UC3M presents its activities programme for Madrid Science and Innovation Week

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2023 with more than 35 outreach activities which will provide information on the institution's R+D+i through talks, courses and workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions, round tables, guided tours, etc. These activities, which are free but require a reservation through the website, will take place from Monday to Friday every day between the 6th and 19th of November on all of the University's campuses and in other areas in the Community of Madrid, with which it is collaborating. This year, UC3M is offering a wide range of informative courses and workshops on topics as diverse as the science of paper planes, creativity with technology and everyday materials, quieter wing design, entrepreneurship for the Green Pact, experimentation with a self-driving car, hacking your body with wearable sensory technology, finance for all, the future in today's operating rooms, innovation in aerospace modelling, the magic of controlling air or water, plasma engines, new technologies for prevention and treatment in the area of physical and mental health, cosmic rays, virtual reality and the metaverse, wearable technology and human values in the mixed reality of the future. Several talks and round tables focus on issues such as: science and technology in the face of disinformation on social media; the humanisation of Artificial Intelligence (AI); the AI revolution and what makes us human; Sorolla and Winthuysen, art and science in two painters [and] landscapers in the Spain of Ramón y Cajal; and the voyage of Jorge Juan, the Spanish sailor who measured the shape of the Earth.