Caucasus International University Rector, Kakhaber Kordzaia met the students - Tamta Tsirkvadze and Mariam Shulaia who have returned from the “STARMUS VI” Global Festival of Science. They talked about the importance of the festival and the impressions they received over “Tea with the Rector”.
Tamta Tsirkvadze – “Attending the STARMUS festival provoked amazing impressions and emotions. The event was loaded with interesting scientific news, as well as motivational lectures and at the end of the day, amazing performances. We attended highly interesting scientific lectures delivered by Nobel laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier, astronauts and astrophysicists Chris Hadfield, George Nield and Charles Duke, which gave us a different perspective on the future. In addition, we attended both scientific and motivational lectures by the creator of the iPhone, Tony Fadell, after which we looked at life and our role in the world, goals and plans from a different perspective. As for concerts, amazing evenings were held. Such famous musicians as Queen guitarist Brian May, System of a down soloist Serge Tankian, Rick Wakeman, Sons of Apollo, Graham Gouldman and others performed famous works of legendary stars. Overall, the festival was extremely productive and impressive.”
“STARMUS Festival - 6 Edition” was held on September 5-10 in Yerevan. The theme of this year’s festival was “50 Years on Mars” (STARMUS VI - 50 Years on Mars) and it was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first landing of the “MARS 3” mission.
“STARMUS” festival is an international platform to encourage scientific communication and interdisciplinary cooperation. The format of the festival includes scientific debates, panel discussions, exhibitions, concerts, film screenings and many other activities. Within this year’s “STARMUS”, the Nobel Prize laureates: Kip Thorne, one of the most famous physicists of our time, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Donna Strickland, Edward Moser, Michelle Mayor, Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke, astronaut Chris Hadfield, who played the guitar for the first time from space, gave a talk. In addition, Charles Bolden and iPod inventor Tony Fadell, as well as NASA astronaut Jim Baghian, were guests of this year’s festival.
International scientific festival “STARMUS” was founded by astrophysicist Garik Israelian and legendary guitarist of Queen, astrophysicist Brian May. The festival is associated with the names of the British physicist and astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking, and world-famous artists, scientists and musicians.
The festival was held for the first time in 2011 in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) and since then it has been held in various European countries. Today, “STARMUS” is an international platform that brings together world-famous scientists, Nobel laureates, astronauts, artists, who share their experience, knowledge and latest inventions with new generations in order to direct their inspiration to the world of science.
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