following the successful first ESOF2004 The organisers intend to put a special Also as in Stockholm, which featured a event in Stockholm, the second pan- focus on young scientists, young journal- wide programme for the general pub- European ‘General Science Meeting’ ists and students through an exten- lic, ESOF2006 offers an interesting range ESOF2006 is scheduled to be held in Mu- sive Careers Programme with educational of outreach activities, comprising hands- nich from 15–19 July 2006 at the Forum workshops and seminars on career de- on experiments, games and science am Deutschen Museum and the Deut- velopment. In this connection, the EIRO- cafés. These activities will be held to- sches Museum. ESOF constitutes an at- forum will organise videoconferences to gether with the German national science tempt to create a European version of the facilities of the partner organisations, week from 15–21 July 2006. The pub- the famous AAAS meeting and targets including ESO. lic activities are free and will take place at scientists, science administrators and the Marienhof square, behind the his- policy makers as well as science journal- According to the current programme, torical Munich town hall. The Wissen- ists from across the continent. the meeting comprises over 70 seminars, schaftssommer is organised annually by symposia and workshops. Wissenschaft im Dialog, an initiative of ESOF is an initiative by EUROSCIENCE the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wis- with strong sponsors including the Eu- One of these seminars – on exoplanet re- senschaft and other German science- ropean Commission and major German search – is organised by ESO. This parti- funding organisations. funders. It is supported by an advisory cular session will take place on 17 July board, which – among others – includes 2006 at the Forum. Another astronomy- For further information, see: Enric Banda (former Secretary General of related event is the key-note talk by http://www.esof2006.org ESF), Phillip Campbell (editor of Nature), Prof. Gerry Gilmore (Cambridge Univer- Helga Nowotny (until recently chairperson sity) with the title “The history and future Contact: Claus Madsen (cmadsen@eso. of EURAB and a member of the Scien- of the Universe”. org), Bruno Leibundgut (bleibundgut@ tific Advisory Board of the future Europe- eso.org) an Research Council) and the Directors As at the Stockholm meeting, ESO will General of ESO, Catherine Cesarsky, and also be represented as part of the the EPO, Alain Pompidou. EIROforum partnership that will mount a major information stand at the exhibition area, also at the Forum. The Messenger 123 – March 2006 71.