FameLab South Africa, February 2014

FameLab is a fantastic worldwide public speaking + science competition, which debuted in South Africa last year. I was a judge the first time around, and came back this year to shoot some photos. These are from the regional heat in Gauteng (one of SA's 9 provinces, and home to Pretoria and Johannesburg), on February 8, 2014. 10 competitors gave 3-minute talks about science (stellar evolution, iris recognition, Higgs boson, regenerated body parts, etc.) in front of a panel of judges and live audince. The best came back in the afternoon for another 3-minute talk. SA finalists from Gauteng and across South Africa will go to Scifest in Grahamstown in April, and then the winner from that flies to the UK.

Congratulations to everyone who participated!