There is a growing awareness about the decisive role that research and innovation play in the resolution of many problems that European societies, such as Portugal, are facing. Investing more in research, innovation and entrepreneurship is at the heart of Europe 2020 and is a crucial part of Europe's response to the economic crisis. Coordinated by INOVA+, ScienceScovery offers a voyage of discovery within the Smart Specialisation Strategy (RIS3), an important and integrated approach to innovation and research. In a simple way, the audience (schools, families, citizens and researchers) will be invited to a day of constant interaction with researchers from academy and businesses and to find more about the Scientific Hub of the North of Portugal. This voyage will be possible thanks to ScienceScovery - a virtual metro network where participants choose what smart specialisation areas they wish to explore - and entails the audience is much more than just “a visitor” - every attendee will be an active participant involved in an open, informal, constructive and creative dialogue around the RIS3 priorities. Through activities that combine education and entertaining components, the audience will have a better understanding of the important role of researchers and of the relevant changes that are taking place in the research and innovation agendas. ScienceScovery aims to be a colourful and entertaining event, full of marvel and excitement that promises to engage the public at large in a game of discovery and wonder in the trails of science and research. During this voyage, "travellers" will have to stop at each station, interact with the researchers and develop the proposed activities (workshops, exhibitions, performances, seminars, etc.) in order to collect stamps for their passport! With an expected number of 40000 visitors this will be perfect venue for a night full of surprise and wonder filled with fantastic workshops, amazing performances and entertaining encounters.

What if? Students, teachers, citizens, and science (current and future) enthusiasts will be invited to embark on an exploratory journey of discovery to our cosmos navigating through a multiverse of possibilities and questioning how our world would be without scientific progress. Guided by a group of superheroes (each a fusion of renowned researchers from our common history), participants will be engaged in diverse interactive activities, combining education and entertainment and organised thematically by each universe. This travelling tour around the cosmos will offer them a time visit to outbreaking research achievements and a “what if?” debate. What if multiverses were possible? What if that specific finding did not exist? What would be our life today if at some moment in our history researchers had chosen different careers? Science Multiverse is an immersive STEAM voyage of encounters and celebration that opens research and science to all, showcases researchers’ work and attracts the target audience (and especially those less inclined) to science and research activities. Uncovering daily life heroes, the proposed (pre-event, main event and post-event) edutainment activities will bring participants and researchers closer to each other in settings of science education, communication and experimentation around societal challenge and sustainable development goals. Using various formats, including hands-on stations, talks, workshops, storytelling & plays, and much more, the Night main event will be preceded by several teasers in schools and communities and followed by exploitation actions for sustained use of the educational resources produced (podcasts, stickers’ book with research bios, tutorials for teachers and DIY). Research centres, interface units, collabs, universities, schools, public authorities and other key players, such as MSCA fellows, will collaborate to make this journey possible and will celebrate together this Super European Researchers’ Night.