DONOSTIAINTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON

ENERGY MATERIALS NANOTECHNOLOGY

DINEMN 2015

1TH-4TH SEPTEMBER, 2015 UNIVERSITY OF BASQUE COUNTRY, POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL,

SAN SEBASTIÁN – DONOSTIA (GUIPÚZCOA), SPAIN.

PROGRAM

It is our great pleasure to announce Donostia International Workshop on Energy, Materials, and Nanotechnology (DINEMN), which will take place in San Sebastian, Spain from 1st till 4th September, 2015. It is our hope that the tradition of holding international scientific events in San Sebastián will continue. During the past 15 years we organized several international conferences, such as Magnetism of Nanophase materials (1998), Recent Research on Novel Magnetic Structures and Their Applications (2000), International Workshop on magnetic wires (2001), Third Joint European Magnetic Symposia, JEMS-2006, International Workshop on magnetic wires (2008), Recent Trends on Nanomagnetism, Spintronics and Applications (RTNSA-2011) and Donosita International Conference on Nanoscaled Magnetism and Applications (DICNMA 2013).

We invite all members of the international scientific community interested in new developments in Energy, Materials, and Nanotechnology to attend and to submit their latest findings to DINEMN 2015. The conference will provide a range of oral and poster presentations, invited talks and symposia, and exhibits reviewing the latest developments in Materials, Energy and Nanotechnology.

Selected (after peer-review) papers from the conference will be published in various ISI and Scopus indexed journals (Physica Status Solidi (a), IEEE Magnetics Letters and Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E). Only one paper per registered participant will be published.

We cordially invite you to attend the conference, actively participate in its technical sessions, and contribute to the continued success of this conference series. Up-to-date information on all aspects of the conference will appear soon on the conference webpage: http://www.dicnma.com/en/index.html.

The site of this conference is San Sebastian, a friendly, cosmopolitan, city on the beach of the

Basque Gulf, capital of the Guipúzcoa (Province of the Basque Country, Spain). San Sebastian,

nestled between the Coast Mountains and the Basque Gulf, is well known as a resort, for its

majestic natural beauty and for its gastronomy. It is frequently ranked as one of the "best

cities to live in" and is certainly a beautiful destination to visit. San Sebastian has been selected

as the European Capital of Culture 2016. On behalf of the DINEMN organizers, we look forward

to seeing you in San Sebastian and to join an exciting and enjoyable conference.

Sincerely,

DINEMN 2015 Organizing Committee

DINEMN 2015 ORGANIZATION & COMMITTEES

Chairperson

Zhukov Arkady (Chairman), Ikerbasque Research Prof., University of the Basque Country,

San Sebastián, Spain

International advisory committee

• M. Baibich (Brazil)

• B. Barbara (France)

• V. Chernenko (Spain)

• H. Chiriac (Romania)

• V. Fanco (Spain)

• A. Gencer (Turkey)

• R. Goldfarb (USA)

• J. Gonzalez (Spain)

• A. Granovsky (Russia)

• G. Hadjipanayis (USA)

• B. Hernando (Spain)

• G. Herzer (Germany)

• J. Lyubina (Germany)

• S. Mangin (France)

• K. Mohri (Japan)

• S. Mukhopadhyay (New Zealand)

• L. Panina (Russia)

• H.X. Peng (China)

• M-H. Phan (USA)

• D.J. Sellmyer (USA)

• R. Shull (USA)

• I. Skorvanek (Slovakia)

• M. Vazquez (Spain)

• R. Yavari (France, Grenoble)

• S. Yu (S. Korea)

• A. Zvezdin (Russia)

Program committee

• A. Cheikhrouhou (Tunisia)

• S. Kaloshkin (Russia)

• Yu. Shestopalov (Sweden)

• H. Srikanth (USA)

• J.J. Suñol (Spain)

• R. Varga (Slovakia)

