“Open Readings” conference has always been accompanied by social events which aim to reach not only students and researchers, but a wider audience as well. This year there were 3 additional informal lecturers (“Cafe Scientifique”) prior the conference. They were held in a local pub and attracted a great number of people. Such outreach is essential in attracting wider audience and people from outside of the scientific disciplines. During these events these presentations took place:
• On 23rd of February Prof. Dr. Gintautas Tamulaitis spoke on current issues in material science and latest innovations in light emitting diodes.
• On 1st of March Dr. Mangirdas Malinauskas shared his experience in combining laser technologies and 3D printing.
• On 8th of March Prof. Dr. Daumantas Matulis explained the a hard-path of exploring the potential ways to create drugs.
While expected around 200 participants, outcame was amazing with almost 300 enthuasiasts. The impact of this event was also felt during the conference as number of people outside of the campus have visited the lecturers and sessions.
The conference istelf gathered more than 300 young minds in order to create an ecosystem of learning and sharing the experience. It took place on 15-18th of March in Vilnius, Lithuania connected students from all over Europe working in a variety of thrilling topics: from optics and laser physics to the latest applications in biomedicine. Each day consisted not only of oral and poster session, but lectures and social events as well. Participants had a chance to listen to amazing plenary lectures given by well-known high-level specialists. In case you missed the conference, you can check the lectures in our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy4mApKrdtBU5ZGjYTCaiOWcafe_wK3ul. During the conference there was also special live broadcast of a lecture given by Senior Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and a recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries supporting the big-bang model – prof. John C. Mather! The conference becomes a great tradition and everyone is welcome to start scheduling their next spring for the 60th international conference for students of physics and natural sciences “Open Readings 2017”, which will take place on 14-17th of March, 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania! And probably some Cafe Scientifuque event prior as well!
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