Seville, October 20, 2016. The Isla de la Cartuja Scientific Research Center (cicCartuja) is holding the fourth edition of the Future Scientists Conference, an outreach activity that is part of the Science and Technology Week.

The main objective of the Future Scientists Conference is to encourage scientific vocations among young people and, at the same time, recognize the winners of the Science Fair held last May in Seville.

Participants will take a guided tour of the facilities of the cicCartuja institutes and will then present their projects to the public at an event that will take place on November 11 in the cicCartuja assembly hall, starting at 11:30 a.m.

On this occasion, the centre that won the first prize was the IES La Puebla, from La Puebla de Vícar (Almería), with its project Leguvicar: a very nutritious cooperative. Coinciding with the International Year of Legumes, this work offers a broad and continuous line of research on the entire process of obtaining legumes, from when they are planted in the field, until they are served on the table.

The jury of the XIV Science Fair, composed of researchers belonging to the cicCartuja Juan Pedro Holgado (ICMS), Juan Manuel Benito (IIQ) and José Mª Ortega (IBVF), also agreed to award second prizes to the Colegio San Antonio María Claret (Seville) and the IES María Inmaculada (Mairena del Alcor, Seville), which contributed projects inspired by robotics and electromagnetism, respectively, and which will also participate in the conferences.