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IT WENT WELL!
We had record attendances and a great response to speakers and events. We had amongst the sunshine some heavy rain and a good old-fashioned Orkney gale, but everyone managed to get here. We had talks on subjects from bees to barley, beer to brochs, and bere to biofuels. And that's just one letter of the alphabet.
We heard about sea buckthorn and the Sea of Serenity, the science of sandcastles and the physics of fate, mega-regions and manufacturing, and wind turbines and wave power.
We travelled across Orkney from Birsay to Deerness, Lyness to Westray, Kirkwall to Stromness, and Finstown to North Ronaldsay.
And there were outings to Highland Park and Scapa, Hobbister and Yesnaby.
We'll be posting up reports of some of the events, and of course you can find detailed coverage with reports and pictures in The Orcadian and Orkney Today. In fact, this could be a good reason to take out a subscription to either or both!
There is a selection of photographs by Selena Kuzman in our Gallery section. And Bill Leslie, who provided astronomy talks and workshops, has photos on his blogspot.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2010
This year's success gives us a big boost towards next year's events, which will form the 20th Orkney International Science Festival.
We're one of the oldest science festivals in the world, Orkney being one of the first communities anywhere to follow the pioneering initiative of the city of Edinburgh in 1989.
We're moving rapidly forward with the planning for next year, when the dates will be 2-8 September 2010.
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