Abu Dhabi science festival began on Wednesday

Declaring the Festival open in its second edition, chairman of the Ccrown Prince’s Court HH Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that UAE, under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, seeks to promote education to global standards so that the growing generation could strongly contribute to the national development. The Abu Dhabi Science Festival is a strategic initiative by the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee (TDC). Sheikh Hamed thanked TDC and its educational partner Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) for organising the event, which will eventually contribute to the human development in the fields of science and technology. After the official opening of the festival, Sheikh Hamed went around various wings of the event at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) and expressed happiness for its marvelous organisation. For the next 11 days, visiting children and families are expected to be wowed by the wonder of science as they attend the most exciting Festival of the year. Building on last year’s huge success, this year the Festival is a science packed adventure, with even more thrills and spills to enthrall the audiences. From October 10-20, the Abu Dhabi Science Festival will run daily at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), the Corniche (West Plaza), in addition to bespoke locations at Al Ain, Al Gharbia, and Abu Dhabi city. The initiative is dedicated to the engagement and inspiration of the nation’s children with science related hands-on activities as part of a wider plan geared towards building a talent base in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). By experiencing the Festival’s amazing, interactive and hands-on activities, our children’s scientific curiosity is stimulated, ultimately inspiring them to pursue scientific education and invigorating careers in medicine, engineering and other STI fields.