Petnica Students' Conference
December 3-5, 2004
An unusual manifestation titled
"How to research" has finished recently in Petnica, small village
in western Serbia. It is a science conference where secondary-school
students present results of their research work. Such events are very
rare anywhere in the world, not only in this region.
Petnica Students' Conference
is always the last event in a series of over a hundred seminars for
secondary-school students in Petnica every year, the crown of a year-long
work of 700 students, 400 senior associates, professional scientists,
120 junior associates, university students, and entire team of Petnica
Science Center. This year at the Conference there were presented 55
research works by 90 authors from six European countries! Lack of
similar events in Europe resulted in great interest for the Conference
among teachers and students from all parts of the continent. One group
of biologists came all the way from Canary Islands to present their
work somewhere in Serbia. International taste of the event was emphasized
during the opening ceremony -- the Conference was officially opened
by His Excellency, David Gowan, Ambassador of The Great Britain in
Serbia and Montenegro.
Although the Conference is
just a segment in Petnica annual educational cycle, it has considerable
international potentials. We are going to develop them
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Konferencija, treća
Na Konferenciji je ove godine bilo izloženo 55 radova sa 90
autora iz čak šest evropskih zemalja! Iako se za skup
može reći da je internacionalnog karaktera, sama Konferencija
ne pretenduje da to bude. Bilo kako bilo, za organizatore je veliko
zadovoljstvo kada pored polaznika ISP na Konferenciju dolaze srednjoškolci
istraživači čak iz Madrida ili sa Kanarskih ostrva
da bi prezentovali svoje radove na skupu, pre svega, internog karaktera.
Otvaranju Konferencije su osim samih učesnika, saradnika i
prijatelja ISP prisutvovali i zvaničnici Ministarstva nauke,
Univerziteta u Beogradu i više međunarodnih organizacija.
Skup je svečano otvorio Dejvid Gauen, Ambasador Velike Britanije
u SCG. On se, kako sam kaže, rado prihvatio ove uloge iako
je tek od skora u našoj zemlji jer je o Petnici čuo puno
lepih stvari i pre nego što je došao u Beograd (!).
Radova i učesnika je bilo više nego prethodne godine,
te smo ove godine dostigli limit
naših smeštajnih kapaciteta. Ostaje nam samo da održavamo
kvalitet radova i interesovanje za manifestaciju.
Ove godine smo imali daleko više prostora u sredstvima javnog
informisanja nego prethodnih godina. Priloge o Konferenciji 2004.
je objavilo barem 12 medijskih kuća. Sledeće godine očekujemo
puno više. Potrudićemo se.