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Margit Fischer, First Lady of Austria and President of Austria’s ScienceCenter-Network, will make the case for a science centre and museum partnership with the United Nations when she speaks at the PuP conference, 29 March, 10:15 am, in London, UK.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Planetarium Science Center opening, in 2002, the Center has organizeed a festivity titled “Celebrating The Future”, to celebrate all those who contributed to the promotion of scientific activities of this edifice, and to discuss the views and experiences of all the center participants.
The workshop hosted a group of students who had participated in various activities at the Centre, and have represented Egypt in regional and international competitions.

The Planetarium Science Center issues a scientific newsletter, on quarterly basis. each issue has a scientific theme, to which all the included articles are dedicated. The newsletter has an attractive layout, through the colorful pages, the simple language, and the various illustrations, and is issued in 2 languages; Arabic and English, aiming to encourage the public to read about science. The PSC distributes this Newsletter for free on Clubs, Schools, Universities, and all social gathering points, to ensure Scientific knowledge dessimination among various society sectors.

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Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums, is a non-profit international association with 400 institutional members. The common thread uniting these institutions is a commitment to public engagement by communicating science through accessible, interactive exhibits and programmes. Ecsite connects member institutions through projects and activities and facilitates the exchange of ideas and best practices on current issues.

“MICROLIFE” is a new exhibition produced by Expografic, an extraordinary journey to the universe of minuscule beings beyond the limits of our sight. A series of beautiful images taken through the dark-field microscope technique, are the focal point for visitors to understand concepts such as zoom and scale and how their increase will discover surprising worlds in each of the exhibition’s areas and interactive exhibits.

The first of four webcast Earth Debates in advance of Rio+20 will happened at 19.00 on Wednesday 25 January. The Earth Debates are an initiative of the Natural History Museum, London, UK