6th Annual Science in the House exhibition

Abstract

The Science in the House media exhibition was held on Friday 29th September 2017 at 5:00 pm in the main foyer of the Parliament Building in Valletta. The event opened with a personal brief welcome followed by an opening address by Prof. Alex Felice, Chairman of the Science in the City/European Researchers’ Night consortium and followed by Prof. Joseph Cilia, Rector’s Delegate of the University of Malta. This year short oral speeches were also contributed from four researchers: Dr Maria Briguglio, Dr Ruben Gatt, Prof. Ing. Cyril Spiteri Staines and Prof. Neville Vassallo. They presented an overview of research they will be conducting with funds awarded by the University of Malta. The inauguration closed with an address by the Hon. An ̇glu Farrugia M.P., Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta. After 6:00 pm the Parliament Building was opened to the general public for viewing until midnight. An interactive exhibition allowing the general public to use microscopes was also on display.