International Conference on Oral Health & Dentistry September 21-22, 2020 Barcelona, Spain

About Spain:

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain is a European country located in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of Spanish territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country.  Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

About Barcelona:

Barcelona or BCN is known for a lot from architecture, (the second most visited church on the planet is an unfinished “work in progress” building Sagrada Familia) to excellent soccer to politics. Officially the city is the capital of Catalonia (for some a country about to declare independence from Spain & for others simply a historic region of Spain). Barcelona is the capital of the Mediterranean and seat to many international organizations. It is also known for being the city of the famous Camp Nou stadium and of the Barça football team. One of the main achievements of the city was the hosting of the Olympic Games in 1992, thanks to this event Barcelona became famous to the eyes of the world and is now one of the main tourist attractions of Spain. Barcelona is one of the most important tourist destinations in Europe, with millions of people visiting every year. The city is famous for its 19th century modernist architecture. The best known of those buildings was designed by Antoni Gaudi. It is the unfinished church Sagrada Familia, which is the symbol of Barcelona. It is known for its tapas food, a delicious meze.

Transportation:

Barcelona is served by Barcelona-El Prat Airport, about 17 km from the center of Barcelona. It is the second-largest airport in Spain, and the largest on the Mediterranean coast, which handled more than 50.17 million passengers in 2018, showing an annual upward trend. It is a main hub for Vueling Airlines and Ryanair, and also a focus for Iberia and Air Europa. The airport mainly serves domestic and European destinations, although some airlines offer destinations in Latin America, Asia and the United States. The airport is connected to the city by highway, metro, commuter train (Barcelona Airport railway station) and scheduled bus service. Barcelona is served by an extensive local public transport network that includes a metro system, a bus network, a regional railway system, trams, funiculars, rack railways, a Gondola lift and aerial cable cars. These networks and lines are run by a number of different operators but they are integrated into a coordinated fare system, administered by the Autoritat Del Transport Metropolita (ATM). Barcelona's metro and rail system is supplemented by several aerial cable cars, funiculars and rack railways that provide connections to mountain-top stations. FGC operates the Funicular de Tibidabo up the hill of Tibidabo and the Funicular de Vallvidrera (FGC), while TMB runs the Funicular de Montjuïc up Montjuic. 

Economic condition:

The Barcelona metropolitan area comprises over 66% of the people of Catalonia, one of the richer regions in Europe and the fourth richest region per capita in Spain, with a GDP per capita amounting to €28,400 (16% more than the EU average). The greater Barcelona metropolitan area had a GDP amounting to $177 billion (equivalent to $34,821 in per capita terms, 44% more than the EU average), making it the 4th most economically powerful city by gross GDP in the European Union, and 35th in the world in 2009. Barcelona city had a very high GDP of €80,894 per head in 2004, according to Eurostat. Furthermore, Barcelona was Europe's fourth best business city and fastest improving European city, with growth improved by 17% per year as of 2009. Barcelona was the 24th most "livable city" in the world in 2015 according to lifestyle magazine Monocle. Similarly, according to Innovation Analysts 2thinknow, Barcelona occupies 13th place in the world on Innovation Cities™ Global Index.

Geographical Position of City:

Barcelona is located on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Mediterranean Sea, on a plain approximately 5 km (3 mi) wide limited by the mountain range of Collserola, the Llobregat river to the southwest and the Besos river to the north. This plain covers an area of 170 km2 (66 sq. mi), of which 101 km2 (39.0 sq. mi) are occupied by the city itself. It is 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of the Pyrenees and the Catalan border with France.

City’s Education & Life Style:

Barcelona has a well-developed higher education system of public universities. Most prominent among these is the University of Barcelona (established in 1450), a world-renowned research and teaching institution with campuses around the city. Barcelona is also home to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and the newer Pompeu Fabra University, and, in the private sector the EADA Business School founded in 1957, became the first Barcelona institution to run manager training programmes for the business community. IESE Business School, as well as the largest private educational institution, the Ramon Llull University, which encompasses internationally prestigious schools and institutes such as the ESADE Business School. The Autonomous University of Barcelona, another public university, is located in Bellaterra, a town in the Metropolitan Area. Toulouse Business School and the Open University of Catalonia (a private Internet-centred open university) are also based in Barcelona.

List of Universities in Barcelona:

• Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Pompeu Fabra University
• International University of Catalonia
• Abat Oliba CEU University
• Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
• EAE Business School Barcelona
• GSM Barcelona
• Institu Del Teatre
• La Salle Campus Barcelona
• Open University of Catalonia

List of Research centers:

• Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center
• IRB Barcelona - Institute for Research in Biomedicine
• PRBB Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
• BIST (Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology)
• IBEC · Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
• EMBL Barcelona

City Attractions:

• Santa Maria del Mar church
• Santa Maria del Pi church
• The Roman and Medieval walls
• Can Framis Museum
• Fabra Observatory
• The Arc de Triomf
• Castell dels Tres Dragons
• Hotel Arts and Torre Mapfre 
• Torre Agbar
• The Torre de Collserola on Tibidabo
• Sagrat Cor on Tibidabo
• The view from Gaudis Park Güell
• Port Vell Aerial Tramway
• Statue of Christopher Columbus
• W Barcelona 
• Colon building
• Magic Fountain of Montjuïc
• The Venetian Towers
• Plaça de Catalunya
• Barcelona's old Customs building at Port Vell