Publication committee

• A. Zhukov

• V. Franco

• A. Talaat

• A. Chizhik

• V. Zhukova

Local organizing committee

• J.M. Blanco-Chair

• A. Chizhik

• M. Ipatov

• A. Talaat

• V. Zhukova

• J.J. Del Val

• L. Domínguez

• A. Ping Chen

• U. Mercedes Aguirre

Enquiries and Contact

DINEMN 2015 Conference Secretariat

General enquiries:

• Olga Zhukova

• emn.spain@gmail.com

• Phone: (0034) 685786033

• Fax: (0034) 943 017130

DINEMN 2015 Secretariat &Local

Committee's On-site Office

During Registration & Late Registration

days 1st – 4th September:

• Room 2.3 (second floor)

DETAILED PROGRAM DINEMN 2015

TUESDAY (September 1, 2015)

09:00-19:00 Onsite registration 11:00-11:15 Workshop opening

11:15-13:00 Session: Functional Materials and Applications Chair:Robert D. Shull (Salon de Grados -Gillermo Martinez- Ground Floor)

11:15-12-00 Keynote: Lesley F. Cohen (Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK) “Relaxation dynamics driven by the first-order character of magnetocaloric La(Fe,Mn,Si)13”

12-00-12-30 Invited talk: EkkesBrück (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) “Characterizing magnetocaloric materials”

12-30-13-00 Invited talk: Kari Ullakko(Material Physics Laboratory, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Savonlinna, Finland), “Characteristics and Applications of Micro Scale Ni-Mn-Ga Samples”

13:00-14:30 LUNCH 14:30-17:00 Session: Materials for Energy applications (Room A, second floor)

Chair: JuliaLyubina 14:30-15:00 Invited talk:LluísMañosa (Faculty of Physics, University of Barcelona, Spain)

“Elastocaloric effects in shape memory alloys” 15:00-15:30 Invited talk:Franca Albertini (IMEM-CNR, Italy)

“Microstructure engineering of magnetic shape memory thin films and nano-disks: effects of thickness, epitaxy and lateral confinement”

15:30-16:00 Invited talk:Robert D. Shull (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) “Effect of Magnetic Cluster Size on the Magnetocaloric Effect in a Magnetic Spin Glass”

16:00-16:30 Invited talk:Hideki Hosoda (Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) “Deformation of NiMnGa ferromagnetic shape memory alloy particles dispersed polymer composites”

16:30-17:00 Invited talk:Jose Manuel Barandiaran (Basque Country University, Spain) “Magnetic shape memory alloy thin films and nanostructures”

17:00-17:15 COFFEE BREAK 17:15-18:45 Session: Sensors and Instrumentation(Room A, second floor)

Chair:BlancaHernando 17:15-17:45 Invited talk:AlexandrDejneka (Institute of Physics, ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic)

“Ellipsometric study of phase transitions: possibilities and limitations” 17:45-18:15 Invited talk:Andreas Michels (University of Luxembourg) “Magnetic neutron

scattering studies on Nd-Fe-B magnets” 18-15-18-45 IEEE Distinguished Lecture: Ludwig Schultz “Interaction of Ferromagnetic and

Superconducting Permanent Magnets: Superconducting Levitation” (Invited talk) 20:00-22:00 Welcome party: SAN SEBASTIAN CITY HALL

WEDNESDAY(September 2, 2015)

9:00-18:00 Registration

9:00-10:45 Session: Nanoscaled materials and applications Chair: EkkesBrück(Salon de Grados - Gillermo Martinez - Ground Floor)

9:00-9:45 Keynote: Soren Linderoth (DTU Energy, Technical University of Denmark) “Novel heterostructured and multilayered oxide thin films for future applications”

9:45-10:15 Invited talk:OlgaKazakova (National Physical Laboratory,UK) “Novel Graphene-based Nanosensors”

10:15-10:45 Invited talk:Rudolf Schäfer (IFW Dresden, Germany) “Progress in magneto-optical domain imaging”

10:45-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11: 00-13:00 Session: Magnetic shape memory alloys

Chair: LluisMañosa(Salon de Grados - Gillermo Martinez - Ground Floor) 11:00-11:30 Invited talk:Eduard Cesari (Departament de Física, Universitat de les IllesBalears,

Spain) “Isothermal behaviour of the mart. transf. in ferromagnetic shape memory alloys”

11:30-12:00 Invited talk:Oleg Heczko (Department of Functional Materials, Institute of Physics of ASCR, Czech Republic) “Ni-Mn-Ga Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy: From Atomic Disorder to Macroscale Twinning”

12:00-12:30 Invited talk:RastislavVarga (Institute of Physics, UPJS, Kosice, Slovakia) “Rapidly quenched Heusler alloys”

12:30-13:00 Invited talk:Robert Niemann (IFW Dresden, Germany) “Epitaxial magnetic shape memory films for magnetocaloric applications”

13:00-14:30 LUNCH 14:30-18:30 Poster sessionChair: Valentina Zhukova 14:30-16:40 Session: Materials for biological applications(Room A, second floor)

Chair:Rudolf Schäfer 14:30-15:00 Invited talk:VitaliiZablotskii (Institute of Physics, ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic)

“Different scenarios of plasma-triggered bacterial death: mechanical, electrical, chemical and biological”

15:00-15:30 Invitedtalk: M. Luisa Fdez-Gubieda (Universidad del Pais Vasco, UPV/EHU, Spain) “Hyperthermia response and citotoxity studies of magnetite nanoparticles extracted from bacteria”

15:30-16:00 Invited talk:TsuyoshiUchymama (Nagoya University, Japan), “Measurement of Biomagnetic field Using GMI Based Gradiometer”

16:00-16:20 Oral talk: A. M. Huízar-Félix (Universidad del Pais Vasco, UVP/EHU, Spain) “Assemblies of magnetosomes extracted from magnetotactic bacteria”

16:20-16:40 Oral talk: AhmedTalaat (Universidad del Pais Vasco, UPV/EHU, Spain) “Exploiting the inductive heating properties of Fe-based glass-coated microwires for advanced magnetic hyperthermia”

16:40-17-30 COFFEE BREAK (17:00-17:30) AND POSTER SESSION (Hall, second floor)

WEDNESDAY(September 2, 2015) 17:30- 18:30 Session: Materials for energy

applications(Room A, second floor) Chair:Orlando Rios

Session: Nanoscaled materials (Room B, second floor) Chair: Jose Manuel Barandiaran/Eduard Cesari

17:30-17:50 Oral talk: BlancaHernando (Oviedo University, Spain) “Spontaneous exchange bias in Ni50Mn36Sn14 Heusler alloy ribbons

Oral talk: Alfredo García-Arribas(UPV/EHU, Spain) “Permalloynanodisks in magnetic vortex state fabricated by hole mask colloidal lithography”

17:50-18:10 Oral talk: Daniel Salazar Jaramillo (BCMaterials, ParqueCientífico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Spain) “Coercivity Enhanced on Dy-free NdFeB Alloys by Grain Boundary Engineering”

Oral talk: Giovanni Vinai (Laboratorio TASC, IOM-CNR, Italy) “Magnetic properties of Bi2FeCrO6 thin film multiferroics by means of x-ray magnetic dichroism”

18:10-18:30 Oral talk: P. de la Presa (Instituto de MagnetismoAplicado, UCM-ADIF-CSIC, Spain) ”Particle Interactions in Liquid Magnetic Colloids by Zero Field Cooled Measurements: Effects on Heating Efficiency”

Oral talk: EkaterinaS. Vasilyeva (Laboratory of NanoMaterials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia) “Synthesis and Applications of Tungsten Dichalcogenides Nanoparticles”

20:30-22:30 CONFERENCE DINNER

Poster Session

WEDNESDAY -THURSDAY (September 2-3, 2015) (Hall, second floor) Chair: Valentina Zhukova

1 PreetiAnandBhobe Exploring crystal structure – magnetic properties correlation in CdCr2Se4 2 Mikhail A. Cherkasskii Bright and dark microwave envelope solitons in ferrite-ferroelectric layered

structures(3.5) 3 Sung-Soo Kim Design of Wide-Bandwidth Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers Using Inductance and

Capacitance of Square Loop Frequency Selective Surface Calculated from Equivalent Circuit Model

4 V.V. Kononenko The Interesting Effects in Silver–Manganite Composite 5 Vera Lukshina Fe- and Co-based Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Materials For High Temperature

Applications 6 Jagannadha Panda Electrical spin injection from NiFe2O4 into p-Si using SiO2 and MgO tunnel barriers

for spin-elecronics 7 L.S. Uspenskaya Visualization of Magnetization Reversal in Micro-Structured PermalloyNanofilms by

Magnetooptic and Bitter Technique(8.1) 8 Dinh Chi Linh Magnetocaloric Properties of La0.8-xAgxCa0.2MnO3 Manganites Exhibiting the

Crossover of First- and Second-order Magnetic Phase Transitions 9 A. V. Bezus The role of vertical Bloch lines in the thermal stability of bubble lattices

10 Joan Josep Sunyol Ni rich Ni-Mn-Sn magnetic shape memory alloys 11 Paula Serras Microwave assisted synthesis of sodium vanadium fluorophosphates:

Electrochemical study of raw and coated materials 12 Tatiana Larionova Crystallization kinetics of Fe58Ni20Si9B13 amorphous alloy 13 JongSuk Lee Giant Magnetic Entropy Change in La0.6Ce0.4Fe11.5Si1.5 Alloy Exhibiting First- and

Second-Order Phase Transitions 14 ZuzanaVargová Ni2FeZ Heusler alloys like perspective magneto-electrical compounds 15 P.I. Polyakov Linear laws of volume elasticity of the physical processes and the parameter effect

16 Andrey S. Ignatov Investigation of Fe-rich amorphous ferromagnetic microwires under the influence of applied tensile stresses

17 O. K. Kuvandikov- A. A. Éshkulov

The research of spin-orbital interaction in intermetallic compounds of system Er-In on paramagnetic area

18 DmitryBataev Magnetocaloric properties of cold rolled Gd100-xCx (x = 0.10) solid solutions 19 SergeyTaskaev Magnetic properties of severe plastic deformed Mn-Al(C) alloys 20 MaximUlyanov Influence of cold rolling on magnetocaloric properties of Gd100-xInx (x = 0.6) solid

solutions 21 Sh.M. Sharipov Stabilizing Action of Citrate during Chemical Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

Using Ascorbic Acid 22 B. Idzikowski Diversity of magnetic phenomena in multifunctional lanthanide-based

nanophosphors 23 A.G. Savchenko Effect of annealing on structure, phase composition and magnetic properties of

rapidly solidified Zr-doped Nd-(Fe,Co)-B alloy 24 Mikhail V.

Gorshenkov Pinning of nanocrystals growth at Fe-Ni-B amorphous alloy crystallization

25 ValentinaZhukova Preparation and characterization of Fe-Pt and Fe-Pt-M (M=B, Si) microwires 26 Ryuichi Hashimoto Correlation between Structure and Magnetic Anisotropy and their temperature

dependence in Fe-based Nanocrystalline Alloys 27 MihailIpatov Tailoring of magnetic properties in Heusler-type NiMnGa glass-coated microwires 28 AhmedTalaat Tailoring of magnetic properties and GMI effect in thin amorphous wires 29 ValentinaZhukova Annealing effects on the GMR microwires with CuCo composition 30 AhmedTalaat Microstructural impact on the magnetization process of Hitperm glass-coated

microwires

THURSDAY (September 3, 2015)

9:00-10:45 Session: Nanocrystalline materials Chair:IvanSkorvanek (Salon de Grados -Gillermo Martinez- Ground Floor)

9:00-09:45 Keynote talk: Giselher Herzer (Vacuumschmelze GmbH, Germany) “Creep induced anisotropy in Fe- base nanocrystalline alloys”

