Science2006: Feel the Power is the University of Pittsburgh’s sixth annual broad-based regional celebration of local science and technology. It is scheduled for October 5 and 6 in Alumni Hall (formerly the Masonic Temple) on Pitt's Oakland campus. For more information on getting to Alumni Hall, click here.
What is the power of science?
The power of science is the power of new tools, techniques, and technologies that allow more refined methods of exploration than thought possible even a decade ago:
- The power to “visualize” things—small and close, large and distant—that scientists of earlier eras never imagined
- The power to run experiments in a fraction of the time they once would have taken
- The power to understand information at a longitudinally new level—not just a protein’s structure at a single snapshot in time, for instance, but the more cinematic view of how it folds, moves, and affects an organism’s entire functionality
The power of science is the power of collaboration and teamwork that bridges the isolation of individual disciplines for the benefit of all:
- The power to put information together in creative ways to form new matrices of ideas and concepts
- The power to ask new questions and propose new hypotheses from overlapping, even layered, perspectives that add a depth of understanding
- The power of shared ideas and disciplines moving in synchrony
The power of science is the power of discovery resulting from the coalescence of today’s technology and new models of collaboration. This power enables researchers to mine vast data resources, elucidate pivotal biological processes like gene expression, understand how organisms change their structure, pioneer the frontiers of the brain, explore alternative energy sources, see and measure things in new ways, tap into nature’s own resources as never before, and explore countless other questions and phenomena.
The power of science is a power that thrives at the University of Pittsburgh and throughout the region. It is this power that we celebrate with this annual showcase of science and technology.
What is the purpose of this event?
We want to showcase the region’s academic strengths in science, engineering, medicine, and computation and highlight some of the incredible research going on in these areas. We also want to demonstrate how this research can be a catalyst for regional economic development; foster collaboration among academic and industrial scientists; and promote the idea to the public that science can be interesting, exciting, and fun.
What is planned for Science2006?
Highlights will include symposium sessions on “hot” research topics; keynote lectures by some of America’s premier scientists; a showcase of new technology available for licensing; informational exhibits; networking opportunities; social events; and more.
Who is the target audience for Science2006?
All Science2006 events are free and open to the public, but we especially promote them to faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates from local colleges and universities; representatives of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, information technology, scientific equipment, and related industries; leaders in economic development and philanthropy; representatives of law firms, financial firms, and venture capitalists; and secondary school science teachers.
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