World Science Festival
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Science festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | Various |
| Location(s) | New York City, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 2008 |
| Patron(s) | Founding benefactors: Simons Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation |
| Sponsor | World Science Foundation |
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The World Science Festival is an annual science festival produced by the World Science Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in New York City.
The foundation's mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.
The festival was founded and created by Brian Greene, professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University and author of several science books (including The Elegant Universe, and The Hidden Reality); and Tracy Day, a four-time National News Emmy Award-winning journalist, who has produced live and documentary programming for the nation's preeminent television news divisions. Greene now serves as chairman of the Science Festival Foundation, and Day is chief executive of the World Science Festival.
The festival's events are rooted in science, but also conform to the production standards of professional television and live theatrical events. The founding benefactors were the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation.
The founding benefactors were the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation.
The inaugural festival took place from May 28 to June 1, 2008, at 22 venues throughout New York City. Hailed a "new cultural institution" by The New York Times, the festival included 46 events, a street fair and, on its first day, the one-day World Science Summit at Columbia University. Of the 150+ participants, speakers and performers 11 Nobel Prize winners. Venues included the American Museum of Natural History, Abyssinian Baptist Church, and New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Total audience numbered more than 120,000.
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