The ten finalists chosen at the qualifying rounds that took place in April in Athens and Thessaloniki, now equipped with new presentation and science communication skills from the two-day Masterclass they attended, will make three-minute presentations on a contemporary science topic and prove ... that science is truly magic!
Our finalists are:
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Thessaloniki Finalists |
| Simeon Mattes |
Giolanta Kogianni |
| Elisa Bakou |
Athanasios Litsios |
| Stella Papadaki |
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| Konstantinos Tsoukalas |
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| Anna Varsamou |
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| Stavros Dimitrakoudis |
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| Eva Karatairi |
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| Zoe Kyriakou |
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The members of the FameLab Jury that will choose this year's winner and give the contestants feedback are:
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Chair, automatic systems engineer, writer, AVGO Publications |
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Director Greek branch Euroscience |
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Head of Research, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology of the National Hellenic Research Foundation |
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Actor |
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Biologist and journalist |
The winner of the Grand Final will travel to the UK for the Cheltenham Science Festival in June 2009, where he/she will compete in together with the other eight South East Europe winners.
The winner will also have the opportunity to take part in a series of networking events with other young science communicators in Europe.
But there'll be new opportunities for all the finalists – they'll all have the chance to take part in interactive workshops and a series of scientifique debates through a very lively and active science communication network that has been created.
FameLab is taking place in nine countries in South East Europe.
