MEDSI 2016
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
The ALBA Synchrotron has been proud to welcome you to the 9th edition of the Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation (MEDSI) conference.
More than 250 delegates from synchrotron facilities from all over the world will had the opportunity to showcase and exchange cutting-edge developments in mechanical design and engineering of synchrotron-based instrumentation.
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Welcome Reception Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona
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08:30
Bus from the Meeting Points to the Venue
MEETING POINT 1
In front of NH Constanza hotel
L'illa Diagonal
Carrer Deu i Mata, 69-99,
08029 BarcelonaMEETING POINT 2
In front of Hesperia Presidente hotel
Av. Diagonal, 568,
08021 Barcelona -
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Registration & Welcome Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona - 2
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10:50
Coffee Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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MOTB01 - Advanced Computational Methods for Vacuum Technology with Application to Synchrotron Radiation Light Sources - Part II Àgora Room - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Àgora Room - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Speaker: Dr Roberto Kersevan (CERN) -
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MOTC01 - Optics and Mechanics of Mirror Benders - Part II Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Speaker: Dr Josep Nicolàs (ALBA Synchrotron) -
12:40
Lunch Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona - 6
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15:20
Tea Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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MOTB02 - Finite Element Analysis in Design of Synchrotron Instrumentation – Issues, Good Practices and New Horizons - Part II Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Speaker: Dr Brajuskovic Bran (Argonne National Laboratory) -
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MOTC02 - Accelerator Physics: An introduction - Part II Àgora room - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Àgora room - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Speaker: Dr Zeus Marti (CELLS) -
Poster session: Poster Session Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
18:00
Bus from the Venue to the Meeting Points Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona
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08:30
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08:30
Bus from the Meeting Points to the Venue
MEETING POINT 1
In front of NH Constanza hotel
L'illa Diagonal
Carrer Deu i Mata, 69-99,
08029 BarcelonaMEETING POINT 2
In front of Hesperia Presidente hotel
Av. Diagonal, 568,
08021 Barcelona - 10
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TUAA01 - Precision Mechanical Design of a Miniature Dynamic Mirror Bender for the SSRF Beamline Upgrade Project Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Deming Shu (Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source) - 12
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10:50
Coffee Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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TUBA01 - The Design of a Precision Mechanical Assembly for a Hard X-ray Polarizer Auditorium Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Steven Patrick Kearney (Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source) - 14
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TUBA03 - The Generic Mirror Chamber for the European XFEL Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Tino Noll (Berliner Elektronenspeichering-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.H.) -
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TUBA04 - Mechanical Design and Development of Compact Linear Nanopositioning Flexure Stages with Centimeter-Level Travel Range and Nanometer-Level Resolution Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Deming Shu (Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source) -
12:40
Lunch Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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TUCA01 - Investigation of the Vibrational Stability of Synchrotron X-Ray Optics Using a Differential Interferometer Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Ralph Doehrmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) -
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TUCA02 - Structural Dynamic Modelling and Measurement of SwissFEL Bunch Compressor Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Xinyu Wang (Paul Scherrer Institute Mechanical Engineering Sciences) -
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TUCA03 - Estimation of the Temperature Fluctuations Harshness With Respect to the Thermal Stability of Support Structures Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Nicolas Jobert (Synchrotron Soleil) - 20
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15:20
Tea Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona - 21
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Poster session Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
18:00
Bus from the Venue to the Meeting Points Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
20:00
Bus from the Meeting Points to Observatori Fabra Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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Social event - Welcome Reception - Observatori Fabra Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
23:00
Bus from the Observatori Fabra to the Meeting Points Observatori Fabra
Observatori Fabra
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona
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08:30
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08:30
Bus from the Meeting Points to the Venue
MEETING POINT 1
In front of NH Constanza hotel
L'illa Diagonal
Carrer Deu i Mata, 69-99,
08029 BarcelonaMEETING POINT 2
In front of Hesperia Presidente hotel
Av. Diagonal, 568,
08021 Barcelona -
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WEAA01 - The ESRF Accelerator Upgrade: Overview, Technical Challenges and Solutions in the Engineering Design Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Philippe Marion (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) -
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WEAA02 - X-Ray Absorber Design and Calculations for the EBS Storage Ring Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Frederic Thomas (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) -
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WEAA03 - Thermal Stability of the New ESRF Extremely Brilliant Source Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Benjamin Tampigny (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) -
