Seville, October 4, 2016. Seville will host the 5th edition of the National Congress of the Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass from October 5 to 7, an event that has the support of the Institute of Materials Science of Seville (ICMS), belonging to the Scientific Research Center Isla de la Cartuja (cicCartuja), as well as the University of Seville and the Institute of Ceramics and Glass of the CSIC.
This edition, which will be held at the facilities of the Hispalense, will be biennial for the first time in its history and will bring together researchers and professionals in ceramics and glass, who will present the latest scientific and technological advances applied to these materials.
128 presentations make up the scientific program of this congress, which will also have parallel activities such as poster sessions or the Student Contest, whose winner will represent Spain in Istanbul in the Student Speech Contest of the Congress of the European Society of Ceramics (ECERS 2017).
It is also worth highlighting the appointment of Professor Arturo Domínguez Rodríguez, Professor of Physics at the University of Seville and member of the ICMS, as Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass.
The Honorary Committee of the congress includes the presence of various authorities, such as the Minister of Economy and Knowledge of the Andalusian Government, Antonio Ramírez de Arellano, the Mayor of Seville, Juan Espadas, or the Magnificent Rector of the University of Seville, Miguel Ángel Castro. Alfonso Caballero Martínez, Director of the Institute of Materials Science, is also among its members.
Likewise, the Organizing Committee is chaired by Diego Gómez García, and includes, among others, Joaquín Ramírez Rico, Felipe Gutiérrez Mora, Pedro J. Sánchez Soto and Francisco J. Gotor Martínez, all of them researchers affiliated with the ICMS. For his part, Manuel Ocaña Jurado acts as a member of the Scientific Committee.
The opening session will take place on October 5 at 6:00 p.m., in the Auditorium of the University of Seville. The rest of the conference will take place in the Mexico Pavilion, the current headquarters of the Postgraduate and Doctoral studies at the University of Seville.
For more information: http://secv.es/lvcongreso/index.php