Technical and Cultural Tours

 

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Registration will be open on June 1st, 2014

 

Online Registration

 
Technical and cultural tours for registered delegates (not for accompanying persons) are programmed for Wednesday, 1 October afternoon. These tours are included in the registration fee for both regular participants and students. Please select the tour you wish to attend in the corresponding section of the online registration form, one tour per registered delegate (Limited seats, first-come first-served basis).

The programme of the tours is tentative and is subject to change.

Technical tour A	CEIT, CIC Nanogune & Graphenea	Limited to 50 pers.	Wednesday 1 Oct. 15.00 h.
Technical tour B	Tecnalia & Cidetec	Limited to 50 pers.	Wednesday 1 Oct. 15.00 h.
Technical tour C	AVS, DMP & Danobat	Limited to 50 pers.	Wednesday 1 Oct. 15.00 h.
Cultural tour D	Bilbao & Guggenheim Museum	Limited seats	Wednesday 1 Oct. 15.00 h.
Cultural tour E	Getaria & Txakoli	Limited seats	Wednesday 1 Oct. 15.00 h.
Cultural tour F	San Sebastian walking t.	Limited seats	Wednesday 1 Oct. 15.00 h.

Technical tour A | CEIT, CIC Nanogune & Graphenea - Limited to 50 persons

15.00	Bus departure from the conference venue (Kursaal) to the Ibaeta Park in San Sebastián
15:30 - 17.30	Visits: CEIT (involved in fusion reactor materials for 15 years), CIC Nanogune and Graphenea
17:30	Bus departure to Technological Park of Miramón in San Sebastián Bus-visit around the park
18:40	Arrival to the Basque Culinary Centre. Welcome drink, networking and optional visit. The Welcome cocktail and visit to the Basque Culinary Centre is offered by the ‘Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa’. Bus return to the conference venue (Kursaal) approximately at 20.30h.

CEIT-IK4 (http://www.ceit.es) is a non-profit multidisciplinary research centre created by the University of Navarra in 1982. Its core mission is to serve the industrial sector carrying out projects of applied research while training young researchers through a comprehensive doctoral teaching program in the industrial area. CEIT has six departments: Materials, Applied Mechanics, Electronics & Communications, Environmental Engineering, Microelectronics & Microsystems and Biomedical Engineering. CEIT’s Materials Department is involved for about 15 years in the development of materials for nuclear fusion application (W alloys, ODS steels and ceramic materials, among others). The visit includes the Materials and the Applied Mechanics Departments.

The CIC nanoGUNE Nanoscience Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.nanogune.eu/en), located in Donostia-San Sebastian (Basque Country), is a research center set up with the mission to perform word-class nanoscience research for the economic development and competitive growth of the Basque Country. nanoGUNE opened its doors in 2009 and five years later 9 research groups develop their activities here: Nanomagnetism, Nanooptics, Self-Assembly, Nanobiomechanics, Nanodevices, Electron Microscopy, Theory, Nanomaterials and Nanoimaging.

Graphenea (http://www.graphenea.com) is a pioneer graphene production company founded in 2010 as a joint venture of private investors and nanoGUNE with the mission of commercialising high quality graphene and developing graphene-based technologies. Nowadays, the company produces graphene films by Chemical Vapor Deposition technology and graphene powders by Chemical Exfoliation techniques.

Technical tour B | Tecnalia & IK4-Cidetecb - Limited to 50 persons

15:00	Bus departure from the conference venue (Kursaal) to the Technological Park of Miramón in San Sebastián  Visits: Tecnalia and IK4-Cidetec
17:00	Bus-visit around the park
18:40	Arrival to the Basque Culinary Centre. Welcome drink, networking and optional visit. The Welcome cocktail and visit to the Basque Culinary Centre is offered by the ‘Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa’. Bus return to the conference venue (Kursaal) approximately at 20.30h.

Tecnalia Research & Innovation (http://www.tecnalia.com/en) is the first private applied research centre in Spain and one of the most important in Europe. TECNALIA offers to the scientific instruments sector (space/-astrophysics/high energy) technology transfer opportunities in plasma handling, high power electronics certification, robotics handling, data processing, heat dissipation, neutron shielding materials and advanced manufacturing solutions. Our references in the fusion area are activities supporting the manufacturing of the ITER first wall panels. TECNALIA collaborates in the development of instruments for equipment, as part of the activities to support the conceptual and preliminary design of the European test blanket modules, by covering experimental activities, instrumentation development, and qualification of functional materials.

