EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL

SCIENCE FESTIVAL ANNUAL REVIEW 2012–2013

‘A GLOBAL SUCCESS STORY’

THE TIMES

DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Since 1989 the scale of our operation has changed dramatically, but our vision and mission remains the same – to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the world around them. This year we celebrated the 25th Edinburgh International Science Festival and I am delighted to say that we now reach over half a million people every year through our Festival, education and international programmes.

Year on year we seek to push the boundaries of amazing and engaging science, delivering a unique and memorable experience to our audiences. Our creative and inspirational approach and diverse programme saw adult audiences at our 2013 Festival grow by 28%, with many of our family events selling out each day.

The 2013 Science Festival programme marked the occasion of our 25th year by celebrating our past, enjoying our present and looking forward to a dynamic future. This future-focused theme saw the Festival expand into new genres and formats, exploring the relationship between science, creativity and art.

New York-based experiential artist Jason Hackenwerth created his double helix balloon sculpture Pisces in residence at the National Museum of Scotland, building the biggest spectacle the Science Festival has ever seen. The Festival also hosted Scotland’s first ever Mini Maker Faire at Summerhall. This day-long celebration of all things DIY brought together an incredibly diverse and talented group of artists, crafters, geeks and tinkerers, who shared

‘The Festival’s 25 years have inspired and educated’Edinburgh Evening News

Our continuing development of international partnerships allows us to expand our programme, develop new inspiring content and increase our investment in the Edinburgh International Science Festival to bring audiences even more sensational science in the years to come.

So here’s to the next 25! I’d like to offer a huge thanks to all of our city partners and funders, some of whom have been working with us since 1989. We could not deliver such a rich programme of events without these valuable relationships. I’d also like to thank each one of our talented and committed staff who keep us going from strength to strength each year and, not least, our audiences for their continued support and involvement.

Dr Simon Gage OBEDirector

their work and ideas with 3,000 visitors of all ages.

The Edinburgh Medal was awarded jointly for the first time in 2013 to Professor Peter Higgs, the world-renowned scientist among the first to suggest the existence of the long-sought Higgs Boson particle; and CERN, the world-class organisation that led the quest to find it. The announcement in late 2012 that the Large Hadron Collider had detected the elusive particle made the celebration of this great collaborative work even more powerful. I’m pleased to report that, despite the growth of the Festival, we remain committed to accessibility. A large portion of our programme comprises of free events and events that are ticketed are subsidised allowing us to consistently offer low prices.

Our touring education programme Generation Science once again reached almost 60,000 primary school children across the country, supporting both pupils and teachers in their engagement with science and technology. Our Live for It! health and wellbeing project continues to expand across Scotland and we took part in schools outreach in Abu Dhabi for the first time.

In 2012 we once again acted as Programme Partner for the Abu Dhabi Science Festival, working with the Abu Dhabi government. Expanding on the Festival’s inaugural year in 2011, in 2012 we programmed more than 70 events over 11 days; including brand new content created by the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

Pisces‘Pisces was spectacular!’ Audience Member, 2013

Built from scratch in the National Museum of Scotland, Jason Hackenwerth’s giant balloon sculpture, celebrating our 25th Festival, was suspended in the Grand Gallery for three weeks. The piece attracted global media coverage and was seen by over 132,000 Museum visitors.

City Art Centre‘A properly magical event’ Richard Bacon, BBC Radio 5 Live

Our flagship family venue welcomed over 12,000 visitors in 2013 and featured two brand new events – Polyfloss Factory and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Mini Maker Faire‘Very busy but awesome day at Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire yesterday!’ @talentedapple

The Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire on Sunday 7 April was the first ever Maker event to take place in Scotland; a unique showcase of creativity and invention featuring over 50 inspirational makers and attended by 3,000 people.

Patterns in Nature‘It’s a grey day in Edinburgh but these @edscifest pictures are brightening up St Andrew Square’ @VMLounges

Our large-scale photography exhibition in St Andrew Square took the theme of Patterns in Nature attracting an incredible 135,000 visits during its 8-week installation.

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTSHere are just some of our highlights from the 25th Edinburgh International Science Festival.

Our Audience‘A smorgasbord of talks, activities and experiences’ The Skinny

Over 90,000 people attended a Science Festival event during the 15-day Festival while audiences for ticketed events in our adult programme increased by 28%.

And they liked it…

From our surveyed audience, 96% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the Science Festival event they attended.

Edinburgh Medal‘One of the key events at the Festival’ STV

The 25th Edinburgh Medal was awarded jointly for the first time in its history to Professor Peter Higgs and CERN in recognition of their collaborative efforts in the search for the Higgs Boson.

