Science Slam session at Software Campus Summit
Science Slam means scientists on stage to share their knowledge in a time-boxed presentation with the audience. It is similar to a poetry slam, but without lyrics, instead an entertaining scientific presentation. It is a great chance to approach your research from a different angle and learn how to present it in an illustrating way.
This is how it works:
There will be a preliminary round on the first day, Nov 18th. In this first round, everyone is presenting in the science slam. As there will be many presentations, the audience is split up into 3 rooms with parallel tracks. Each rooms selects the best science slam presentation of this room by rating.
On the following day, Nov 19th, these Top 3 Science Slammers will present their slam again in the final round and again, the audience selects the best science slam presentation by rating. The best pitch will be awarded.
The rules are simple
- Each participant has 5 minutes to present their project
- Keep it very short and entertaining, based on a usecase (real or fictional)
- In English or German, the way you feel comfortable
- Everything is allowed (by complying with the house rules), beamer or screen provided
- Advice for visualization: Keep it simple!
Your audience
First round (on Monday, Nov 18th, 2024)
Approx. 20-30 persons per room in three parallel tracks: mainly other participants, a few partner representatives and DLR Projektträger
Final round (on Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2024)
Approx. 120 people: Participants, partner representatives, BMBF, DLR Projektträger
Get your own coaching!
We put a professional at your side who has coached many science slammers before and made Software Campus participants fit for the stage last year: Ingo Nordmann-Mohn. You will learn how to create your science slam and how to present it in your own natural way. Benefit from:
- A virtual 1,5 hour kickoff session with an introduction, impulses and advice on how to approach your science slam presentation
- A personal, virtual 30 min coaching session to finetune your science slam presentation
Timeframe and Dates
Kickoff: September 20th, 2024, 10:30 – 12:00 a.m.
Individual sessions: From mid of October until beginning of November 2024
After registration, we will invite you to the Science Slam coaching kickoff call.
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