FameLab, part of the Science Alive programme, is being held for the first time in Hong Kong. The aim of FameLab is to encourage young scientists (20 to 35 years old) to inspire and excite public imagination with a vision of science in the 21st century.

Contestants have 3 minutes to present a scientific topic to an audience and a panel of expert judges. The talk should be entertaining, original, and scientifically accurate but also engaging to a non-scientific audience. Only the best will go forward to the Hong Kong Final which will be held on Saturday, 21 November 2009 at the Hong Kong Science Museum.

The Grand Prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to the UK in June 2010 to represent Hong Kong in the FameLab International competition, to be organised by the British Council.

Presentations can be in English or Cantonese.