First Science Slam event - review

Science Slam 2012 – “And the winner is…”

"Drug Targeting, Catheter Systems, Prussian Blue Crystals, Epic Poems and Efficiency Optimization where all on the agenda at HIT's first Science Slam held on Friday 10^th February. Speakers with various professional backgrounds took to the floor for honour and fame by educating and entertaining the audience. Science Slam is a fast-paced tournament were speakers present, in the timeframe of 10 minutes, their specialized, scientific-based topic. It is crucial the slammers inspire, impress and interact with the audience. The audience is divided into subgroups, who grade each presentation out of 10. 

The competition was very tight. However, the winner of HIT’s first Science Slam was Chemistry Lecturer Ms. Esther Vertelman, who inspired the audience with her PhD thesis of Electron transfer properties in the Prussian Blue Analogues Rb_xMn[Fe(CN)₆]_y ^. zH₂O. Ms. Vertelman prevailed with a single point against fellow HIT lecturer Ms. Eti de Vries’ “Dead or Alive – Epic Poem”. The entire event has been recorded and published online so that everybody can take a look...".

- Newsletter article by Malte Trauernicht

Special Moments:

Science Slam Award 2012

Colloquium room panorama

Winner: Mrs. Esther Vertelman

We want to thank every participant and visitor for making it such a good event and hope to see some familiar faces at following events. May the next battle commence soon!

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Science Slam 2012 at Hanze Institute of Technology

Upcoming event!

The time has come!

On Friday 10th February 2012 this year's first Science Slam is going to be held in the Hanze Institute of Technology (HIT) in Assen. As part of a seminar offered by HIT we are honoured to kick off the first Science Slam there. Doors are open from 12:30 and the event is going to start at 13:00. Besides this event two workshops and the HIT challenge can be visited which are followed up by a networking session. Hope to see y'all there.... :-)

To give you a little idea of how presentations might look like, here another video from our Science Slam supporters in Aachen, Germany. Check it out!