Anaerobic Digestion in the City of Future Proposal for the organisation of the next AD13 in Santiago de Compostela Spain- Presented by Spanish and Portuguese Groups
Why in Spain & Portugal? Fast development of Anaerobic Digestion In 2000-10 more that 10% of the scientific publications in AD originated in Spain& Portugal. Industrial applications in several sectors: Sugar, Breweries Starch, Wineries Yeasts Fiber boards Municipal Solid Wastes Fish canning Dairy Potatoes Vegetable canning Piggeries
The Proposers Leading Groups in Research and Industrial implementation of Anaerobic Digestion in Spain and Portugal Madalena Alves (University of Minho. Braga) Fernando Fdz-Polanco. University of Valladolid Xavier Flotats (GIRO, Barcelona) Jaime García de las Heras. CEIT. San Sebastian Jon Iza (University of Basque Country) Juan M. Lema (Univ. Santiago de Compostela) Joan Mata (University of Barcelona) Jose Luis Sanz (Aut. University of Madrid) Basic research Sludge treatment Waste & Modelling Modelling Industrial Orient. Lab& pilot studies Waste treatment Microbiology
The town More than 1000 years of history Burial of St. James Capital of the Autonomous Region of Galicia University city (30,000 students) Active cultural life
University of Santiago de Compostela Founded in 1495
An original and excellent gastronomy Octopus, squids, Santiago almond cake, green Padron peppers, empanada and of course tapas! 25 different kinds of shell-fishes, including, barnacles, lobster, clams, scallops
The Pilgrim`s way Kings & Queens, Artists, Lorenzo de Medicis, Charlemagne Norman Foster, Shirley Mclane, Laura Bush you? Final destiny of pilgrim`s way since IX Century
Camino de Santiago, Caminho de Santiago, St James way, Chemin de Saint Jacques, Jacobuswege
The Compostela
A prize-winning City 1985. World Heritage City by UNESCO 1985. First European Cultural Itinerary, Council of Europe 1987. Council of Europe s Flag of Honour 1992. Firenze Prize 1993. Royal Foundation of Toledo Prize. 1993. The Way of St. James was declared a World Heritage Route by UNESCO 1994. Europa Nostra Prize. 1996. Gubbio Prize. 1996. Europa Nostra Prize 1997. Medal of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
A prize-winning City 1998. European Town Planning Prize, by European Commission. 2000.- European City of Culture, along with Avignon, Bergen, Bologna, Brussels, Krakow, Helsinki, Prague and Reykjavik. 2001.- Europa Nostra Prize. 2001.-Torre Guinigi Prize Lucca (Italy) 2002.- Habitat Award for Best Practices (United Nations) 2002 and 2004.- Sustainable Municipality Green Flag. 2002. International Best Practices Award. ( Dubai ) 2002. ECOMED First Prize as a Sustainable City. 2003.- Archival Prize 2004.- Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
Green areas / Weather Santiago de Compostela has 1.43MM m 2 of green areas including 36 parks The weather in July Avg. max. temperature 27 ºC Average min. temperature 18 ºC
Hotels (3, 4 and 5 stars) The City s hotel capacity Category Number Rooms Beds ***** 5 609 1.005 **** 8 857 1.694 *** 15 708 1.121 Total 28 2.174 3.820
120 /double room
5 Stars Hotel (Double room for single or double occupancy, including breakfast for 90 ) Palace of Congress.
3 Star Hotel 70
The city of the culture (2013) (Peter Eisenman)
Flights from/to Spanish and European airports 2,5 MM passengers in 2009 15 daily flights to Madrid and Barcelona Dublin Brussels New York Near airports in Porto, A Coruña and Vigo
or just following the pilgrim s way 156,952 walking, 21,260 cycling and 1672 horsing in 2006!!
