Date: 3/4/2009 TO 4/4/2009
Time: 1:00 PM

At various locations throughout San Diego County, with
the main EXPO event at Balboa Park April 4, All Day
San Diego County, CA 92057

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Event Description: The San Diego Science Festival is the first event of its kind to ever be held in San Diego. This FUN, entertaining, educational and FREE event geared toward reinvigorating the interest of Americans in the Sciences will have many events throughout the month of March and will culminate with an all-day expo at Balboa Park on April 4. FREE FUN for ALL AGES! Great energy, imagination and effort has gone into the planning and hosting of this great five-week long event, and we hope that you will not only attend but will also get the word out to everyone you know. This is exciting!!!! Why is this important? In a nutshell: -- according to Nobel Laureate Richard Smalley, by the year 2010 (just 1 year from now) 90% of the world's scientists and engineers will live in Asia. -- 85% of people being trained in the advanced physical sciences in the United States are from abroad. -- because the opportunities are now greater abroad, we are no longer retaining them in the USA. -- If we do not turn this trend around SOON, we will have outsourced innovation. And once we have outsourced innovation, our country's ability to compete will be over. Larry's concern over this is so great that he has devoted the past year and a half of his life to organizing this Science Festival. The Festival kicked off in early March and will run through the month of March, offering over 500 FREE events for the public geared toward sparking an interest in Science. This is a grassroots effort of over 350 companies, universities, research labs and over 150 of San Diego's leading scientists and Nobel Laureates. You can find out all the details at: http://www.sdsciencefestival.org Click on the calendar to see dates, times and descriptions of all the fascinating events and opportunities. The grand finale will be an all-day EXPO in Balboa Park on Saturday, April 4th, 2009 --- over 500 fun, hands-on interactive activities for all ages. There will be stuff for the mildly curious to the science professional. Balboa Park will be transformed into a series of pavilions: YOUR BODY, YOUR ARTS, YOUR SPORTS, YOUR HEROES, YOUR PLANET and YOUR FUTURE. You can learn about fun topics like the science of the magic of Harry Potter, the mathematics of juggling, the physics of skateboarding, the science of chocolate, the physics of golf, trends in Global Warming, renewable energy sources of the future .... Plus the some of the major museums will be open to the public for free. (This is a completely non-profit, non-commercial initiative.) You can operate state-of-the-art robots, learn how scientists uncovered great artwork under the original Da Vinci canvases, laugh with science comedians, be mesmerized by science magicians and mathemagicians, fly a fighter jet simulator, enter a virtual reality environment, be a CSI agent, make a virus out of marshmallows and toothpicks, try your hand at using a surgical robot, discover ways of measuring global warming, learn how to transform your car so it can run off a Cusinart .... And --- while having fun, you can leave with information about science scholarships, internships, mentorship programs, jobs and much more. So, why should you forward this message? Aside from the fact that this is the ONLY science festival of its kind that has ever taken place in San Diego, you could be the one who passes it on to the student (or their parent or teacher) who is inspired and excited enough by the science they see to eventually cure AIDS or cancer, reduce Global Warming, invent the next source of renewable energy, discover how to extend life or solve world hunger... Please consider sending this to your employees, colleagues, friends, teachers, neighbors, and anyone else in your database. There will be something exciting for all ages!


Directions:
See the San Diego Science Festival website for directions to each location.

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