Conferences, Seminars, Sessions, Courses...

Fair

Town Festival and Càntir d'Argentona Fair

Date: August 4, 2009
Place: Argentona

The town celebrates its annual festival jointly with the International Ceramics and Pottery Fair, one of the most important fairs of its type in Europe. It also coincides with the Càntir Festival, a unique event that combines religious devotion, games of strength and ingenuity and the election of the year’s best ceramic pitcher.

Fair

Vic Antiques Fair

Date: August 26, 2009
Place: Vic

A meeting place for collectors, the Vic Antiques Fair (Fira d'Antiguitats de Vic - FAV) displays both vintage pieces (at least 50 years old) and antiques (more than 100 years old). There are also other activities, such as the Young Interior Designers Competition. The fair runs from August 22-30.

Symposium

2nd Annual Symposium on Grid Integration of Wind Energy – Vestas Power program

Date: September 7, 2009
Place: mNACTEC

Vestas is the world leader in generating Modern Energy. Vestas has installed 38,000 wind generators in 63 countries on five continents and installs a turbine every 5 hours. In short, Vestas turbines generate more than 50 million MWh per year , enough power to supply millions of homes. The VPP (Vestas Power Program) provides participants with a unique opportunity to develop the highly specialised skills needed by the industry, whilst simultaneously turning attention towards the opportunities generated by the rapid development of the wind power industry.
Registration before August 22 at http://www.terrassa.net/ecoinnovacio/vestas.html

Conference

9th International Industrial Heritage Conference – Heritage and Archaeology of the Film Industry

Date: September 7, 2009
Place: mNACTEC

The aim of the “Industrial heritage, ecology and economy” congress is to define environmental, economic, technical, social and historical problems with regard to industrial heritage in the modern world. The congress is seen as a possible future forum where these concepts can be presented and discussed, and where participants can work to find appropriate solutions.

Conference

Conference “Grow Through Experience: Value and Challenge in Cultural Projects”

Date: September 17-18, 2009
Place: Barcelona, Faculty of Geography and History
6-8 C/ Montalegre - Aula Magna – 4th floor

The University of Barcelona Cultural Management programme organises conferences each year in September. The conference sessions are open to professionals from all over Spain and Latin America. This year’s subject aims to spark in depth reflection about the mission and strategies of cultural projects as catalysts of personal growth – intellectual, artistic, humanistic – and as agents to aid learning in the communities within the social context in which the projects take place.
More information: http://www.ub.edu/cultural/Eventos/CreixerExperimentantCat.html

Exhibition

“Remembering the Reservoir”

Date: From November 1
Place: Alt Urgell

The Alt Urgell Regional Council presents, as part of the All Saints Fair in Oliana, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Oliana reservoir. This touring exhibition, introduces the visitor to different aspects of the dam’s commissioning and construction, and the social and territorial repercussions arising from it. The exhibition is expected to visit the municipalities surrounding the reservoir first, however, next year it will travel further afield.