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Illinois Science Council partners with the International Museum of Surgical Science for the 2023 Chicago Science Festival!On Saturday, June 17, ISC and IMSS offer a special afternoon of science immersion featuring fascinating science talks and interactive demos for curious people like you! Each Science Fest ticket gives you access to 5 talks by Chicago research scientists on current interesting topics. In between talks you can visit an array of cool science demos, and you'll have access to all exhibits in the Museum of Surgical Science too.
Plus, this cornucopia for your curiosity caps off at 6:00pm with a Science Social Hour where you can enjoy free beer & wine (21+), other drinks, and snacks while chatting with speakers, other scientists, and lots of science fans. The talks, demos, exhibits, and the social hour are all INCLUDED with every ticket!
You're guaranteed to have fun and learn something new!
Speakers & Topics:
1:00 – 2:00pm AI & Astrophysics – Aleksandra Ćiprijanović, PhD, Associate Scientist, Data Science, Simulation and Learning Division, Computational Science and AI Directorate, Fermi National Accelerator Lab
2:00 – 3:00pm "How do climate change models work and can we trust the AI? Tracking global “weirding” in Chicago" – Scott M. Collis, PhD, Head of Geospatial Computing, Innovations, and Sensing Department in the Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
3:00 – 4:00pm "What bones tell us about how Chicagoans lived? Anthropology Helping History and Modern Forensic Science" – Anne Grauer, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago
4:00 – 5:00pm "Can 13 Birds Save a Species from Extinction? Recovering the wild Puerto Rican parrot" – Lisa Faust, PhD, Senior Director Population Ecology, Lincoln Park Zoo
5:00 – 6:00pm "How the brain processes photos – What makes an image memorable?" – Wilma Bainbridge, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychology, University of Chicago
See talk descriptions, and demos, at ChicagoScienceFest.org
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N Lake Shore Dr,Chicago,IL,United States
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