Congress Palace
Congress Palace 15,000 m 2 : Auditorium, Conference rooms and Meeting rooms, Exhibition halls, Restaurant, Cafeteria,
Auditorium
Hall for exhibition, Posters and Coffe break
Conference room Restaurant Congress Palace Cafeteria WiFi Reception computers ro Exhibition, Posters and Coffe breaks Main auditorium
Congress Palace Conference room
Conference room for 600-1200 people Congress Palace
Conference room for 400 people Congress Palace
Metting rooms for 140 people Congress Palace
The conference dinner
An attractive destination
Top 10 beaches of the world Friday February 16 2007 1. Islas Cies, National Park of Atlantic Islands, Spain 2. Tayrona national park, Colombia 3. Porto da Barra, Salvador, Brazil 4. Anywhere on Palawan, the Philippines 5. Nungwi, Zanzibar, Tanzania 6. Arambol, Goa, India 7. Whitehaven, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia 8. Shell Beach, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset 9. Sinclair s Bay, Caithness 10. Aroa, Aitutaki, One Foot Island, Cook Islands
VIGO
A Coruña Hercules lighthouse World Heritage by UNESCO
Roman Walls. World Heritage by UNESCO Lugo
Ourense
Our view of AD13 To focus on novelty and challenges. To promote End-users, Industrial and Authorities participation To attract young researchers into AD To increase the visibility of posters An innovative Conference format How we are going to do it? 3 days (14-17 July 2013) 3 Inspiring Plenaries 18 Symposia sessions 18 Posters sessions 2 Specialized courses (before the Conference)
An innovative Conference format 3 Inspiring Plenaries (45 min each) (tentative topics) AD as core of new processes including decentralized systems Molecular Biology tools applied to Anaerobic Digestion AD to decrease Carbon footprint 18 Symposia sessions (90 min each) 1 key-note (30 min) + 3 presentations (15 min) + Discussion Total 72 platform presentations 18 Poster sessions (120 min each) Approx 25 posters/session Total 450 posters Presentation + Discussion
An innovative Conference format AD 13 in figures. 500-550 attendees 200 250 Senior 300 350 Junior 3 Plenaries 18 key-notes + 54 platform presentations 450 Posters 75 students in the specialized courses
Specialized courses 3 Specialized courses Synergies with the congress 11-12 July 2013 16 h = 2 x 8 h Lectures + practical sessions 25 x 2 = 50 students 16 teachers Topics (Tentative) Modeling and control Molecular Biology tools Solid Waste & Sludge Pretreatment University of Minho. Braga- Portugal University of Valladolid
Technical visits Urban solid waste Anaerobic treatment plant ( 4 x 10,000 m 3 ) Fish canning factory (1000 m 3 ) Brewery factory (EGSB)
Strong support from companies & Authorities Authorities (So far) Spanish Ministry of Environment Galician Ministry of Environment Spanish Ministry of Science and Education Galician Ministry of Innovation & Technology City Council of Santiago de Compostela Augas de Galicia (Water Authority) SOGAMA (The Galician Society for Environment, responsible for urban & industrial waste)
Strong support from companies & Authorities CONSOLIDER Consortia ( 5 MM project) (Technology for Wastewater treatment) 8 Spanish & 2 Dutch Research Groups 23 companies (treating 80% of wastewater of Spain) 14 Spanish water authorities PROBIOGAS Project ( 14.5 MM ) (Production and Uses of Biogas in Spain) 13 Research Groups 14 Companies (end-users)
Social activities Included in registration Walking the final step of pilgrim s way (25 km) Organ concert in the Cathedral (including botafumeiro ) July: A wide variety of cultural activities in the city. Optional The Atlantic Island National Park (Cies Island) Finisterre & Costa da Morte (Ends land and Death Coast)
An Economical Sustainable Conference Congress fees Senior: 500 600 (IWA and non-iwa members) Juniors and Researchers from low income Countries 300 10% of junior attendees will receive a scholarship to waive their registration fee Hotels 5 stars: 110 per double room, including full breakfast 3-4 stars: 65-90 University Residences: 30 Low cost airlines Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling, Air Berlin
The option of Santiago de Compostela A small city with outstanding facilities A challenging and innovative Conference format The ideal environment for a Scientific get together October 28, 2010 Chemical Engineering Department Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Anaerobic Digestion in the City of Future Proposal for the organisation of the next AD13 in Santiago de Compostela Spain- Presented by Spanish and Portuguese Groups