All posts in CCB News

II CONGRESO DE BIOECONOMÍA
 
Ambassador Ignasi Belda

The city of Barcelona will host the II Congress of Bio-economic organised by the APTE (Association of Scientific and Technological parks of Spain) and Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar on the 14th of June 2018, in collaboration with the Scientific Park of Barcelona and Scientific and Agricultural Technological Park of Lleida. This forum, of international projection, aims to promote activities based on this discipline that help develop a more efficient business fabric in the use of resources, as well as to act as a nexus between institutions, researchers and companies.

7th INTERNATIONAL MAAR CONFERENCE 
Ambassador Joan Martí


The El Torín Hall (Olot) will host, from the 21st-25th of May, the 7th International Maar Conference (IMC), one of the most successful debate forums in the world of volcanology. It is a congress organized by the Local Organising Committee of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth´s Interior (IAVCEI). 

HOTEL PERALADA WINE SPA & GOLF (PERALADA)

The Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf strengthens the MICE offer with five new meeting and company event rooms. The new rooms are equipped with modern audio-visual equipment, and have natural light and private terraces with some magnificent views of the Serra de l’Albera and the Pyrenees.
 

Maximum capacity: 150 persons

LA RECTORIA DE GODMAR (CALLÚS)

The Rectoria de Godmar is the result of the rehabilitation of the old church of Sant Sadurní, dating from the 13^th century. Today it has been transformed into a series of spaces that offer the possibility of undertaking different types of social and cultural events. 

Maximum capacity: 240 persons

CASA VICENS

On the 16^th of November the doors open to the public of a splendid Modernist building by Antoni Gaudí which has recently been restored. Casa Vicens, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, will offer guided visits, although it will also have different spaces for hire to hold professional events.

AUDITORI VALENTÍ FUSTER

The new Auditori Valentí Fuster, which was opened to the public last July, is a fundamental piece of the Cardona Integral Project to turn Cardona into a benchmark for meetings and conventions tourism. The facility, which is a remodelling of the old Cinema Modern in Cardona, aims to be a new instrument for the economic and social dynamisation of the city.

THE AMBASSADORS ATTEND THE FESTIVAL CASTELL DE PERALADA

On Saturday night on the 8^th of June several members of the Ambassadors Programme were able to attend the concert of the Orquesta del Capitole de Toulousse and Iréne Theorin in the setting of the Festival Castell de Peralada. As well attending the concert, in which works by the composers Claude Debussy, Modest Mussorgsky and Richard Strauss were performed, the attendees had the possibility to do some networking and to enjoy an exclusive guided visit around the different spaces of the Castell de Peralada.

ARTICLE BY THE AMBASSADOR SERGIO NASARRE IN EL PERIÓDICO

The digital edition of El Periódico de Catalunya published an article by the Ambassador Sergio Nasarre, in which he proposes alternative formulas to guarantee access to housing in Catalonia. Nasarre, who is a university chair in Civil Law and director of the UNESCO Chair for Housing of the URV, stresses the importance of attracting congresses throughout the region to generate knowledge and wealth. In this sense, he highlights the support of the Ambassadors Programme in the organisation of events. You can read his article here.