This is no secret: EELISA aims to “define and implement a common model of European engineer rooted in society” – to foster a new generation of professionals who are committed and capable of understanding and facing real-world challenges. And this mission implies offering an innovative educational path and support network capable to prompt unprecedented knowledge exchanges and multidisciplinary experiences.
We are also inspired by the statement “Vision for a new European Education Area”, which emphasizes that the concrete steps and initiatives launched by European Universities “should work on better the connection of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)”.
Science, technology, and arts have worked alongside all through History. From great minds like Leonardo DaVinci, who managed to excel in all fields to the invention of the cinematographer by Lumière brothers, to the many artists who accompanied scientists in order to draw their discoveries. The result of combining these disciplines has always led to amazing developments and great progress.
Nowadays, scientists rarely need an artist to draw their discoveries however, pictures and storytelling help them spread their knowledge and accomplishments to wider audiences. And in return, arts, such as literature or cinema are key to raising public awareness and inspiring revolutionary tech solutions.
And this idea has been part of EELISA for a while now. On March 2021, we launched the EELISA Science Fiction Contest & Lecture Series – an initiative that gave the opportunity to students from all around the world to blend their scientific and technical knowledge with speculative literature with amazing results.
The time has come for us to launch EELISA Loves Arts! Campaign. From communication and social media content that gives the spotlight to the accomplishments of STEM/SSH & Arts endeavors; to the development of workshops that widen traditional disciplinary skills to tech teachers/students; to the collaboration with cultural organizations and events that share the same vision and values of our alliance.
Let your artistic self flow and do not miss the opportunity to get involved!
EELISA AT THE ANOTHER WAY FILM FESTIVAL OF MADRID
With the aim to increase the visibility of EELISA in spaces beyond the academic field and reinforce the dissemination of EELISA’s mission-related topics such as innovation and sustainability in the public sphere, EELISA has joined forces with the VIII Edition of the Film Festival on Sustainable Development of Madrid (Another Way Film Festival) that will take place from the 5th to 11th of October, 2022. This hybrid event has become a benchmark for other initiatives around the world that aim to combine documentary film with outreach and public awareness.
An EELISA Jury will grant the “EELISA Special mention” to the film that promotes topics connected to EELISA’s mission such as sustainability, impactful entrepreneurship, and ethics & technology; and offers a special view on gender and inclusiveness, cooperation and the creation of bridges between STEM and humanities & arts.
The winning director will be offered to select up to two EELISA campuses – located in Pisa, Paris, Madrid, Istanbul, Budapest, Bucarest, or Erlangen (Germany)- to present the film in a special screening and Q& A with EELISA students, faculty, staff and researchers.
MEET THE EELISA SPECIAL MENTION WINNING FILM: THE GREAT GREEN WALL.
EELISA AND THE MEGACITIES SHORT DOCS FESTIVAL
The outstanding Megacities Short Docs festival presents a great selection of 4-minute films portraying citizens’ involvement, situations to be denounced, or great accomplishments to bring effective solutions to MegaCities’ challenges and inspire people to take action to improve the life of MegaCities’ citizens.
The 8th Edition of the festival, which takes place in Paris between 1 – 15 December 2022, brings big news: EELISA, thru its entrepreneurial wing EELISA Unfolds – will award an “EELISA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Honorary Menton” to the film that best portrays topics related to EELISA’s mission – such as sustainability (aligned with the SDGs), impact entrepreneurship, ethics & technology, as well as those that offer a special focus on gender equality, inclusion, cooperation, and cooperation between STEM, humanities and arts. Read more about this collaboration here.
The EELISA INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP HONORARY MENTION WINNER has been the Indonesian short film The Rain Collector by Jeffri Kaharsyah!
Check the trailer of the festival:
