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01 Mar Futurist Lecture Series

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2020
As a result of the cooperation between the Royal Academy of Engineering and Fundación La Caixa (La Caixa Foundation), a series of lectures are being held under the title Futurists: Engineering and its new challenges, in Madrid, and will continue in the cities of Seville and Zaragoza, and are given by academicians of the RAI. Due to the global health situation, only two of the planned lectures could be held in 2020. The first of these lectures, Will we run out of water?, was given by Mr Elías Fereres, academician of the RAI, on 5th March 2020, who recalled that life on the Planet is not possible without water, and in the case of human beings, in addition to hydrating one’s body, water is essential for the production of food. http://www.raing.es/es/actividades/nos-quedaremos-sin-agua-por-el-fereres The second of these conferences, Artificial Intelligence: Fiction and reality, was given by Nuria Oliver on 24th September 2020. http://www.raing.es/es/actividades/inteligencia-artificial-ficci-n-y-realidad-por-nuria-oliver    
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19 Fév Artificial intelligence: The value of data (2nd session)

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2020
The session organised jointly with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy, the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences and the Young Academy of Spain took place on 19th February 2020. Artificial Intelligence (AI), both conceptually and its applications and subsequent effects - real, possible or simply imagined - is currently receiving intense and massive attention, often unrewarded because of limited knowledge about it. http://www.raing.es/es/actividades/inteligencia-artificial-el-valor-de-los-datos-2-sesi-n
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24 Jan Greenhouse gas emissions in the agri-food system and carbon footprint in the food industry in Spain – Publication

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2020
The title: Greenhouse gas emissions in the agri-food system and carbon footprint in the food industry in Spain The date of publication: 2020 Authors: Eduardo Aguilera, Pablo Piñero, Juan Infante, Manuel González de Molina, Luis Lassaletta and Alberto Sanz. Main themes: Agricultural engineering Nature of publication: Report Report availability (link, paper version...): Link, paper. As is well known, we find ourselves in a time of environmental challenges on our planet. Particularly, "climate change" is one of the challenges that affects us all. From production to consumption in Europe and Spain, all economic sectors have specific targets for reducing greenhouse gases with a view to climate neutrality by 2050. Following the external review by specialists in the field, the study on Greenhouse gas emissions in the agri-food system and the carbon footprint of food in Spain
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24 Jan Journey to the center of the wood – Publication

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2020
The title: Journey to the center of the wood The date of publication: 21st January 2020 Authors: Mr Luis García Esteban Main themes: Forest engineering Nature of publication: Inauguration as full member academician Report availability (link, paper version...): Link, paper. The current production of wood in the world is about 3,800 million cubic meters, of which 50% is used as fuel (it is estimated that about 2,400 million people use wood as fuel to cover their basic needs such as cooking, boiling water or heating) and the other 50% becomes part of what is known as industrial roundwood, that is, the wood that feeds the first transformation production lines and cellulose pulp. Right now, it contributes 1% of the world's GDP, not including second transformation (furniture and carpentry). http://www.raing.es/es/publicaciones/discursos-de-ingresos/viaje-al-centro-de-la-madera
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01 Jan Closing the engineering gender pay gap

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Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (RAEng)
2020
Authors: Helen Wollaston, Stephen Howse, Inge Woudstra, Julia Hanna, Vicky Peakman The Academy commissioned research to better understand the gender pay gap in UK engineering roles and to identify effective measures to improve the gender balance.
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01 Jan Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies for the SDGs

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2020
An important group of researchers participated in the study, directed by the academician Mr Francisco Herrera, of which he is also co-author. This work has progressed very substantially throughout 2020. The paper "Engineering as enabler of the SDGs: Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Digital Technologies", analyses a set of current digital technologies that interrelate with artificial intelligence to move forward in the challenges facing the global economy and society of the 21st century. http://www.raing.es/es/publicaciones/libros/inteligencia-artificial-y-tecnolog-digitales-para-los-ods
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01 Jan Greenhouse gas emissions in the agri-food system

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2020
The study "Greenhouse gas emissions in the agri-food system and the carbon footprint of food in Spain", which began in the last academic year, has continued to be developed. It is estimated that all stages of the "agri-food system" are responsible for 27% of global anthropogenic GGE emissions. http://www.raing.es/es/publicaciones/libros/emisiones-de-gases-efecto-invernadero-en-el-sistema-agroalimentario-y-huella-de
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24 Nov Energy and Innovation Observatory

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2019
The conference "Towards a competitive development of demand management", organised within the framework of the Energy and Innovation Observatory in collaboration with Endesa, took place on 26th November 2019, with the participation of the Secretary of State for Energy, Mr José Domínguez Abascal, who showed the Spanish Government’s view on demand management. The conference was divided into two well defined sessions, the first addressing demand management, an opportunity for consumers, and the second regulatory barriers to the development of demand management.
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24 Oct Observatory: Digitalisation of the Media

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Real Academia de Ingenieria (Spain) (RAI)
2019
The Observatory was created in 2017 as a result of the collaboration of the Royal Academy of Engineering with RTVE with the aim of carrying out research activities, study, exchange of knowledge and dissemination of experiences on the digital transformation of the audio-visual sector. On 30th October 2019, an informative session of the 2nd Call of Impulsa Visión RTVE took place at RAI. Research Grants for Official Master's Degree Studies, which on this occasion was aimed at completing master’s degree Final Projects (TFM), the subject matter dealing with linear broadcasting of audio-visual content through 5G networks
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22 Oct The patient, technologies and ambulatory medicine

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National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF)
2008
Due to the increased life expectancy and the related increase of chronic diseases (as opposed to acute disorders when patients are younger), an alternative approach to hospital care has become necessary: a third of the population of France and the US now suffers from chronic diseases.  Ambulatory medicine, which is a health care system that keeps the patient at home while offering him the same outstanding quality care that he would receive at the hospital, is such an economically viable approach, responding at the same time to the wishes of patients, to economic requirements and scientific, technological and medical developments. This report describes recent advances of ambulatory medical care, identifies obstacles to overcome and incentives to encourage and makes recommendations for future development with the aim of optimizing the management of healthcare costs, with special emphasis on the role of information technology to master the complex system of information flows between the many stakeholders.  It does also identify the potential hurdles and necessary incentives and looks at issues of compliance with existing law and legal adaptation to the new requirements.  It also evokes the necessary training of the various actors in order for the system to function adequately. Working-group Leaders: Francis Lévi, Professor of Medical Oncology and NATF Fellow, and Christian Saguez, Former Professor at École Centrale de Paris and NATF Fellow.
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