VENUE
BARCELONA
Sprawled between the beaches of the Mediterranean and the hills of Montjuïc, Barcelona is a city whose personality bursts at every natural seam. The capital of Catalonia, one of Spain's 17 autonomous communities, Barcelona is also known as the country's most progressive city, always on the cutting-edge of European art, fashion and cuisine. What's more, its energy is unparalleled, with hundreds of bars, restaurants, cafes and clubs... so be prepared to party 'till dawn and hit the streets with the rest of the city's nearly 2 million inhabitants.
ICMAB-CSIC
The Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB) is a research center which depends on the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
The Institute was set up in 1987 and subsequently, in April 1991, the laboratories were opened on the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
In 2007 the CSIC and the UAB created the UAB research park (PRUAB) as a joint entity to promote techonolgy transfer.
The aim of the institute is to carry out research aimed at obtaining and characterising materials of industrial interest. Its activities are based on the synthesis, preparation, crystallization and characterisation of functional high-performance materials and nanomaterials which in some cases have led to the construction of device prototypes based on these materials.
Studies and improvements both of conventional materials as well as new molecular, supramolecular, magnetic, superconducting and porous materials etc. are being developed through projects and research contracts.
To develop these activities, at present there are 52 permanent research staff and a total of about 200 persons.
DEPARTMENT OF SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS
Superconducting Materials Department has been active in the field of superconducting materials since the discovery of High Temperature superconductors, more than 20 years ago, it has widely contributed to the field of vortex pinning analysis and materials development for more than 15 years and more recently, since about six years, it has shifted its interests towards the chemical solution approaches to superconducting thin films and coated conductors, due to its high potential in terms of cost-effectiveness for practical applications.
Overall, the research approach of the department is based on very vast scientific and technological interests which try to combine the generation of new knowledge in several fields (physics, materials, chemistry, nanotechnology) with the development of processes and materials generating industrial outputs (coated conductors, multifunctional oxide nanostructures) at effective costs (chemical deposition methods) and having a very significant attractive for a strategic sector with one of the highest social and environmental concern: the development of a sustainable energy paradigm.
CONFERENCE SITE
The Conference will be hosted at Hotel Catalonia Ramblas, just in the center of the city in the neighbourhood of the Plaza de Catalunya and the worldwide known boulevard “Las Ramblas”.
Address: C/ Pelai, 28. 08001 Barcelona Tel 34 93 316 84 00
Fax. (34) 93 2360026
E-mail: congresos.incentivos@hoteles-catalonia.es
ACCOMPANYING PERSONS
A large number of visit activities in widely spread topics are available. Activities such as visiting museums, from fine arts to science, music, architecture, dance, or simply enjoying the flavour of the city walking trough its streets and boulevards or getting a bath in the mediterranean sea in the long beaches, are waiting for you. Tour buses are available at plaça de Catalunya . Please, contact the reception desk at the hotel, get a look here or feel free to ask to the conference assistants: cca2009@icmab.es
