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CurieuCity 2024
29-11-2024​
On Saturday, Nov 29th the Marolles area in the heart of Brussels will turn into a festive Arts & Science event: CurieuCity. The upcoming edition of the Brussels-based science festivals will focus on Space. The IPF will give a public lecture about space research in Antarctica:
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Antarctica: an icy window to the universe
Travel with us to Antarctica, the coldest continent on Earth, where scientists try to decipher not only the secrets of the ice, but also those of the universe. Why is Antarctica so interesting for space research? Is living in an Antarctic research base like living in a space station? What are the Southern Lights? And why do scientists go all the way to Antarctica to collect meteorites? You will find out all about it in this presentation!
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Price: free
Time: 7:15-8:00 PM.
Location: Rue des Renards 1, Brussels.
Day of Science 2024
24-11-2024
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On Saturday, Nov 24th we will participate in the Science Festival "Dag van de Wetenschap" at the Muntpunt Library in the center of Brussels.
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Between 10 and 17h we will accompany visitors in exploring the polar regions through a workshop using large 3D puzzles of the Arctic and Antarctica.
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Between 15:30 and 16:00 Mieke Sterken will give a children's talk, taking the visitors on a trip through time and space: we will accompany Adrien de Gerlache who went on an epic endeavor to Antarctica about 125 years ago, and we will discover why this continent is, even today, still so interesting!
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Price: free
Location: Muntpunt, Munt 6, 1000 Brussels.
Click here for more details.
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The kids presentation will be in Flemish.
The workshop can be held in Flemish, French or English.
Klimaduro
Thursday, 21-11-2024
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The Province of West-Flanders and the VIVES University College co-organise their second Klimaduro climate- and environmental awareness week
from 14 till 24 November 2024.
The programme offers 62 activities ranging from presentations to movie shows, exhibitions and guided tours, related to sustainability and climate change. Many of the activities are open to the public so check out the agenda here.
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The IPF participates in this programme with three lectures: two for researchers, teachers and students from VIVES (Kortrijk & Torhout, 21 and 26 November), and one for students, educators, as well as the general public, on Thursday November 21st, from 12:00 till 13:00h.
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This public talk "De poolgebieden op hete kolen?" will guide you through the complex reality of climate change and its consequences in and outside of the polar regions.
Language: Dutch
Price: free
Inscribe: by mail to Lies.verstraete@vives.be
Location: Doorniksesteenweg 145, 8500 Kortrijk
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Another session, open for the public, will be held in Bruges, on Thursday, Nov 21st from 8:30-10:30h.
Language: Dutch
Price: free
Inscribe: by mail to Lies.verstraete@vives.be
Location: VIVES, Xaverianenstraat 10, 8000 Brugge
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Thursday, 20-06-2024
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are thrilled to announce the festive opening of their joint exhibition "TO THE ANTARCTIC" that will be on display from June 20th til November 3rd, 2024 in MAS.
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Come and meet the expedition members of the Belgica. Some 125 years ago, they set off from Antwerp to the last blind spot on the world map: Antarctica. The expedition got stuck in the polar ice and made history as a result. Learn how the men managed to survive, who followed in their footsteps, and what Antarctica is like today.
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Tickets & planning for the expo: TO THE ANTARCTIC.
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Go to our (NL) page with quiz, feedback form and flyer (all in Dutch).
Nerdland Festival
Saturday, 25-05-2024
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A Kid's Talk at Belgium's largest Science Festival, Nerdland in the town of Wachtebeke, supported by the IPF and MAS:
children are welcome in Nerdland Festival's big tent to embark with us on a historic voyage of the Belgica ship: the famous vessel that carried the first ever organised international scientific mission to Antarctica, and the first ever to winter on the ice!
Join us for a thriller of a journey through science and adventure at the world's coldest end.
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Find more details on the festival and the talk here.
The presentation will be held in Flemish.
Questival
Saturday, 20-04-2024
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The IPF will be joining Ekolis second edition of QUESTIVAL, a fantastic Science Festival organised in the city of Ghent, serving all kids, youngsters and their parents. We'll join the festival with our 3D puzzles of the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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For more information on this free science festival: click here!
When? Saturday, April 20th, 2024
When? 10 AM - 5 PM
Where? Odisee & KULeuven-Gent Campus
Gebr. De Smetstraat 1, 9000 Gent
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The festival is organised mainly in Flemish, but people speaking any language are welcome.
We're available all day long!
VLA conference
Saturday, 23-03-2024
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On Saturday, March 23rd, the Flemish Geography Teachers Association (VLA) is organising their annual conference in Antwerp. This year's conference theme will be "A changing world order" - emphasising the links between a changing physical world on one hand, and global socio-economic as well as geopolitical changes on the other.
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The IPF will contribute with a workshop on changes in the polar regions and why this has an impact on the rest of the world.
More information & registration:
https://www.vla-geo.be/node/1202
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The conference and presentations will be held in Flemish.
'Live from Antarctica'
31-01-2024
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On Wednesday, Jan 31st at 19h Brussels time, eight engineers and scientists residing at the Princess Elisabeth research station will hold a live online presentation and will engage with students from the University of Boulder, Colorado. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join the webinar.
This online session is free, registration: https://bit.ly/4b2Ullm
Click here for more details on the speakers and content.
Missed this event?
No worries: you can watch the recording here:
Live from Antarctica (Youtube)
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The presentation will be in English.
Arctic Shorts Film Fest
27-11-2023
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On the eve of the Arctic Futures Conferences conference in Brussels, the IPF and its partners are organising 'Arctic Shorts': an annual film evening during which short films directed by filmmakers from the Arctic are screened.
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The event starts at 7:30 PM, at the BOZAR in Brussels.
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The film fest is free of charge, but pre-registration is recommended to ensure your seat.
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Tickets & Info: see Bozar-Arctic-Shorts
Welcome!
Photo: Still from Angakakusajaujuq – The Shaman’s Apprentice dir. Zacharias Kunuk. Copyright Taqqut Productions,
Kingulliit Productions. 2021
Day of Science
26-11-2023
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IPF is participating in this year's 'Day of Science' organised by the Flemish Government. On Sunday 26/11 our colleague Henri Robert will be giving an online talk about the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Research Station and about why we go to Antarctica to do science. This presentation is free of charge, but you need to subscribe in advance. You can subscribe here. We will send you a Zoom link 30 mins before the start of the presentation.
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The presentation will be in English.
Urania Public Observatory
21-11-2023
This workshop is organized for and by the members of the Urania Public Observatory.
To become a member of Urania, or for any other inquiry we refer to their website.
No topic is as relevant today as the changing climate, with its far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, humans and society.
In this seminar we touch on the complexity of the climate system approached from an exceptional perspective: the polar regions. Why is climate change so much bigger in the Arctic than in the rest of the world, and does that observation also account for the Antarctic?
We will have a live conversation with Henri Robert, science officer at the International Polar Foundation, who will explain - live from the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica - how and why scientific research is being done in Antarctica.
