ScienceView | TEDxAcademy 2013 in Athens, Discovery

It’s our great pleasure to announce you that Dr. Spiros Kitsinelis, a well known Researcher and an Associate partner of Science View is going to present theimportance of Science in Society and Life during theTEDxAcademy 2013 in Athens.

Dr. Spiros Kitsinelis is a researcher focusing on the development of novel and energy efficient light sources. In Greece he started a research program at the National Technical University of Athens and he is now working as a research associate at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse at the south of France. His research work includes numerous publications in journals and international conferences as well as a number of patents. His science communication activities began after his participation in the international science communication competition Famelab. He became the first Greek winner and was awarded first prize by both judging committee and audience. Since then he has been writing and presenting to the general public a wide range of topics in numerous ways that include science theater, debates, talks, articles in magazines, film festivals and books.

Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something “old” that had been unknown. This is the main theme of the TEDxAcademy 2013 in Athens. With reference to science and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and providing new reasoning to explain the knowledge gathered.

The TEDxAcademy 2013 will be held at ‘Megaron Athens Concert Hall’ on 28/09/13.