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"Crystallography and Society"
workshop on
2014 - The International Year of Crystallography
Palacio de la Magdalena, Santander (Spain)
8-9 July 2013
with the support and auspices of IYCr2014
The course is a two-days event belonging to a series of yearly courses devoted to the popularization of crystallography and crystallization and to promote awareness of the impact of crystallography in our daily lives. In July 2012, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the resolution that 2014 will be the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr2014). On this occasion, the course is devoted this year to discuss the different activities that are being planned and developed for the IYCr2014. The main institution steering and promoting IYCr2014 is the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), an international scientific organization founded in 1948, specifically to promote international cooperation among scientists and to promote the growth of the science of crystallography through research and education.
The course is aimed at a wide range of public from Master and PhD students in the different fields where Crystallography is relevant to journalist and journalism students who would like to know and discuss the preparation of an international event such as IYCr2014. The talks in the program, presented by key representatives of the different organisms involved in IYCr2014, are a balanced blend of managerial and scientific topics.
Directors
Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, Fermín Otálora, Santiago García-Granda
Programme
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First day: 8th of July, Morning Session |
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09:00 |
Opening |
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09:30 |
The pathway towards the IYCr2014 |
Professor Abdelmalek Thalal MCA president |
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10:00 |
IYCr2014: European program |
Professor Andreas Roodt ECA President |
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10:30 |
IYCr2014: Asian program |
Prof Mitchell Guss, University of Sidney, IUCr-EC member and AsCA representative |
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11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 |
IYCr2014: American Program |
Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs, University of Toledo, USA; ACA representative |
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12:00 |
IYCr2014: Spanish program |
Professor Santiago García-Granda ECA Past-president |
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12:30 |
Project Krystalla: A package of ideas to popularize crystallography for IYCr2014. |
Professor Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, CSIC |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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First day: 8th of July, Evening Session |
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16:00 |
IYCr2014 on going program |
Dr. Michele Zema Project manager for IYCr2014 |
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16:30 |
Roundtable on the IYCr2014 |
Chairmen: Dr. Michele Zema And Prof. Macjej J. Nalecz |
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18:00 |
Closing |
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Second day: 9th of July, Morning Session |
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09:00 |
The impact of UNESCO on science and society and its contribution to the IYCr2014 |
Professor Maciej J. Nalecz, Director of the Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, UNESCO |
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10:00 |
Graphene: wonderful crystals |
Professor Francisco Guinea López ICMM-CSIC |
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11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 |
From modulated structures to quasicrystals |
Professor Juan Manuel Pérez-Mato, University of the Basque Country, IUCr-EC member |
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12:30 |
Press Conference on IYCr2014 |
IUCr and UNESCO Speakers |
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13:30 |
Lunch |
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Second day: 9th of July, Evening Session |
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16:00 |
Crystallography and Materials |
Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs University of Toledo (USA) |
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17:00 |
Crystallography in biology and medicine |
Prof Mitchell Guss, University of Sidney, IUCr-EC member and AsCA representative |
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18:00 |
Closing |
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