Events

17/06/2024 20/06/2024

Date: Monday, June 17th - Thursday, June 20th

Place of celebration: Alfredo Kraus Auditorium of the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria, Spain).

Organizers: Spanish Aquaculture Society (SEA) and the University Institute of Sustainable Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (ECOAQUA)

Research group: GIA

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Date: 24 April 2024

Venue: Rectorate of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Calle Juan de Quesada, 30
Room 26 April.

Organisers: ULPGC and the Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad, Mercantiles y de Bienes
through the "Cátedra Extraordinaria de Derecho Registral" (Extraordinary Chair of Registry Law).

Research group: TOTMA


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8/04/2024 

Date: Lunes, 8 de abril

Registration deadline: Jueves, 4 de abril

Time: 16:00 h

Place of celebration: Aula de Grado de Ciencias del Mar. Edificio de Ciencias Básicas de la ULPGC

Organizer: Dirección General de la Costa y el Mar del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITERD)

Research Group: BIOCON

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17/03/2024 22/03/2024

Dates: March 17th 2024 - March 22nd 2024

Place of celebration: Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)

Organizers: University of Tasmania

Research group: BIOCON, EOMAR

Researchers: BIOCON: Inma Herrera / EOMAR: Rodrigo Almeda, Anna Cunnil, Antonio Paule Manzano

Sessions:

BIOCON: Session 18: Zooplankton production in the Anthropocene - Day: 18 de marzo de 2024.

13:45h: Inma Herrera participates with the paper: "Zooplankton community in the newly lava deltas in the Atlantic Ocean".

EOMAR: Session 2: Ecotoxicidad a través de los lixiviados dell plástico. Día: 21 de marzo de 2024 / Hora: 10:10 y 12:00 h / Intervienen:

10:00h:  Rodrigo Almeda participates with the presentations "Crude oil induces metamorphosis in marine invertebrate planktonic larvae" and "Impact of plastic additive leachates on zooplankton" // Anna Cunil participates with the paper ""Toxicity assessment of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) on marine zooplankton".

11:00h:  Antonio Paule Manzano participates with the paper "Searching for environmentally safer plastic additives using zooplankton as bioindicators"

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14/02/2024

Time and date: Wednesday, February 14th at 12:30 a.m.

Place of celebration: Faculty of Marine Sciences of the ULPGC, Las Palmas

Organizer: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Researcher: May Gómez

Research group: EOMAR

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29/02/2024

Time and date: Friday, February 29th: 11:00 to 12:00 and 19:00 to 20:00

Access: Online

Organizer: Groningen University

Research group: BIOCON

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22/02/2024

Time and date: Thursday, February 22nd : 17:00 to 19:00

Place of celebration: Undergraduate Hall, Basic Sciences Building, ULPGC + Online

Organizer: José Juan Castro Hernández

Research group: BIOCON

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31/01/2024

Time and date: Wednesday, January 31st at 17:30 

Place of celebration: El Fondeadero Civic Center of Puerto del Carmen, Tías, Lanzarote

Organizer: Jose Juan Castro Hernández

Research group: BIOCON

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12/12/2023

Date and time: Tuesday, December 12th: 9:00 to 16:30

Place of celebration: Auditorium of the institutional headquarters of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (c/ Juan de Quesada, 30 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).  

Organizer: University Institute ECOAQUA of the ULPGC

Research group: BIOCON

Free access to the auditorium. Those who wish to attend online can do it through this link: https://form.jotform.com/233297189088370

In the following link you will find the information of connection to Zoom: WAICOM-GuiaRapida-Zoom-ULPGC-ES_v2

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02/12/2023

Date and time: Saturday, December 2nd: 10:00 to 14:15 

Place of celebration: Reception and pick-up point - Telde Municipal Market / Celebration in Taliarte and Melenara

Organizer: ULPGC and ACIISI, event included within the ISLANDAP ADVANCED project

Research group: GIA

Researcher: Dra. Lidia Robaina

Entrance to the event is free of charge

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30/11/2023

Date: November 30th

Schedule: 08:45 - 16:00

Place of celebration: GIA ECOAQUA Facilities, Carretera de Tailarte, S/N, Telde, Gran Canaria

Organizer: ECOAQUA Institute (by delegation of the SEA)

Research group: GIA

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27/11/2023  01/12/2023

Dates and time: Monday, November 27th: 8:30 to 18:00 - Friday, December 1st: 9:00 to 17:30

Access: Online

Organizers: Juan Manuel Afonso, Marisol Izquierdo and Nieves González with the University of las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Manuel Rey Méndez with the University of Santiago de Compostela, Marcos de Donato Técnológico from Monterrey, Guillermo Morán with TUNACONS, Edgar Zapata and César Lodeiros with the Technical University of Manabí, José Alió with the Eloy Alfaro Lay University from Manabí and Paul Baltazar with the Scientific University of the South, Peru

Research group: GIA, BIOCON

Researchers: Francisco J. Otero Ferrer (BIOCON), Lidia Robaina (GIA), Daniel Montero Vitores (GIA), Juan Manuel Afonso (GIA) and Ricardo J. Haroun Tabraue (BIOCON)