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WEAA04 - Novel Numerical method for Calculating the Shadow Projection and Collision Mapping of a Multi-Axis Goniometer at Diamond Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Vinay Grama (Diamond Light Source Ltd) -
10:50
Coffee Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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WEBA01 - Nostradamus and the Synchrotron Engineer: Key Aspects of Predicting Accelerator Structural Response Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Curt Preissner (Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source) -
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WEBA02 - Minimization of Mechanical Constraint Effects of Eutectic GaIn as Thermal Interface Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Lin Zhang (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory LCLS Department) -
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WEBA03 - Recent Progress on the New Designs of High-Heat-Load Components Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Sushil Sharma (Brookhaven National Laboratory National Synchrotron Light Source II) -
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WEBA04 - A Discussion on Utilization of Heat Pipes and Vapor Chambers for Photon Absorbers in Particle Accelerators Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Kamlesh Suthar (Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source) -
12:40
Lunch Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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WECA01 - Low-Cost, High-Performance Non-Evaporable Getter (NEG) Pumps Using NEG Pills Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Kazuhiko Mase (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS) Photon Factory) - 34
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WECA03 - Commissioning of the U15-Undulator for Swissfel and New Developments for the Athos Beamline Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Pirmin Boehler (Paul Scherrer Institut) -
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WECA04 - Compact Horizontal-Gap Vertically-Polarizing Undulator (HGVPU) with Dynamic Spring Compensation Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Oliver Schmidt (Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source) -
15:20
Tea Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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WECA05 - Superconducting RF System Plans at CLS Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Christopher Nathan Regier (Canadian Light Source Inc. University of Saskatchewan) - 38
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Poster session Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
18:00
Bus from the Venue to the Meeting Points Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona
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08:30
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08:30
Bus from the Meeting Points to the Venue
MEETING POINT 1
In front of NH Constanza hotel
L'illa Diagonal
Carrer Deu i Mata, 69-99,
08029 BarcelonaMEETING POINT 2
In front of Hesperia Presidente hotel
Av. Diagonal, 568,
08021 Barcelona - 40
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THAA02 - Mechanical Engineering of a Cryo STXM at CLS Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Christopher Nathan Regier (Canadian Light Source Inc. University of Saskatchewan) -
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THAA03 - Mechanical Design of New Dual Pinhole Mini-Beam Collimator With Motorized Pitch and Yaw Adjuster Provides Lower Background for X-Ray Crystallography Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Shenglan Xu (Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source) -
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THAA04 - Upgrading a Transmission SAX/WAX Beamline to Allow High Quality GISAX/GIWAX Experiments for Soft Matter Thin Films Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Andrew Marshall (Diamond Light Source Ltd) -
10:50
Coffee Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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THBA01 - An End Station with Cryogenic Coils Contributing to a 0.5 Tesla Field and 30-400k Sample Thermal Control Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Gregory Adam Scharfstein (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Advanced Light Source) -
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THBA02 - Enabling Investigations of Fluids and Fluid - Solid - Interfaces With Soft X-Ray Excitation at UHV Conditions Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Daniel Grötzsch (MAX-PLANCK-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Department of Molecular Theory and Spectroscopy) -
12:00
Bus from the Venue to ALBA Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
12:40
Lunch at ALBA Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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ALBA Visit Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
17:00
Bus from ALBA to the Meeting Points ALBA (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
ALBA
Cerdanyola del Vallès
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20:00
Social event - Conference dinner - Drassanes Av. de les Drassanes, s/n 08001 Barcelona (Drassanes Maritime Museum of Barcelona)
Av. de les Drassanes, s/n 08001 Barcelona
Drassanes Maritime Museum of Barcelona
Drassanes Maritime Museum of Barcelona Av. de les Drassanes, s/n 08001 Barcelona
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08:30
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08:30
BUs from the Meeting Points to the Venue
MEETING POINT 1 In front of NH Constanza hotel L'illa Diagonal Carrer Deu i Mata, 69-99, 08029 Barcelona MEETING POINT 2 In front of Hesperia Presidente hotel Av. Diagonal, 568, 08021 Barcelona
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FRAA02 - Optimizing X-Ray Mirror Thermal Performance Using Variable-Length Cooling for High-Repetition-Rate FELs Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Corey Lee Hardin (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory LCLS Department) - 49
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10:50
Coffee Break Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona -
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FRBA01 - A New Crystal Bender for the ID31 Laue-Laue Monochromator Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Muriel Magnin-Mattenet (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) - 52
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FRBA04 - LCLS-II KB Mirror Systems: Technical Challenges and Solutions Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Auditorium - Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 BarcelonaSpeaker: Lin Zhang (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory LCLS Department) - 55
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13:00
Farewell Lunch Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Cosmocaixa - Science museum of Barcelona
Barcelona
Carrer d'Isaac Newton, 26 08022 Barcelona
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