World Science Festival Blog

The World Science Festival has now officially started. Click on our list of events to see where tickets are still available — many events are already sold out. Here are some visual impressions from the opening and from the World Science Summit that marked the beginning of the Festival.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s opening address stressed the importance of science for politics. You can read more about it on Andrew Revkin’s blog at nytimes.com (more…)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has just opened the World Science Festival. In his opening address, the Mayor praised the city’s scientific institutions, and emphasized the need for science and politics to work together on the crucial challenges we face, from public health to climate change. You can read more here on Andrew Revkin’s NYT blog Dot Earth.

It has just been announced that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going to open the World Science Festival on Wednesday, May 28, with a key-note address at the Festival’s opening event, the World Science Summit. At the (invitation-only) Summit, more than 125 leaders from science, business, government, media, and academia will discuss the many ways in which science acts as a key player in global affairs.