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1st International Ocean Sailing Congress & Environment

From December 28th to 30th of 2010, prior to the Departure of the 2nd Edition of the Barcelona World Race on December 31st, it will take place the “1st International Congress of Ocean Sailing & Environment” where the future of “Ocean Sailing and its use in the next decade, and the conservation of Marine Environment” will be discussed.
The Congress will be focused in three topics: The Boat, The Skipper and The Space of Competition. The1st session about the Boat will address the issues of the boat as a tool for navigation and the technological advances in design and materials to make them faster and safer. The2nd session will be dedicated to the human element, the Skipper, in the development of physical and mental strength to face great challenges in navigation. The3rd session will be looking at the Space of Competition, the Planet Sea, looking forward on the future of the environment and protection to the marine environment.
Special attention will be given through the congress to the personality and skills of skipper Eric Tabarly and his influence on the design and build of racing yachts, with the introduction made by friends and members of his team and after with the presentation of the Film by Pierre Marcel, about Eric Tabarly’s life, that evokes the extraordinary career of standard marine and his extreme sensitivity and shows the perfect symbiosis between a man, a boat and the sea, bringing to life the offshore races, the discreet and triumphal arrivals, alone or with a crew during the thirty five years of dominance of the Pen Duick Yachts on all the seas of the world.
 Representatives of the different areas involved in the development of Ocean Sailing and Marine Environment such as National & International Administrations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), Universities, Shipyards, Designers, New Technologies, Journalists, Meteorologists and Skippers will be attending this 1st Barcelona Congress.
All attendees to the Congress will go to the Village on December 31st to see the last preparations for the 2nd Barcelona World Race and the output of the race. 

World Architecture Festival

The World Architecture Festival, WAF2010, will take place from November 3rd to 5th in Barcelona at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona.  The World Architecture Festival is the only annual international event to reward excellence in a fully interactive inclusive live format.
To last year event in Barcelona came more than 1500 architects from 71 countries to discover the best projects of the preceding 18 months and to create ideas for the future of the industry through best practice exchange and collaboration.
The World Architecture Festival runs the biggest international architectural awards program in the world. Its global reach, prestigious judging panel, unique entry process and extensive media interest have made it a fixture in the international architectural profession diary. The festival features also seminars and exhibition content, as well as projects from architects all over the world.
The expert judging panel includes Arata Isozaki from Japan as Super Jury Chair and other prestigious names from different countries of the world including Barry Bergdoll, John Patkau, Matthias Sauerbruch, Kjetil T Thorsen & Michel Rojkind.
This year the sections include: Completed Buildings, Future Projects, Interiors and Fit Out, and Structural Design. The World Architecture Festival has teamed up with the Art and Work Awards to introduce a new award section called Art into Architecture aimed at encouraging and celebrating the relationship between art and architecture.

18th United European Gastroenterology week

The United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) has chosen the city of Barcelona, Spain, for the United European Gastroenterology week UEGW Barcelona 2010. Since 1992 it the has been the forum for European Gastroenterologists and is now among the top medical meetings in Europe and also recognized as a top class Meeting outside Europe.
The UEGW 2010 has an extended scientific program with a full two-day post-graduate program on Saturday and Sunday incorporating gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, surgery, imaging and other diagnostic modalities; the ESGE Learning Area divided into three sections: the Hands-On Training Centre ( in cooperation with ESEGENA will offer various forms of hands-on training throughout the congress), the Lecture Theatre (which will offer lectures on selected topics and provide an opportunity for small forum discussions) and the DVD Learning Centre (several DVD stations offering individual learning for endoscopy).
The ESEGENA Conference (European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates) is an associated meeting at the congress with separate scientific program.
The Open Plenary Session of the UEGW 2010 will be held on Monday morning and will include official speeches, invited speakers and presentations of the best submitted abstracts. During the Plenary Session it will be presented the UEGF Awards the UEGF Research Prize and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Interdisciplinary Symposia will cover new approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and place major emphasis on innovative technical advances in the non-invasive management of gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders. The Free Paper Sessions are original research presentations delivered orally will have increased prominence this year, with a more interactive format. The Video Case Session will be an excellent platform for brief information on very current issues of endoscopy. Clinical Case Sessions will be presented and illustrated by high-quality endoscopic, radiological and pathological images. Live Endoscopy Sessions with international experts will demonstrate cutting-edge techniques and new tricks.
The Barcelona UEGW is also proud to host an international two-day symposium on GI and liver stem cells, co-organised and hosted by Hans Clevers and Tania Roskams.
The UEGW Barcelona 2010 will take place from October Saturday 23 to Wednesday 27 in Barcelona, Mediterranean city that incorporates in its urban street the Roman remains, medieval districts, the most beautiful examples of Catalan Modernism and new modern buildings as the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), inaugurated in November 2004, located in the north-west of Barcelona/Diagonal Mar area. The CCIB consists of two separate buildings; the Forum Building Auditorium designed by Swiss architects Jaques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron and the Convention Centre designed by Spanish architect Josep Lluís Mateo - MAP Arquitectos. Both buildings are linked by an underground walkway.

International Congress of Neuroimmunology 2010 Barcelona

The 10th ISNI Congress, International Congress of Neuroimmunology 2010, will take place in the coastal town of Sitges, half an hour from Barcelona.
The 10th ISNI Congress will be an excellent opportunity to realize the changes in the field of Neuroimmunology and to envision new perspectives for basic and clinical research due to the growing interest in inflammation for many neurological diseases, the new immunotherapies and biomarkers available or being developed and the growth of new brain infections related with globalization or with the use of new immunotherapies.
The scientific program is the most important part of the ISNI Congress and has been appointed by the Local Organizing Committee. It consists of magistral lectures, plenary lectures, concurrent symposia, oral platforms, poster sessions and training to compose a high level, well-balanced scientific program. Poster sessions are scheduled during the long lunch break to enable the participants to have time for discussing the data presented.
The congress is preceded by the 10th ESNI Course – European School of Neuroimmunology, a European initiative which organizes yearly educational courses spanning from basic immunology to clinical neuroimmunology.
The Meliá Sitges Hotel overlooking the Port d'Aiguadolç will be the Venue of this event, in the coastal town of Sitges, beautiful town on the Mediterranean Sea only 35 km south or Barcelona from October 26 to 30.
Sitges has managed to retain a sense of history and charm in a very special landscape with the remains of the old medieval village mixed with the large mansions built by rich men that had made fortunes in their American adventure, with seventeen golden beaches that stretch out along Sitges’ coast, each one with unique character, and a full and varied cultural life with the legacy of the artists who ‘discovered’ the town in the mid-19th Century.

