This year SPIE organized a virtual bingo to promote the international day of light.
Our members accepted and participated in the challenge by posting photos on their social networks to complete the proposed challenges.
One of our members who participated in the bingo was Tainara who shared his photos on instagram.
Some photos can be seen below:
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The Internal Day of Light are coming!
The International Day of Light, 16 May, is a global initiative that provides an annual focal point for the continued appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and energy. The broad theme of light will allow many different sectors of society worldwide to participate in activities that demonstrates how science, technology, art and culture can help achieve the goals of UNESCO – education, equality, and peace.
Goals:
The major goals of the International Day of Light are:
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Improve the public understanding of how light and light-based technologies touch the daily lives of everybody, and are central to the future development of the global society.
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Build worldwide educational capacity through activities targeted on science for young people, addressing issues of gender balance, and focusing especially on developing countries and emerging economies.
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Highlight and explain the intimate link between light and art and culture, enhancing the role of optical technology to preserve cultural heritage.
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Enhance international cooperation by acting as a central information resource for activities coordinated by learned societies, NGOs, government agencies, educational establishments, industry, and other partners.
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Emphasize the importance of basic research in the fundamental science of light, the need for investment in light-based technology to develop new applications, and the global necessity to promote careers in science and engineering in these fields.
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Promote the importance of lighting technology and the need for access to light and energy infrastructure in sustainable development, and for improving quality of life in the developing world.
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Raise awareness that technologies and design can play an important role in the achievement of greater energy efficiency, in particular by limiting energy waste, and in the reduction of light pollution, which is key to the preservation of dark skies.
Learn more: https://www.lightday.org/about
The members of our chapter visited the enterprise called REPRO in May. It is an enterprise who produces optical lens (for glasses) and applies coating technologies. REPRO works in a feature whit Essilor group.
The chapter on the SEPEX 2018!
On the days 18, 19 and 20 of October, our chapter took part of 17 ª SEPEX with the exhibition stand called “Optics & Photonics”. SEPEX is the largest scientific show in the state of Santa Catarina. In the program there are artistic and cultural presentations, mini-courses, lectures, debates and visitation to more than one hundred stands, grouped by area of knowledge – Communication, Culture, Education, Technology, Environment, Work, Law, Health, among others. During the 3 days, more than 50 thousand of people visited the event.
