VerCiência

VerCiência - International Exhibition of Science on TV

Annual festival devoted to science communication on television created in Brazil in 1994^[1] by Sergio Moraes Castanheira Brandão and José Renato Campos Monteiro.^[2]

It is a non-competitive, non-commercial and non-profitable event, with free admission to the general public in all sessions.

The 20th International Exhibition of Science on TV - VerCiência 2014 - will take place in Rio (from Oct 13th to 26th) and in São Paulo and Brasilia (from Oct 13th to 19th).

The VerCiência 2014 Special Tribute & Award will be given to the BBC programme HORIZON, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

The main objective of the Ver Ciencia Project is to incentivate and promote the dissemination of knowledge and scientific culture through television.

It has the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil as one of the main official events of the National Week of Science and Technology.

The annual VerCiência exhibitions take place simultaneously in several Brazilian cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasília, usually in the third week of October (coinciding with the National Week of Science and Technology) and consist mainly in the public screenings of a selection of science TV programmes produced in Brazil and other countries. Lectures on science communication and on the production of science programmes for TV and the internet are also given by experts from Brazil and abroad during the exhibitions.

Among main traditional international participants of the VerCiência exhibitions are the BBC (UK) and WGBH (US), with programmes such as Horizon and Nova, good examples of how science and technology can be conveyed in an interesting and informative manner to the general public.

See also

• List of television festivals

References

1. ↑ Brazilian Academy of Sciences news online: <http://www.abc.org.br/article.php3?id_article=472> and <http://www.abc.org.br/article.php3?id_article=479>
2. ↑ Jornal CECIERJ<http://www.educacaopublica.rj.gov.br/jornal/materias/0334.html>

1. Catalogue of the 19th International Exhibition of Science on TV - VerCiência 2013: <http://verciencia.com.br/central_download.php?hash=df8d10749c81960514f73c8580f4b624&id=106>

2. Brazilian Academy of Sciences reference about the 19th International Exhibition of Science - Verciência 2013: <http://www.abc.org.br/article.php3?id_article=2934>

3. VerCiência at the site of the Brazilian National Week of Science and Technology 2013: <http://semanact.mct.gov.br/web/snct/ver-ciencia;jsessionid=55296CB39C26B5685F2DAB752D257E7A.portal3>

4. Rio's official city guide about VerCiência 2013: <http://www.rioguiaoficial.com.br/dicas/detalhe/verci-ncia-no-ccbb>

Other references in the Brazilian media