ESICM 23rd Annual Congress in Barcelona

The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine is organizing its 23rd Annual Congress in Barcelona, Spain from Saturday 09 until Wednesday 13 October 2010.
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine is an international non profit-making association of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and other allied healthcare professionals.
The program of the 23rd Annual Congress in Barcelona  brings together with the ESICM General Assembly an extended number of presentations and debates that will cover different aspects such as Clinical Challenges Session, Competency Training Sessions, Oral Presentations, Controversies Session, Joint Sessions, Industry Sponsored Sessions and Business Meetings, together with different Post Graduated courses that will take place on Saturday and Sunday dedicated to different themes related  to Echocardiography, Echocardiogram and basic Haemodynamics; Critical Care Refresher Courses of Acute respiratory failure, Neuro critical care, Trauma, Ethics & organization and other aspects; Management of trauma related to Trauma teams, Resuscitation targets, transfusion in trauma and other special situations; It will also take place a two-day communication skills training programme for ICU physicians and nurses  about talking with families of the critically ill. For complete information on the program visit the ESICM website.
The Headquarters of the ESICM will be in the Barcelona Princess Hotel. The Congress will take place at CCIB (Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona) in the Barcelona Diagonal Mar- Forum Neighborhood.

Global Congress of Maternal and Infant Health

The First Global Congress of Maternal and Infant Health will take place in Barcelona on the month of September.
This event will be a very important meeting of high scientific level with presence of scientific and social leaders and experts from more than 80 countries of the five continents of the world with an ultimate objective to improve the health conditions of mothers and children in the poorest countries as situation of Maternity in different corners of the World is absolutely different, not only as a consequence of the cultural differences, but especially as a reflex of economic inequality.
The Congress will be attended by the health professionals involved as obstetricians, pediatricians, perinatologists, midwivesm pediatric nurses, etc and also by epidemiologists, health workers, sociologists and anthropologists of international prestige to cover all the aspects related to the situation of Perinatal Medicine in the world.
The Congress Program consists in different Workshops, Special lectures, Symposiums and Controversery Sessions simultaneously held in 12 rooms equipped most of them with simultaneous interpretation every day from 8:00 AM till 9:00 PM including the most advanced research, clinical practice, daily problems and future prospecting that cover all the aspects of the Maternal and Infant Health from Conception, Fetal and Neonatal stage, Caesarea and Natural Birth and Newborns with themes as Cesarean Section, prevention of Human Birth Defects, Assisted reproduction, Fetal Medicine, Birth Asphyxia, Aggressions against Woman and Children, Obstetric Ultrasonography, Diabetic  Pregnancy, Malaria, Preterm Labor, Placental Pathology, Pregnancy Loss, Sexual transmission Diseases, and many more including also different forums to Analyze the problems in different places in the World, Africa, Arabic countries, Mediterranean countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America Asia and Oceania or Europe.
The Global Congress of Maternal and Infant Health will take place from September 22 to 26  at the Palau de Congressos de Barcelona  (Barcelona Congress Centre) in the Montjuic venue of the Fira Barcelona close to Plaça Espanya, Metro Lines 1 and 3.
For more information you can visit global congress2010.com

BCN Design Week

The 5th edition of BCN Design Week organized by BCD Barcelona Design Centre will take place this year in Barcelona from October 18 to 22 under the slogan "Facing New Challenges through Design”.
The BCN Design Week 2010 is an international business congress focused in the field of the design and aimed to companies and professionals in any productive or service sector that use knowledge and creativity as a driver of their business activity. This event is led to promote and debate on design and innovation at international level.
Businesses from diverse productive or services sectors, professionals and experts from the world of design and innovation will gather in a platform for exchanging experiences
The first day will be dedicated to the Award Cremony.of the Cambra Prize for Design Management, organised by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and the BCD and a round table to discuss the future of the design manager role.
The Congress  will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday at the CaixaForum Venue divided in 2 Sessions with different Topics to be developed like: New trends in global communication, Design & Innovation: creating cutting-edge businesses, Co-creation & Co-design: user as a key part of the process, Social innovation & Sustainability, Social design: a profitable alternative, Base of the Pyramid: Business oportunities
On Thursday it will take place at the MACBA Auditorium the Mobile Design Conference. After the great success of last year first edition of the Mobile session, this year it has turned into the first Mobile Design Conference. In this conference where we will try to learn more about everything related to the Mobile Design, we will invite some of the most forward thinking leaders who will share the challenges they face for next year and will discuss the future of mobile design services for a total user experience, understanding their needs within the environment.
The last day will be dedicated to the Design Circuit 2010. As new this year, several routes will be scheduled to cover different areas in the city that includes visits to professional  and studies of the city.