Our Future-focused Programme‘Brilliant event! Fantastic speakers, fun experiments and great science’ Audience Member 2013

The 25th Science Festival looked to the future, delivering engaging events exploring the challenges and solutions that will shape the years to come.

Food for Thought‘Tonight, I ate puréed bugs. On toast.’@little_krow

Over 800 people took part in our food and drinks events exploring everything from adapting our diets to the future of vertical farming.

Media‘Mind-bogglingly good’ The Herald

Pisces and the Edinburgh Medal received global media attention while our eating insects launch captured the public’s imagination with nationwide press coverage and lively debate. Richard Bacon broadcast his BBC Radio 5 Live show from the City Art Centre to a listening audience of half a million.

A Greener Festival‘proving how easy it can be to have a cleaner, greener lifestyle through a range of hands-on activities’ festivalsedinburgh.com

We continued our successful partnership with Greener Scotland and presented The Future’s Bright at The Centre Livingston. Over 50,000 people visited and took part in our hands-on activities promoting everyday green choices and encouraging positive behaviour change.

Generation ScienceGeneration Science, our touring programme of workshops and shows, has been bringing science to life in schools across Scotland for over 20 years. During 2012–13 the Generation Science tour reached over 60,000 pupils in Scotland, delivering over 1,500 shows and workshops.

‘This was a really valuable and entertaining experience for the children and supported their current learning.’Teacher, St Peter’s Primary School, Ardrossan

EDUCATION AND OUTREACHThe Science Festival’s education and outreach programme continues to grow and remains a key point of focus for the organisation year-round. We currently reach a quarter of Scotland’s primary schools every year.

‘This was a really valuable and entertaining experience for the children and supported their current learning.’Teacher, St Peter’s Primary School, Ardrossan

Live for It!Our health and wellbeing workshop programme for children and young people, produced in collaboration with Diabetes UK Scotland, is now in its third year. This successful project continues to grow and visited more schools than ever before in 2013, touring over two terms.

Access to EducationWe are committed to providing access and equality across all our education and outreach activities. This year, thanks to the generous support of our funders, over a third of the Generation Science programme was delivered free of charge to schools in economically deprived or remote locations reaching 24,000 pupils.

‘I think the show is very good for your brain.I enjoyed it so so much and never had more fun.’

P5 pupil, Clovenstone Primary School, Edinburgh

OutreachDuring 2012–13 our outreach work has expanded and we have provided content for local science events and festivals including the Caithness International Science Festival and the Dunbar Science Festival.

Teacher and Pupil Feedback 2013100% of surveyed teachers agreed that Generation Science is relevant to the science curriculum

100% agreed that pupils demonstrated a better understanding of the science topics covered by Generation Science after taking part in the workshop

100% agreed that Generation Science demonstrates to pupils that science can be fun

100% of teachers said they would book Generation Science again

100%

Abu Dhabi Science Festival The 11-day Festival featured 71 events, interactive workshops, activities and shows programmed and presented by the team from Edinburgh International Science Festival. Overall the Festival attracted over 120,000 visitors – a 20% increase from 2012.

In order to deliver the festival, 800 local Science Communicators were recruited from some of the leading UAE universities. They undertook a month long training programme delivered by Edinburgh International Science Festival before working alongside our 100-strong team.

SPECIAL PROJECTS With 25 years experience in creating high quality and engaging science events, Edinburgh International Science Festival is a world leader in its field. In 2012–2013 we were involved in the following projects.

Lema?In 2013, our Education programme expanded internationally for the first time, working with the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee to deliver Lema?, meaning ‘why’ in Arabic, a schools’ outreach programme designed to inspire young people with science and technology. Lema? features popular shows developed by Edinburgh International Science Festival and updated to suit UAE children, delivered in English and Arabic by local science communicators.

Passion for Paralympics ExhibitionA team from Edinburgh International Science Festival project managed the tour of Ottobock’s exhibition Passion for Paralympics. The exhibition, designed to raise awareness of Paralympic Sport and its athletes, toured the UK before taking up residence in Olympic Park for the 2012 Paralympic Games. The exhibition subsequently toured to Rio de Janero.

Beijing Science Festival Thanks to support from the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund, Pongy Potions and Splat-tastic toured to Beijing Science Festival. The shows and workshops proved to be incredibly popular during the weekend festival and our team entertained around 2,000 people.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?

FINANCE

WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME

FROM?CEC Grant

Scottish Govt GrantsEdinburgh Festivals Expo Fund

TrustsSponsorship

Donations, Gift Aid Festival incomeSchools income

WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT

Festival Events DeliveryEducation Events Delivery

MarketingFundraising Costs

ManagementOverheads and Administration

10%7%6%

31%21%4%

13%9%

45%28%8%6%6%8%

Total Income1,629,401

Total Expenditure1,424,379

The above figures are draft and unaudited, based on the finance records for year to 31 July2013. Audited accounts to year end July 2013 will be available from December 2013.

WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT

DirectorsSimon Gage DirectorAmanda Tyndall Deputy Festival Director

CommunicationsEmma Pirie Marketing & Communications ManagerJoshua Smythe Graphic DesignerFrances Sutton PR Manager (freelance) Laura Bain Communications Officer

Creative Eilidh Dunnet Events DeveloperAli Floyd Events Developer (contract)Augusta Macdonald Events DeveloperLaura McLister Events DeveloperRachel Sanger Fuselab Producer (freelance)Matt Wright Events DeveloperKate Southern Events Assistant (on placement from Napier University)

DevelopmentHelen Chomczuk Development ManagerJuliet Tweedie Development OfficerJulie van den Driesche Development Officer

EducationJoan Davidson Education ManagerPatrick Campbell Education Co-ordinator

Finance & Administration Andrew Owens Finance ManagerNicola Coutts PA to the DirectorsWendy McCormick Finance Assistant

OperationsAmy Elder Production ManagerDebbie Howard Production ManagerSarah O’Connor Production Assistant

Projects & PlanningGill Duncan Staff & Projects ManagerSian Bevan ResearcherMichelle Myers ResearcherKirsty Smith Staff & Projects Assistant

Honorary PresidentThe Rt Hon Donald Wilson Lord Lieutenant and Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh Board of DirectorsDavid Milne (Chair)Rev Ewan AitkenCllr Angela BlacklockMichael FourmanCllr Cathy FullertonCllr Norma Austin HartStuart MunroIan RitchieCllr Cameron RoseBen ThomsonIan WallPhilip Young

Edinburgh International Science Festival photographyAnneleen Lindsay (volunteer photographer) Allan MacDonaldLinda MacPherson (volunteer photographer) Chris ScottJoshua Smythe

Education Programme photographyAllan MacDonald

Abu Dhabi Science Festival photographyMica Colace (with thanks to ADSF)

Total Income1,629,401

ORGANISATION

Edinburgh International Science Festival is a high profile and dynamic educational charity. Each year it delivers one of Europe’s largest Science Festivals, an education programme which tours across Scotland and a variety of international projects including its role as Major Programme Partner for the Abu Dhabi Science Festival.

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL

#EdSciFest

Discover the WorldOur vision is a world where the wonder and value of science and technology is recognised and celebrated, in order to achieve a brighter and more sustainable future.

Our mission is to inspire, encourage and challenge people of all ages and backgrounds to explore and understand the world around them – and to communicate the educational, social and economic benefits of science and technology.

FUTURE PROJECTSEdinburgh International Science Festival presents workshops and activities year round. Here are just some of our confirmed projects for 2013–2014.

Fuselab1–9 July 2013Fuselab is an out of this world experience for 16-20 year olds in which they will plan the future of an as yet uninhabited world. This residential course at Summerhall brings together 80 of the brightest minds from across the UK. Working closely alongside professional mentors, the young innovators will respond to challenges that will open up creative thinking and inspire an innovative approach to problem solving. Participants will explore the creativity, communication skills and business awareness that bring successful ideas to life, whilst learning about the design process from initial concept to prototypes and tests. Supported by the Scottish Government’s Festivals Edinburgh Expo Fund.

Rock the Lab July–August 2013 Our science busking team will be touring to music festivals around Scotland in July/August 2013 where the specially designed Sin Academy invites participants to discover the science behind their sin. Expect demos, debates and more than a few surprises. A joint project with National Museums Scotland. Supported by the Wellcome Trust.

Lema?September 2013We will again be working with the Lema? team to tour schools in the UAE with specially adapted Generation Science shows. These workshops are updated to include local content and are delivered in Arabic and English.

Abu Dhabi Science Festival 2013November 2013 We’re delighted to have been invited to continue our role as Major Programme Partner for the Abu Dhabi Science Festival. 2013 sees us delivering a broader programme including bespoke local content and helping attract a wider audience from across the UAE.

Generation ScienceTouring January–May 2014Our Generation Science team will hit the road again in 2014, bringing science to life in classrooms across Scotland. Full programme announced August 2013.

Edinburgh International Science Festival April 2014The next Edinburgh International Science Festival will take place 5–20 April 2014. The full programme of events, activities and exhibitions for all ages will be announced in February 2014.

