Contests
Science through
other disciplines
ICFO creates multidisciplinary contests that encourage participants to get inmersed in the fascinating world of science and photonics through literature, music and the audiovisual arts.
Light on the Waves integrates science, literature and music. Secondary school students and adults engage in a writing contest contributing science fiction short stories or poems inspired by light. The winning texts are broadcasted in the form of a song composed by the musical groups that collaborate with the program and in the written form in the Principia Magazine. A concert, organized in collaboration with the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), is celebrated and a CD is produced to make the songs as popular as possible.
Illuminating Curiosity, an audio-visual contest that aspires to show that light is omnipresent in our daily lives, thus invites anyone with an inquisitive and creative spirit to find the answers to curiosities posed by several celebrities and explain them in a video.
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Resources for teachers
ICFO generates materials for educators and participates in European projects that generate resources for teachers. Explore and use these resources to bring science and technology to the classroom with an original approach. These material are designed (with some...
Young Photonics Congress
A scientific meeting point for young students ICFO annually organizes the Young Photonics Congress, a meeting point for young students that makes them live the experience of a scientific congress where the spotlight is on them. Students can explain their work to other...
Lifelong Learning for Teachers
From the lab to your classroom As ICFO, we collaborate with the program “Professors i ciència” from the “Fundació Catalunya la Pedrera”. We have offered several training courses addressed to high school teachers. In these courses we expect to bring the physics of...
Books and stories
Creating publications for different audiences ICFO reaches out to all ages through books and other publications that aim at immersing readers in the fascinating world of photonics. FROM THE BIG BANG TO LASER EXPLORERS IN SPACE lluminado and Lucilda is a series...
Big events
ICFO organizes high-visibility events linked to major occasions In the framework of large public events, ICFO creates cultural and artistic events that combine science, literature, light, music or other cultural elements open to society at large to bring photonics...
Exhibitions
Informative panels, posters and interactive installations to bring science and photonics closer to society ICFO creates exhibitions in different formats about Photonics and its applications, conceived and designed to capture attention, raise interest and increase the...