CONGRESS OPENING. RESEARCH. Chair: Giralt, I (Barcelona/SP), Brinkhaus, B (Berlin/DE)
Musical opening: Kistemaker J (ND)
Welcome: Authorities

Willich S for ESIM (Berlin/DE)
Menassa A for SESMI (Madrid/SP)
Esmel N President of the Scientific Committee (Tarragona/SP)
Tinao JF co-founder of SESMI (Madrid/SP)
Giralt I congress chair (Barcelona/SP)

Video greeting: Weil A (Tucson, Arizona/USA)