IK4-CIDETEC (http://www.cidetec.es/en), a Technology Centre belonging to the IK4 Research Alliance, is specialized in generating and transferring knowledge and technology in the technical fields of materials, surfaces and energy. Its mission is to enhance business competitiveness and capacity for innovation through the development of new products and processes. At the Surfaces Division it covers the whole value chain, from the characterization of surface properties to the design of tailor-made treatments to obtain specific properties as well as the design and industrial scale-up of different innovative and cost-effective coating and surface modification developments.

Technical tour C | AVS, DMP & Danobat - Limited to 50 persons                              

15:00	Bus departure from the conference venue (Kursaal) to Elgoibar and Mendaro Visits: AVS, DMP and Danobat
17:00	Bus departure to the Technological Park of Miramón in San Sebastián Bus-visit around the park
18:40	Arrival to the Basque Culinary Centre. Welcome drink, networking and optional visit. The Welcome cocktail and visit to the Basque Culinary Centre is offered by the ‘Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa’. Bus return to the conference venue (Kursaal) approximately at 20.30h.

AVS (http://www.a-v-s.es) is an SME, which provides technology-based products to innovative and challenging projects. Our expertise covers design, manufacturing, assembly, tests and supply under ISO 9001 EN 9100, going all the way up from the conceptual design to the turnkey solution. AVS stands out on engineering design, mechatronics, diagnostics and instrumentation, high-precision positioning systems in UHV, high magnetic fields and cryogenics, micro-mechanisms and opto-mechanical systems. AVS has successfully delivered projects in the fields of Particle Accelerators, Synchrotrons, Neutron Sources, Nuclear Fusion, Astrophysics and Space.

DMP (http://www.dmp.aero/ingles/index1.html ) is a private company focused on market niches based on extreme precision mechanics, such as Aerospace rotative & transmission parts, air-bearing and photolithography components, special metrological devices, etc. Regarding science industry, DMP has developed specific solutions for manufacturing high power accelerating structures and OFE copper parts, disposing of fully correlated metrology with CERN and a production workshop combining all metal working technologies. DMP is also a referent in gear technology for astronomy & space opto-mecanic systems. HTS, DMP brand for science applications, has a strong expertise in movement control: movers, positioning systems and beam management instruments, among other devices.

Danobat Group (http://www.danobatgroup.com/en), European leader in machine-tool manufacture, delivers turnkey solutions and stand-alone application oriented machine for high tech industries and customers demanding highest technological requirements. It owns sales & service facilities in 11 countries. A professional representation network and factories abroad completes an efficient presence worldwide. Danobat Group counts with its own Technological R&D Centre focused on specialist innovations and the creation of state-of-the-art machine tool products. Its main objective is to supply ground-breaking technological solutions for the production of machines and solutions that deliver the highest competitiveness to its clients.

Cultural tour D | Bilbao & Guggenheim Museum                                         

Limited seats

Bus departure from the conference venue (Kursaal) to Bilbao at 15.00
Return to the conference venue (Kursaal) at 19.00 (estimated arrival at 20.00 h)
Feel the big transformation of one of the most important industrial cities in Europe into one of the biggest attractions of Spain. The visits are made by expert local guides and includes a panoramic view of the city and a short visit of the Guggenheim Museum with an official guide.

Cultural tour E | Getaria & Txakoli

Limited seats

Bus departure from the conference venue (Kursaal) to Getaria at 15.00
Return to the conference venue (Kursaal) at 18.15-18.30 (estimated arrival around 19.00 h)
Let us guide you along our stunning coast on our way to Getaria where you will have fantastic views of all the coastline and the mountains. Pretty contrast between the Green and the Blue, the Mountains and the Cantabrian Sea. Once we get there, we will take you to a Txakoli winery where you will enjoy a private visit and degustation of Txakoli (local white wine created with grapes growing in front of the sea) paired with some local products. Then we will take you for a small walk and we will guide you through the little streets of this cute fishing village.

Cultural tour F | San Sebastian Walking Tour

Limited seats

Departure from the conference venue (Kursaal) at 15.00
Return to the conference venue (Kursaal) at 19.00

Discover why aristocrats and royal families chose ‘Donostia’ (San Sebastian) as their summer resort at the end of the XIXth Century. Get a fresh local visit to know about the secrets of the city. Get into a private Gastronomic Club, where locals meet friends around gastronomic lunches or dinners, visit the Central Market and enjoy a ham and cheese degustation. Taste a ‘pintxo’ with a local wine in one of the most popular local bars of the Old Town. Get to know lots of anecdotes to learn all the clues of our historical and lovely city.