Barcelona Bridal Week

The 21st Barcelona Bridal Week, which includes the Gaudí Novias CatWalk and the Noviaespaña Fair, is coming a week devoted to the bridal wear sector, taking place at Pavilion 8 within the grounds of the Gran Via de Fira de Barcelona. It will draw in even greater numbers than last year’s, with over 14.000 visitors from 50 countries.

The event will bring in representatives from almost half of the 700 businesses specialising in the sector here in Spain. 40% will be international, with businesses from the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Lebanon, Poland, South Korea and Turkey, among others.

Barcelona Bridal Week kicks off with Gaudí CatWalk parades, from 10 to 13 May, in which 27 designers are expected to participate: Jesús del Pozo, Pronovias, Rosa Clarà, Victorio & Lucchino, Jesús Peiró, Cymbeline and Raimon Bundó.

The Noviaespaña Fair, from 13 to 15 May, will take over from the cat walk. It will offer a range of products from 240 businesses in the sector in a venue with 30.000 square metres at its disposal.

The Four Puig i Cadafalch columns, symbol of Barcelona’s Historical Memory

In 1919 the architect Puig i Cadafalch built four columns in Montjuïc symbolising the stripes of the Catalan flag but they were demolished by Primo de Rivera in 1928 are back again opposite the Magic Fountain in Montjuïc.

Now, almost ninety years later, the Puig i Cadalfach columns can be seen again in all of their glory opposite the Magic Fountain in Montjuïc, following the removal of the scaffolding around them.

The columns are 20 metres high and have been erected at their original site in the Plaça del Marquès de la Foronda.

The monument was reconstructed using the architect’s original plans and period photographs.

The project will include improved paving for the surrounding area. What is more, the area underneath the columns will be the site for a new Line 2 metro station connecting the Fira de Montjuïc with Gran Via.

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009 will be attended by over 4,000 delegates from many countries and international observers with aim of drawing up a text for a possible agreement at the Convention of the Parties (COP15), which will take place in December in Copenhagen.

From 2 to 6 November, FIRA GRAN VIA, at carrer del Foc 47, Barcelona, will be the venue for the last preparatory sessions prior to COP15, which will take place in Copenhagen in December.

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009 will be the last of the meetings established for 2009 in order to draw up an internationally deal to tackle climate change beyond 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expires. These meetings were established under the Bali Action Plan agreed at COP13, in order to arrive at a future agreement regarding climate change beyond 2012.

The Bali Action Plan, or Decision 1/COP13, establishes that a comprehensive process be launched to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change through long-term cooperative action, now, up to and beyond 2012, in order to reach an agreed outcome and adopt a decision at its fifteenth session, to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009
Barcelona Convention Centre FIRA GRAN VIA -> Calle del Foc, 47

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ESC Congress 2009 in Barcelona

The ESC Congress is an annual international congress held in Europe, represents the largest meeting in the world addressing issues in cardiovascular medicine. It is the largest medical meeting in Europe, gathering over 25,000 participants ever year.

The meeting, taking place over five days in 30 lecture theatres, provides a unique forum bringing together all the different disciplines and players involved in cardiology, including doctors, basic scientists, epidemiologists, nurses,  technicians and key opinion leaders.  An advantage  is that it covers both specific issues in the different disciplines as well as broader issues affecting all fields of cardiology.

The congress will provide delegates with great opportunities for education, including “Meet and Read with the Experts“, and for hearing about the latest research. There will  be valuable opportunities  for networking, including finding out about practice in different countries, exchanging ideas and getting to know a range of interesting new people. Let’s not forget our industry partners who will be holding over 80 satellite symposia and workshops and showcasing the latest innovations in pharma  and equipment in what’s probably the world’s  largest medical exhibition centre.

Barcelona is a truly wonderful venue. The city offers an excellent congress centre, good transport links, and is a really interesting place for delegates to take a bit of time out. You have magnificent Gaudi architecture, superb cuisine and a world famous football team. In fact it’s the  perfect mix – that’s so long as you don’t get too distracted from the Congress.

Fira Gran Via: Plaza Europa, Hospitalet – 08908 Barcelona  |  www.escardio.org

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