- Book a fun experience for all the family at the region’s largest science festival
- Visit the Abu Dhabi Science Festival (ADSF) website and learn about the amazing variety of fascinating science activities that will be featured
- Book your tickets in advance to ensure your child gets to enjoy popular activities
Abu Dhabi, 28 October 2015 – Calling all budding scientists - tickets for the highly anticipated Abu Dhabi Science Festival are now on sale on the festival’s official website: www.abudhabisciencefestival.ae. Organized by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee (TDC), the festival is taking place from the 12th to the 22nd November 2015 and features exciting, engaging activities for the whole family and makes science education more fun with informative workshops, interactive exhibits and spectacular shows.
ADSF features a variety of fresh offerings for 2015, including a brand new venue at Mushrif Central Park located in the heart of Abu Dhabi that ensures as many visitors as possible will get the chance to enjoy a scintillating science experience.
Bursting with hugely popular returning content and featuring exciting additions, the ADSF 2015 will be running at full capacity from the first day of the festival. A full schedule of events is available on the festival website and parents are advised to check the programme and book tickets online in advance to avoid disappointment. The easy-to-use website lets visitors search for tickets by field of interest and age group making it simple to book selected events.
ADSF will feature a dynamic mix of local and international content to deliver a world-class programme for visitors to the festival. Locally-inspired activities will make up 40% of the programme offering and will add cultural relevance to the visitor experience, having been specifically tailored to the needs of the UAE audience. New experiences for 2015 include ‘Space Station’ where children can become space cadets and control the spacecraft Mars Rovers and ‘Lego Sports Stars’ where participants will explore the principles of robotics through building and programming their own robot. In ‘Smartphone Microscopes’ children of all ages can turn their smartphone into a working microscope and take amazing and up-close pictures.
Spaces are limited at certain popular attractions so now is the perfect opportunity to secure your place. For more information and to book spaces at the various workshops taking place at the festival, please visit the festival website www.abudhabisciencefestival.ae and follow the social media platforms on Instagram and Twitter: @adsciencefest and on Facebook: Abu Dhabi Science Festival.
The opening times for the festival are as follows:
- Sun-Wed: 16.00-21.00
- Thursday: 16.00-22.00
- Fri-Sat: 14:00-22.00
Organized by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee (TDC), ADSF has been attended by nearly half a million visitors since its inception and is among the government’s key initiatives to directly engage children (aged 5-12 years old) with science and technology. The Science, Technology and Innovation sectors play a key role in the Abu Dhabi 2030 Vision as well as the UAE Innovation Strategy, forming an important part of the future growth plans for the UAE. Through a variety of science activities and experiences, the organizers of ADSF hope to support these objectives by inspiring UAE children in their current academic studies and encouraging them to embark on careers in these key sectors in the years to come.
The fifth edition of the ADSF is organized by Abu Dhabi Education Council and the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee in partnership with Tawazun as “Presenting sponsor”, Dolphin Energy as “Gold Sponsor”, ADNOC Distribution and Etihad Airways as “Affiliate Sponsors”, Abu Dhabi Media Company as “Exclusive Media Partner” and the Edinburgh International Science Festival (EISF) as “Programming Partner”, with the Festival produced by Flash Entertainment.