🗓 May 22-23, 2024 📍 San Sebastian (Spain) 🏷 Register here The transition towards a circular polymer economy is increasingly encouraged by global concerns about the emission of greenhouse gasses depletion of resources related to the polymer industry and the environmental impact of the mismanagement of plastic wastes. Want to know the latest breakthroughs on […]
Last week, we had the pleasure to attend the International Meeting on Circular Economy #EIECGipuzkoa2024 for one more year! These past two days, our CEO Andere Basterretxea Gorostiza and our Scientific Director Coralie Jehanno have assisted in a series of very stimulating round tables with local and international actors on circular economy. It has inspired […]
This week we were present at the Battery Innovation Days 2023 in the very nice city of Bordeaux for two intensive but captivating days gathering the European battery community! Technology, European policy, Sustainability, and Education were some of the topics highlighted in the fascinating talks and round tables we had the chance to attend. We […]
Last week, Claire Morand and Flore Kilens, PhD students of NATURE project, participated in the Chemical Science Symposium about Chemistry of Polymers organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London. They both had the opportunity to present their research through a poster and a flash oral presentation for Claire. This fascinating event was also […]
This week our CSO Coralie Jehanno participated in the international conference “Equality, Science, and Technology. For a paradigm shift” organised by Emakunde in San Sebastian. The different presentations and round tables on the inclusion of gender perspective in Research and Development have been fascinating and we have learned as much as we have felt understood. If only one number […]
Last week, we organized, together with the University of Birmingham and the University of the Basque Country, a summer school focused on the current challenges of plastics recycling. The event took place on October 4 and 5 at the Joxe Mari Korta Building (Donostia-San Sebastian). On October 4, ESR students from the NATURE project, as […]
Back to work with good news! Last week our ESRs, Gabriela Garbonova and Bige Bati participated in the Circular Chemical Economy Summer School organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Newcastle and won the first and second prizes for the best poster! Congratulations!
Last week Polykey sponsored the Organic Battery Days 2023 held in Palacio Miramar (Donostia – San Sebastián) and organised by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Our expert in materials for energy storage and bioelectronics Iñaki Gomez attended this very special event to discuss the latest advances in organic molecules and polymers for energy […]
Last week, PhD students from POLYKEY and POLYMAT attended a very nice workshop on communication skills delivered by Juan José Sáenz de la Torre Lasierra from Agata Communications. In the framework of the European project NATURE (nature-itn.eu), our students learned tips on communicating through social networks, how to write articles adapted to their audience, outreach […]
POLYKEY has been granted for the NEOTEC program by the CDTI (Centro para el desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial), as one of the top ten classified business projects participating in the NEOTEC contest. The goal of CDTI’s NEOTEC program, Business Public Entity from the Spanish goverment (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación), is to support the creation and […]
