The congress will take place mainly at the Leioa Campus of the University of the Basque Country, where the Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología (ZTF-FCT) [College of Science and Technology] of the University of the Basque Country will host the majority of the program and the Garai Canteen will provide the meals of the congress. However, Monday morning as well as the open-to-the-public science popularization activity will take place at the Bizkaia Aretoa, in Bilbao. Other activities, such as the social dinner, will take place outside the university. More details regarding them will be given throughout 2024.
Bizkaia Aretoa
(Monday Morning) Website of the BA
Situated in the center of Bilbao (Abandoibarra Etorbidea 3), the Bizkaia Aretoa is the most emblematic building of the University of the Basque Country regarding the organization of social, cultural, academic and scientific events, either ßorganized by the university itself or external entities. Because of this, Monday morning, the congress will begin at the Bizkaia Aretoa. Afterwards, the congress will move for Monday afternoon and the rest of the days to the Leioa Campus.
Mitxelena Auditorium of the Bizkaia Aretoa
during a talk of Marta Macho Stadler
All the activities of the congress will take place in the ground floor of the Bizkaia Aretoa: registration and the coffee break will take place at reception, while the opening and the plenary talks of Monday morning will take place at the Mitxelena Auditorium, which is easily accessible from the reception of the building. After the last plenary talk, the congress will move by bus to the Leioa Campus for continuing there the rest of the congress.
Leioa Campus
(Main Venue)Campus Map
Situated in the surroundings of Bilbao, the Leioa Campus is the insignia campus of the University of the Basque Country regarding arts and sciences. Inside this, it will the Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología [College of Science and Technology] the one hosting the congress in its majority, with the only excepcitons of Monday morning and Wednesday afternoon. For facilitating the attendance of the participants and not saturating public transit, we will offer a bus service (of which we give the information at the end of this page). For arriving on your own to the campus, consult the page about public transit in Bilbao or, in case a car was used to travel to the conference, use this to travel back and forth to the campus.
Airview of the Leioa Campus of the University of the Basque Country
In the Leioa campus map below, we can see the Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología (ZTF-FCT) [College of Science and Technology] of the University of the Basque Country colored in cyan, the Garai Canteen colored in magenta and the parking spaces for the general public in yellow—with a black ‘P’ over them. One can easily walk between all these points and the campus is adapted for those people with reduced mobility.
Pushing the buttons below, you can download the two Leioa campus maps: the simplified one shown on this page (in high resolution) and the detailed official map with all the legends.
College of Science and Technology (ZTF-FCT) Faculty Website
Located in a central position inside the Leioa campus, the Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología (ZTF-FCT) [College of Science and Technology] of the University of the Basque Country will be the primary hosting place of the congress.
Note: Although the official translation of “Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología” is “Faculty of Science and Technology”, we use the translation “College of Science and Technology” since this is better to refer to the university building/institution. The words “facultad” and “faculty” are false friends—the Spanish word usually refers to a university building/institution, while the English word refers exclusively to the body of academicians in that building/institution.
Paraninfo [Auditorium]
(Plenary Talks & Round Tables)
The paraninfo [auditorium] of the ZTF-FCT, with a capacity of 275 people, is the main room for events at the college. Here, plenary talks and round tables will take place.
Grand Salle
(Coffee Breaks & Poster Sessions)
The Grand Salle of the ZTF-FCT is an ample space with a capacity of 300 people. In this space, both coffee breaks and poster sessions will take place.
Rooms
(Parallel Sessions)
The ZTF-FCT has 56 rooms for teaching. All of these rooms count with a computer, a projector and a blackboard. The parallel sessions will take place in these rooms. Once the program is defined, we will publish the rooms for the parallel sessions and other activities.
Map of the ZTF-FCT
The map of the ZTF-FCT will be available once the rooms where the congress will take place are specified.
Garai Canteen Canteen's Website
The Garai Canteen will take care of the meals of the congress. We will provide more details about the meals and its serving throughout 2024.
Transport to the Leioa Campus
(Bus Service)
For not saturating public transit and facilitating attendance to participants, we will provide a bus service between the city of Bilbao and the Leioa campus of the University of the Basque Country. However, those who want to go on their own to the campus can use public transit. For finding information about the possible option, check the page about the public transit in Bilbao.
We will add the information relative to the bus service later when there are a few moths left for the conference.