The 8th Science and Technology Week was organized for the public by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic on November 3-9 and took place in Brno, České Budějovice, Plzeň, Hradec Králové and Praha. The program included speeches by scientific professionals, presentations of noteworthy experiments, workshops, non-traditional exhibitions, science cafés, and visits to laboratories and academic workplaces. and Luděk Svoboda.