Great success of the 1st Online Edition of Expominer 2020
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Great success of the 1st Online Edition of Expominer 2020
The ICMABparticipated between 14 and 27 November 2020 at the 1st Online Edition of Expominer, the exhibition of minerals, fossils and jewelry. The Online Expomine was formed by a cycle of talks and workshops called MinerMat2020 in the framework of the Science Week 2020. We participated with one outreach talk given by Mariona Coll on Solar Energy, and two outreach videos by Anna Cespi, Judith Oró and Roberta Ceravola about techniques to characterize crystals and sand.
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Dec 3, 2020
Expominer 2020 closes its first online edition with great success, with 17 online talks and workshops, 20 speakers, 1,367+ (and growing) views on the MinerMat2020 and Science Week sessions, and 427 live participants. This year, some of the talks were organized by Fira Barcelona, and the rest were organized and coordinated by three CSIC centers: IDAEA (Institute of EnvironmentalAssessment and Water Research) , GEO3BCN (Geosciences Barcelona) and ICMAB (Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona).
From the ICMAB, we have directly participate in the following talks and videos:
'Nanoquímica i llum solar: cap a la revolució energètica' - Dr. Mariona Coll, ICMAB, CSIC. Access link
'Tres eines bàsiques per identificar cristalls!' - Anna Crespi, Dr. Judith Oró,Roberta Ceravola, ICMAB-CSIC. Access link
'Descobreix què amaga la sorra de la platja' - Anna Crespi, Dr. Judith Oró,Roberta Ceravola, ICMAB-CSIC. Access link
And the rest of the MinerMat2020 talks involve researchers from UB, IDAEA-CSIC, Grup Mineralògic Català, EMSA Tecnología Química, UPC, European Geoscience Union, UAB, GEO3BCN, and can be viewed in the following links:
'L'explotació dels recursos minerals i els Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible - ODS 2030'- Dra. Pura Alfonso, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Department d'Enginyeria Minera, Industrial I TIC. Access link
'Detectiu de roques: Descobrim les roques a través d'activitats. "EarthLearningIdea Project"' - Anna Anglisano, Field Officer Supporter, European Geoscience Union and Xavier Juan. Field Officer, European Geoscience Union, Access link
'El mercurio en la minería del oro: Impactos y retos futuros' - Dr. Sergi Díez, Investigador Científico CSIC, Instituto de Diagnòstico Ambiental i Estudios del Agua, IDAEA, CSIC. Access link
Minerals al patrimoni cultural material' - Dr. Lluís Casas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia. Acces link
'Del hielo al fuego: Volcanes en la Antártida' - Dra. Adelina Geyer, Instituto Geociencias Barcelona - GEO3BCN, CSIC. Access link
'Interacción agua-roca, mineralogía y medio ambiente' - Dr. Josep Maria Soler, Instituto de Diagnóstico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua, IDAEA, CSIC. Access link
'Las Tierras Raras: El oro del S.XXI que controla la tecnología' - Dr. Dídac Navarro, Univ. Barcelona. Dpt. Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona, Dpt. Geologia. Access link
'Minerals a la nanoescala. Un viatge als minerals més petits!' - Josep Roqué Rosell, Univ. Barcelona. Dpt. Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada. Access link
'Guia de punts d'interès geològic de Catalunya'" - Dr. Joaquim Nogués y Dra. Teresa Correig, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona. Access link
'La economía circular, los recursos minerales y la sostenibilidad' - Dr. Rafael Rodríguez Clemente, Profesor de Investigación "ad honorem" del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IDAEA-CSIC, Asesor de la Presidencia del CSIC. Access link
Uranio: Combustible Nuclear' - Ing. Daniel Gallego Zamorano, Ingeniero de Minas / Ingeniero Nuclear, Junta Directiva de Jóvenes Nucleares (JJNN), Comisión Comunicación de la Sociedad Nuclear Española (SNE). Access link
De ruta pel Marroc a la recerca de minerals' - Dr. Joan Rosell Riba, Grup Mineralògic Català Rosell Minerals. Access link
'Los Pigmentos cerámicos: Minerales sintéticos de interés industrial' - Dr. Joan Sañé Muné, Responsable de la Unidad de Negocio de New Materials en EMSA Tecnología Química SA. Access link
Thank you all for your support and see you next year, we hope that it will be face-to-face!
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