{"id":19792,"date":"2021-06-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ieec.cat\/the-ieec-forum-2021-on-its-25th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T14:58:34","slug":"the-ieec-forum-2021-on-its-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ieec.cat\/en\/the-ieec-forum-2021-on-its-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"The IEEC Forum 2021, on its 25th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” height=”114px” background_color=”” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ title_text=”” background_image=”\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/slider-corpo2.jpg”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” _dynamic_attributes=”content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IjxoMSBjbGFzcz1cImVudHJ5X3RpdGxlXCI+IiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiI8L2gxPiJ9fQ==@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” _dynamic_attributes=”content” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9kYXRlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJkYXRlX2Zvcm1hdCI6ImN1c3RvbSIsImN1c3RvbV9kYXRlX2Zvcm1hdCI6IlktbS1kIEg6aTpzIn19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” top_divider_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” top_divider_height=”0px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.ieec.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1623400943_5f344f19f96fe4c6a0ebad26dbd78b5a_pr_mainpicture.jpeg” alt=”The IEEC Forum 2021, on its 25th anniversary” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”PR_Image1.png” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ width=”600px” module_alignment=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]On 9 June 2021, the IEEC Forum 2021 took place at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona<\/a> (CCCB). This year’s edition was a special one, as it was also part of the activities organised on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of IEEC. At the same time, it was one of the first events organised in person by the Institute after more than a year, in accordance with the safety protocol and general COVID-19 measures as established by health authorities.<\/p>\n

The event, which gathered more than 80 attendees, was opened by a welcome speech held by Dr. Ignasi Ribas, Director of IEEC, who also gave a general presentation about the Institute. The afternoon continued with a presentation about IEEC’s emerging leading role in the NewSpace environment in Catalonia, focusing on the NewSpace activities currently overseen by IEEC, the Satellite Ground Station at Montsec and the future of NewSpace. <\/p>\n

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\nCaption: Presentation of one of the speakers at the IEEC Forum 2021 celebrated at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB).
\nCredit: IEEC<\/em><\/p>\n

Other subjects were presented during the annual forum, such as the proposals submitted to the IEEC Internal Call, with participation of members of all the four IEEC research units: the MELISA project, the 3Cat-GEA project and the “Jets in Pulsar Systems” project.  Nüwa — a sustainable city design for a Mars colony — and the CCCB exhibition “Mars. The Red Mirror” were also presented to the audience. <\/p>\n

The event continued with presentations about scientific missions in which IEEC had a key role during the last year, related to Signal Processing for Communications and Navigation, the eXTP mission & PODIUM project, the FSSCAT mission, GNSS reflectometry and HydroGNSS mission, the latest scientific results from the Solar Orbiter mission, as well as the ones from the Gaia mission. <\/p>\n

The event concluded with the presentation of a video created on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of IEEC which briefly reviews the history of the Institute, as well as the most important milestones since its establishment, through the voices of differents representative figures from IEEC: Jordi Isern, founding director (1996 – 2015); Francesca Figueras, executive director during the management of Jordi Torra (2015 – 2017), Ignasi Ribas, current director (2017 – present); and Pilar Montes, manager (1997 – present).<\/p>\n