Facts - Figures - Data
Organiser:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Project management:
VDI Technology Centre, Düsseldorf
Project agency:
Flad & Flad Communication Group, Heroldsberg
Project idea:
Nationwide dialogue about nanotechnology for all interested citizens who want to find out about the basis, application areas, development potential, opportunities and risks of this future technology. A double-decker exhibition vehicle with an interactive exhibit show, laboratory and event areas, nano-cinema and audio point are acting as a mobile rendezvous and focal point for the BMBF initiative nanoTruck.
Campaign networking:
- Science Year 2013 – Demographic Change
- Series of events on the subject of nanotechnology "Citizens meet experts", BMBF
- Jugend forscht (German youth research competition)
- "Invent a Chip" competition, VDE and BMBF
- "Discover natural sciences!”, Schulen ans Netz e.V. (Schools going online)
- "Go MINT“, BMBF
- and many more
Subject areas:
- Nanotechnology, from small structures to the big picture
- Nanotechnology in everyday life
- Protecting health with nanotechnology
- Safety and dialogue
- Energy as a future resource
- Nanotechnology contributions to environmental protection
- Nanotechnology in Germany
- Nanotechnology as a career opportunity
Website :
Facebook-Page:
http://www.facebook.com/nanoTruck
YouTube-Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/nanoTruckonTour
Event formats and target groups:
"Experience, explore, explain nano!" –
"Open day in the nanoTruck", interested public
"That's nano!" –
Guided tours especially for school classes at junior and senior secondary level with scientists accompanying the project
"In the nano future laboratory" –
Teaching practice in the nanoTruck laboratory under the direction of the nanoTruck scientists
"Nano! Jobs with a future" –
Round table discussion for young people about to start vocational education or studies with the nanoTruck scientists and guests from science, research, industry and politics
"Info nano" –
Presentations from the nanoTruck scientists and invited experts from various subject areas
"Train the trainer" –
Workshops for teachers especially from the natural science and technological areas chemistry, biology, physics, etc. with the nanoTruck scientists on the subject of "Integrating nanotechnology in lessons"
"Our nano" –
Idea workshops for school classes
"Reading nano" –
Author readings in the nanoTruck (fiction, specialist literature, reports)
"Already heard of nano?" – impulse presentation in the nanoTruck
"Tiny worlds contest" –
School pupils' competition under the patronage of the BMBF (beginning in 2012)
Presentations:
"Everything nano?" – About the basis, opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology“ (60 min. including discussion)
"The BMBF nanoTruck initiative – Meeting Place Nanoworlds – contents and targets of the dialogue initiative on nanotechnology” (30 min.)
Event locations and occasions:
- Schools
- City and municipal centres (market squares)
- Science parks and technology museums
- Science nights and technology days
- Vocational information fairs and exchanges
- Trade fairs, sector fairs and congresses
- Open days at universities and research centres
- "Girls’ Days"
- and many more