PhD Thesis defenses

Description:

Vice-rector for International Relations and Language Policy, Laura Santamaria, will welcome the 300 students of 58 nationalities who will  participate in the first round of the UAB Summer School, which will take place from 25 June to 12 July.

The first round, which lasts three weeks, includes 13 subjects from different areas such as economics, biology, neuroscience, etc. and almost all will be offered in English.

In addition to classes, students will be able to enjoy a full programme of cultural and sports activities.

Place: UAB Auditorium, Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Date: Tuesday 25, June2024 - 09:00h

Description:

Mariona Sagarra, composer, singer and disseminator, will offer a conference with music entitled "Love songs: the great theme! Word, music, feeling" at the closing ceremony of the 2023/24 academic year of the Universitat a l'Abast programme, offered by the UAB Graduate School. The event will take place on 25 June at 5 p.m., at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and will begin with a welcoming speech by UAB Rector Javier Lafuente, and the academic coordinator of the Universitat a l'Abast programme, Xavier Verge. At the end, an aperitif will be offered to the attendees. To attend, it is recommended to fill out the form available on the Universitat a l'Abast website.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Sala de graus)

Date: Tuesday 25, June2024 - 17:00h

Description:

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona participates in the organisation of the conference series “Perspectives on Aquaculture in Catalonia”, offered by the Aquaculture Section of the Catalan Biology Society. Communication briefs must be sent in by 15 May and posters by 1 June.

More information and full programme can be viewed here:
https://scb.iec.cat/perspectives-de-laquicultura-a-catalunya/

Place: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona (Carrer del Carme 47)

Date: Wednesday 26, June2024 - 09:00h

End date: Thursday 27, June2024 - 15:00h

Organiser: Aquaculture Section of the Catalan Biology Society

Description:

The UAB Office for International Projects organises an informative session on the 2024 call for MSCA Staff Exchanges.

The MSCA Staff Exchanges projects aim to promote international, cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary innovative collaboration in research and innovation, through the exchange of personnel and the sharing of knowledge and ideas at all stages of the innovation chain.

It is a network call, the consortium must be formed by a minimum of three legal entities from three different countries, and research, technical, administrative and managerial staff supporting research and innovation activities can participate.

The session is aimed at UAB research staff. Registration is required to attend.

Programme

10:30 a.m. Welcoming session

• Iván Martínez, deputy executive administrator for research at the UAB
• OPI Presentations – Results of the UAB MSCA-SE

10:45 a.m. Online presentation of the MSCA programme

• Jesús Rojo, NCP of MSCA

11:15 a.m. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges Actions

• Sotiris Kiokias, REA Research Programme Officer

11:40 a.m. Successful MSCA-SE cases at the UAB

• K-Reporters: Reassembling politics across children's cultures to scale intersectional pedagogies (Angelina Sanchez; Department of Applied Paedogogy)
• RECYCLES: Recovering carbon from contaminated matrius by exploiting the nitrogen and sulphur cycles (David Gabriel, Department of Chemical Engineering)
• VALZEO: Valorització d'agroindustrial waste to obtain zeolite-based composite materials and their use in environmental remediation and biofuel production (Roberto Boada, Department of Chemistry)

12:25 p.m. Round table

12:55 p.m. Closing session

• Núria Claver, director of the UAB Office for International Projects

Place: Sala Graus II "Josep Egozcue" (C5/1068) · Faculty of Science, UAB

Date: Wednesday 26, June2024 - 10:30h

Description:

Jesús Monleón, serial entrepreneur and investor in start-ups, will give a conference on entrepreneuring entitled "25 años emprendiendo: abrazando el riesgo» at the awards ceremony for participants of the University-Business Programme of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, which this year reaches its 34th edition. The event will take place on 26 June at 6:30 p.m., at the conference hall of the Rectorat building. To attend, please send an e-mail to: p.universitat.empresa@uab.cat.

Place: Rectorat building (conference hall)

Date: Wednesday 26, June2024 - 18:30h

Description:

Pep Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) and head of research at the Australian National Science Agency (CSIRO), will give this conference, which has been organised by the UAB and CREAF, of which Canadell is, respectively, alumnus and scientific advisor.

Greenhouse gas emissions, which come mainly from fossil fuels and agricultural systems, continue to grow and the increase in their atmospheric concentrations has been accelerating in recent years. This continued increase jeopardises reaching the targets set in the 2016 Paris Agreement: the progressive reduction of greenhouse gases until 2050, when net zero emissions (matching what is emitted with what is captured) would have to be achieved to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

In his lecture, Canadell will address questions such as: Is global warming accelerating, as some experts suggest? Will we be able to achieve the goal of stopping it at 1.5°C or, at least, of not exceeding the 2°C set by Paris? What efforts are needed and by whom? What are the dangers of not achieving this?

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) is an organisation made up of dozens of international scientists from more than 90 institutions that has been providing detailed information on natural and anthropogenic carbon dioxide sources and sinks every year since 2006. Its reports are a reference source for the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which reports on climate change caused by human activities.

The conference is open tot he general public and will include the collaboration of the Catalan Biology Society through its Vallès Regional Section.

Place: Faculty of Science and Biosciences (conference hall)

Date: Thursday 27, June2024 - 13:00h

Organiser: UAB and CREAF