Talent City 2026 debuts with STAGE science center!
The next edition of the Talent City conference, taking place on 14th-15th October, brings a completely new programme block. On Thursday, 15th October, the stage dedicated to science centres and informal education opens for the first time in the Great World of Technology. It is prepared by the World of Technology together with the Czech Association of Science Centres. The first day, Wednesday, 14th October, will be dedicated to workshops for kindergartens and primary schools, which will take place in the World of Technology and at other locations in Ostrava.
Participation is free, registration is required - HERE
The aim of the stage is to present inspiring approaches and specific programmes through which science centres and other informal education institutions support children's curiosity, interests, talents, and abilities. It aims to show how to create opportunities for discovering the potential of children and young people. The stage is primarily intended for staff of informal education institutions who prepare and implement educational, interest-based, or leisure activities for children and young people, as well as for their management. However, it is also open to parents, workers of organisations supporting children and youth, and all other interested parties in the development of children's curiosity and talent.
Stage programme:
- 9:00 – 9:55 Introductory Inspirational Marketplace
- 10:00 – 10:50 Moderated Debate – From Curiosity to Talent
- 10:50 – 11:30 Break
- 11:30 – 13:00 Moderated Impulses of Cooperation, Inspiration, and Sharing – How We Do It Here
- Block 1) 11:30 – 11:50 Science Centres as Spaces for Discovering and Developing Talent
- Block 2) 11:55 – 12:15 From Curiosity to Long-term Development – Science Centre Programmes for Gifted Children
- Block 3) 12:20 – 12:40 Competitions and Challenges as a Path to Talent Development
- Block 4) 12:45 – 13:05 Laboratories, Clubs, and Educational Programmes for Gifted Children
- 13:05 Conclusion, possibly continuation of discussions
Programme subject to change.
The Talent City 2026 conference is under the patronage of the wife of the President of the Czech Republic, Eva Pavlová, and is realised thanks to financial support from the statutory city of Ostrava. The conference is co-financed from the Erasmus+ project Talents Without Borders, project number: 2026-1-CZ01-KA121-SCH-000406781 and Europe Direct Ostrava.