Sessions "Aquaculture and biodiversity", "Circular Economy and sustainable strategy" and "Nutrition"

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29/11/2023

Time: Wednesday, November 29th at 19:00 

Place of celebration: Archivo municipal, Avda. vargas, Arrecife

Organizer:  Lanzarote, Biosphere Reserve

Research group: EOMAR

Researcher: Emilio Soler Onís

Presentation: "Lanzarote's Microbiosphere and Climate Change"

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09/11/2023

Time: Thursday, November 9th: 15:45 to 16:45

Place of celebration: University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, New York (EEUU)

Organizer: Department of Environmental Biology

Research group: BIOCON

Researcher: Rodrigo Riera Elena

Presentation: “Unpacking Pandora’s Box: Fragmentation, Edges, and Mosaic Landscapes”

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08/11/2023

Time: Wednesday, Novermber 8th: 9:15 to 13:00

Place of celebration: Rimini Expo Center, Agorà Blue Economy B6 Pav

Organizer: Ecomondo Scientific Technical Committee & European Commission -DG MARE, CNR-IUAV-CORILA

Research group: BIOCON

Researcher: Andrej Abramic

Presentation: "Planning the Marine Space for a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Mediterranean"

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30/10/2023  03/11/2023

Time: Monday, Octuber 30th: 9:00 to 17:00 - Friday, November 3rd: 9:00 to 17:00

Place of celebration: Instituto EcoAqua, Parque Cientifico Tecnologico Marino de Taliarte, carretera de Taliarte s/n, 35214, Las Palmas.

Organizer: Highland Statistics

Research group: BIOCON

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26/10/2023

Time: Thursday, October 26th: 9:30 to 11:30

Place of celebration: Aula Magna "Blas Cabrera Felipe", Faculty of Sciences, University of La Laguna, Anchieta Campus, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Organizer: IMPLAMAC

Research group: EOMAR

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05/10/2023  06/10/2023

Time: Thursday, October 5th:9:00 to 18:00 - Friday, October 6th: 9:00 to 11:00

Place of celebration: Tafira Campus, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria + Online

Organizer: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)

Research group: GIA

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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

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29/09/2023

Time: Friday, September 29th:19:00 to 21:00

Place of celebration: Poema del Mar, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Paraninfo of the ULPGC

Organizer: Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)

Participating research groups:  BIOCON and EOMAR

Researchers: Rodrigo Riera Elena (BIOCON), Rodrigo Almeda García (EOMAR), Néstor E. Bosch Guerra (BIOCON) and Inma Herrera Rivero (BIOCON)

Presentations: "No ocean, no magic" - Rodrigo Riera Elena and "Plankton and microplastics" - Rodrigo Almeda García (Poema del mar) and "Marine colonization of the Tajogaite volcano: a natural laboratory to improve the sustainable management of marine resources" - Néstor E. Bosch Guerra and "Who or what is Sheldon J. Plankton" - Inma Herrera Rivero (Paraninfo de la ULPGC).

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25/09/2023 27/09/2023

Time: Monday, September 25th: 8:30 to 17:30 - Wednesday, September 27th: 9:00 to 17:00

Place of celebration: Lisbon, Oceanario, Lisboa, Portugal

Organizer: DOALOS of the United Nations

Research group: BIOCON

Guest researcher: Inmaculada Herrera Rivero

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21/09/2023

Time: Thursay, September 21st at 11:00 

Place of celebration: Faculty of Marine Sciences, Las Palmas

Organizer: Marine Sciences Educational Innovation Group (GIEMAR) of the ULPGC

Research group: BIOCON

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06/09/2023

Date: September 6th 

Access: Online

Organizers: the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)

Research group: BIOCON

Researcher: Andrej Abramic

Session: " Joining forces to move the data value chain from ocean observation to knowledge-based MSP"

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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.

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17/07/2023 21/07/2023

Dates: Monday, July 17th - Friday, July 21st 

Place of celebration: La Aldea de San Nicolás 

Organizer: ECOAQUA

Research group: BIOCON

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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

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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

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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 

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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"

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03/06/2023 11/06/2023

Time: Saturday, June 3rd 7:00 - Sunday, June 11th 17:00 (canary time)

Access: Online

Organiser: ISLANDAP ADVANCED

Research group: GIA

Exhibition of products and services associated with sustainable food production and the promotion of the sustainable use of resources

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08/06/2023

Time: Thursday, June 8th at 19:30

Access: Online

Organizer: Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL)

Research group: GIA

Guest researcher: Juan Manuel Afonso

Presentation: Shrimp breeding

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07/06/2023 

Time: June 7th at 18:30 

Place of celebration: Palau de Congressos de Palma, Palma de Mallorca

Organizer: Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Research group: EOMAR

Guest researcher: May Gómez Cabrera

Presentation: Microplastic ingestion in Macaronesian fishes

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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.

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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

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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.

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30/03/2023 31/03/2023

Time: Thursday, March 30th: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Friday, March 31st: 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Place of celebration: Aula de Piedra located at Juan de Quesada Street, 30.

Organiser: ULPGC

Research Group: TOTMA

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