European Respiratory Society

The 20th Anniversary of the European Respiratory Society will be celebrated in Barcelona during the annual Congress. This is the Year of the Lung and special scientific and social events are being planned for the 2010 ERS Congress. The sessions, which involve leading experts in respiratory medicine, but also in other areas, cover the entire spectrum of research and practice in respiratory medicine, from cell and molecular biology, through clinical diagnosis and management to prevention of public health.
The Symposia will cover the most recent topics on research and clinical practice, including, Integrated care for chronic respiratory disease, Similarities and differences between asthma and COPD, Novel molecular targets for inflammatory and infectious lung diseases, Challenges in sleep medicine: ventilatory failure during sleep, Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure, Treatment of the bacteriological variety in lung diseases, Food allergy and asthma: issues and controversies, Treatment of bronchial infection, Effective oxygen therapy in home care, Asthma and sports, Severe exacerbations in asthma and COPD: new causes, new mechanisms, new models of care ,Breathing therapies for asthma, Lung cancer: progress after first-line therapy and customized chemotherapy, High priority questions on airway infections in diseases seen in children and adults, Nutrition and cancer.
The educational program, covers all aspects of respiratory medicine, and will include 23 Postgraduate Courses, which will take place on Saturday 18 September 2010, 18 Meet the Professor Seminars, interactive intimate lunchtime seminars which take place from Sunday 19 September 2010 to Tuesday 21 September 2010, 1 Workshop, which will take place on Saturday 18 September 2010 and The third HERMES European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine.
The Event will take place in the FIRA BARCELONA, Gran Via Venue at Plaza Europa-Avenida Juan Carlos I, from the September 18 to 22.

ESTRO 29 European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

The European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, ESTRO, has established an international reputation for organising different events through the year covering all aspects of radiation oncology and the multidisciplinary treatment of cancer.
ESTRO 29, which will be held from 12th to 16th September 2010 in the city of Barcelona, Spain.
Major improvements in radiation oncology, radiation physics, radiation biology and technology have contributed to increase the cure rates and also the quality of life of the patients and to establish our specialty at the forefront of modern multimodal oncology. Recently, radiation oncology has been very successful in exploring new horizons, focusing on the development of innovative high precision technologies for imaging cancer patients during the course of their treatment and improving permanently the precision in treatment delivery. Lately we have succeeded in exploring how these advances will change clinical oncology. New areas of research will continue to shape our future, including the identification of new molecular pathways involved in radiation response, molecularly targeted radiation oncology and the coming revolution of oncology imaging. Furthermore, proton and ion beam therapy are becoming more widely available and will certainly have an impact on the future of radiation oncology.
On Sunday 12 there will four pre-Conference Courses dedicated to Functional Imaging in Treatment Planning - Existing Standards and Future Developments, Adaptive Radiotherapy, Contribution of Tumor Microenvironment to Radiation Responses and Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology.
Through the Meeting it will be given the Estro ~ Varian Award to a radiotherapy professional for research in the field of radiobiology, radiation physics, clinical radiotherapy or radiation technology, The Estro-Accuray Award to a radiotherapy professional for research in the field of “High Precision Radiotherapy” and The Estro – Jack Fowler University of Wisconsin Award 2010 for the best abstract in the field of radiation physics or radiation technology, submitted for ESTRO 29.
The ESTRO 29 will take place at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona in the Diagonal Mar/Forum Neighborhood of Barcelona.

The EMBO Meeting 2010

The European Molecular Biology Organization is having the Annual meeting of 2010 in the city of Barcelona from September 4 to 7. The Meeting will consist on plenary lectures, workshops and the exhibition together with the Poster sessions.
The three plenary lecture sessions will be dedicated to modern evolutionary biology, molecular developmental biology and to the rapidly developing fields related to systems biology, such as network biology, functional genomics and synthetic biology.
A rich selection of topics will be addressed in the 21 workshops during the meeting that will explore different fields from central themes such as cell signaling and division, chromosomal organization, genome stability, cell differentiation and pluripotency, epigenetics and mechanisms of gene regulation to another series of sessions that will explore the new frontiers in molecular biology.  These will present research devoted to the analysis on the global genetic makeup of entire bacterial communities (metagenomics), the application of molecular and computational techniques for the engineering of human-designed biological objects (synthetic biology), and the investigation of the inner working of complex genetic and metabolic networks.
The meeting will take place at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, situated on the prestigious Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona. The congress Hall building forms part of the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I, Business & City Resort, surrounded by beautiful gardens.

IUTOX-2010, XII International Congress of Toxicology

The XII International Congress will be held this year in Barcelona organized by the Spanish Association of Toxicology (AETOX) and EUROTOX in the name of the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX). The International Congress of Toxicology is held every 3 years in a different city.
The IUTOX-2010 intends to be a forum for the interaction among different fields of activity related with toxicology under a scientific environment. The IUTOX-2010 Congress will encourage interaction between Academia, Industry, Regulators and Experts in Human (clinical and epidemiology) and Environmental Toxicology. Chemical Safety increasingly requires integrated approaches to achieve successful possibilities of the innovative applications. Starting from the most basic molecular and cell research, going through in vitro alternative approaches for short and long-term effects, “omics” strategies for in vitro and rational animal testing and human diagnosis, application of human data (epidemiological and clinical data) and transferring results to the application for risk assessment in regulatory purposes, efficient strategies for toxicity evaluation, and risk characterization of thousands of chemicals, risk communication and social acceptance.
The XII International Congress of Toxicology will take place from July 19 to 23 at the Palau de Congressos de Barcelona  (Barcelona Congress Centre) in the Montjuic venue of the Fira Barcelona close to Plaça Espanya, Metro Lines 1 and 3.

2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence

The World Congress on Computational Intelligence is the largest technical event in the field of computational intelligence. The Congress on Computational Intelligence takes place every two years in different cities in the world having taken place the last two congresses in Vancouver on 2006 and Hong Kong on 2008.
The 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2010) will be held in Barcelona from July 18 to 23 at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona.
The 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2010host three conferences: the 2010 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2010), the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2010), and the 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2010). IEEE WCCI 2010
The congress will provide a stimulating forum for scientists, engineers, educators, and students from all over the world to discuss and present their research findings on computational intelligence.
During the 2010 IEEE World Congress it will be given the 2010 IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award, established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2004, and named in honor of Frank Rosenblatt, who is widely regarded as one of the founders of neural networks. Michio Sugeno (Yokohama, Japan)  will be awarded with the 2010 IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award for his contributions to development and applications of the theory of fuzzy sets.
The Workshop and Tutorials will take place on Sunday July 8. The Main Conference will take place from Monday July 19 to Friday July 23 at the Centre de Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) , a modern exhibition facility, on Rambla Prim 1-17, at the eastern end of the Diagonal, in the modern Diagonal Mar/Forum neighborhood next to the Forum Barcelona building.

