Organization

Honorary presidents

Angel Cardama, professor of antennas at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors (2002). Author of over 60 papers on the design of microwave imaging systems and communications antennas, Dr. Cardama and his group have pioneered research on fractal antennas, distinguished by the European Council of applied Sciences and Engineering with the “European Information Technology Prize”.

Ricard Guerrero, professor of microbiology at the Universitat de Barcelona and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Dr. Guerrero’s many scientific publications have furthered knowledge of microbial communities (bacterial films in the Ebre River delta, anaerobic photosynthesizing bacteria in the lakes of Banyoles) and other aspects of the ecological roles of bacteria.

Organizing committee

Mary Ellen Kerans, freelance translator and author’s editor; instructor of English for Specific Purposes in the Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Carolyn Newey, editor and communication trainer, Institut de Recerca, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Frances Luttikhuizen, freelance language consultant, Barcelona, Spain

Karen Shashok, freelance translator and author’s editor, Granada, Spain

Catherine Mark, editor and language facilitator, Departamento de Inmunología y Oncología, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Alan Lounds, head of the foreign languages unit of the languages and terminology service, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain