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The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the UAB and the University of Barcelona will be hosting the global political ecology conference POLLEN 2026, which will be held from 29 June to 3 July. The sessions will take place at the Hotel Exe Campus (Vila Universitària, UAB campus), in the UAB cinema hall, at the UAB Faculty of Science, at the ICTA-UAB, at the Faculty of Geography of the UB, and at the Barcelona Maritime Museum in Barcelona (Plaça de les Drassanes). The event will bring together more than 1,500 international researchers, activists, social entities and creators to debate energy transitions, data justice, militarised environmental governance, ecofeminism and indigenous knowledge systems. The central axis of POLLEN 2026 are the three plenary sessions that will address fundamental contemporary issues related to the topic, from anti-capitalist resistance to authoritarian capitalism. It will also include 250 round tables, workshops, screenings, games, poster sessions, book presentations and artistic interventions.

The first two plenary sessions, which will take place on 30 June at the UAB Exe Campus Hotel, will focus on global challenges. Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and environment at Syracuse University (New York, USA), will give a conference entitled “Authoritarianism Beyond the Regime: Environmental Publics, Capitalist Accumulation and Structural Persistence”, which will analyse the changes following the 2024 revolution in Bangladesh and feature contributions from other speakers on authoritarian trends in Hungary, Turkey, Latin America and Tanzania. Sara Mingorría, sociology researcher and member of the CSIC at the UAB, will offer the session entitled “When Territories Persist: Infrastructures, Resistance and Collective Futures”, which will address resistance to airport infrastructures and degrowth in the aviation sector, based on the massive protests of the ZeroPort platform in Barcelona. The talk will also feature interventions on territorial struggles in India, the Catalan Pyrenees, Sweden, and the Caribbean.

Place: UAB Campus, Faculty of Geography and History of the UB, and Maritime Museum of Barcelona

Date: Friday 3, July2026 - 09:00h

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The Institut Metròpoli, located at the Bellaterra campus and with the UAB as one of its member institutions, is organising on 6 July at 9:45 a.m. a session entitled AMB en xifres 2026, la metròpoli en 100 indicadors: entendre les dinàmiques, millorar les polítiques [AMB in 2026 Figures, the metropolis in 100 indicators: understanding dynamics, improving policies], which will be held at the Pati Manning in Barcelona. The new edition of the journal published yearly by the Institut Metròpoli will focus on changing strategic areas of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, such as mobility, sustainability, coexistence, security and the economy, as well as key indicators such as jobs, migration, discrimination, institutional transparency and media impact. The session aims to explain how public policy can express this knowledge for the planning and management of cities through a cross-sectional view of the main dynamics of the metropolitan area in one hundred indicators. The set of indicators will show the evolution of the city in the past fifteen years. To attend, please fill out this registration form.

José Luis Haro, director of metropolitan policy analysis services at the AMB, will give the institutional welcome at 10:00 a.m., and Sergio Porcel, head of the social and urban cohesion area at the Institut Metròpoli, will present the publication La metròpoli en 100 indicadors i els seus objectius [The metropolis in 100 indicators and its objectives]. Núria Pérez, head of the mobility area at the Institut Metròpoli, will also participate and talk about the advances and challenges towards more sustainable and socially fair mobility. Tarik Serrano, researcher in the sustainability area at the Institut Metròpoli, will address changes in environmental behaviour and the use of resources in the city, and Mar Satorras, sustainability researcher at the Institut Metròpoli, will moderate a round table on how to use data to improve public policies. Marta Solé, manager of Life Cycle, Diversity and Community Services at the Barcelona Provincial Council, will also participate; as will Jordi Bordanove, coordinator of the AMB's parks and beaches management services; and Cristina Jiménez, head of mobility at Barcelona Regional.