88th General Session & Exhibition (IADR)

More than 4,000 leading scientists in the oral, craniofacial and dental research industry are expected to attend the 88th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR, July 14-17, 2010, in
Barcelona, Spain. Showcasing the latest cutting-edge research, the meeting will feature more than 3,200 scientific abstracts in oral, poster (averaging 950 per day in the Exhibit Hall) and symposium format. Participants will include research scientists, academicians, dentists and dental students—all working in the field of dental, oral and craniofacial research.
It is also expected that more than 70 leading dental companies and institutions will be represented in the General Session and Exhibition.
The IADR General Session & Exhibition will provide scientists and researchers throughout the world with the opportunity to present, discuss, and critique their investigations.
The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is a nonprofit organization with more than 11,000 members worldwide, with the global headquarters in Alexandria, Va.,USA.
The General Session and the Exhibition will take place at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona in the Diagonal Mar Area of Barcelona

15th Congress of EHA

Gran Via Venue – Fira Barcelona,  June 2010
The Annual Congress of the European Hematology Association will celebrate its 15th anniversary in Barcelona, Spain, from June 10-13 of 2010.
The European Hematology Association (EHA) aims to promote excellence in clinical practice, research and education in European hematology, and the congresses have become the most significant hematology meeting in Europe, offering presentations of latest research, relevant both to basic scientists and clinical scientists as well as state of the art education sessions for clinicians and hematologists in training.
Oral presentations and poster sessions offer opportunities for investigators, especially younger scientists to present their work. The program will also include Hematology-in-Focus sessions and Meet-the-Expert sessions, as well as Lunch Debates and EHA Scientific Working Group meetings. These activities have already a well established tradition as part of the EHA congress program and are recognized by their high quality.
The event will take place in the Gran Via Venue of the Fira Barcelona. 

HIT BARCELONA 2010

World Innovation Summit, Fira Barcelona June 2010

Hit Barcelona is the World Congress for innovators, experts and leading investors in three key sectors of the telecommunications industry, clean technology and health. The interest relies on the combination of lectures by experts of international renown with the exposure of entrepreneur’s business ideas in these 3 sectors.
Hit Barcelona is a world congress that combines: debates and conferences, a place of meetings between companies and investors, networking and a competition for entrepreneurs. The Plenary and the Marketplace are single points of global meeting of minds that contribute positively to the world through innovation.
HIT Barcelona organizes Global Business Plan Competition that brings together the winners of largest global business plan competitions over 20 countries to decide the winners of first prize for innovation in the fields of health, clean technology and media communication.
The Plenary Congress presentations will be held at the highest level discussions involving gurus and renowned experts of world.
The Innovation Marketplace will be the platform to share knowledge, explore investment opportunities and to network in key industries with high growth potential.
The Global Entrepreneurship Competition hosts the final of a global contest with participants from the top business schools, as [MIT] and the University of Cambridge, and national competitions all over the world.
Hit Barcelona 2010, is a unique global conference of innovators, experts and leading investors to be held in the Montjuic Venue of the Fira Barcelona, from  June  9 to 11.

9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children will take place in Barcelona at the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) from June 9 to 12. In this specific edition there is a special interst to promote specially the field of full-body interaction. According to health organizations, the current generations of children in the developed world will be the first to have a decrease in life expectancy with respect to our generation of middle-aged adults. One of the causes for this is the lack of physical activity (PA) of contemporary children.  As in previous editions of IDC, the general goals of the 2010 conference will be to better understand children's needs, and how to design for them, by presenting and discussing the most innovative research in the field of interaction design for children, by exhibiting the most recent developments in design and design methodologies, and by gathering the leading minds in the field of interaction design for children.
The IDC 2010 Conference is organized with the cooperation of the Audiovisual University Institute of UPF (IUA), Department of Information and Communication Technologies of UPF (DTIC) and Department of Communication of UPF (DECOM), and will take place at the new Communication-Poblenou Campus of the UPC University, in the heart of new 22@ district.

16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping

The 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping will be held from the 6 to the 10 of  June 2010 in Barcelona, Spain at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya.
The meeting is one of the most significant neuroimaging conferences in the field and draws and attendance of around 2500 attendees each year. The HBM meeting boasts a combination of exciting scientific programs and social events.
The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) is committed to the involvement of trainees in its annual meetings and offers a limited number of travel awards, which provide funds to help reimburse travel expenses for trainees attending the conference.
The program will feature The Talairach Lecture (a prestigious honor) named after famed neurosurgeon Jean Talairach, that  this year will be presented by György Buzsáki from Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Buzsáki’s primary interests are brain oscillations, sleep and memory.
Different lectures with the name of The Keynote Lectures of approximately 30 minutes will be presented during the Meeting. This year presentations will be from Randy Buckner, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Topic: Memory), from Pascal Fries, Donders Institute, The Netherlands (Topic: Oscillations, Information Processing), from Eleanor Maguire, University College London, London, UK (Topic: Memory; Decoding Spatial Representations in Hippocampus), from Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany (Topic: Genetics), from Adrian Owen, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK (Topic: Neuroimaging in Disorders of Consciousness) from John Rothwell, University College London, London, UK (Topic: Cortical Physiology, TMS), from Wim Vanduffel, Harvard Medical Center, Charlestown, MA (Topic: Comparative Neuroimaging Across Species)
Different Symposiums, Morning Workshops and Educational Courses will cover the rest of this Annual Meeting. The Palau de Congressos de Catalunya is at Diagonal Avenue at the side of the Hotel Juan Carlos I.

