Radical Science is a project that mixes cutting-edge research with other disciplines, in order to imagine the world that will come in the following decades. It consists in a series of debates, that will take place from January to June this year in Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) open to the general public.
The programme of debates, curated by the physicist and science journalist Toni Pou, will include and discuss the issues with Magmas, a project of poetic residences curated by the scientist and poet Joan Duran, with artistic proposals curated by the researcher and cultural producer Irma Vila, including talks for secondary school students. Lluís Calvo is the poet assigned to the Advanced Materials project, in which we participate.
The Institute of Photonic Sciences (
ICFO), the Institute of High Energy Physics (
IFAE), the
ALBA Synchrotron and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (
IBEC) are the lead centres of the different projects that co-organize Radical Science, and are the coordinating centres of the
Complementary Plans projects in Catalonia. ICMAB participates in the Advanced Materials plan through the InCAEM project, led by ALBA Synchrotron.
Inauguration of Radical Science
Radical Science will be presented on Monday 20th January at 6:30 PM at Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB). In this session, the directors of the centers coordinating the Complementary Plans projects in Catalonia will present Radical Science to the general public. The event is free but pre-booking is compulsory.
Reimaging Energy
Following the inauguration, there will be the Debates' sessions. The one in which the InCAEM project co-organizes will take place on 21st and 22nd of February 2025. The session, entitled Reimagining Energy will count with the participation of Vaclav Smil, Beatriz Roldán and Mar Reguant.
Participation of ICMAB
Catalonia participates in the following four areas of the Complementary Plans:
- Biotechnology applied to Health, led by IBEC, the center coordinating this area at the national level
- Astrophysics and High-Energy Physics, led by IFAE, the center coordinating this area at the national level
- Quantum Communication, led by ICFO, which will coordinate this area at the national level during the second half of the project
- Advanced Materials, led by ALBA Synchrotron
Radical Science is organized in the framework of 'Ciencia Viva' work package of the Advanced Materials
InCAEM project in which ICMAB participates. InCAEM is the Catalan contribution to the Advanced Materials Program of the
Complementary Plans. InCAEM (In Situ Correlative Facility for Advanced Energy Materials) is a singular infrastructure open to all the scientific community for research in advanced materials, in order to address the scientific challenges of the European Green Deal, with a special focus on energy materials, with applications as batteries, solar cells or industrial catalysts.
The InCAEM project has been funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Generalitat de Catalunya through the Complementary Plans programme, which includes NextGenerationEU funds. It is coordinated by the ALBA Synchrotron with the involvement of the following partners: the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), the Institute for Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), and the Institute for High Energy Physics (IFAE) - Scientific Information Port (PIC, UAB).
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Radical Science Programme of Debates
