Bay Area Science Festival
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The Bay Area Science Festival (BASF) is an annual science festival started in 2011[1] that takes place in the San Francisco Bay Area counties every year at the end of October/beginning of November.[2] The BASF program features over 50 events each year. The program typically features large free hands-on science days called Discovery Days, one in the North Bay, one in the East Bay, and one at AT&T Park in San Francisco.[3] Additionally, the program features lab tours, conversations with leading scientists, and performances from groups from around the nation. In 2013, around 70,000 people attended, which was a 30% increase from the year before.[3]
BASF planning is headquartered at the University of California, San Francisco. BASF's founder is former National Academy of Sciences president Bruce Alberts, and its director in 2011 was .[1] Principal institutional sponsors have included Chevron, Genentech, and UC San Francisco[3] and funding has been provided in part, from the National Science Foundation.[1]
The tenth BASF, held from October 21−25, 2020, was held as 'virtual', on-line event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Perlman, David (August 17, 2011), Science Festival to show off Bay Area innovation, SFGate.com, retrieved 2011-10-04
- ^ Wolverton, Troy (November 2, 2013), Bay Area Science Festival: Robot 'zoo' brings together kids, 'bots, Mercury News, retrieved 2014-05-14
- ^ a b c UCSF (May 15, 2014), Bay Area Science Festival Final Report, Bayareascience.org, archived from the original on May 17, 2014, retrieved 2014-05-14
- ^ Reynolds, Brandon R. (2020-10-20). "Bay Area Science Festival Goes Virtual for 10th Year of the Community Event". University of California San Francisco. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
External links[]
- Festival information Bay, Area Science web site
- Science festivals
- Festivals in California
- Science events in the United States
- Annual events in California
- 2011 establishments in California
- Festivals established in 2011
- University of California, San Francisco