The 2026 Shanghai Science Festival will open on May 23, alongside the official reopening of the upgraded Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.
The renovated museum options 10 everlasting exhibition zones, overlaying synthetic intelligence, quantum know-how, superior supplies, aerospace, ecology and well being.
It additionally has upgraded IMAX, dome, and 4D theaters, in addition to non permanent exhibition areas for rotating shows.
The opening ceremony will function a “science red carpet,” the place scientists, younger researchers and entrepreneurs will stroll by immersive zones themed round rainforests, aviation and planetary techniques.
The route may also spotlight latest scientific and technological achievements in Shanghai.
Citywide science carnival
The competition will run by May 31, with practically 2,000 occasions throughout town designed to make science extra accessible to the general public.
More than 250 venues will host exhibitions, workshops, and public science actions. Among them, 54 analysis and innovation platforms will open to guests for restricted intervals.
Six science-themed pop-up cafés will open at key metropolis landmarks, together with the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, the Bund FTC, West Bund, the Hengfu Historical Conservation Zone, Huaihai Road and Anfu Road.
A brand new move for science venues within the Yangtze River Delta area may also be launched in the course of the competition, linking greater than 3,000 venues throughout Shanghai and provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, providing 19 themed science routes.
International spotlight
Festival highlights embody a preparatory assembly for the 2027 World Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), which is able to carry collectively science communication leaders.
The first Chinese metropolis to host the PCST convention might be Shanghai in 2027. Shanghai Jiao Tong University secured the internet hosting rights in 2023.
The convention, “Science Communication for a Shared Future: Engage, Empower, Enlighten,” will focus on how science communication can create a extra inclusive world.