International Congress on Nanotechnology and Research Infrastructures

The International GENNESYS Congress on Nanotechnology and Research Infrastructures will be held in Barcelona on 26th-28th May 2010 under the auspices of the Ministry of Research and Innovation of Spain, during the Spanish EU-Presidency. The congress will bring together renowned experts and key decision and policy makers to highlight and discuss the major conclusions and recommendations of the GENNESYS foresight project.
The mission of the International GENNESYS Congress on Nanotechnology and Research Infrastructures is to establish a strategic partnership between nanomaterials research laboratories, universities, industry and the European research infrastructures. The GENNESYS Congress will also make key recommendations on how to structure and organize nanomaterials development in Europe and to promote a new culture in the world of nanomaterials in which research-discoveries will smoothly be transferred into industrial innovations by human-resource networks around modern research infrastructure platforms.
The GENNESYS Congress will also make key recommendations on how to structure and organize nanomaterials development in Europe and to promote a new culture in the world of nanomaterials in which research-discoveries will smoothly be transferred into industrial innovations by human-resource networks around modern research infrastructure platforms.
The Congress will take place in the Centro de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) which offers a modern, technologically advanced and architecturally unique conference venue.

25th Anniversary EAU Congress

Fira Gran Via Barcelona. April  2010
The European Association of Urology will hold this year the 25th Annual EAU Congress and has chosen Barcelona to host the Congress, from 16-20 April 2010. The latest news in the field of urology will be presented during the 5 days of the Congress that will bring together medical professionals from around the world and also there are more than 11,000 delegates together with approximately 3,000 company representatives expected to attend this event.
The 25th Anniversary EAU Congress marks a quarter of a century of continuing efforts to elevate European urology to a higher level. Over the last 25 years, the EAU has consistently served as a platform for urological professionals to share new insights and improve knowledge, with the common goal of improving patient care worldwide. In this Congress a wide range of topics and pressing issues in the specialty will be presented, including pediatrics, bladder cancer, female urology, renal cell carcinoma, reconstruction and functional urology, benign prostatic obstruction and stones, to name but a few.
The Gran Via Venue of the Fira Barcelona, one of Spain’s largest congress venues, has been chosen as the venue for the 25th Anniversary EAU Congress. The Fira Gran Via boasts advanced congress facilities and state-of-the art trade fair technology. For more information please visit European Association of Urology  website

2010 Mobile World Congress

The 2010 Mobile World Congress will be held in Barcelona in the Montjuic Venue of the Fira de Barcelona from February 15 to 18. During these 4 days Barcelona will become the place for mobile leaders to gather, collaborate, conduct business and experience VISION IN ACTION.
The Mobile World Congress will include this year:  a world-class thought leadership conference; an exhibition with more than 1,300 companies; the Awards ceremony and industry seminars with the most innovative mobile solutions from around the world. Also the CEOs of the world’s leading communications companies, including Alcatel-Lucent, China Unicom, Ericsson, Google, Huawei, KDDI, Telefónica and Vodafone, will deliver keynote presentations at the Mobile World Congress.
Within the 2010 Mobile World Congress it will also take place the App Planet, a major new "event within an event". Solely focused on the rapidly growing application developer community, App Planet will bring together the many critical elements of the broad mobile application ecosystem together in one location. The inaugural App Planet event will feature:  Application developer conferences focused specifically on the most influential mobile platforms in the market; An interactive exhibition where attendees can preview the newest and most innovative application technologies; The "App Lounge", where networking and business development will help to further define the future of this exciting mobile segment; A dedicated, day-long track of thought-provoking presentations and panel sessions on industry trends in mobile applications; and The "Apps Garage", which will showcase cutting-edge GSMA initiatives in the mobile applications space.
Initial App Planet partners include Research In Motion (RIM), Wireless Industry Partnership (WIP) and the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), as well as more than 40 exhibiting companies who will be showcasing their technologies and solutions.

More Information at the 2010 Mobile World Congress website

Barcelona Design Week 2009

CAixa Forum, LLotja, MACBA, October 2009

For the 4th year organized by BCD, Barcelona Design Centre, will take place the BCN Design Week. This design week is an international business focused congress framed in the field of design and aimed at those companies and professionals in any industry or productive services that use knowledge and creativity as a driver of its business activity. This 2009 BCN Design Week has a special relevancy to the celebration of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. 
The various events and activities included within the BCN Design Week offer the attendees the opportunity to learn, share and delve into varied design related topics, in order to promote Barcelona as a city of creativity, design and knowledge, strengthening the relationship between business and design and fostering greater understanding and awareness of design and its strategic value.
From 26th to 30th of October, businesses of diverse productive or services sectors, professionals and experts of the world of design as well as prestigious speakers will give themselves appointment in a platform of experiences in which the main topics to be addressed are Design Thinking & Creativity, Design Management, Mobile Design or Creativity and family business, among other topics.
This year venues were the different activities will take place during the week are the CaixaForum and the Mies Van der Rohe Pavilion in the Montjuic Mountain,the Casa Llotja de Mar and the MACBA Museum.
More information through the officialBcn Desing Week website 

VI Edition of the Mediterranean Dental Forum

Palacio de Congresos - Fira Barcelona, January 2009

During the three days of The Forum Dental del Mediterraneo there will be an industrial exhibition together with different professional meetings from the dental industry in discussion forums, conferences, various workshops and courses.
The 9è Congrès Català d´Odontoestomatologia (9th Catalan Odontostomatology Congress), with conferences dedicated to the Personal Assistant (Dental Hygienists, Assistant Clinical and Receptionists), conferences also related to Speech Therapy Dentistry and also dedicated to Dental Prosthesis, will also run parallel to this event.
The Forum Dental del Mediterraneo is a biannual event organized by PUNTEX - Publicaciones Nacionales Técnicas y Extranjeras, S.A. and the previous V edition in March 2007  reached a total of 12,564 visitors, with a majority of visitor from the collegiate dentists profile, along with hygienists and assistants, technicians and also a significant number of companies of the sector.

