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CITY GATE
Supported by the European Commission Representation in Malta
www.scienceinthecity.org.mt
scienceinthecity.org.mt/app
ScienceInTheCityMalta
Science at Spazju Kreattiv
Age 4+
The Centre (Spazju Kreattiv) will hold fun activities for
kids and young teens. The cinema room will host two
puppet shows (Ages 7+). Inside Out 6pm and 8pm, and
Marie Curie at 7pm. In the studio room, children (4+) can
join the Kids Dig Science—Science and Art workshops
specially themed on how our brains sense the world
around us.
6pm – 9pm, Cinema & Studio A, St James Cavalier
Science at Spazju Kreattiv - Age 12+
Acclaimed group Teatru Anon will be performing I’m
Still Here, one woman’s battle with a life threatening
condition. Part of the Science Theatre: Dementia series.
I’m still here, 6.30, 8, 9.30pm,
Theatre Room, St James Cavalier, 30 Sep
Il-Masġar tal-Allat Siekta, 7.30pm,
St James Cavalier, 2 Oct
CineXjenza — Cinema meets Science (on Alzheimer’s)
9pm — Still Alice (film)
10.45pm — Discussion with Prof. Charles Scerri
9–12pm, Cinema Room, St James Cavalier
Malta Café Scientifique
7.30–8.30 Machine Learning Xinhu?
8.30–9.30 Brain Oscillations in Epilepsy
9.30–10.45 Fresh Water Mediterranean
7.30–10.45pm, Music Room, St James Cavalier
Science in the House - Age 12+
An exciting media exhibition of University of Malta
research, ‘invest in research today for the future grown
and prosperity of our society’.
6pm – 10pm, Parliament Building, City Gate
Science Fair + Meet the Researcher
All Ages
City Gate will be bursting with spectacular science:
Revving racecars and rowing machines, mobile dental
clinic (RIDT + MADS), Health + Rare Disease area
(National Alliance for Rare Diseases Support Malta,
Malta Biobank, Ministry of Health), Looking inside the
earth, MCAST and IASSO labs, Coca-Cola’s barcode
authentication technology, WasteServ + Brain Game
and an Interactive brain area. Plus a revamped Meet the
Researcher, come have a chat with the real deal.
6pm – 12pm, City Gate to Ordinance Street
Highly Recommended
EU Corner - Age 12+
Come visit the EU corner and explore demonstrations
and games celebrating science, Nobel winner Marie
Sklodowska-Curie, and the EU (by MEUSAC).
6pm – 12am, City Gate
Anthropomorphic Sculptures
Discover Malta seabirds’ secrets
All Ages
Age 7+
Four anthropomorphic sculptures displaying the
evolution of the nervous system by Liliana Fleri Soler.
Malta’s cliffs have dozens of seabirds nesting in them.
Technology helps us observe their secretive lives.
Come and see, by Birdlife Malta.
6pm – 12am, City Gate Entrance
6pm – 12am, Corner with St John Street
Trust Me - All Ages
STEAM Street - All ages
Testing our limits and balance by performing blinded
on an elevated platform, a Moveo Dance Company
production.
Republic Street is being taken over by student buskers:
students from commerce, psychology, medicine, ICT,
engineering and health science students. With over 20
stands in Valletta full of brain scans, experiments, health
checks and a pico-satelitte. Student organisations
taking part: S-Cubed, ASCS, UESA, IEEE, ICTSA, MMSA,
MHSA, Betapsi (plus the DTEAM educators)—try them
for yourself!
6pm – 11pm, City Gate
Highly Recommended
Brain Square - All Ages
The heart of Valletta will be transformed by some
stunning artworks and exhibitions. They include a
Kummettiva dance performance fuses traditional
Maltese dance with Alzheimer’s disease (Paul Curmi
dance company), Brainrave: control music and visuals
with your brain (Andrew Schembri & Toni Gialanzé),
an evolution of psychiatry exhibition (Mount Carmel
Hospital), and come have a chat (Malta Association
of Psychiatric Nurses). On stage Dorian Cassar hosts
a brain show: talks by world leading neuroscientists
and neurosurgeons, with themed music:
7.15pm — Alzheimer’s and the Mediterranean Diet
by Dr Neville Vassallo
7.45 pm — Stroke and our 3D brain by Prof. Mario Valentino and
Dr Christian Zammit
8.30 pm — ‘Meta l-Mohh jitlef hinu’ by Dr Charles Scerri
9.15 pm — Fortuneteller Brain by Prof. Ludvic Zrinzo
10.15 pm — From Marijuana to Depression by
Prof. Giuseppe De Giovanni
Funk Initiative: Cartographers
6pm – 12am, all along Republic Street
6pm – 12am, St George’s Square
Prepare to blow your mind!
Experimental performance of Funk Initiative’s debut
album, Cartographers, inspired by insights into the
human mind by prominent neurologists, psychoanalysts,
poets and artists. Meet Gianluca Bezzina, Paul Torpiano,
Shaun Abdilla, Christopher Tate, Luke Grech, Fabian
Bonello, Daniel Buttigieg in between shows at Meet the
Researcher (3a).
8pm — First show
8.45pm — Meet the Scientist Session (3a area)
9.45pm — Second Show
Apothecaries to Breakthrough
Science - Age 5 +
Brain Square - All Ages
The pharmacist from the historical Apothecary role to
the cutting edge scientist and health care professional
of today by Kamra tal-Ispiżjara ta’ Malta and MPSA.
Art exhibition by Richmond Foundation members.
Cortex art installation by Raphael Vella inspired by
neuroscience and scientific comparative studies of
different mammalian brains.
6pm – 11pm, next to Royal Pharmacy, Republic Street
6pm – 12am, Grandmaster’s Palace, St george’s Sq
Age 12+
8pm — 10.45pm Pjazza Teatru Rjal
Headline act!
Research my NGO + MCST & NSTF
All Ages
An area where you can see how brain food can be fair
(Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust, il-Ħanut l-Arka), Lichen
It (Fingerprints), Shark Bite (Sharklab-Malta), Insect
exhibition (Entomological Society of Malta), Science
fiction exhibition (Creative Writers’ Alliance Malta), and
even take home your own plant (Nature Trust Malta)—
plus an NSTF Interactive Exhibition and MCST science
busking area.
6pm – 12am, Between Pjazza Teatru Rjal,
Parliament Building & Spazju Kreattiv
Highly recommended
Science Stage: Money, Forces,
Explosions - All ages
6.30pm — Till no cash does us part
7pm — Explosive Laughter
8pm — Till no cash does us part
8.15pm — Playing with Forces
10pm — Till no cash does us part
Prepared by ASCS, S-Cubed, and the Faculty of Science
(Uni of Malta).
6.30pm – 10.30pm, Outside the law Courts
Mind Games
- All Ages
Our brains curiously shape vision, sound and language
to negotiate our daily environment. Interactive games
and a visual arts installation will explore some of our
senses.
6pm – 12am, Pjazza Regina
Breathing life into artefacts
Age 7+
Talks by Malta’s leading archaeologists, an experiment
area, and exhibits from the Neolithic period (5000 BC) to
the Phoenician Period (400 BC) will be open to explore.
6pm – 12am, last admission 11pm,
National Museum of Archaeology
Info Point
6pm – 12am, City gate & Pjazza Teatru Rjal
Science Debates - Age 15+
7pm — IVF: What are the facts?
8pm — Euthanasia: An enemy or ally?
9pm — Organ donation: The science and ethics
10pm — Overcoming mental illness
Run by student organisations GħSL and INSITE.
7pm – 11pm, National Library, behind Pjazza Regina
CERN, ALICE & the Universe
All ages
Join us for a live interactive video stream with
scientists at CERN, the Large Hadron Collider with
local researchers bringing their collaborations. Come
have a chat.
6pm — The CERN Control Center
7pm — How do you operate mankind’s largest
scientific instrument?
8pm — The CERN Data Center
9pm — ALICE experiment
10pm — Malta meets ALICE
6pm – 11pm, Casino Maltese
(In) Visible + Under the Stars
All Ages
Come and be immersed in darkness through
a journey of your own sensory experiences, an
experimental performance by USPA. The roof of the
venue will host an astronomy night to see the stars
and planets above Valletta by Y4TE. Supported by the
Malta Postal Museum.
6.30pm – 11pm, Malta Postal Museum,
Archbishop Street
Stand Up meets Science
Age 18+
Malcolm Galea hosts Malta’s best comedians for
some science themed stand up comedy.
10pm till late, The Pub, Archbishop Street