Thousands of visitors including members of the public, alumni, staff and students explored the Imperial Festival and discovered the world of science.

Imperial Festival was a great success and drew a crowd of over seven thousand visitors including members of the public, alumni, staff and students to the College South Kensington Campus in May 2012.

The Imperial Festival was a two day insight into the wonderful and surprising world of life and research at the College. Over the two days visitors had the opportunity to try their hand at surgery thanks to Professor Roger Kneebone’s pop-up simulation, have a pint with a professor, meet robots and take part in hands-on demonstrations by Imperial researchers.

Nearly 1,000 alumni alone registered to attend the alumni-specific events on Saturday while good weather saw curious passers-by join science fans and families who had already heard about the Festival.

Thank you for all your hard work

One of the organisers, Natasha Martineau, Head of Research Communications, said:
“Imperial’s first Festival went better than many of us dared to imagine, with hundreds of staff welcoming thousands of visitors to the event. Around each corner there was yet another opportunity to discover something new about the work of the College. We’re very grateful to everyone who made it all possible, and of course to the sunshine, which made a big contribution to the festival atmosphere on campus this weekend. Read more about the Festival and see a tweet by tweet account on Imperial's Reporter page

Future Festival Fever

As the festival was such a great success the next Festival 2013 is already being planned with Fringe Festival events already in the pipeline and coming to a campus near you very soon.