The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation participates in «Day of the Entrepreneur» Blog Post

On May 20th and 21st the Palau de Congressos of Catalonia (The Congress Centre in Barcelona) will host the eighth edition of the «Day of the Entrepreneur», the largest annual meeting point for entrepreneurs and support services for business initiatives and growth in Barcelona. The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation () –with offices at the Barcelona Science Park- is one of the more than 60 institutions that will be participating in this event with the objective of providing its support to the city’s companies.

The Barcelona Science Park participates in the “Inventiveness Party” Blog Post

Next Saturday, May 16, the “Inventiveness Party” will be held at the Auditorium of the Vertex Building of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. This initiative is framed within the programme “« Enginycat! », created by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation, and aims to recognise the talent and effort of 100 young Catalan secondary students who received first prize in 2008 for their projects relating to science or technology. The three secondary students who won the “Research at Secondary Schools Awards”, granted annually by the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) with the support of the Obra Social Caixa Catalunya, are included amongst the winners.

The IC3 organises a debate on climate change with internationally renowned experts Blog Post

A debate on “Climate Change: new challenges for the XXI century”, organised by the Catalan Institute for Climate Sciences (), based at the Barcelona Science Park, was held on the 13 May at the Royal Academy of Sciences. The objective of the event was to establish a space for debate and reflection concerning the effects of global warming on water, energy, food and nutrition, tourism, and population’s health, especially in what concerns the proliferation of infectious diseases.

PCB to host the workshop entitled «Tissue Dynamics and Growth» of the European Science Foundation Blog Post

On the 7th and 8th of May, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) will be hosting a workshop on «Tissue Dynamics and Growth». The event has been organised by Javier Buceta, head of the Theoretical and In Silico Modelling of Biological Systems Group ()–that is part of the Co.S.Mo. LAB Unit (Computer Simulation & Modelling) based at PCB– and professors from the University of Barcelona, J. Casademunt and F. Sagués. This workshop has been sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF) –under the supervision of the FuncDyn Programme– the Physics Faculty of the University of Barcelona and the Barcelona Science Park.

The PCB Theatre Group will be performing a dramatised reading of the piece “After Darwin” Blog Post

Coinciding with the 200th Birth Anniversary of the English naturalist Charles Darwin, and the 150th anniversary since the publication of his book “The origin of species”, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) Theatre Group will be performing a dramatised reading of the piece “After Darwin”, tomorrow Thursday, 19th of March, at 17.00 hours at the PCB’s Fèlix Serratosa Hall (Baildiri Reixac, 10) . The play, written by US-born writter, Timberlaker Wertenbaker, who now lives in London permanently– will feature the acting talents of Isabel Usón, Xavier Gomis-Rüth, Jesús Purroy, Xavier Carpena and Celerino Abad-Zapatero.

Neuroscience Technologies has been selected to participate in the Global Growth Program Blog Post

The company –located at the Barcelona Science Park, and part of the – is included within the twenty Catalan technological companies selected to participate in the Global Growth Program (GGP’09), a training forum aimed at improving business management with a global approach: sales, alliances and financing. This initiative –consisting of three workshops, a networking event and a seminar on financing that will take place throughout 2009- has been launched by 22@ Barcelona and Barcelona Activa, in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, ACC1Ó and the three universities present at the technological district: IL3 – the Institute for Lifelong Learning of the University of Barcelona (UB)-, the UPC Foundation and the Pompeu Fabra University.

The Sagrera neighboourhood of Barcelona pays tribute to Jordi Sabater Pi Blog Post

Last Sunday, February 15, a homage ceremony was held in the Ivanow Building in honor of Jordi Jordi Sabater Pi, director of the , located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). This tribute was paid by the Sagrera, the neighborhood where he has resided since his return from Guinea 40 years ago. The ceremony –which coincided with the 4th anniversary of the constitution of the Sagrera Foundation and the inauguration of new spaces in the Ivanow Building, a cultural and creation factory- was organized by the Neighbors Association, the Entities Council, the Celebrations and Events Committee, the Ivanow Building and the Sagrera Foundation, with the collaboration of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES).