ICTA-UAB Summer Day

We are glad to invite you to the ICTA-UAB Summer Day 2023. Although the final programme is not yet closed, we would like you to save the date to attend this event, which will be a great opportunity to give visibility to the initiatives launched in the framework of the María de Maeztu programme.

It will be a great occasion to introduce PhD and post-doctoral researchers working on the five Societal Challenges, and to foster social gathering. The event is open to all members of the ICTA-UAB community, and it will be followed by a collective summer lunch and social activities. 

 

ICTA-UAB Summer Day
Date: Thursday, June 22nd 2023 -
Venue: Sala Montseny ICTA-UAB & online 

Program -  Attendance by registration only: Register by 19th of June through this LINK.  
 

9.30-9:40  Welcome words by ICTA-UAB’s director 

9:40-11.00  Research highlights from 2022 

A few colleagues present the main highlights of a project they led and concluded in 2022. Each presentation should last 10’ minutes and include the title and of the project, the team, its objectives, its key main research outputs (and surprising/not expected findings), as well as its societal impact. There will be 5’ for questions after each presentation.  

• Prof. Xavier Gabarrell – Pandèmies project 
• Dr. Cristina Madrid – Sentinel project 
• Dr. Isabelle Anguelvoski – Greenlulus project 
• Dr. Gara Villalba – Protean project 
• Dr. Panagiota Kotsilla – Wego project 

The first part can also be followed by joining the Zoom meeting  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89833934677?pwd=Q1R3cXlJdUtVV2RqaGpCbjhTNEVlZz09 

11:00-11:30  Coffee break 

11:30-12:30  Meet the labs: introductory talks and in-the-lab visits 

We will have the chance to understand the mysteries occurring within the labs of the third floor and of the rooftop, guided by the laboratories’ commission and some colleagues of the Impactant, Early Foods, Mers and Sostenipra research groups. 

12:30-14:00 Which role for science in policy?  

Moderated by journalist Michele Catanzaro, this session will explore how scientists and/or scientific evidence have supported so far environmental policymaking in Spain, Catalonia and Barcelona. We will hear policymakers' first-hand experience in integrating science into policy, focusing on specific processes and environmental policies, and we will also encourage them to reflect on the current science-policy interface, including what has worked so far and what should be improved. The roundtable will last about an hour, and there will be time for Questions and Answers from the audience. 

• Sr. Eloy Cuéllar, Subdirector de Iniciativas, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. 
• Sr. Arnau Queralt i Bassa, Director del Consell Assessor per al Desenvolupament Sostenible, Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.   
• Sr. Leo Bejarano, Director de la Oficina de Canvi Climàtic, Direcció General de Qualitat Ambiental I Canvi Climàtic, Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.  
• Sra. Anna Estella, subdirectora general d'Informació i Foment de la Sostenibilitat, Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya. OR Sr. Pau Sainz de la Maza, coordinador de la Unitat d’Informació i Coneixement, Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.  
• Sra. Anna Bröll, Cap del Departament de Ciència i Universitats, Ajuntament de Barcelona. 
• Dr. Isabel Pont, Directora de l’ICTA-UAB. 

14:00-15:30 Informal lunch at ICTA-UAB 
 

15:30-17:30 Film session organised by the CARES group, followed by an informal debate 

The Assistant (2019) https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film400687.html