09:45-10:15 Invited talk:Masato Ohnuma (Quantum Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan) “Structural Anisotropy in amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys annealed under stress”

10:15-10:45 Invited talk:Konda Gokuldoss Pradeep (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) “Atomic-scale investigation of stress annealing induced Fe-Si nanocrystallization with strong creep induced anisotropy”

10:45-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00-13:00 Session: Materials for energy applications

Chair:MasatoOhnuma(Salon de Grados - Gillermo Martinez - Ground Floor) 11:00-11:30 Invited talk:J. Iñaki Pérez-Landazábal (NavarraPublicUniversity, Spain) “Atomic

disorder and structural defects in magnetic shape memory alloys” 11:30-12:00 Invited talk:Lara Righi (Department of Chemistry, University of Parma, Italy)

“Martensitic transformations in Ni-based ferromagnetic shape memory alloys: an overview”

12:00-12:30 Invited talk:VasiliyD. Buchelnikov (Chelyabinsk State University, Russia) “Reference states of complex Heusler alloys”

12:30-13:00 Invited talk:Bogdan Idzikowski (Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences,Poznan)“Influence of quenched-in structural disorder on the magnetocaloric effect in rare-earth based metastable systems”

Lunch 13:00-14:30

14:30-18:30 Poster sessionChair: Valentina Zhukova 14:30-16:30 Session: Nanocrystalline and nanoscaled materials(Room A, second floor)

Chair:Giselher Herzer 14:30-15:00 Invited talk:Ivan Skorvanek (Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of

Sciences) “Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Fe-based Bilayer Ribbons with Tailorable Magnetic Properties”

15:00-15:30 Invited talk:Hua-Xin Peng (Institute for Composites Science Innovation, Zhejiang University) “Metacomposites based on ferromagnetic microwires”

15:30-16:00 Invited talk:Alexandr M. Glezer (National Universityof Science and Technology «MISIS», Moscow, Russia)“Melt-quenched amorphous and nanocrystalline materials”

16:00-16:30 Invited talk:Andrzej Stupakiewicz (University of Bialystok) “Ultrafast spin dynamics in Co/garnet heterostructures”

16:30-17-30 COFFEE BREAK(17:00-17-30) & POSTER SESSION (Hall, second floor) 17:30-18:30 Session: Materials for energy applications (Room A, second floor)

Chair: Bogdan Idzikowski 17:30-18:00 Invited talk:Orlando Rios (Materials Science & Technology Division, University of

Tennessee MSE, USA) “Processing of bulk, heat-treat-free, nano-structured Hf2Co11B-based permanent magnet materials”

18:00-18:30 Invited talk:Ali Gencer (Ankara University, Turkey) “Test of Transformers Based on Flux-Transfer”

20:00 – 22:00 Cheese testing experience(Basque Gastronomy Society, Old Town of San Sebastian)

FRIDAY(September 4, 2015)

9:00-13:00 Registration

9:00-12:00 Session: Nanoscaled materials(Room A, second floor) Chair:SorenLinderoth

9:00-9:30 Invited talk:Philipp Pirro (Universite de Lorraine, France) “All-optical control of ferromagnetic thin films and nanostructures”

9:30-10:00 Invited talk:Yury P. Ivanov (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia) “Tailoring magnetic anisotropy and domain wall pinning in the cylindrical nanowires”

10:00-10:30 Invitedtalk: Juan I. Beltrán (Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain)“Ab-initio simulation of themagneticphases at the (111) SrTiO3 polar surfaces”

10:30-10:45 COFFEE BREAK

FRIDAY(September 4, 2015)

10:45-12:55 Session: Materials for energy applications Chair:Julian Gonzalez (Room A, second floor)

Session: Nanoscale materials Chair:Alexandr Chizhik (Room B, second floor)

10:45-11:15 Invited talk:AbdelwahebCheikhrouhou (Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia) “Influence of the synthesis and sintering methods on the composition, structure, microstructure and physical properties of materials: the case of manganites”

