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== Program ==

Tasting the Celebrations – InnoCarnival 2021 (October 23-30) l Hong Kong Science Park

Address: G/F Lakeside 2, Hong Kong Science Park

Hours of Operation: 10am-5pm Monday through Friday, 1pm-6pm on weekends

The virtual reality (VR) work I Will Sleep When I Die by French artist Jeanne Susplugas will be exhibited in Hong Kong at the pavilion of the award-winning Forum Hong Kong, whose mission is to advance science with young people. The work will allow you to travel in our brains among the neurons, synapses, and ideas that your drawing embodies.

Science Machina Exhibition (5-22 November) Science Café

Address: Science Cafe – Outpost, Salisbury Garden, 10 Salisbury Road

Opening hours: from 11 am to 7 pm every day

Produced by the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and the Atomic Energy Authority (CEA), Science Machina exhibits machines that advance scientific knowledge. Through photographs and storyboards, it tells the story of the human-machine dialogue at the origin of recent and future discoveries.

Presentation/debate on “Foam of Days” (November 5th at 6.30pm) Science Museum

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Address: Science Museum, Auditorium – 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

Working hours: from 6.30 pm to 9.15 pm

Directed by Michel Gondry in 2013, “Foam of Days” features Romain Doris and Audrey Tautou, whose sudden illness will distort the perception of reality. Mateus Jouvelli, Research Engineer at CNRS, will decipher the neurobiological springs at work, from emotions to coping mechanisms to reality. Register!

Brain Exploration Workshops for Kids (November 6) Science Museum

Address: Science Museum – 2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East

Opening hours: 10 AM – 11.15 AM; 2 PM to 3:15 PM 4 PM – 5.15 PM

Intended for children ages 5 to 12, Big Bang Academy will offer three workshops to help them better understand the exceptional functioning of our brains. Fun and educational, it will be taught in both English and Cantonese. The registration procedure will be determined later.

Virtual reality experience “I’ll sleep when I die” (every weekend between November 5 and 22) l Science Café

Address: Science Cafe – Outpost, Salisbury Garden, 10 Salisbury Road

Opening hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (November 6 and 7, November 13 and 14, November 20 and 21)

The work will be presented in virtual reality by French artist Jeanne Sospolgas every weekend on the sidelines of the Science Machina exhibition. It will allow you to travel in our brains between neurons, synapses and thoughts that your drawing embodies, thanks to the movements of your eyes.

Conference on Women in Science “Connecting the Dots – Art – Women – Science” (10 November, 6pm) l University of Hong Kong

Address: HKUMed MMW Lecture Theatre, University of Hong Kong, Bukhvolam (TBC)

Opening hours: 6 PM – 7:30 PM

This conference will bring together French artist Jeanne Sosplugas (online) and Dr. Francis Jingwen Jean from the Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience at the University of Hong Kong, and will be moderated by representatives from the Hong Kong Association of Neuroscience Students. This will be the second conference of our annual session dedicated to the place of women in science.

Academic Conference on Brain Plasticity (15 November) l HKUST

Address: Institute of Advanced Study Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay

Working hours: 3 PM – 4 PM

This conference will bring together two leading neurobiologists, Professor Catherine Vidal and Nancy Ebb, who will present contemporary issues related to one of the greatest discoveries in our brain, cerebral plasticity.

This event is part of the 30th anniversary of the Fête de la science on the theme “Eureka! The Passion of Discovery.” Organized every year since 1991 by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, it allows everyone to discover the world of science and meet the women and men who make science today.

Neurobiologist Catherine Vidal will be an ambassador for this edition. Director of Neuroscience Research at the Pasteur Institute until 2014, she is a member of the Inserm Ethics Committee and co-chair of the Gender and Health Research Group. His interest in the brain, gender, determinism in biology, and ethical issues in neuroscience.