'Beautiful Science Network' - meeting of Bulgarian researchers in Istanbul
The Istanbul event 'Beautiful Science Network' (23-26 October 2008) brought together researchers from Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and the UK with a passion for communicating science to the general public. The event was one of the core elements of the British Council’s multinational project Beautiful Science which started in 2006.The young scientists gathered mainly to meet each other face-to-face after months of online interactions. They also attended workshops and worked on joint ideas for future multinational, accessible and exciting public presentations of scientific topics.
The Bulgaria delegation consisted of 9 young researchers of physics, chemistry, biosciences and medicine.
On the last day of the visit the Bulgarian group attended a very special event, organised by the State Institute for Culture at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria inIstanbul. Within the framework of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Bulgaria’s Independence Day the young scientists met part of the Bulgarian community living in Istanbul.
A TV crew from Bulgarian National TV and a journalist from Capital Light were there too to report on the events in media.