EIBTM 2008

Fira Gran Via Barcelona Montjuic 2, Spain. December 2008

The Global Meeting & Incentives Exhibition will take place at the Hall 2 of the Fira Gran Via Montjuic 2 Barcelona, Spain from 2nd to 4th of December 2008
EIBTM is the leading exhibition for the conference, incentives, events, and business travel and meetings industry, held in the fantastic Mediterranean city of Barcelona.
EIBTM provides the perfect platform from which to influence the global meetings and incentives industry. Bringing together senior buyers with quality suppliers from around the world, attendance at EIBTM promises the ultimate business solution.

XXX FIMS WORLD CONGRESS OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona, November 2008

The XXX FIMS WORLD CONGRESS OF SPORTS MEDICINE will take place in Barcelona from the 18 to 23 of November. The theme for this congress is “Sports Medicine for a better world” and through the Congress there will be lectures, workshops and symposium on important subjects as Post-competition recovery and rest, Sudden death in sport, Long-term complications of exercise, Clinical significance for sports medicine, Benefits of exercise in chronic illness, State of the art in sport nutrition, Training in elite athletes, Rehabilitation in sport, Benefits of exercise in chronic illness, Determinants of performance and fatigue in humans: new insights, Physical training and immunity.
The Venue of the Congress will be the modern Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona  (CCIB) at Rambla Prim in Barcelona.

World Architecture Festival

Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona, October 2008

The World Architecture Festival is the annual event for architects worldwide. 
The Festival will celebrate the work, concerns and aspirations of the international architectural community, during a three-day event taking place in Barcelona, Spain from 22 to 24 October 2008.
The Festival will reflect the increasingly international nature of architecture, while also celebrating its regional roots. It will be possible, through the exhibition of awards entries, to compare and contrast different approaches to the design of 96 building types in the 16 categories.
The Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) is the modern exhibition facility, at the eastern end of the Diagonal, next to the Forum Barcelona building.
The Festival will occupy a substantial part of the ground floor exhibition space, and the first floor for the Awards Gallery, Plenary Room and Presentation Rooms.
Each floor will be designed as a piece of city planning: downstairs the various elements will be laid out like the historic centre of Barcelona; upstairs it will be like the gridded city, complete with Diagonal.

IUCN World Conservation Congress

Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona, October 2008

Every 4 years the Community of the World Conservation Union, founded in 1948 as the world’s first global environmental organization, gets together for The World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most diverse conservation event that aims to improve how to manage the natural environment for a better human, social and economic development.
The Congress has two parts: the Forum and the Members’ Assembly. The Forum will offer four days of debates, workshops, dialogues, art, roundtable discussions, training courses, music and exhibitions. The Assembly, the main governing body of the Union, will approve the Union’s programme of work for the following four years, elect the IUCN President and Council, and manage the business affairs of the Union.
After Montreal, Amman and Bangkok, the Congress will be in Barcelona from 5 to 14 October 2008 at the Modern Venue of the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona build in 2004 and designed by prestigious Swiss architects Herzog & DeMeuron and Spanish architect José Luis Mateo.

CARS 2008, Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Illa Diagonal Complex, June 2008

The 22nd International Congress and Exhibition of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS), will take place in Barcelona from 25 to 28 of June 2008.
The CARS Congress is the most important forum at an international level on the application of advanced information technologies in radiology and surgery. It covers a wide spectrum beginning with the radiological image and its management (PACS), to informatics and engineering applications in surgery (planning, simulation, navigation, robotics, etc).
In order to make the new technologies available to the medical and health care specialists, the scientific committee has decided to extend the program with a there will be a Clinical Day. This day will be an educative event where experts from radiological and surgical specialities will present advanced IT applications in diagnosis and therapy of highly relevant clinical topics.
The Congress will take place at NH Constanza Hotel in the I’lla Diagonal Complex build by the well-known architect Rafael Moneo.

EuroPCR 2008

Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), May 2008

EuroPCR is a major European event based on the exchange of scientific information and education for interventional cardiologists and radiologists.
EuroPCR is the platform for expression, with the sole aim of reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease, in keeping with the mission of EAPCI, your Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions.
EuroPCR will show the way, breaking down the barriers by inviting the entire interventional community: cardiologists, surgeons, nurses and technicians, radiologists, angiologists, industry and allied healthcare partners. 
EuroPCR 2008 will be going for the second time in Barcelona, Spain, from 13 to 16 May 2008, at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB).

Harm Reduction 2008

Palacio de Congresos, Fira de Barcelona. May 2008

IHRA’s harm reduction conferences have been held around the world each year since 1990, and the next event will take place in the city of Barcelona. The IHRA’s annual international harm reduction conferences have grown in importance and become the main meeting point for all those interested in harm reduction around the world.
Over five days, IHRA’s 19th International Conference'will be the main meeting point for all those interested in harm reduction, and an invaluable platform for debate, discussion, and the dissemination of new and evolving good practice in addressing drug use and associated harm. For nearly two decades, these events have been the key forum for the dissemination of harm reduction ideas and practice, and have helped to put harm reduction on the map.
The Programme will cover Global Issues, Gender Issues, Criminal Justice and Human Rights together with a full Film Festival programme, and over 50 ‘Major Sessions’, ‘Concurrent Sessions’ and ‘Living Room Sessions’ covering a massive range of topics.
From May 11 to 15 at the Palacio de Congresos of the Fira Barcelona in the Plaza Espanya Montjuic Venue

18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB). April 2008

Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases encompass the widest interdisciplinary area of knowledge in Medicine. Since infections may occur anywhere in the human body, in either localised or generalised forms, infectious disease specialists need to master all the subtleties of internal medicine, surgery and intensive care practice.
ECCMID is both a physical and spiritual meeting point for all those involved in the fight against infections and for all those who are shedding light on the darkness of the complex interactions between humans and microbes, helping people to live a fuller life. The “European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases” may be a complex name for a society, but it aptly enshrines the concept of cooperating to cover a complex field, on the basis of continuous cross-fertilisation between views from many different angles.
The 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases will take place in Barcelona form 19 to 22 of April.

