Every year, Vigo becomes a global benchmark for the fishing industry, and the 2025 edition of Conxemar will be no exception. Held at the Vigo Exhibition Centre from October 7 to 9, the event has consolidated its international prestige thanks to the strong support it receives from professionals, companies, and the general public. And the numbers keep growing: last year, the fair welcomed 27,080 visitors and occupied 37,000 square meters of exhibition space, with over 750 stands.

The success of Conxemar 2025 lies in its ability to bring together experts from around the world who share knowledge and forge strategic alliances, creating momentum that goes far beyond a simple trade exhibition.

Conxemar has established itself as a leading trade fair at both the European and global levels. Year after year, it brings together companies from over a hundred countries involved in fishing, aquaculture, processing, distribution, machinery, and logistics.

Over the course of three days, the event will offer an intensive networking environment where commercial agreements will be signed, technological innovations will be presented, and the key challenges and opportunities facing the sector will be discussed.

The XLI edition of the Semana Galega de Filosofía, organized by Aula Castelao, under the motto 'Filosofía e nihilismo', an analysis of contemporary nihilism and its alternatives.

This week Pontevedra will be able to enjoy various conferences, acts and lectures focused on different topics from the world of philosophy.

The president of the entity, Alexandre Cendón has communicated that this year's theme revolves around the theme of: “putting philosophy at the service of change, welfare and emancipation of people and their peoples, to overcome the feeling of discouragement, such individual and social dynamics of abandonment and despair that leads us to destruction”.

Other participants are: Brais Gonzalez Arribas and Laura Martin....

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On April 26th and 27th the third edition of CINBIO, the scientific fair organized by the Center for Research in Nanomaterials and Biomedicine (CINBIO) of the University of Vigo, with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) - Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities will shine again at the Puerta del Sol.

More than 250 students of ESO, High School and Vocational Training will present their scientific projects from more than 32 centers competing for various prizes before a specialized jury and with a prize from the public who will be able to vote in an app after hearing the presentation of their projects in groups of four in the so-called “golden minutes”. In addition to offering their explanations to the public who come to their stands throughout the day.

Participation categories:

Early researchers for 1st and 2nd of ESO.

Young researchers for 3st and 4nd of ESO.

Teen researchers for1rd and 2th of high school and vocational training.

There will also be scientific workshops for students between 3 and 12 years building and investigating electricity by creating electrical circuits or making bracelets sensitive to ultraviolet light.

The festival will feature inclusive gymkhanas “CinVigo Holmes ”on Saturday morning adapted to people with functional diversity.

Cienceando: On Saturday afternoon and Sunday at noon there will be a humorous show offering scientific demonstrations with visual effects.

Schedule:

Saturday:

From 11:00 to 14/30 hours and from 16:00 to 19 hours.

Sunday.

From 11:00 to 13:00 hours

Awards ceremony from 13:00 hours.

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Vigo will host several important conferences in September, October and November. They will be held at the Afundación Sede in Vigo.

The first of these will be the Conference on Quantum Cryptography, after being held in Washington in 2023 after Zurich, Cambridge, Shanghai and Amsterdam.

More than 350 researchers on the security and confidentiality of communications will visit the city to attend or give presentations at this conference.

It will be held from September 2 to 6 at the Afundación headquarters, organized by UVigo and the Galician Supercomputing Center (Cesga).

Later, the VI Congress of the Galician Wound Society (SGH) will try to inform and evaluate the advances in the healing of the most complicated wounds.

Hundreds of health specialists are expected to attend on September 13 and 14.

In the second half of the month PulpoCon24 returns this year on September 19, 20 and 21, 2024. Where different international and national programmers will explain how to improve programming techniques and models.

The III New Space Spain is the event that brings together the leading organizations in the space sector. It will be from September 25 to 28. This year the topic to be discussed will be on current trends and challenges in the industry and innovation.

