How to turn a regular field trips to the boom-picnic

1. Gather like-minded

The atmosphere of any event mainly created by its participants. Select among the friends of those for whom the scientific approach to the understanding of the world and critical thinking are not empty words. The purpose of the usual picnic - outdoor recreation and good food. Your goal - to build a community of like-minded, which, however, are always glad to exit into the open air, because science should be fun.

2. Declare costume picnic

More atmosfernost your picnic will give a costume party. Plenty of room for imagination is great: the characters of comic books and movies, celebrities, scientists and heroes of books, robots and futuristic images simply.

3. Arrange geek games and competitions

True boom badminton racket is interesting only if it is clamped to a steel arm robot. Feel free to replace the game with a frisbee races on drones, arrange a football match among the robots or some fun with the VR-glasses.

4. Do not neglect eating

On an empty stomach, even the most inveterate geek indifferent to knowledge. However, the process of eating can turn into an exciting performance.

Let replaced the ubiquitous nauseam plate picnic comes food market, where each participant will be able to demonstrate their creativity, presenting an unusual dish. Styled smartphone or sandwich wrapped in a Möbius strip vegetables decorate any geek picnic.

5. Align Technology and Art

A small exhibition entertain picnickers, while lunch will be prepared. Undoubtedly, the exhibition must comply geek status event: post-apocalyptic installation of old phone, drawn comics, collected from scrap materials prototypes or working models exoskeletons.

6. Conduct lectures and master classes

With a picnic for geeks need to get back not only fed and tired, but also with new knowledge. After lunch it's time to stay in the shade and share with each other news of science and its achievements. Maybe you dare to be implanted under their skin RFID- and NFC-chip. Tell followers about the pros and cons of living cyborg.

Or share with each other with stories of conferences and lectures, where you could visit in a year. You can even arrange a discussion on burning scientific topics. There is nothing pleasant conversation with intelligent and understanding people.

So, to turn an ordinary picnic in the boom-picnic, you need the summer, nature and boundless love for science. But if you still doubt that will be able to organize a really cool geek event, then come for the experience and inspiration to Geek Picnic, which will be held on 17-18 June in Moscow.

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