![]() “ESET’s role is to deliver state-of-the-art technology and innovation that protects societal progress. This year, Starmus is partnering with ESET – a global cybersecurity company headquartered in Bratislava – to inspire young people in Slovakia and around the world to take responsibility and contribute to the future of our planet, using scientific research and state-of-the-art technology. By bringing together many of the greatest and most free-thinking brains from all countries, we will try to find new answers to the questions we must now ask, to save the life of Planet Earth.” said Sir Brian May, legendary Queen guitarist and Starmus co-founder and Advisory Board member. ![]() This year, more than ever, aware of the current threat of the extinction of life in the Biosphere, for the first time, STARMUS focuses inward on our home planet. “Since 2011, STARMUS conferences have assembled scientists and artists to look outwards at the Space around us with clear eyes, to celebrate the wonders of the Universe. In 2024, Starmus will turn its gaze closer to home and analyze how we can tackle the challenges that most threaten Earth’s future, from the threats facing our environment and climate to far-reaching technologies like artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and cybersecurity – as well as the humanitarian crises caused by armed conflict around the world. We must take steps to take care of our world, and Starmus offers an important voice that draws attention to the urgency,” said Dr. “Climate change could eventually make life on Earth untenable, and we are seeing signs of that rapid evolution now. Earth is in the universe, and just as much a part of it as the stars”. The very atoms in our bodies were forged in the earliest days of the universe or in the deaths of low-mass and high-mass stars. “As the old saying goes, ‘Earth is a planet too!’ We are a privileged part of the cosmos, and as living beings, we are made of star stuff. “Starmus has traditionally focused on interrogating the mysteries of the universe, looking upwards to inspire and educate the next generation of explorers and regenerate the spirit of discovery, bringing art, music, and the world’s greatest scientific and artistic minds together to enhance science communication,” said Starmus co-founder Dr. Microbiologist and Nobel Laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier joined the panel remotely from a parallel launch event on the river Danube in Bratislava, alongside iPod inventor Tony Fadell and Richard Marko, a cybersecurity expert and CEO of ESET, the festival’s lead partner. Israelian, on how to solve some of our planet’s most pressing challenges. Sir Martin Rees and Global Governance Professor Mary Kaldor, who led a unique discussion, moderated by Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, (who now joins the Starmus Advisory Board), cosmologist They were joined by world-renowned ethologist and conservationist Dr. Garik Israelian announced the festival’s theme, ‘Starmus Earth: the future of our home planet,’ at a panel event at London’s Royal Society. LONDON, BRATISLAVA - Starmus, the global festival of science communication – and the brainchild of astrophysicist Garik Israelian, PhD, and Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, who also has a PhD in astrophysics – has announced it will turn its gaze from the stars to the future of planet Earth taking its seventh edition to Bratislava in 2024. Starmus begins its countdown to Bratislava with parallel launch events in the host city and at the Royal Society in London, with a panel discussion featuring some of science’s greatest minds, including Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, who also joins the Starmus Advisory Board.Bratislava, Slovakia, will host the seventh edition of Starmus in May 2024, raising awareness of Earth’s most urgent questions and science’s role in answering them.From climate change to the environmental crisis, AI ethics and genetic engineering, Starmus VII, in partnership with ESET, will sharpen its focus on the future of our home planet.
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