Invited talk:Victor Vega (Physics Department, University of Oviedo, Spain) “Tuned Magnetic Anisotropy in Co-Ni alloy and multisegmented nanowires”

11:15-11:35 Oral talk: Andrzej Musiał (Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) “Magnetic hardening of structurally metastable Hf-Cobased alloys”

Oral talk: Ai Ping Chen (UPV/EHU, Spain) “Nonotube size dependence of the confined domain wall width”

11:35-11:55 Oral talk: Abd El-Moez A. Mohamed (Oviedo University, Spain) “Electrical, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of La0.7Ba0.3MnO3/ TiO2 manganites”

Oral talk: Oleg Tolochko (Department of Materials Science and Technology, Peter the Great Polytechnic University, Russia), “Nanocarbons Growth on Copper Substrates: Study of Mechanisms and Kinetics”

11:55-12:15 Oral talk: Vladimir P. Menushenkov(National Universityof Science and Technology «MISIS», Moscow, Russia)“The evolution of the spinodal decomposition products in melt spun AlNi alloy during subsequent aging”

Oral talk: DivyanshuBhatnagar (Magnetics & Advanced Ceramics Laboratory, Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India) “Structural, Morphological, electrical & Magnetic Studies on Pristine and Gd-doped YBiO3 Particles”

12:15-12:35 Oral talk: Yu. S. Koshkid’ko (International Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures, Poland) “Magnetocaloric effect of Ni50Mn35In15

Heusler alloy in magnetic fields up to 14 T”

Oral talk: AbdelmadjidNouicer (Electrical engineering Department, University of Skikda, Algeria)“A Hybrid Technique for Parameter Identification of the Jiles-Atherton Mode”

12:35-12:55 Oral talk: LiydmilaI. Koroleva (Moscow State University, Russia) “The Influence of Magnetic Inhomogeneous State on Thermopower and Magnetothermopower in Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3 Manganite”

13:00- 13:20 Conference closing(Room A, second floor)

THE VENUE: The conference will be held at the Polytechnic University College of the Basque Country University located in Donostia-San Sebastián.

Address:Plaza de Europa, 1 (20018, Donostia-San Sebastián).

UNIVERSITY OF BASQUE

COUNTRY, POLYTECHNIC

SCHOOL (SAN SEBASTIÁN

GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTERS • Presenters can bring a digital presentation to display during your talk. PDF and Powerpoint

files are recommended. If you are carrying a transparency file like Microsoft PowerPoint or Mac Keynote, please, check that your file format compatibility is adapted to a Windows PC and Microsoft Office 1997-2003 Suite, so it could be displayed properly.

• In case you provide a digital presentation, it must be loaded in session's computer and checked it works correctly in advance to the session.

• Speakers can either use their laptop or the PC provided in the session room (Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite and Acrobat Reader). If you use another system and not Windows, please, check your compatibility or bring your own laptop.

• Presenters are required to report to their session room and to their session Chair at least 15 minutes prior to the start of their session.

• The chair session must strictly observe the starting time and time limit of each paper.

Length of talks:

• Keynote talk:40 min (+5 min discussion time). • Invited talk:25min (+5 min discussion time). • Oral talk: 17min (+3 min discussion time).

Posters

• Poster Areas: Hall (Second floor). • Poster sessions schedule:WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY (September 2-3, 2015)

14:30h-17:30h (coinciding with coffee break 17:00 h – 17:30 h). • Poster maximum size: 90 cm width x 140 cm height.

SOCIAL PROGRAM Social events for participants

• Please note that the attendance to the reception cocktail, social dinner and cheese tasting experience are included only in the regular fee and Social Pack (for accompanying people).

• All other participants are requested to book these social events separately.

• WARNING. If you are vegetarian, celiac or you are used to a special diet or meal plan due to religion, habits, alimentary intolerances or diseases, and you are attending the social dinner, please contact with the secretariat of the conference in the email emn.spain@gmail.com. If we are not warned about this special situation, you take the meals at your own risk.

