Cafe Scientifique Comes to sfComplex

Café Scientifique will hold its Santa Fe meetings at the complex beginning with a café on Thursday, August 28 and a Youth Leadership Team meeting on Thursday, September 4. The youth education program’s Santa Fe meetings will continue on a monthly basis through the 08-09 school year. The August 28th meeting features Dr. Joseph Martz of Los Alamos National Laboratory discussing whether science can end the nuclear race? The September 4 meeting follows that topic with a hands-on discussion session by the teen participants.

Café Scientifique is a popular program that brings teenagers from all walks of life together to explore, discuss, and debate the latest ideas in science and technology. Stimulating conversations with experts working on the cutting-edge of scientific research take place in a social setting. It is a place where all teens are welcome and ideas are shared. For each Café, follow-up events are scheduled to give participants a chance to explore aspects of the Café topic in greater depth.

The Café program is for—and is run by—high school age teens. Motivated teens from the four participating towns have volunteered to play a leadership role in organizing and running the Café program as members of the Youth Leadership Team. The Cafe Project Team is there to support them. This dedicated group of teens is the heart of the program, and the key to its success. Any teen is welcome to be on the leadership teams and to participate in the Café meetings.

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