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Researchers' Night in in Hungary In Involvement of private sector How to to engage the whole country? Béla KARDON, Chief Scientific Officer Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development (RCISD ) European Researchers' Night coordinators day event 3 May 2017, Brussels, Belgium

Researchers' Night in in Hungary European Researchers' Night events have been organised in Hungary from 2005 with coordination of: • TEMPUS: 2006-2013 • Bay Zoltán: 2010-2015 • RCISD: 2016-2017 Consortium members in 2016-2017 • Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development / SME • Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. (BZN) / research organisation • Hétfa Research Institute (HETFA) / SME • Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge (TIT) /Assoc.

Venues of the FAWORIT Consortium

In Involvement of private sector Several programmes involve SMEs before and during the Night Pre-events: • Presentations of SMEs during Science Cafés • Press dinner organised in Csopa Playbar (SMEs) • Press Conference organised in Ericsson (SMEs) • 5th anniversary Girls’ Day organised by Association of Hungarian Women in Science (NGO) Events during the night: • Workshop of innovative SMEs • Presentations of products of innovative SMEs • Exhibitions, science shows, games, robot programming, hands-on activities organised by SMEs

In Involvement of private sector Most important third parties from private sector: • Ericsson • Google Ground • Westling • Bosch • Etc. + Association of Hungarian Women in Science Almost 20% of the partners are SMEs Most of the venues of the Night mobilise SMEs, start-ups to the event

Companies joined the event

Researchers' Night in Hungary in in in fig igures (2016) Consortium, Cooperating • 124 partners partners • 168 venues in 48 cities Joined later • More than 2000 programmes Multiplication factor • More than 17500 attendees • 292 researchers involved in activities  24 benefitted from MSC schemes  43 benefitted from EU support (FP7, H2020)

Geographical coverage

Outreach to to the public in H Hungary ry (2016) • Publication of over 160 articles • Airing of video news, interviews, on several radio and TV stations • 20 477 Facebook-followers: www.facebook.com/kutatokejszakaja • 1 426 YouTube viewers: YOUTUBE-SCINEWS channel • Direct mailing to 600 schools • Links to relevant EU, institutional and other popular websites • Over 1 000 000 people made aware of the Researchers' Night and its objectives

How well-kown is the Night among the general public in Hungary? (%) 4,4 Participated this year 3,4 5,9 Participated in earlier years 5,1 33,6 Heard of the Event 33,3 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 2016 2014 Source: representative omnibus survey ordered by the Hétfa Research Institute (Závecz Research Kft.)

Ratio of regular visitors (%) 70,00 60,00 58,75 58,30 54,50 51,00 50,00 40,30 40,00 39,80 30,00 20,00 16,70 10,00 0,00 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Did you particapate earlier at the Event? Source: representativesample of the visitors conducted by the Hétfa Research Institute

What is a researcher like? (%) Clever 97,14 92,8 Hardworking 96,9 86,8 Perseverant 98,76 90,2 Literate (cultivated) 90,56 84,6 Busy 88,5 85,3 Interesting 88,98 62,9 Abstract 55,28 60,9 Pragmatic 76,16 57,3 Earning much 30,78 63,6 Famous 22,8 60,6 Modest 60,56 53,5 Lonely 25,14 46,6 Unapproachable 14,34 46,5 Masculine 26,9 49,6 Popular 25,14 46,6 Old 9,58 41,7 Boring 6,74 30,3 Funny 54,32 26,4 Self-conceited 5,58 21,4 Feminine 9,88 13,9 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Visitors (2012-16) General population Source: representative on-line survey of the Hétfa Research Institute & omnibus survey ordered by the Hétfa Research Institute (Závecz Research Kft.)

Recognition of Hungarian scholars (%) 97,64 Szentgyörgyi Albert 90,7 89,74 Bolyai János 64,7 84,44 Herman Ottó 60,3 78,78 Öveges József 62,4 46,98 Charles Simonyi 32,4 39,5 Csányi Vilmos 23,4 37,92 Vizi E. Szilveszter 34 25,56 Ferge Zsuzsa 22 16,6 Barabási Albert-László 16 7,1 Mikes András 14,8 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Visitors (2012-16) General population Source: representative on-line survey of the Hétfa Research Institute & omnibus survey ordered by the Hétfa Research Institute (Závecz Research Kft.)

Thank you for your attentio ion! Béla la Kardon, , Chie ief Scientific Offic icer Regio ional Centre for In Information and Scientific Develo lopment bkardon@rcisd.e .eu www.r .rcisd.e .eu