Place: Pati Manning, Barcelona (Carrer de Montalegre 7)

Date: Monday 6, July2026 - 09:45h

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The Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia and the Spanish Federation of Biotechnologists, in collaboration with the UAB and other universities and entities, have organised a new edition of the Biotechnology Annual Congress (BAC). The event will take place at the UAB Faculty of Biosciences. BAC Barcelona 2026 will bring together leaders in the field of biotechnology from all over Spain and other regions. The initiative promotes the exchange of knowledge, the generation of opportunities between students, researchers and companies in the sector (such as Almirall, Hipra, Ysios Capital, Pharma X Solutions, Minoryx, SpliceBio and Proteintech), and the contribution to the growth of the biotechnology ecosystem.

The programme includes conferences with leading figures from the scientific and business worlds, round tables on current challenges in biotechnology, workshops aimed at professional development, networking spaces between students and companies,  and the exhibition of scientific posters in a competition format. Speakers will include Benedetta Bolognesi, biotechnologist at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia; Sílvia Osuna, professor of experimental sciences and mathematics at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies; Antonio Ferrer, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and many others.

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Place: Faculty of Biosciences

Date: Wednesday 8, July2026 - 10:00h

End date: Friday 10, July2026 - 15:00h

Description:

The Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia and the Spanish Federation of Biotechnologists, in collaboration with the UAB and other universities and entities, have organised a new edition of the Biotechnology Annual Congress (BAC). The event will take place at the UAB Faculty of Biosciences. BAC Barcelona 2026 will bring together leaders in the field of biotechnology from all over Spain and other regions. The initiative promotes the exchange of knowledge, the generation of opportunities between students, researchers and companies in the sector (such as Almirall, Hipra, Ysios Capital, Pharma X Solutions, Minoryx, SpliceBio and Proteintech), and the contribution to the growth of the biotechnology ecosystem.

The programme includes conferences with leading figures from the scientific and business worlds, round tables on current challenges in biotechnology, workshops aimed at professional development, networking spaces between students and companies,  and the exhibition of scientific posters in a competition format. Speakers will include Benedetta Bolognesi, biotechnologist at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia; Sílvia Osuna, professor of experimental sciences and mathematics at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies; Antonio Ferrer, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and many others.

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Place: Faculty of Biosciences

Date: Thursday 9, July2026 - 09:00h

End date: Friday 10, July2026 - 15:00h

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On 9 July at 4:00 p.m., the UAB will host the 23rd Argó Awards ceremony in the category of advanced vocational training projects (CFGS). The event will take place in the conference hall of the UAB Rectorat building. Through this call, promoted by the Institute of Education Studies (ICE), the UAB aims to acknowledge the quality of the projects developed by CFGS students from centres throughout Catalonia, and strengthen the connection between vocational training and the University.

Projects from various professional disciplines belonging to the CFGS category can be submitted: graphic arts, commerce and marketing, hospitality and tourism, image and sound, personal image, sociocultural and community services, and textiles-clothing-leather. The verdict in this area will be published on 1 July on the ICE website.

Place: UAB Rectorat building (conference hall)

Date: Thursday 9, July2026 - 16:00h

Description:

The Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia and the Spanish Federation of Biotechnologists, in collaboration with the UAB and other universities and entities, have organised a new edition of the Biotechnology Annual Congress (BAC). The event will take place at the UAB Faculty of Biosciences. BAC Barcelona 2026 will bring together leaders in the field of biotechnology from all over Spain and other regions. The initiative promotes the exchange of knowledge, the generation of opportunities between students, researchers and companies in the sector (such as Almirall, Hipra, Ysios Capital, Pharma X Solutions, Minoryx, SpliceBio and Proteintech), and the contribution to the growth of the biotechnology ecosystem.

The programme includes conferences with leading figures from the scientific and business worlds, round tables on current challenges in biotechnology, workshops aimed at professional development, networking spaces between students and companies,  and the exhibition of scientific posters in a competition format. Speakers will include Benedetta Bolognesi, biotechnologist at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia; Sílvia Osuna, professor of experimental sciences and mathematics at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies; Antonio Ferrer, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and many others.

More information and full programme.

Place: Faculty of Biosciences

Date: Friday 10, July2026 - 10:00h

End date: Friday 10, July2026 - 15:00h