Today Singapore is a world center of scientific meetings. Good example is the list of the 2018 scientific events. However attending a conference is also an opportunity to learn more about this rich island with extremely increased interest in arts. I have 9 months to select what to visit in Singapore during 4 day World Gene Convention (13-15 November 2018). I don't play in Casino, but for sure will go to visit the $5.5-billion Marina Bay Sands Casino in downtown (my brother will love this visit, so it is on the list). But what else? Of course, arts. It occurs Singapore has amazing galleries and we together on this webpage will learn more about the Singapore art in the next months.
This year the World Congress on Human Genomic is in Berlin, and it was a tough choice where to go. But even on January 31 the congress did not have a website. So, Singapore won not by comparison but by absolute preparedness of the organizers for a great event. Since I will report for the first time my insights into Cultural Genomics, Singapore becomes a point of an absolute scientific attraction for me. And of course, because this is really a place I want to show my brother (although he still does not want to travel so many hours). I have already done part of the project - the ticket to Bulgaria. After the convention in Singapore, I hope will attend the National Genealogical Conference in Sofia (if it is again on November 23) and will see my students - the kids that I will teach in English online in the next months. They will have a hard exam at the end of the year, and even not online!
L.N.