Party do not stop · Party do not stop. Having fun with researchers

Party do not stop. Having fun with researchers

The European Researchers’ night in Liguria, "Party do not stop", took the form of a big party to which all citizens are invited on the 25th September 2015. The programme covered three cities, namely Genoa, La Spezia and Albenga. The locations of the Night were of great interest to the general public and of great importance in the imagination of the population: o The Port of Genoa, one of the main crossroads in the Mediterranean are; o The Port of La Spezia; o The "Giardino Letterario Delfino" (a literary garden in Albenga) and; o The City centre of Albenga. The partners focused the activities of the Nights on one single them: "The researchers change the world." The activities aimed at attracting and involving people of any age, origin, social and cultural background in a friendly way, with however a certain focus on young people and kids; researchers furthermore worked in order to fully involve little girls, teen girls and women and turn them into the protagonists of the events. Hands-on experiments, workshops, talks, observation of stars and of sea animals, contests, sports, skill, imagination and costume competitions, cooking courses and tests, theatre performances and concerts, all proposed and accompanied by researchers, made " Party do not stop " and unique experience for everyone. The most important research institutions in the region were actively involved in the action, namely the University of Genoa, the Italian National Research Council, the Italian Institute of Technology, the Liguria District of Marine Technology (DLTM) and the Intelligent Integrated Systems (SIIT), which include public institutions, private corporations and many small and medium-sized enterprises active in research and innovation. The municipality of Genoa (coordinator), the Association Festival of Science, the Literary Garden Delfino, the Liguria District of Marine Technology (partner) and the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), the Association Gulf and Sea of Culture, Italian Naval League, La Spezia section (collaborator) took more specifically care of the organization and management of the events in the three cities. Further entities joined the action in the course of its implementation and got actively involved in its management notably with regards to the spreading of experience, the optimisation of the Internet resources as well as the strengthening of the relationship with citizens, voluntary organizations and local authorities.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union