All Events
At Scientifica, you can expect a wide selection of events in a variety of formats for all ages. For a better overview, you can filter the events by day and location or mark interesting events as favorites and thus compile your own program.
You can also use the menu to view specific formats: Short Lectures, Science Cafés and Panel Discussions, Workshops and Guided Tours. In addition, we have compiled a selection of events for families and children as well as for young people on separate pages.
Workshop in German and English for high school studends from 15 years and adults
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English for high school studends from 15 years and adults
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German and English for high school studends from 15 years and adults
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English for high school studends from 15 years and adults
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Impulse presentations, tour and self-experience course (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour through the exhibition (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsInput presentation followed by discussion (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour with input presentation (in German)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsFilm screening of “The Dyatlov mystery” by Matteo Born, a production of Storie – RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
(in Italian with English subtitles)
followed by discussion (in English)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Impulse presentations, tour and self-experience course (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsPresentation and drone races
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour with input presentation (in German)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Impulse presentations, tour and self-experience course (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour with input presentation (in German)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Event in German
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)Panel discussion and short tour (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsKeynote speech and panel discussion in German
Suitable for: AdultsPanel discussion (in German)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour with audioguide (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsTour and presentation
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour through the exhibition (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsImpulse presentations, tour and self-experience course (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour with audioguide (in German)
Suitable for: AdultsEvent in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsPanel, pitches and presentations
Suitable for: AdultsChildren up to the age of 8 can let off steam in the movement landscape.
Suitable for: FamiliesInteractive exhibition and workshops about AI and Virtual Reality (in German)
Suitable for: FamiliesCERN touring exhibition
Suitable for: FamiliesExhibition in the ETH main building
Suitable for: FamiliesThe scavenger hunt of the alumni organizations
Suitable for: FamiliesThe scavenger hunt of the alumni organizations
Suitable for: FamiliesThe scavenger hunt of the alumni organizations
Suitable for: FamiliesSvenja Marfurt, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Insights into cancer research at the University of Zurich.
Suitable for: AdultsShould newborn screening be expanded? What do hereditary gene mutations mean for us?
Suitable for: Adults12:00 - 12:45 Uhr
How AI is Shaping Our Future
Short lecture
Prof. Dr Beth Singler, Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s), Faculty of Theology, UZH
Dr. Rachel Heyard, Postdoktorandin und PD Dr. Dr. Benjamin Victor Ineichen, Forschungsgruppenleiter, Center for Reproducible Science, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Atlant Bieri, science writer and co-curator of the exhibition “Biodiversity: Vulnerable Diversity” in the extract exhibition space, ETH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)Dr Shai Feldfogel, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH
Workshop in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in English
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Sofia Forss, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Weatherman Gaudenz Flury (SRF) and astrophysicist Sascha Quanz talk at Scientifica Talk about the accuracy of weather forecasts and the question whether there is life on other planets.
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)12:30 - 14:00 Uhr
Thymio: Der Weg durchs Labyrinth
Workshops
Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Wicki, Direktor Klinisches Programm, Comprehensive Cancer Center Zürich, UZH
Lecture in German
Dr. Susanne Pollack, Curator Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich
Lecture in German
Dr Marie Francine Lagadec, Program Officer, NCCR Catalysis, ETH
Lecture in German
Wolf Blanckenhorn, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years), Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for children from 10 years.
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Why biodiversity is essential for healthy ecosystems and how to measure and restore it.
Discussion in English
Amazing experiments with the forces that hold the world together
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German and English
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in German
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)How psychology helps us to better understand and resolve conflicts with people close to us.
Science Café in German
Guided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesAlex Kocyan, Botanical Museum, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in English
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Prof. Dr. Renato Renner, Professor for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, ETH
Lecture in German
Prof. Dr. Dr. Adrian Egli, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Dr. des. Aline von Atzigen, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop ind German and English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German (English on demand)
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsShow in German
Suitable for: FamiliesA lecture accompanied by music with Angelika Moths, Department of Musicology, UZH
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German for families with children from 6 years
Suitable for: FamiliesPanel discussion in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in English
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in English
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in English
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Simon W. Townsend, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, UZH
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German and English
Suitable for: Adults12:30 - 14:00 Uhr
Thymio: Der Weg durchs Labyrinth
Workshops
Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in English
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsDr. Hassan Fazilaty, Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, UZH
Dr. Linda Schädler, Head Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich
Lecture in German
Tom Kober, Christian Bauer and Evgenia Tsianou, Paul Scherrer Institute
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Dr. Alina Galimshina, postdoctoral researcher
Yasmine Priore, doctoral candidate
Institute of construction and infrastructure management, D-BAUG, ETH
Lecture in German
Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years), Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German for children from 10 years.
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)How data science meets medicine to treat pediatric cancer.
Panel discussion in English
Why are microbes so important? How do they function? And how do they interact with their environment?
Science Café in German
Amazing experiments with the forces that hold the world together
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in English
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)What is the significance of digitalisation and artificial intelligence for hospitals? Will we only be treated by nursing robots and virtual doctors in the future?
Panel discussion in German.
Workshop in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesPD Dr. Martin Frimmer, Senior Scientist, Photonics Laboratory, ETH
Lecture in German
Dr. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken, Design-, Games- und Sportwissenschaftlerin & Leitung,
Annina Gähwiler, Designforscherin und Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin,
Laurin Schaffner, Industrial Designer und Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter,
Institut für Designforschung IDR, ZHdK
Lecture in German
Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)A galactic theater in a bar (in German)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German for families with children from 6 years
Suitable for: FamiliesProf. Adrian Egli, Prof. Reto Schüpbach, UZH
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in English
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Individual conversations in English and German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in English
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)12:30 - 14:00 Uhr
Thymio: Der Weg durchs Labyrinth
Workshops
Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Prof. Dr. Lars Ebert, Co-Leiter 3 Zentrum Zürich, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)PD Dr. Alexander Eichler, Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH
Lecture in German
Workshop in English
Suitable for: FamiliesConversation with sound samples
Suitable for: AdultsInteractive exhibition and workshops about AI and Virtual Reality (in German)
Suitable for: FamiliesCERN touring exhibition
Suitable for: FamiliesExhibition in the ETH main building
Suitable for: FamiliesChildren up to the age of 8 can let off steam in the movement landscape.
Suitable for: FamiliesThe scavenger hunt of the alumni organizations
Suitable for: FamiliesThe scavenger hunt of the alumni organizations
Suitable for: FamiliesThe scavenger hunt of the alumni organizations
Suitable for: FamiliesHow can we provide fair health care for people with rare diseases? How much solidarity is appropriate?
Discussion in German
Dr Giulia Zazzeri, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Physics Department, ETH
Sergio Reyes Arriagada, doctoral student D-BAUG, ETH
Atlant Bieri, science writer and co-curator of the exhibition “Biodiversity: Vulnerable Diversity” in the extract exhibition space, ETH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: AdultsShow in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in English
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in English
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German and English
Suitable for: Adults12:30 - 14:00 Uhr
Thymio: Der Weg durchs Labyrinth
Workshops
Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)In the Scientifica Talk, «Schwingerkönig» Matthias Glarner and neuroscientist Johannes Bohacek talk about mental performance and life after wrestling.
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in English
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Ronja Eggenschwiler, SNF-Doktorandin, Deutsches Seminar, UZH
Prof. Dr. Christa Dürscheid, Professorin für Deutsche Sprache, Deutsches Seminar, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Prof. Hans Martin Schmid, Senior Scientist, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH
Lecture in German
Prof. Dr. Andrea Frangi, Institute of Structural Engineering (IBK), ETH
Lecture in German
Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Zenz, Leitender Arzt, Med. Onkologie & Hämatologie, USZ
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years), Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for children from 10 years.
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Climate, energy and biodiversity crisis: What solutions does Switzerland have?
Science Café in German
Guided tour in English
Suitable for: FamiliesAmazing experiments with the forces that hold the world together
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesMedical research has always relied on patient data. What are the reasons why hospitals ask to use personal data for research?
Panel discussion in German
Memory and trauma in biographical interviews with survivors of the Holocaust, the Roma genocide and victims of compulsory social measures
Science Café in German
12:30 - 14:00 Uhr
Thymio: Der Weg durchs Labyrinth
Workshops
Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Prof. Stefan Wiemer, Director, Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zürich
Lecture in German
Marta Manser, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Dr. Alina Galimshina, postdoctoral researcher
Yasmine Priore, doctoral candidate
Institute of construction and infrastructure management, D-BAUG, ETH
Lecture in German
Prof. Dr. Tilmann Altwicker, Lehrstuhl für Legal Data Science und Öffentliches Recht, Center for Legal Data Science, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, UZH
Lecture in German
Kathryn Hess Bellwald, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Outreach,
EPFL Full Professor, Laboratory for Topology and Neuroscience, EPFL
Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop ind German and English
Suitable for: FamiliesShow in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for families with children from 6 years
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in English
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Klaus Zuberbühler, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)A galactic theater in a bar (in German)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Richard Hahnloser, Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH/UZH
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Prof. Alexandre Refregier, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH
Richard Hahnloser, Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH/UZH
Marta Manser, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, UZH
Klaus Zuberbühler, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel
Discussion with the audience (in German)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)PD Dr. med. Nora Lüthi, Medical Program Manager SSNAP, University Children’s Hospital Zurich
Lecture in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli, Director of Swiss Plasma Center and Associate Vice-President for Research, EPFL, President of EUROfusion Consortium
Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years), Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in German
Suitable for: AdultsWorkshop in German for children from 10 years.
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Amazing experiments with the forces that hold the world together
Suitable for: FamiliesGuided tour in German
Suitable for: AdultsGuided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in English
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Workshop in German
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)The scientific version of the poetry slam. Who manages to wow the audience the most with their presentation?
In German
Suitable for: FamiliesBack pain is one of the most common diseases. Find out what causes them and how they can be better treated in the future in this Science Café.
Science Café in German
Guided tour in German
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)12:30 - 14:00 Uhr
Thymio: Der Weg durchs Labyrinth
Workshops
Workshop in German for children from 10 to 12
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Teenagers (13-16 years)Dr Sophie Emma Battell, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, English Department, UZH
Workshop in German
Suitable for: Children (6-12 years)Workshop in English
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German for families with children from 6 years
Suitable for: FamiliesETH professor Thomas Zurbuchen (former scientific director of NASA) and astronaut Thomas Pesquet in conversation followed by a Q&A session (in English)
Suitable for: Adults, Teenagers (13-16 years)Guided tour in German
Suitable for: FamiliesWorkshop in German
Suitable for: Families, Teenagers (13-16 years)