University of Gdansk Academic Cultural Centre 'Alternator' invites you to the second edition of UG Talks. Science Slam! The event is aimed at students and PhD students of the University of Gdansk and allows them to present their research to a wider audience. During the broadcast, you will be able to watch the speeches of our speakers and vote for the best ones.

On the 11th of May at 18:30 you will hear:

• Oskar Ratajczak
• Emiliana Konopka
• Hubert Okonowicz
• Krystian Pyszniak

The broadcast will take place on the main page of the event and the website of Academic Cultural Centre ACK Alternator UG

What is UG TALKS?

UG Talks is a proposal addressed to students and doctoral students of the University of Gdańsk, allowing them to present their research to a wider audience. The event is inspired by the formula of poetry slams, i.e. public competition of poets-performers and the format of TEDx scientific meetings. The UG Talks science slam encourages PhD students to present their scientific topics in a way that is simple and enjoyable for the audience whose votes they are competing for. The competition combines the popular science formula of the speakers' presentations with the potential of interdisciplinary education - creating a field for debate on issues from various fields. Through UG Talks, we want to arouse interest in science in viewers from outside the academy, offering the audience a unique encounter with news from various fields, complemented by an attractive, performative format. For the performers, the science slam is an opportunity to show the results of their work, train public speaking skills, make new contacts and, if appreciated by the audience and the jury - receive an award. UG Talks is planned in the form of a cyclical competition for the best speech, judged in categories such as content, clarity and style of presentation, rhetorical skills of the speaker or originality of the idea. Speakers have only 15 minutes to capture the attention of the audience and concisely present their chosen (previously submitted) topic! The use of visual presentations, props, models and other elements that support the process of communicating the content is allowed.

For the summer semester 2021, 3 UG Talks are planned (in March, April and May) and a grand finale (in June), during which the winners of the previous competitions will face each other in a final clash for the best presentation.

The prize for the best paper of the meeting is 500 PLN to be spent on scientific purposes, and for the winner of the final meeting - 2000 PLN.

How does the Online Science Slam work?

Speakers upload recordings of their presentations. We create an event during which we screen the submitted presentations - each performance is limited to 15 minutes, during which the speaker presents their topic. The audience can vote for the selected presentations during the broadcast, using an online voting form. The jury makes the final decision on the winner taking into account the viewers' votes as well. The winner will be announced on the ACK 'Alternator' website and the event website after the transmission has ended and the votes counted.