Activities
Tuesday, April 2 2024
Dia · Setmana
17:00
CyTA-CESIA National Congress
Description:
On 2,3, and 4 April Barcelona will be hosting the 12th CyTA-CESIA National Congress coorganised by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the University of Barcelona. The event will bring together professionals from the fields of science, technology and food engineering to talk about issues related to food and health, the harmlessness of food, technological advances in food processing, food sustainability, digital transformation and communication and dissemination in the field of food science and technology.
The event will begin on 2 April at 5:00 p.m. at the historical building of the University of Barcelona, the Paranymf Hall. Speakers will include UB and UAB rectors and the general director of Empreses Agroalimentàries, Qualitat i Gastronomia, Joan Gòdia. The 4th CyTA Junior Congress will also be held on the same day, 2 April, in which undergraduate and graduate students will have the chance to present their research projects.
Place: Paranimf, Barcelona (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 585)
Date: Tuesday 2, April2024 - 17:00h
19:00
Book presentation of "The Poverty of Theory"
Description:
Julio Martínez-Cava and Xavier Domènech, lecturers in the Department of Modern and Early Modern History and researchers from the Centre for Studies into Dictatorships and Democracies at the UAB, will present a new edition of E. P. Thompson's book The Poverty of Theory in its Catalan version: La miseria de la teoría (Verso Libros). The event will take place on 2 April at 7 p.m. a the Documenta bookstore in Barcelona. Martínez-Cava is also the author of the introduction of this edition.
Place: Documenta, Barcelona (Carrer Pau Claris 144)
Date: Tuesday 2, April2024 - 19:00h
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
13:00
Language exchange in groups Tàndem program
Description:
Language exchange in groups Tàndem program
Tàndem is a program of activities where you will meet Catalan speakers and others from all over the world, where you will share conversations and games, all speaking different languages.
Wednesday's group is composed of the following languages: Chinese, Korean, English and French.
More information in the following link.
Date: Wednesday 3, April2024 - 13:00h
End date: Wednesday 3, April2024 - 14:00h
Thursday, April 4, 2024
10:00
Colloquium with the creator of the world's largest population database
Description:
Colloquium with Steven Ruggles, professor in history and population studies from the University of Minnesota and director of the IPUMS, the world's largest population database which includes over a billion people in 365 censuses from 94 countries. This database converts census microdata into a format that can then be compared with other countries and time periods so as to provide analyses of social and economic changes over time.
The colloquium, organised by the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), will focus on family systems, demographic changes and residing with family members.
The event will take place at the CED's Àngels Torrents Hall at the UAB, and will also be streamed live here (1984 password).
Place: Sala Àngels Torrents (CED) and online via Zoom
Date: Thursday 4, April2024 - 10:00h
10:30
Presentation of the new interuniversity master's degree in Semiconductor Engineering and Microelectronic Design
Description:
Presentation of the new interuniversity master's degree in Semiconductor Engineering and Microelectronic Design, an initiative by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the University of Barcelona (UB), and the University Rovira i Virgili (URV), coordinated by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) and with the strategic collaboration of the Institute for Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
The master's degree is aimed at training the next generation of professionals in this field and will be taught fully in English. Pre-registrations will open in the first semester of 2024.
Place: Headquarters of the Catalan Ministry of Business and Labour. Passeig de Gràcia 129, Barcelona.
Date: Thursday 4, April2024 - 10:30h
Organiser: UPC, UAB, UB, URV, IMB-CNM-CSIC
14:00
Language exchange in groups Tàndem program
Description:
Language exchange in groups Tàndem program
Tàndem is a program of activities where you will meet Catalan speakers and others from all over the world, where you will share conversations and games, all speaking different languages.
Thursday's group is composed of the following languages: German, Italian, English and French.
More information in the following link.
Date: Thursday 4, April2024 - 14:00h
End date: Thursday 4, April2024 - 15:00h