Tomorrow, 23 September, Tibidabo will host the inaugural dinner of this fair, which every year brings together companies and professionals from the theme park sector from over 100 countries
And on Wednesday 24, Tibidabo will actively contribute to the congress with a conference on the project to promote scientific vocations, Fisidabo, organised by BSM in collaboration with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Parc d’Atraccions Tibidabo is the host park of the IAAPA Expo Europe 2025, the leading congress of the theme park sector, which is taking place at Fira Barcelona Gran Via from 22 to 26 September and is organised by the Global Association for the Attractions Industry (IAAPA).
Tomorrow, 23 September, Tibidabo will host the inaugural dinner of this professional congress, which every year brings together companies, creators and operators from the theme park sector from over 100 countries. The gathering at the summit of the city will be an opportunity to share knowledge and to continue to drive the future of entertainment with unbeatable views of Barcelona.
This is the 3rd time that the IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 has been held in Barcelona and also the 3rd time that Tibidabo has been the host park.
On Wednesday, 24 September, Tibidabo will actively take part in the IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 with a conference on one of its flagship educational projects: Fisidabo. The Head of Operations at Parc d’Atraccions Tibidabo, Odin Abkarovits, together with Luis Carlos Pardo, a researcher and physics professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC), will present this project to promote scientific vocations through entertainment. The conference will take place at the Agora Innovation Stage of the fair at 1.40 pm.
Fisidabo, an example of the STEAM learning model
Fisidabo was created in 2012 as the result of a collaboration between BSM and the Degree in Engineering Physics at the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona (ETSETB) of the UPC. The initiative combines the learning of scientific and technical knowledge with entertainment, taking advantage of the recreational setting of an emblematic space such as Parc d’Atraccions Tibidabo.
Currently, Fisidabo forms part of the STEAM educational programme of BSM and UPC to encourage scientific vocations in an enjoyable way and with academic rigour among primary, ESO and baccalaureate students, and especially among girls. Fisidabo also offers training sessions aimed at teachers, with around 50 teachers from all over Catalonia taking part each year, and since this academic year, these sessions have had the quality seal of the Government of Catalonia and the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE) of UPC.
The Fisidabo project has received the 2024 National Research Award in the Scientific Communication category, awarded by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI) and the Government of Catalonia. Just a few days ago, it was also recognised with the 2025 Gutenberg Award during the 15th Conference on Scientific Communication and Dissemination – Campus Gutenberg at the CosmoCaixa Science Museum.
