Free Exhibition Hall

No need to book – just turn up and enjoy! Explore the cutting edge research undertaken at Swansea University. 

Our 2025 exhibitors offered something for everyone, with exciting experiments, interactive displays, and opportunities to meet the people behind the science. Take a look at last year's exhibitors and get a taste of what to expect at this year's festival.

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Green Solutions: How Natural Products Power Our Daily Lives

Nature's Toolbox: Find out how natural products can help provide a greener future. We will explore the potential of natural products from microbes, from algal machines to (insect) killer fungi!

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Interactive Railway Exhibition/Workshop

An opportunity to drive trains on our model railway and learn about how our smart railway system works.

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Technocamps Activities Exhibition

Think you can beat our Robot Rubik’s Cube solver? How about scoring a goal in our robot football? How about programming a hole-in-one with our robotics mini-golf course? Come along and take part at our Technocamps exhibition stand!

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Mathematical Circus - selection of Mathematical educational resources

Our fun, noisy and very interactive mathematics exhibits and education resources entertain visitors and create interest in applied mathematics. Making mathematics enjoyable and accessible.

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Are you a Coding Genius

We are running a coding competition for all age groups from 7 to 16 over the weekend with some fantastic IT prizes to be won. There will be lots of hands-on activities for you to get involved with, if entering the competition isn’t your thing. You don’t want to miss this!

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Demonstration of Low carbon space heating through thermal storage materials

We will showcase how we intend to capture heat from industry and use it to provide space heating. To demonstrate, we’ll run an interactive event where participants can generate heat from our materials using their own breath.

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All the small things..

Who makes the earth under your feet? It’s the small things that make the soils super and the flowers flourish.

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Explore Hydrogen Energy!

Discover how Hydrogen can stop us from polluting and provide a green prosperous future!

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Love a maggot

Turn your fear, disgust or disdain for maggots on its head at our Love a Maggot exhibit hosted by the Swansea University Maggot Research Group

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Born in Wales: Healthy children healthy families

Throw the bean bags at the different targets to show your knowledge of what affects healthy children and healthy family life

Robot rampage

Robot rampage

Come along to our robot workshop and meet our robot dogs and 8 foot robot cat

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Astronomy

Outreach activities to raise the profile of Astronomy in Swansea with demonstrations of telescopes and equipment used in the pursuit of the hobby from a few members of Swansea Astronomical Society.

Important Information

Exhibition stands stated may be subject to change. If you have any comments on these webpages or content please contact swanseasciencefestival@swansea.ac.uk