Each year Edinburgh International Science Festival receives significant sponsorship and funding support to deliver its 2 week festival and its national schools education programmes: Generation Science and Live for It. We are extremely grateful to our Principal Funding Partners, the City of Edinburgh Council, the Scottish Government and the Edina Trust for their significant ongoing support, and to all of our sponsors, funders and donors who allow us to engage with more than half a million people each year.

Support of the Edinburgh International Science Festival takes many forms, from sponsorship of an entire floor of events at City Art Centre, to our world-class photography exhibition in St Andrews Square. We have become adept at developing creative sponsorship options to help our partners and supporters meet their strategic CSR, marketing and PR objectives, whilst embedding science in art, culture and amazing experiences.

Of equal importance to the Festival is our work in schools. Fostering an interest in science and inspiring a new generation of scientists is at the heart of our work. Our heartfelt thanks are extended to our many supporters for their significant investment in the workforce of the future. They help us to address inequality, enabling us to deliver activities in schools in particularly isolated and rural areas, and to those which operate on limited budgets.

As Edinburgh International Science Festival evolves and diversifies, we are constantly seeking new ways to develop partnership and creative sponsorship to ensure that we continue to be the biggest and - in our opinion - the best science festival in the world. The confidence and support of our sponsors, donors and funders over the last 25 years of has made all this possible and we look forward to creating many more festival and sensational science opportunities for the future.

We are delighted with what our partnership with Edinburgh International Science Festival enables us to achieve, not only from a CSR and marketing perspective, but in that it allows us to engage with thousands of bright young minds every year, and helps to inspire and nurture the next generation of scientists, technologists and engineers, which is key to building a strong future workforce for Scotland. We strongly believe that giving young people the chance to take part in hands-on science, through the likes of the Science Festival and Generation Science, is the best way to help spark what we hope will become a lifelong interest in science.Dr Richard Laming, Chief Technical Officer, Wolfson

Microelectronics

Baillie Gifford are proud to be associated with Edinburgh International Science Festival again this year. We were delighted with the success of ‘Patterns in Nature’ and ‘Landforms: An Audience with Charles Jencks’ which combined science and art in an innovative and inspiring way, reaching a huge audience across the city. Generation Science is a brilliant way of bringing science to life in the classroom, and allows us to support local communities and future generations. We are already looking forward to next year!Samantha Pattman, Events Co-ordinator, Baillie Gifford

Investment Managers

Selex ES is proud to support the Edinburgh International Science Festival and Generation Science. Over the years we have seen the Festival grow and mature. Every year we reach thousands of children and adults and are enormously encouraged by the interest and enthusiasm of the children, some of whom come back year after year trying to improve their skills with the Rampaging Chariots. We are confident that the Festival and Generation Science are inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers.Dr Allan B Colquhoun, University Liaison & Emerging

Technologies Manager, Selex ES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank Generation Science Club members for their support of the Edinburgh International Science Festival’s schools touring programme. Generation Science club is a network of individuals and companies dedicated to engaging the next generation in science and technology. Members of the club donate funds to help ensure our school shows and workshops can be enjoyed by all pupils – wherever they are and whatever their financial background. With particular thanks to:

MEMBERSDugdale Bradley Alex and Rhona Callander Edina Trust Joe Faraday Sandy Finlayson John Hylands Nimar Charitable Trust Ian Ritchie Barry and Helen Sealey The BEST Trust Selex ES Scottish Qualifications Authority University of Edinburgh Ian Wall

HONORARY MEMBERSDavid Sibbald Prof Lord Robert Winston Prof Anne Glover

EDUCATION AMBASSADORSProf Jack Jackson Strathclyde University Heather Reid OBE Walter Whitelaw Midlothian Council

The Binks Trust

The Carnegie Dunfermline Trust

Co-op Membership Community Fund

Edinburgh Airport Community Fund

Equitable Charitable Trust

Gannochy Trust

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR FUNDERS

PRINCIPAL FUNDING PARTNERS

MAJOR FUNDING PARTNERS

FUNDING PARTNERS

MAJOR VENUE AND PROGRAMMING PARTNERS

TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS

1913-2013

Garfield Weston Foundation

Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust

IET Education Fund

James Clerk Maxwell Foundation

John Watson’s Trust

The Martin Connell Charitable Trust

The Nancie Massey Charitable Trust

The Robertson Trust

The Russell Trust

Tay Charitable Trust

The TC Charitable Trust

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To discuss sponsorship and the ways in which a partnership with Edinburgh International Science Festival can benefit your business, please contact our Development Team on 0131 553 0327

Helen ChomczukDevelopment Managerhelen@scifest.co.uk

Juliet TweedieDevelopment Officerjuliet@scifest.co.uk

Julie van den Driesche Development Officerjulie@scifest.co.uk

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