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• Thu

  16

  Feb

  2017

  Sun

  26

  Feb

  2017

  NI Science Festival

  
  
  

  NISF17 is the third annual showcase for the wonders of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and will see more than 150 events taking place around the region. Internationally renowned speakers appearing include: 

  • Historian Bettany Hughes
  • Academic and broadcaster Dr Alice Roberts
  • Physicists Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Jim Al-Khalili
  • Maths communicator Marcus du Sautoy 
  • Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman. 

  Themed around the science behind Northern Ireland’s world-class food and drink, festival attendees have the chance to taste the world’s first beer brewed by artificial intelligence (AI), taste the world’s first flax-fed Wagyu beef at the Bullitt Hotel and discover the science behind making the perfect Irish whiskey.

  Backed by the Department for the Economy, Belfast City Council, Tourism NI, Queen’s University, Ulster University, Department for Communities, The Matrix Panel, the British Council and STEM recruitment specialists MCS Group, the festival offers a range of workshops, talks and interactive activities for young people and parents during the day; then a mix of scientific debate, talks, theatres, comedy, music and film for adults in the evening.

  For further information about the Northern Ireland Science Festival and ticketing, visit http://www.nisciencefestival.com.