I haven't found a thread where members can announce events in any country about BOINC and SETI, so I'm starting one and hope this is an appropriate place on the forum. I think it's best to limit announcements to events that are open to the public and are free or almost free of charge.

For crunchers in Barcelona

BOINC crunchers, particularly from Seti, CPDN and ps3grid will be taking part in the Science Festival in Barcelona on 7 and 8 June. Here it is on the official Barcelona website.

Sat 7 June 11.00 - 24.00 (yes, this is Spain!)
Sun 8 June 11.00 - 15.00 (finishing just in time for lunch or a picnic in a most beautiful place)

Sat 7 June.
11.00 - 20.00. Dani Gil will be demonstrating 'Offer your computer to science'.
12.15. 'Computers and climate - a marriage of convenience' by Miquel Àngel Rodríguez of the Climate Research Laboratory.
17.00. 'SETI. Is there extraterrestrial life?' by Agustí Dosaiguas.
18.00. 'Playstation3 serving biomedicine' by ps3grid.

Parc de la Ciutatella
Passeig Picasso, 1
No charge



Here was Dani Gil in a Spanish article about BOINC published in February in the ABC weekend magazine.

BOINC.cat serà a la setmana de la ciència a BCN el 7 i 8 de juny al parc de la Ciutadella. Membres de BOINC.cat, Seti.cat, canviclimatic.net i ps3grid.net hi seran presents

DISSABTE 7 de juny

11 - 20 h Cedeix el teu ordinador a la ciència Dani Gil (boinc.cat)
12.15h Els ordinadors i el clima. un matrimoni de conveniència. Miquel Àngel Rodríguez (Laboratori de Recerca del Clima)
17.00h SETI. Hi ha vida extraterrestre ? Agustí Dosaiguas (SETI.cat)
18.00h Playstation 3 al servei de la biomedicina. Espai 2. ps3grid

Parc de la Ciutadella, Pg Picasso, 1
Dissabte 7 de juny, d’11 a 24 h i diumenge 8 de juny, d’11 a 15 h
ENTRADA LLIURE

I haven't found a thread where members can announce events in any country about BOINC and SETI, so I'm starting one and hope this is an appropriate place on the forum. I think it's best to limit announcements to events that are open to the public and are free or almost free of charge.

Might I suggest this is 'stickied' ?

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Dani Gil has now posted some photos of the Science Festival event in Barcelona. Click on FOTAGRAFIES under the photo to see more.

http://www.boinc.cat/

Much further down the introductory page there's a photo of Spanish crunchers with David Anderson who gave a talk in Barcelona last September.

Today starts ExpoZaragoza-2008
in North-Eastern Spain.
Webpage is available in English language as well.
The issue is: The water.

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