EMSC 2023 - European Mensa Science Camp

Summer camp for students of age 12 to 19.

Accommodation and Food

• We will stay in Chateau Novy Svetlov, which is close to a spa town of Luhacovice, Eastern Moravia.
• Hotel rooms with bathrooms
• Hotel has three large conference rooms and is surrounded by beautiful nature
• Food: full board including two snacks and drinks all day

Programme

• Lectures and workshops focused on science and technology
• Project based learning, teamwork, presentations 
• 3D printers, laptops, measuring instruments, mBot robots, Raspberry Pi with sensors and a lot of other equipment will be available for the project work 
• Solving ciphers during a team game 
• Teambuilding, competitions, board games focused on strategy, reasoning and logic 
• Visiting a spa town of Luhačovice, tasting various mineral waters and local waffles

Registration and Payment

• Register soon, the number of participants is limited 
• Please make the payment at the same time as you register for EMSC 
• Account no. within Czechia: 2801326157 / 2010, variable symbol: 1016+number of your registration 
• If you pay in EUR, please use our account no. IBAN CZ36 2010 0000 0021 0168 3794, BIC: FIOBCZPPXXX, owner: Mensa Ceske republiky, Spanielova 1111, Prague, CZ
• Early bird price (registration and payment before 30 April 2023) is CZK 9990 (EUR 425), after this date the price will be CZK 10,330 (EUR 440)
• All Mensa members have a discount of CZK 200 (EUR 8) 
• Cancelation policy: cancellations made 60 days or more before the event will receive 100% refund, cancellations made 59-30 days before the event will receive 75% refund, cancellations made 29-12 days before the event will receive 50% refund, cancellations made later will not receive any refund 

Date and Time

• EMSC begins on Saturday 15 July at 13:30 
• Meeting point for all participants is at the parking lot in front of the Luhačovice railway station 
• There is a direct train from Prague at 9:03 – Pardubice 10:07 – Olomouc 12:08 – Luhačovice 13:20
• Brno airport pick-up at 12:00 (fee CZK 300 / EUR 13)
• Vienna airport pick-up at 11:00 (fee CZK 650 / EUR 28). Meeting point is in Terminal 3 – in front of the Burger King restaurant.
• On Saturday 22 July at 10:00, the participants will present their projects and all parents are welcome to see them. The presentations will finish at 12:00. We offer transfer to Brno and Vienna airports (CZK 300 / 650). 

Our Team 

Tomas Blumenstein

• The main co-ordinator, responsible for the programme, lectures, projects and trips
• Tomas has been working with gifted children for many years, he organizes regular seminars focused on science, summer camps, and he also works as an education consultant
• Vice-chairman of Mensa Czech Republic, a member of IBD of Mensa International

Jana Middleton

• Responsible for communication with participants, coordination of their projects, and picking them up 
• Responsible for health and diets 
• Jana works as a university teacher, translator and interpreter, she used to work as a journalist at Radio Free Europe, and she is a mother of two gifted children
• jana.middleton@mensa.cz 

Natalie Kanakova

• Responsible for teambuilding, competitions, games and lectures
• Natalie studies at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, teaches Maths and loves playing chess – she has achieved the Woman International Master

Harleen Bhathal

• Responsible for teambuilding, games and lectures
• Harleen is a History and Area Studies student at the University of Auckland, an arts mentor and a keen voluneteer in several international organizations

Giovanni San José Martínez

• Responsible for games and lectures
• Giovanni studies International and Diplomatic Studies at the Prague University of Economics and Business, loves playing board games and football 

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