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Human Brain Project presented at Polish Copernicus Festival

30 May 2023


HBP Scientific Director Katrin Amunts presented the Human Brain Project, its digital multilevel brain atlas and the EBRAINS RI at the Copernicus Science Festival in Krakow. After her talk, the scientist addressed the audience's questions in a discussion format under the theme “Brains exploring brains. At what stage of development is neuroscience today?”, together with Polish neuroscientists Rafał Czajkowski and Marcin Szwed.

Held from 23 to 28 May 2023, the Copernicus Festival 2023 - Cosmos took place at the Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow. The event introduced participants to topics from fields like cosmology, psychology, brain science and more.

The Copernicus Science and Culture Festival is jointly organised by the Copernicus Centre for Interdisciplinary Research at the Jagiellonian University Krakow, the Copernicus Centre Foundation, the Foundation of "Tygodnik Powszechny" and the publishing house of the magazine "Tygodnik Powszechny". The aim of the festival is to popularise science and philosophy, to explain their impact on social life and to show the manifold relations between them and other areas of culture, including literature and art.

With participants and organisers

Video: Brain, Computer, Comprehension (Talk)

Video: Discussion

Copernicus Festival 2023
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