17/03/2024 22/03/2024
Dates: Sunday, March 17th 2024 - Friday, March 22nd 2024
Place of celebration: Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart-nipaluna, Tasmania
Organizers: Kerrie Swadling, Anthony Richardson, Sonia Batten, Sanae Chiba, Sophie Pitois
Jörn Schmidt, Akash Sastri and Wenneke ten Hout
Research group: EOMAR
Researcher: Rodrigo Almeda García
Session: "Interactions between zooplankton and pollution in a changing ocean" organized by Penelope Lindeque (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK), Rodrigo Almeda Garcia (ULPGC, Spain), Matthew Cole (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK), Amanda Dawson (CSIRO, Australia), Claudia Halsband (Akvaplan-Niva, Norway) y Sinja Rist (Technical University of Denmark)
04/10/2023
Time: Wednesday, October 4th: 10:00 to 11:00
Place of celebration: Assembly Hall of the Oceanographic Center of the Canary Islands
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, C. Farola del Mar, nº 22, Dársena Pesquera de San Andrés, 38180 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Organizer: Fundación Biodiversidad and the Directorate General for the Coast and the Sea of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge
Research group: BIOCON
Researcher: Andrej Abramic
Presentation: Available tools for assessing the feasibility of offshore wind farm projects
29/09/2023
Time: Friday, September 29th:19:00 to 21:00
Place of celebration: Poema del Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Organizer: Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
Participating research groups: BIOCON and EOMAR
Researchers: Rodrigo Riera Elena (BIOCON) and Rodrigo Almeda García (EOMAR)
Presentations: "Sin océano, no hay magia" and "Plancton y microplásticos"
21/07/2023
Time: Friday, July 21st at 9:00
Place of celebration: University of las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), nexus building, (Tafira campus)
Organizer: ULPGC
Research group: GIA
Guest researcher: Juan Manuel Afonso López, director of the GIA group
During the event, eight potential academic spin-off projects will present their business ideas to a committee of experts composed of representatives from the business and academic world. Among them will be a group of ECOAQUA researchers, led by Juan Manuel Afonso, director of the Aquaculture Research Group.
10/07/2023 14/07/2023
Time: Monday, July 10th :9:00 to 18:30 - Friday, July 14th :9:00 to 18:30
Place of celebration: Campus universitario de San Miguel del Raspeig, Universidad de Alicante
Organizer: Sociedad Española de Ficologia (SEF)
Research group: EOMAR
This course will be taught by Professor Emilio Soler Onís, PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and acredited by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO)
If you are interested in registering, contact with Carolina Pena Martín through the following e-mail address: carolina.pena@ua.es
03/07/2023
Date: Monday, July 3rd
Access: Online
Organizer: Climática
Research group: BIOCON
Guest researcher: Andrej Abramic
Presentation: Offshore wind energy: a new maritime sector and its fit into the proposals for marine spatial planning in the Canary Islands
All of the works mentioned in the presentation have been developed within the framework of INTERREG MAC with the PLASMAR AND PLASMAR+ projects
20/06/2023
Time: June 20th at 15:30
Place of celebration: Alfredo Kraus auditorium, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Organizer: INTERREG
Research group: BIOCON
Guest researcher: Inmaculada Herrera Rivero
Presentation: Presentation of the three early stage technologies by researchers from the Canary Islands, and jury of the best route to market
16/06/2023 17/06/2023
Time: Friday, June 16th: 10:30 to 11:00 - Saturday, June 17th: 11:15 to 11:45
Place of celebration: Muelle de Santa Catalina, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Organizer: Concejalía de Ciudad de Mar of Gran Canaria and Infecar, Fair of Gran Canaria.
Research group: BIOCON and EOMAR
Guest researchers: Inmaculada Herrera Rivero (BIOCON), José Juan Castro Hernández (BIOCON) and Emilio Soler Onís (EOMAR)
Presentations: "Quién o qué es Sheldon J. Plankton" and "El océano microscópico: explorando las microalgas de Canarias"
06/06/2023 07/06/2023
Time: Tuesday, June 6th :12:30 to 13:30 and 16:00 to 17:00 - Wednesday, June 7th:10:00 to 11:00
Place of celebration: CIHEAM Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Organizer: NewTechAqua and CIHEAM
Research group: GIA
Guest researcher: Marta Carvalho
Presentations: Alternative ingredients for aquaculture nutrition and advances in aquaimpact and performfish nutrition issues.
17/05/2023
Time: Wednesday, May 17th: 9:00 to 12:30
Place of celebration: TOPOS Parlement, Rue d'Arlon 25, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels Belgium
Organiser: Zero Waste Europe and Break Free From Plastic, on behalf of the CAPonLITTER project, financed by Interreg Europe
Research group: BIOCON
Guest researcher: Yaiza Fernández - Palacios Vallejo
Presentation: CAPonLITTER in Fuerteventura - Ingredients for success
24/04/2023
Time: From 9:00 to 11:30 hours
Access: On-line
Inauguration: In charge D. Ricardo Haroun Tabraue. Director of University Institute ECOAQUA from the ULPGC.