The Conxemar International Congress will have the sustainable development goals as its central theme this year.
It will be held on October 1, 2 and 3, 2024. Co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The VIII Business Congress of Businesswomen Galicia.
It will bring together entrepreneurs and experts from different sectors and professionals such as Gabriela González, from Vegalsa, Ana Pedroche, Catalina Hoffmann and Miren Álvarez, from the Inspiring Girls Foundation; Sara Rodríguez, from Hermasa Canning Technology; Iria Álvarez, from Almamark and Raquel Lago, from Cabinas Lagos. It will be held on the 24th from 09:00 to 18:30 hours. The congress program includes workshops and networking activities as well as various presentations.

The XXVIII Meeting of the Galician Society of Pain and Palliative Care (SGADOR) will be held on the 25th and 26th of October. It will deal with different conferences and round tables and topics related to chronic pain and its treatment.

XXVIII Galician-Portuguese Chemistry Meeting
The Meeting promotes scientific and technological exchange between university and industry researchers in various fields of chemistry and chemical engineering. It will be held between the 13th and 15th of November.

1/04/2024 Sede de Afundación de Vigo. Vigo

5 a 7/04/2024, Cines Vía Norte, Vigo

3/04/2024 Calvario, Vigo

8/04/2024

8/04/2024  Teatro Afundación, Vigo

6 al 10/04/2024, IFEVI, Vigo

10/04/24 Auditorio Mar de Vigo, Vigo

16/02/2024, 12.15 horas. Biblioteca Pública "Juan Compañel, Vigo

Centro comercial Vialia, Vigo

De enero a Abril de 2024,Vigo

23/24 y 5/6/7 de marzo y abril de 2024 en Vigo

Through talks, workshops, techniques and conferences, Pulpocon2023 provides training ideas to startup developers, presentations focused on the relevance of data in innovation and development, etc. With speakers of national and international prestige.

The weekend of September 7, 8 and 9, 2023 in Vigo are 3 days of 14 talks and 12 workshops.

From July 24 to 28, the LVII International Congress of the European Association of Spanish Teachers will take place, which will try to analyze "Spanish in the post-pandemic era: challenges and challenges'" bringing together 130 Spanish teachers.

Topics such as the presence of Spanish in the world, the implication of chatgtp, etc. will be analyzed. It will be carried out in the Faculty of Philology located on the Vigo university campus (CUVI).

The thematic lines of the congress are:

Studies on linguistics.

ICT and the teaching of language, literature, culture, translation and history in the Spanish classroom as L1 and L2.

Literary translation and other translations.

Research on culture and literature.

Teaching of culture, history, literature, classroom translation of Spanish as L1/L2 or LE and as a heritage language.

The ELE teacher in the digital age: new perspectives and challenges.

The teaching of Spanish for children and adolescents.

Teaching Spanish for specific purposes.

25/07/23 Parque de Oia, Vigo

This Thursday, April 20 and Friday, April 21, the annual congress "Startup Congress Galicia 2023" will be held in Vigo, which will delve into topics such as the future of various business sectors such as banking, health, fraud and cybersecurity, as well as the change in regulations. of the company in the margin of the new whistleblower protection law that will come into force in December 2023. As well as issues such as tourism or investment by prominent representatives of these areas.

This year representatives of Gebro Pharma, Grant Thortom, Stellantis, Cinfa, Mastercard, Roberto Verino, Visa...

As speakers it is worth mentioning Dora Casal, from Roberto Verino, Aquilino Peña, from Kibo Ventures, Ricardo Muiños, from Deloitte, etc.

The talks or presentations will be held in three simultaneous rooms with interviews, round tables or debates, sector talks, etc.

There will be more than 20 workshops or workshops. As well as awards ceremony for the three best startups.

This congress will bring together all the Galician accelerators that support, advise and invest in competitive medium-sized companies with investments in exchange for capital with more than one hundred and fifty investment funds, including from Portugal.

It already has more than half a thousand registrations that are made clicking on this link Laconnetwork .

It is held in the emblematic Palacio de la Oliva that opened its doors in December last year. Building of more than 4,700 square meters located in the Casco Vello de Vigo.

Ania Casal Posted on April 20