New events planned for Wrexham Science Festival 2007

22 December 2006

NEWI and Wrexham Council have been busy starting preparations for the 2007 Wrexham Science Festival. The festival will run from Tuesday 27th March 2007 through to Tuesday 3rd April 2007 with Scientriffic being on Saturday 31st March 2007. The programme will feature something for everyone covering a vast range of science concepts and ideas through talks, films, demonstrations and exhibitions.

A wide range of science related public talks have been organised including a talk on Caving Expeditions by the Royal Geographic Society; a talk entitled Lasers Light The Way by the Institute of Physics, a fascinating talk and presentation on Killer Whales and three talks by the World Museum at Liverpool on Sharks; Corals; and Close encounters with Spiders, Scorpions and Stick Insects. Additional topics during the week include Home Computing; Dinosaurs; Photography and Archeology.

One of the highlights of the week will be talks and displays on Animation by Cosgrove Hall Films the creators of Danger Mouse, Count Duckula and The Wind in the Willows and legendary puppet makers Mackinnon and Saunders who produced the characters for the films Corpse Bride and Mars Attack as well as children’s favourites Rubbadubbers and Noddy.

The interactive family fun day, Scientriffic, has a mixture of old family favourites and new exhibitors. Visitors will be able to find out all about colour, game technology, robots, recycling, fossils, snakes, rockets, animation, and energy; to name but a few topics.

The Wrexham Science Festival will also be running events for schools and for businesses as part of the week long programme.

Eur Ing Helen James, a Director at NEWI is the Chairperson of the Wrexham Science Festival Committee said “I’m delighted that all the events are coming together. There are some really exciting free talks planned and lots of new exhibitors for Scientriffic. There’s something for everyone; I think the difficulty will be deciding between which events to attend!”

A full programme of events will be available in February but people wishing to see a sneak preview of some of the events can visit www.newi.ac.uk. Anyone wishing to be on a mailing list to receive a full programme of events can contact Emma Prevete 01978 293473 or e-mail e.prevete@newi.ac.uk.