European Energy Forum 08

Palau de Congressos, Montjuic. April 2008

European Energy Institute will hold in Barcelona the II Edition of European Energy Forum.
Given the success of the first edition of Energy Congress’06 exhibition and conference sessions, the European Energy Institute has again chosen Barcelona to be the place to consolidate this event and become an international point of reference for the energy sector. In 2007, the major international players will gather together to exchange different points of view, innovations and projects, taking advantage of the current importance of the energy sector throughout the world
From the16th to the18th April 2008 at the Palau de Congressos de Barcelona, close to Plaza España, at Montjüic Venue, of the Fira Barcelona.

6th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Bio pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology

CCIB, Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, April 2008

The 6th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology brings together experts from all over the world seeking scientific exchange at a highly professional level. Originally organised by two pharmaceutical associations – the French APGI (Association de Pharmacie Galénique Industrielle) and the German APV (International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology) and first held in Budapest in 1995, this congress has gained an ever-increasing importance among the pharmaceutical players worldwide. More than 1,000 students, scientists, members of the relevant authorities and the pharmaceutical industry are expected to join the 6th World Meeting with now 18 cooperating pharmaceutical associations and, for the first time, including pharmaceutical organisations from Scandinavia and the Baltic States.
 In Barcelona from April 7th to 10th, at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Rambla Prim 1-17, 08019 Barcelona

GSM Mobile World Congress

Barcelona, Fira Montjuic, February 2008

The Mobile World Congress combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a cutting edge congress featuring the most prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, vendors and content owners from across the world. The event is where the industry defines its future and creates business.
The Mobile World Congress is etched in the diaries of mobile industry leaders across the world as the event at which to debate the future of wireless services and technology. In a mixture of private meetings and public conference sessions, chief executives of the world's biggest mobile operators and vendors gather to lay out their agendas for the year ahead and exchange ideas about how best to serve the world's 2.5 billion mobile phone users.

Cisco Networkers 2008

Centre de Convencions de Barcelona, January 2008

Cisco Networkers 2008 will offer in Barcelona from the 20 to the 24 of January a common platform to technicians and professionals of the communications in which to develop their knowledge and to stay to the day with the technology, products and solutions of Cisco as well as their vision of future.
The World of Solutions is a unique technology showcase, featuring Cisco's' boldest innovations alongside a group of powerful partners highlighting their Cisco-based products and services. It is your opportunity to explore the breadth and depth of possibilities for greater networking performance, security, and productivity-enhancing services, as well as participate in activities and informal opportunities to interact with your peers and Cisco engineers.
At the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Rambla Prim 1-17 Barcelona

HP Software Universe 2007 - HP Communications World 2007

Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB), November 2007

Hewlet Packard is presenting in Barcelona at the venue of the Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB) the HP Software Universe 2007 and the HP Communications World 2007, from November 27 to November 30 in one of Europe’s largest Software events.
The HP Software Universe 2007 will inform you about new and proven technologies and processes for better business outcomes.
The HP Communications World 2007 in Barcelona, will show you how HP keeps people connected with richer, simpler and more personalised services that generate incremental revenue for your business!
It is the perfect moment to get the latest updates on HP Software and HP Partner Solutions.

Barcelona Design Week

Caixa Forum - Barcelona Pavilion - November 2007

Better Design = Better Business. The Barcelona Design Week is an annual event eminently entrepreneurial in the area of the design in Barcelona, addressed to companies of any productive sector or of services, and to professionals of the design and other creative areas; essentially for all those that have the knowledge and the creativity as an engine of activity.
The goals of The Barcelona Design Week are to promote Barcelona as a city of creativity, design and knowledge, to strengthen the relations between design and manufacturers in all areas and to foster the knowledge about the design and its strategic value.
In Barcelona from November 5th to November 9th, at Caixa Forum and The German Pavilion from Mies Van der Rohe in Montjuich.

1st European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers

Palacio de Congresos de Catalunya .November 2007

European Meeting on Urological Cancers. 1st European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers. ‘Embracing the Excellence in Prostate and Kidney Cancer’.
For the first time in history all major organisations in Europe – EAU, EORTC, ESMO and ESTRO - involved in urological malignant disorders have joined forces in setting up a meeting to present and discuss the latest state-of-the-art issues and controversies in this rapidly evolving field. The meeting promises to be a unique event creating exciting opportunities to meet many leading experts associated to oncology and related fields.
The  meeting will be held from November 2nd to 4th in Barcelona at the Palacio de Congresos de Catalunya , Av. Diagonal, 661-671.

European i-Gaming Congress & Expo (EiG)

Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB), October 2007

The Sixth Annual EiG will be this year in Barcelona from October 2nd to October 4th. The Venue of this event will be at the CCIB Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona in Rambla Prim 1-17, 08019 Barcelona, with its wonderful setting on the city's seafront Diagonal Mar area which combines culture and commerce. The EiG is renowned for its networking parties and gatherings.
In 2006 over 1,050 i-gaming professionals from 42 countries converged in Barcelona for the European i-gaming Congress and Expo (EiG). The conference programme spanned three days, featuring many of the biggest names in the industry.

ECCO 14 - The European Cancer Conference

Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) . September 2007

In Barcelona from September 23rd to 27th 2007 will take place the 14th European Cancer conference, ECCO 14 build on the outstanding success of previous ECCO meetings, the flagship activity of the Federation of European Cancer Societies (FECS). ECCO 14 will provide the largest ever multidisciplinary forum for discussing the entire spectrum of cancer research and management.
ECCO 14 will feature a nursing programme emphasising the increasing role of nurses in care, research and education and there will be a full programme of educational activities of relevance to those in training and updates for continuing professional development.
At the Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), Rambla Prim, 1-17, 08019 Barcelona. 

