At the Genoa Science Festival 13 thousand students and 50 thousand visitors – Liguria

The event ends once again in the presence

(ANSA) – GENOA, 01 NOV – These are important numbers for the 2021 edition of the Science Festival which closes today in Genoa. A restart in presence with 13 thousand students and 50 thousand visitors. Online numbers also tripled with 70,000 views. Enthusiasts, families and classes from 13 regions of Italy arrived in Genoa. The festivalscienza.online platform also recorded a record 10,000 subscriptions. Between physical attendance and participation in online events involved more than 120 thousand people. Also unveiled the dates and the theme of the 2022 edition, scheduled from 20 October to 1 November in the name of Languages. The 19th edition that closes with an important success with 212 events from 21 to today divided into 131 conferences, 42 workshops, 17 October exhibitions, 8 shows and 13 special events in 26 places in the city, featuring over 350 famous personalities and personalities , including a Nobel Prize in streaming link.

In addition, 59 online-only activities for schools were carried out: workshops, meetings and virtual guided tours that have registered 9 thousand participations in total to date: a number destined to increase towards the continuation of this section until November 12, 2021. “The edition 2021 – says Marco Pallavicini, president of the Science Festival – was to all intents and purposes that of the restart: for us it is a pride to have brought back a more complete Festival than ever in 26 places in Genoa, with a very rich calendar of events in the presence side by side an equally vast online schedule, and having welcomed many internationally renowned protagonists and guests to the city “. Despite the difficulty of the period, the Festival proposed a total number of meetings among the highest in recent years. (HANDLE).

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