Organizer: Asociación de Voluntarios de Ayuda a la Naturaleza de Fuerteventura (AVANFUER) and Fuerteventura Marine Litter Observatory (OBAM), with the support of University Institute ECOAQUA.
Research group: BIOCON
Target: Public and private entities that are organizers or promoters of events in Fuerteventura and the rest of the Canary Islands, as well as the key agents of the CAPonLITTER Project in Fuerteventura.
29/03/2023 31/03/2023
Time: Thursday march 30th: from 9:30 to 18:00 - Friday march 31st: from 10:00 to 13:30
Place of celebration: Departament of Life and Enviormental Sciences (DiSVA). Conference Room Azzurra Mario Giordano. City of Ancona. Italy.
Organiser: JPI OCEANS RESPONSE
Research Group: EOMAR
Rodrigo Almeda, "Ramón y Cajal" researcher, is part of the organizing committee of the annual meeting of the JPI Oceans RESPONSE project
23/03/2023
Time: 18:15h
Place: Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (CCCC). Conference room Refectorio. Valencia.
Organized by: Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana and Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana
Produced by: Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunitat Valenciana
Research group: BIOCON (with the participation of José Juan Castro)
Project: Angel Shark Project
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08/03/2023
Time: Wednesday, March 8th: from 15:30 to 16:25
Place of celebration: Auditorio, Sala Andromeda, Holiday resort Lago Martiánez, Puerto la Cruz, Tenerife
Organiser: Consejería de Transición Ecológica, Lucha contra el Cambio Climático y Planificación Territorial of the Gobierno de Canarias next to Asociación Española de Basuras (AEBAM)
Research group: BIOCON
Guest researcher: Candy Cecilia Ruano
Presentation: Solutions for the prevention of marine litter - Presentation of the CAPonLITTER project
10/02/2023
Time: 13:00-15:00 PM UTC
Researcher: Rodrigo Almeda
Place of celebration: On-line
Organiser: AIR Centre | Atlantic International Research Centre
Research Group: EOMAR
Researcher Rodrigo Almeda presents research on the co-detection of microplastics and the effects of plastic additives on marine plankton, including zooplankton, and the possible effects on higher levels of the food chain.
16/02/2023
Time: From 15:30 p.m. to 17:45 p.m.
Place of celebration: In person, at the BEA meeting room and On-line.
Organiser: INTEGRATE
Research Group: GIA
The aim of the workshop is to explain the methodology to track energy and carbon nutrient flow in IMTA, current models and application for end users.
The GIA group is involved as a project partner to develop IMTA pilot experiments integrating sea cucumbers into production and study their benefits.
You must register if you participate in person or online.
13/02/2023
Time: From 9:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m.
Place of celebration: Sala de Piedra of the Rectorate of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Canary Island. Spain.
Organiser: ULPGC
Research Group: Biodiversity and Conservation group (BIOCON)
From February 13th to 17th, 2023, the course "Environmental Management on Islands: Challenges and Sustainability" will be organized at the Sala de Piedra of the Rectorate of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
This Winter School/Advanced Course is aimed at combining all these different perspective, focusing on Gran Canaria.
09/02/2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. in Madeira, Funchal.
Place of celebration: University of Madeira.
Organiser: IMPLAMAC
Research Group: Ecophysiology of Marine Organisms group (EOMAR)
The IMPLAMAC project partners invite you to the Preliminary Results Presentation Meeting of the project "Evaluation of the impact of microplastics and emerging contaminants on the coasts of Macaronesia".
02/02/2023 03/02/2023
Time: Thursday, February 2nd; 8:30 to 14:30 and 16:00 to 19:00 - Friday, February 3rd; 9:00 to 16:30
Place of celebration and organised by: Institución Ferial de Canarias (INFECAR).
Organiser: INFECAR
Research Group: Biodiversity and Conservation group (BIOCON) and Ecophysiology of Marine Organisms group (EOMAR)
ECOAQUA researchers: director of ECOAQUA, Ricardo Haroun, and the director of the EOMAR group, May Gómez.
27/01/2023
Time: 14:00 (GMT+1) Canary Island.
Place of celebration: On-line
Organiser: FIRMA
Research Group: GIA
On the occasion of the Awards Ceremony for the best scientific papers at the XI FIRMA 2022, the conference “Rendimiento industrial del camarón Penaeus vannamei por selección genética” by Dr. Juan Manuel Afonso will be held.
11/01/2023
Time: 14:15-17:15h CET
Place of celebration: On-line
Organiser: GIA - ULPGC
Research Group: GIA
To join, you just have to send an email to david.dominguez@ulpgc.es indicating that you wish to participate, together with your details (full name, affiliation and position).
The University Institute ECOAQUA is a research centre that belongs to the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a public institution that offers a wide range of degrees in all the major areas of knowledge, with the aim of providing comprehensive training to those who come to it, in a commitment based on innovation, quality and internationalisation.