3rd Information Architecture Summit

EuroIA Summit 2007 in Barcelona, Abba Garden Hotel, September 2007

The Third European Information Architecture (IA) Summit’s focus is Translating Information Architecture. The objective of the event is to bring together a number of disciplines and practitioner communities by providing a stimulating environment for debate and an opportunity for establishing cooperation. This community is not just limited to language or region, but all encompasses our specialisations like designing for mobile devices, and multilingual solutions. This summit is directed to people concerned with the design of navigation, organization, labeling, and search systems that help people find and manage information more successfully.
The event will take place in Barcelona on September 21st and 22nd, 2007.

Annual International Conference (OOoCon)

OpenOffice.org - Universitat de Barcelona

The OpenOffice.org Annual International Conference (OOoCon) is the premier event for anyone interested in or working with OpenOffice.org. OOoCon is where representatives of all the community projects meet to celebrate and learn from the achievements of the past twelve months, and discuss how to meet the challenges of the next twelve.
The OpenOffice.org Conference 2007 is planned to extend over three days, Wednesday 19th September to Friday 21st September.
The main Conference venue is the Universitat de Barcelona in the city centre at Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 Barcelona,  

Canalys Navigation Forum 2007

Barcelona - World Trade Centre Complex, September 2007

The 2007 forum will be held in Barcelona from the 10th to the 12th of September at the prestigious Grand Marina Hotel venue, located in the World Trade Centre Complex, next to the famous Rambles.
The Canalys Navigation Forum is the largest gathering of senior decision-makers affecting the future of the mobile navigation sector. Carefully designed to give the industry the opportunity to gather and benefit from research, analysis and debate on critical market trends and issues, this year’s conference themes reflect the direction in which the industry is moving, taking in among other subjects: the potential of emerging markets, mobile operators and LBS opportunities, selling navigation solutions into businesses, and the future of the PND.
 

WCBCT2007 in Barcelona

CCIB - Centre de Convencions Internacional, July 2007

The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) has the pleasure of hosting the fifth World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies in 2007. The WCBCT is held every three years and provides an opportunity for cognitive and behaviour clinicians and researchers from all corners of the globe to meet, exchange ideas and further develop this evidence based therapy. The World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies will be held in Barcelona from Wednesday July 11th till Saturday July 14th. The scientific programme will combine skill training workshops, scientific symposia and keynote addresses from many of the leading researchers and practitioners in the world. The Congress will take place in one of Europe's most modern and largest Congress Centres, the CCIB - Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Rambla Prim, 1-17, 08019 Barcelona. 

9th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer

Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona – CCIB June 2007

The Ninth World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer will be held 27 - 30 June 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. The World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer continues to serve as a forum at which leading oncologists, practicing clinicians and specialists in cancer research review the state of the art and share the newest information on the management of gastrointestinal cancer. The Congress is built around a multi-disciplinary approach provided in plenary lectures by widely recognized experts, complemented with presentations of selected controversial topics, meet the expert sessions, case discussions, and satellite symposia on specific topics.

Annual European Congress of Rheumatology

Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona – CCIB June 2007

The EULAR congress is the venue for scientific presentation of basic, clinical and translational research. Hopefully, new knowledge can be translated into improved prevention of the rheumatic diseases and into better treatment and rehabilitation of patients with these disorders. The congress is also a meeting point for rheumatologists, health professionals and patients where they come together, exchange ideas, and develop plans for future collaborative research or educational activities.
eular, the european league against rheumatism
At the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, form June 13th till June 16th, Rambla Prim 1-17 Barcelona. 

EuroPcr 2007 in Barcelona

Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona – CCIB May 2007

The scientific programme of EuroPCR is built around four major themes; coronary percutaneous interventions, peripheral percutaneous interventions, valve and noncoronary cardiac disease, as well as cardiothoracic surgery & vascular surgery.
The mission is to contribute to the advancement of education and information on existing and new technologies in percutaneous interventions in the fields of coronary, peripheral, valve and non-coronary cardiac disease, cardio-thoracic surgery & vascular
surgery as well as imaging.
in Barcelona from 22nd May to 25th May, 2007, at the CCIB Convention Center, Rambla Prim 1-17,  08109 Barcelona, Spain 

15th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquified Natural Gas (LNG15)

Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona – CCIB April 2007

The LNG congresses are the time and place for the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry from all over the world to meet up and discuss its affairs every three years, with producer countries and consumer countries taking turns to organise these events.
The next congress, LNG 15, will be held in the Barcelona International Convention Centre (Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona – CCIB) on 24-27 April 2007. Being acknowledged as one of the most important events in the gas-sector calendar and as the chief meeting-ground for the liquefied natural gas industry, LNG 15 will bring together leading representatives and experts from the sector internationally, both in the Congress sessions and in the accompanying Exhibition.
The success of the preceding congresses – Seoul (Korea) 2001 and Doha (Qatar) 2004 – together with the rising demand for LNG make the LNG 15 event an excellent opportunity to show the world the sector’s substantial growth and positive outlook, as well as the advances made by the industry worldwide in this field.
As a result, GNL 15 will be of interest for all professionals and companies associated with the liquefied natural gas industry. 

3GSM World Congress

Fira Barcelona Montjuic. February 2007

Over 60,000 visitors are expected to attend! The 3GSM World Congress combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a cutting edge congress featuring the most prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, vendors and content owners from across the world. The event is where the industry defines its future and creates business. Together with the Congress it will take place the 12th Annual Global Mobile Awards that will be presented by the GSM Association on the 13th February 2007 at Barcelona's spectacular Museo Nacional de Arte De Catalunya. Encompassing Mobile Innovation, Entertainment, Applications, Marketing, Technical, Community and Handset are the categories for the awards. Also the organizers of the Sundance Film Festival along with GSMA have chosen six directors of independent cinema who will create five short films elaborated in exclusive right for their distribution through movable telephone. These movies will be presented the opening night of the Congress. In Barcelona from 12th to 15th of February