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Join the new generation of science communicators! FameLab International is an international competition of science communication organised by the British Council and the UK Cheltenham Science Festival in over 20 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, South Africa and the USA.
If you are aged 18 to 35 years old, aspire to share you passion for science and technology with the wider public, and want to develop your communication skills, take part in the 5th edition of FameLab Romania!
Each contestant will have 3 minutes to present any scientific engineering, mathematical, medical or natural sciences topic of their choice, with no PowerPoint or other electronic presentation and limited use of props. The talk should be entertaining, original, and scientifically accurate but also engaging to a non-scientific audience.
The novelty of this year’ edition of FameLab Romania was that contestants had the chance to make their 3 minute presentation as a video and submit it online.
Registration closed on 27 April 2012.
After evaluating the video submissions, the judging panel: Dr. Roxana Bojariu (Physician, National Meteorological Administration, Ad-Astra representative), Dan Cadar (TV producer, TVR), Cristian Lascu (Redactor sef, National Geographic Romania), Gabriel Ivan (Project Manager, British Council Romania), Prof. univ. dr. Henri Luchian (Professor - Faculty of Mathematics - Prorector, AI. I. Cuza University, Iasi) and Prof. univ. dr. Liviu Papadima (Faculty of Letters – Prorector University of Bucharest) selected 10 finalists.
The contestants met at the FameLab final 2012 in Bucharest, on Monday 28 May, at the National Library - Atrium hall (22 Unirii Blvd.) where they had to deliver a 3-minute presentation to a live audience and in front of TV cameras.
Watch the 2012 FameLab national final on Youtube!
The jury has selected also four reserves:
The Grand Prize for the winner of FameLab Romania final was an all-expenses-paid trip to the UK offered by the British Council to represent Romania in the FameLab® International competition, at the Science Festival in Cheltenham, between 12-15 June 2012. Presentations at the FameLab® International final to be held in the UK must be in English.
A series of special prizes was offered to the best finalists:
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The "British Council" prize for the best young science communicator in Romania |
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The "Intel" prize for the best presentation concerning developments in the field of technology |
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The "Hermann Oberth" prize for the impact of the presentation on the scientific education of students |
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Other prizes offered by our partnrs BBC Science Focus and National Geographic Romania |
In order to get prepared to perform at the FameLab Final, the ten finalists plus a number of three reserves chosen from the video submission stage participated in a mandatory two-day MasterClass in Science Communication on 5-6 May 2012. The training was led by a team of UK and Romanian experts and participation costs were covered by the organisers.
All FameLab participants entered a raffle where they can win prizes offered by Intel.
FameLab is an exciting competition to find the new voices of science and engineering across the world. To date, over 700 scientists and engineers have taken part in the UK competition. Globally more than 3,600 competitors have taken part in the FameLab International programme.
Curious to see presentations of previous contestants? Watch videos from FameLab competitions that took place in Romania, the UK and other countries on www.famelab.org, British Council Romania on Youtube and Famelab on Youtube.
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