W.Y.P 2005 in Estonia

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W.Y.P 2005 in Estonia
Kaido Reivelt

• The European preparatory meeting for the W.Y.P.

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Estonia
Population 1.4 millions Estonian Physical Societ
y currently unites 207 members
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Physics in Estonia
Founded in 1632, theUniversity of Tartuis
among the oldest universities established in
Northern and Eastern Europe.
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The objectives of the W.Y.P. 2005
To increase the public awareness of physics and
higlight its role in society...
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What is the problem
People are afraid of physics (this is the
tough thing I had to learn in the high-school)
Physicists are freaks (the ones that do something
with the tough thing I had to learn in the
high-school).
Its not fully respectful to be a physicist
What we need is a positive public image
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About the positive public image
The textbook stuff
Cool things
Just normal people
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1. The international events
Below or over the critical mass
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2. Regular events

• The annual meeting of Estonian Physical Society
• Summer and Autumn schools of the young
  physicists
  
• The Family Day of Physics in faculty of Tartu
  University
  

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3. Physics in national television (ETV)

• The interviews in the Morning TV, twaice in
  week, one demonstration (fascinating experiment)
  each time with the story behind it.

• During the science week, in November, the ETV
  will show a series of documentaries, produced by
  some foreign company (Discovery) as the part of
  EPS the documentaries will be introduced by our
  commentaries.

• We want to produce a series of video clips or
  short animations to show in ETV in prime times.

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4. Launch of the special web portal

• The portal provides the young people with a
  comprehensive overview of physics and sciences in
  Estonia with relevant links to international
  level so that the possibilities of careers in
  science, physics related industry, research and
  development would become apparent for them.
• The portal is highly dynamic in the sense that
  every member of the community can easily (from
  the techical point of view) contribute to the
  content of the portal
• Physics demos, interesting physics etc.
• Probably we will apply for the Pirelli award

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5. A physics exhibition
Estonian Science Center AHHAA
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6. The scientific lectures
We will run a non-stop multimedia scientific
lectures in a big screen in the main square of
our cities during the science week in November.
The sound will be focused to some spots so that
people can really listen the lectures.
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Conclusions
We are at the beginning of a long way