Reception Cocktail

Date: Tuesday, 1st September

Hour: 20.00 h

Location: SAN SEBASTIAN CITY HALL: Donostia-San Sebastián.

It will offer a delicious variety of basque “pintxos” and some drinks to refresh the palate.

Social Dinner

Date: Wednesday, 2nd September

Location: RestauranteTenisOndarreta, Eduardo ChillidaPasealekua, 9, 20008 Donostia

Time: 20.30

Where to book additional attendance: emn.spain@gmail.com

Notes: Vegetarians, celiacs or people used to a special diet, please contact with the secretariat at the email given.

Price (if not regular attendant): 55Eur

Idiazabal cheese tasting experience

Date: Thursday, 3d September

Location: Basque Gastronomy Society, Old Town of San Sebastian

Meeting point: Santa Maria Church

Time: 20:00 h

Duration: 2 hours

Notes: Limited capacity.

Ordizia’sIdiazabal Cheese Association offers to all Conference participants a unique cheese tasting experience due to its importance in the economy of the region (especially in the city of Ordizia, main activity of many shepherds). The activity will be leaded by a member of the Tasting Official Committee of Idiazabal Cheese PDO Protected Denomination of Origin.

During the tasting explanation a piece will be traditionally prepared by one of the Ordizia’s cheese competition winning shepherds.

Donostia´s Gastronomy

The basque gastronomy is internationally recognized thanks to the “pintxos” –miniature size elaborated dishes– and its reputation is represented in the province of Guipuzcoa by holding 16 Michelin Star awards, not only for pintxos bar and restaurants but in normal-size gastronomy. Some of the most well-known Basque Restaurants holding the awards and located in San Sebastian are Arzak, Akelarre, Martín Berasategui, Mugaritz, Kokotxa or Mirador de Ulía. If you want to get more restaurant names or extended information about them, you can check out the current awarded restaurants atthe WebSitehttp://www.viamichelin.com/web/Restaurants by choosing the option “Michelin-starred restaurants”.

The local gastronomy gives a very important insight about San Sebastian`s culture. Therefore, to experience a pintxo’s route is one of the musts you have to enjoy if you visit San Sebastian. Getting out and taking some pintxo’s or side-orders is something very natural for local people as lunch or snack, either because of leisure or work. They are similar to Spanish tapas and usually taken standing-up around large wood or metal counters fixed to walls, but you will also find bars with some tables to have a sit and palate your chosen delicacies.

PINTXOS ROUTE TO EXPERIENCE ON YOUR OWN

Pintxo’s bar and restaurants are located side by side in some neighbourhood as the Old Town, the city centre, Gros or Antiguo, so even if you don’t own any guided map with addresses where you could have a delicious snack, in these areas you only have to go with the flow and be guided by your sight and your smell. The kitchens are usually open for pintxos and side-orders from 12h to 15h at lunch, and from 19h to 21h.

Drinks

Pintxos are taken with something to drink: the most common requested alcohol-based beverages are a “caña” (smaller than pint of beer), a “zurito” (half a “caña”) or a wine (red, white or rosé). If white wines are to your liking, we suggest you to try the typical white wine “txakolí”. Cider is also another local product you can taste. In difference with other provinces of Spain, in the Basque Country spirits are served in a wide glass, except wines.

PINTXO BAR RECOMMENDATIONS MAP

1) Casa Vergara. Mayor Street, 21.Up to 50 varieties of pintxos and a wide range of wines to choose.

2) Atari Gastroteka.Mayor Street, 18. Rice, Russian salad with Iberic prosciutto, smoked salmon with false elvers and a shrimp.

3) A Fuego Negro. 31 de Agosto Street, 31.Creative specialities in continuous change.Salads, rices, eggs with Iberian prosciutto.

4) Gandarias.31 de Agosto Street, 23.Sirloin, scrambled eggs with cod, Iberian prosciutto croquettes, Russian salad. They also have a menu for celiacs.

