This year, Tehnopark Celje is hosting its second STEAM conference, which will take place on March 8th and 9th. The conference will bring together more than 30 STEAM experts from Slovenia and abroad, who will conduct more than 30 different lectures and workshops. The main focus of the conference remains on the modern STEAM educational method, which is crucial for acquiring knowledge in the future. With a diverse program, we want to encourage participants to introduce this kind of interdisciplinary approach into the educational process. Applications are being collected until Wednesday, March 6th, on the STEAM CONFERENCE tab.
After last year's excellent response to the first STEAM conference, we decided to expand our horizons and organize an international conference this year. One of the key speakers at the conference will be Eleana Balla, an employee of the Museum of Science and Technology in Thessaloniki, Greece (NOESIS), who has been focusing on inspiring young people to get involved in science and providing meaningful education in the field of STEAM for the past 15 years. In this way, participants will gain a perspective on practice and approaches from abroad.
The conference will be attended by numerous experts from various fields, including Andrej Fideršek and Miha Vodlan from the civil initiative Zero Waste Žalec, Andrej P. Škraba from Astra AI, doctoral student Alen Rupnik, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Uroš Novak from the Institute of Chemistry, Alenka Gros, professor of mathematics and computer science, engineer Alenka Knez, founder of the S.O.S. school. In addition to them, presentations will be made by Dr. Maša Jazbec, an intermedia artist employed at the Celje Technopark, Simona Šalej, a biologist whose primary concern is the well-being of people and animals, Professor Matic Holobar from the Celje School Center, Dr. Nataša Kovačić, founder of the Natcosmetics brand, Natalija Premužič from the Super Glavce Institute, Nermin Bajramovič, professor of mathematics, Primož Brankovič and Mihaela Levpušček from the Nova Gorica e-house of experiments, Tanja Hanžič and Žan Rajšek from Katapult Trbovlje, Suzana Senica, academic painter, Rok Purg from the company Inovatio, Miha Leitinger from the company Tropicarium, Maja Gačnik from the company Legama, Katja Zalar Nikovič from the Kersnikova Institute, Jernej Pangeršič from Microsoft, and employees of the organization Mali ustvarjevac, the Kočevje Technology Incubator and representatives of Tehnopark Celje.
The conference registration fee is 25 EUR and is paid by all participants. It includes conference materials, a conference proceedings, a certificate of participation in the conference and refreshments (water, juice, coffee, tea).
(Co-)financing of science popularization activities within the framework of the TPC – SCIENCE PLATFORM is financially supported by the Public Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia (ARIS).
