The Karlovy Vary Region joins Researchers' Night for the first time

In 2025, we became part of Researchers' Nightfor the first time, one of the largest science outreach events in Europe. Together with Charles University, the Karlovy Vary Museum and the Regional Innovation Centre of the Karlovy Vary Region (KIC KK), we helped establish the so-called Karlovy Vary Node, thanks to which our region will continue to take part in future editions as well.

At ILaB, on Friday, 26 September 2025, we organized a panel discussion “Natural Resources of the Karlovy Vary Region and Their Wide-Ranging Use”, moderated by RNDr. Václav Cílek, CSc. The panelists were Ing. Tereza Hnátková, Ph.D., MUDr. Ladislav Špišák, CSc., and Ing. Petr Krása. The program continued with a guided walk “Karlovy Vary Mineral Springs” with RNDr. Tomáš Vylita, Ph.D., which started at Alžbětiny lázně spa and ended at the museum. Despite the unfavorable weather, dozens of visitors joined the walk – an encouraging turnout for the first edition of the event in our region.

We were also pleased to welcome colleagues from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, who presented the transformation project Smart Landscape 2030+. The event showed that cross-project cooperation need not be limited to research alone, but also plays an important role in the popularization and communication of science.

Looking ahead, we hope that other institutions and towns will join the program, so that together we can take this outreach event in our region a step further.

Researchers' Night 2025 in the Karlovy Vary Region was held under the patronage of Mgr. Jana Mračková Vildumetzová, Governor of the Karlovy Vary Region, and the activities of the Institute of Spa and Balneology connected with Researchers' Night are organized as part of the project “Spa Research Centre”, reg. no.: CZ.10.01.01/00/22_001/0000261.

Photo: Michal Illek