Slovak Academy of Sciences Zvolen
The Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences has launched a series of events bringing in direct contact scientists and the wide public.
The scientific café, taking place in the Restaurant Alex in the centre of the town Zvolen, was attended by 33 persons – teachers, PhD students, students from universities in Zvolen and Banská Bystrica, people working at scientific and research institutions, retired persons and journalists.
Both young and old were interested in presentation of M. Blaženec, a scientific worker, dealing with a hot topical subject – drought stress as a potential factor causing health state decline and dieback of spruce stands. According to the inquiry, filled by the attendees, the topic was high attractive (only one person responded “I do not know”) and the visit to the scientific café was evaluated as profitable.
The event was opened by the organising person K. Sládeková who presented the history and goal of movements of scientific cafés. M. Blaženec interpreted, in high professional and at the same time very understandable way, general facts about agents influencing health state of spruce stands, with focus on drought as one of a range of factors causing massive spruce decline. The complex relations between spruce trees and their environment were explained by analogy with well-recognised examples from the common life and illustrated with a large number of graphs.
The atmosphere in the café was informal and relaxed, also thanks to a little drink. Many attendees participated in discussion with the lecturer; some of them also discussed each with other. M. Mázor, the moderator, also contributed to the success of the event – with guaranteeing its fluency and attractiveness. Mr. Mázor confronted his hitherto obtained knowledge on the topic with opinions presented in the scientific café, and he contributed a great deal to the discussion.
In future, the organisers would be very like to meet in their scientific café the wide – laic public in larger amount. They believe that regular meetings between scientists and laic persons interested in science should result in creation of cultural environment abolishing the barriers to effective communication between science and society.
The scientific café, taking place in the Restaurant Alex in the centre of the town Zvolen, was attended by 33 persons – teachers, PhD students, students from universities in Zvolen and Banská Bystrica, people working at scientific and research institutions, retired persons and journalists.
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Both young and old were interested in presentation of M. Blaženec, a scientific worker, dealing with a hot topical subject – drought stress as a potential factor causing health state decline and dieback of spruce stands. According to the inquiry, filled by the attendees, the topic was high attractive (only one person responded “I do not know”) and the visit to the scientific café was evaluated as profitable.
The event was opened by the organising person K. Sládeková who presented the history and goal of movements of scientific cafés. M. Blaženec interpreted, in high professional and at the same time very understandable way, general facts about agents influencing health state of spruce stands, with focus on drought as one of a range of factors causing massive spruce decline. The complex relations between spruce trees and their environment were explained by analogy with well-recognised examples from the common life and illustrated with a large number of graphs.
The atmosphere in the café was informal and relaxed, also thanks to a little drink. Many attendees participated in discussion with the lecturer; some of them also discussed each with other. M. Mázor, the moderator, also contributed to the success of the event – with guaranteeing its fluency and attractiveness. Mr. Mázor confronted his hitherto obtained knowledge on the topic with opinions presented in the scientific café, and he contributed a great deal to the discussion.
In future, the organisers would be very like to meet in their scientific café the wide – laic public in larger amount. They believe that regular meetings between scientists and laic persons interested in science should result in creation of cultural environment abolishing the barriers to effective communication between science and society.