5) La Cueva. Trinidad Square.Mushroom or kidney brochettes, marinated-grilled beef.

6) La Cuchara de San Telmo. 31 de agosto Street, 28 rear.Rices, filled red peppers, sugar coated cod, bull tail, “manitas de ministro“ pig paws, foie.

7) Martínez.31 de Agosto Street, 13. Anchovies with vegetables, hake roes, cod.

8) La Cepa.31 de Agosto Street, 7.Jabugo prosciutto, “gilda“, anchovy omelette, “gavilla“, meat filled red peppers.

9) La Viña.31 de Agosto Street, 3.Scrambled eggs with fungi, omelettes, cheesecake.

10) Astelena. ConstituciónSquare.Innovativerecipes.Fish pie, prawn brochette.

11) Zeruko. Pescadería Street, 10. Creative specialities: cod campfire, lobster rose, foie gras with fungi and Idiazabal cheese cannelloni.

12) Txepetxa. Pescadería Street, 5.Experts on serving anchovies in 14 different ways.

13) Tamboril.Pescadería Street, 2. Fresh battered anchovies, Biscayan cod fritter, red peppers with cod filling, mushrooms.

14) GoizArgi. Fermín Calbetón Street, 4. Prawn brochette, baby squids.

15) Bar Sport. Fermín Calbetón Street, 10. Fresh foie, grilled baby squid, sirloin, fungi or cod crêpes.

16) Borda Berri. Fermín Calbetón Street, 12. Iberian rib kebab, crunchy pig ear, blood sausage cannelloni, risotto.

17) Munto. Fermín Calbetón Street, 17. Foie qith grape sauce, Idiazabal cheese ball, fungi and Iberian prosciutto pie.

18) Ganbara. San Jerónimo Street, 21. Grilled mushrooms, crab pie, mini croissants, hake roe, txistorra puff pastry, Iberian prosciutto.

19) Bernardo Etxea. Puerto Street, 7.Fungi pie, cod pie, octopusGalicianstyle.

20) La Mejillonera.Puerto Street, 15. Famous for its brava sauce, spreaded on chips and squids.“Tigre” mussels.

For further touristic information, you can visit the site of “San Sebastian Tourist Office” at: www.sansebastianturismo.com

San Sebastian Tourism Office Address: Boulevard Street, 8. 20.003 Donostia - San Sebastián

Opening hours:

Mondays to

Saturdays

9:00 – 20:00

Sundays 10:00 – 19:00

Moving on around Donosti The preferred mode of transportation for many people in the city is by foot. However, the city does offer some options for those who do not want to walk.

Taxi Are generally efficient and can be a good way to get around the city. Official taxis have set prices for beginning rates and distances travelled. A taxi transfer from most of neighbourhoods

to the city centre costs between 12€ and 20€. If you want to visit other gastronomic close towns the price may ascend to 35€-60€.

Night transfers have an extra supplement.

To take a taxi, you can wait for it in the taxi stands distributed along the city, or you can call for it and give to the call centre an address. They will provide you a taxi number reference and an estimated wait time.

Taxi official companies:

• Radio Taxi Donosti, telephone number (+34) 943-46.46.46

• Vallina, telephone number (+34) 943-40.40.40

Bus The routes are mainly concentrated in the downtown area, and the buses are considered to be fast, clean, and efficient.

• The price for each bus journey per person is €1.65

• Some routes run during the night on weekends, in summer or special festivities. Timetables and maps are posted at all bus stops.

City bus website: www.dbus.eus/en

San Sebastian Card It will allow you to access to public transport and enjoy good discounts in museums, restaurants and shops which will make your stay a real pleasure.

You can acquire it or get more information about it in the San Sebastian Tourism Office. The card costs 0.50€, refundable upon return in perfect condition.

For more information: http://www.sansebastianturismo.com/en/book/san-sebastian-card

Electric Current The standard in Spain is 220 volts. Appliances fromNorth America require a transformer and British ones an adaptor.

Nearby plan with few restaurants for lunch

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