SF-COB 5ª edición - Cáceres, 15 y 16 de abril de 2008

5th edition – Cáceres, April, 15-16 2008

When speaking in front of an audience, only 15% of what actually reaches the public corresponds to the spoken message. In contrast, more than half the information retained by listeners lies in nonverbal communication. Indeed, the lecturer’s posture, gesture and eye gaze tell a lot more on how he/she feels than mere words. These courses organized…

3rd edition – Santander, March, 31 2008

After six courses directed to new incorporations into Clinical Research Ethics Committees (CREC), one step forward was deemed appropriate. This time, the contents were customized to fit active members of committees that work specifically in the field of cancer research. The objective was to update the main aspects involved in the assessment of cancer clinical trials…

2008

Presentation of the Esteve Foundation by Josep Esteve at the 8th Meeting of the Catalan Society for the History of Pharmacy (2007)

Josep Esteve Soler, President of the Board of Trustees of the Esteve Foundation, lectured on the work of this institution at the VIII Meeting of the Catalan Society for the History of Pharmacy, where proposals by other entities such as the Uriach Foundation and the Vila Casas Private Foundation were also made known. The act…

2007

Special collaboration: ‘Who is making science? Scientists as makers of science policy (2007)

Scientific entrepreneurs are individuals who act as links between the fields of science, politics and economics, thereby generating technoscientific systems and often defining scientific policies and research lines. This international workshop was organized by the Science History Group of the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), the CSIC’s Unit of Comparative Politics and the renowned Max Planck Institute…

2007