| And the winner of FameLab International 2010 is ... |
We are very proud to announce that our very own , the winner of the Grand Final of our FameLab Greece Competition, has won FameLab International 2010! Join us in congratulating Vasilis on his captivating presentation on supernovae:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4504366&id=184795288650 Find out more about Vasilis and FameLab International 2010 in To Vima Online. |
The eleven finalists chosen at the qualifying rounds that took place in Athens and Thessaloniki, equipped with new presentation and science communication skills gained at a two-day Masterclass, will make a presentation of up to five minutes on a contemporary science topic and prove ... that science is truly magic!
Our finalists are:
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Thessaloniki Finalists |
| George Chakiris |
Vasilis Grigoriadis |
| Sotiris Christodoulou |
Markos Vaxevanopoulos |
| Dimitrios Doukoglou |
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| Alexandros Foteinos |
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| Jennifer Hinton |
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| Athanassios Katsiyannis |
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| Ismene Libery |
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| Lily Mordechai |
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| Apostolia Mplotsika |
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Runner up: Sotiris Sotiriou (Thessaloniki)
The panel of judges who 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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Head of Research, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology of the National Hellenic Research Foundation |
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Biologist and journalist |
The competition is taking place over 10 countries around the world and the winner of each country final will win an all-expenses paid trip to the UK, where he/she will compete in FameLab International 2010 in June as part of the Cheltenham Science Festival.
Other prizes:
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1st Prize: laptop; 2nd Prize: video camera; 3rd Prize: MP4 player. |
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The winner and the two runners-up will receive a series of popular science books, kindly offered by Avgo Books. |
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Audience Award: at the final the audience will vote for their own favourite finalist. |
But there'll be new opportunities for all the finalists – they will be given a number of networking opportunities with other science communicators in Europe and have the chance to take part in British Council events.
