Ibersensor I (1998)
1-Introduction
- The first Iberoamerican Congress on Sensors and Biosensors (IberSensor´98) took place at the University of Havana, Cuba, on November 9-13, 1998. It was organized by the Physics Faculty and the Institute for Materials and Reagents with the cooperation of other Cubans research centers.
- The Congress was sponsored by Havana University, the Cuban Physics Society, the Latinoamerican Physics Center (CLAF) and the Sensors and Biosensors Group of The Autonomous University of Barcelona
- The congress presented the recent scientific and technological results of our region on all aspects of the theory, design, fabrication and applications of Sensors and Biosensors.
- The scientific program was conformed by invited lectures, oral and poster contributions, informal talks about the works of the different laboratories and groups of Iberoamerica, a round table about applications of sensors and biosensors and visits to different Cubans research centers. A parallel social program was conformed with visits to historical, cultural and tourist interest places.
The main topics, which coincided with the sections of the Conference, were:
- Theory and Design of Sensors and Biosensors.
- New Materials and Technologies.
- Physical Sensors.
- Chemical Sensors.
- Biosensors.
- Applications of Sensors and Biosensors.
- Invited conferences:
- 1- "CMOS-based integration of physical and chemical sensors"
- Prof. Dr.Wilfried Mokwa (Germany).
- Institute of Materials for Electrical Engineering, University of Technology Aachen, and Fraunhofer Institute of Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, Duisburg.
- 2- "ISFET applications in biological matter"
- Prof. Dr. Francisco Valdés (Mexico).
- Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica, Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna, Coahuila.
- 3- "Growth of III-nitrides on Si(111) by MBE. Properties and applications"
- Prof. Dr. Enrique Calleja (España).
- Dpt. Ing. Electrónica. ETSI Telecomunicación, Univ. Politécnica, Madrid, Spain.
- 4- "Biosensing systems with renewable surfaces"
- Prof. Dr. Salvador Alegret (España)
- Grupo de Sensores y Biosensores, dpto. de Química, Universidad Autónoma Barcelona,
Prof. Dr. Paul V. Lambeck (The Netherlands).
- 5- "Chemooptical Sensors: An overview"
MESA Research Institute, Lightwave Devices Group, University of Twente,
- 6- "Molecularly imprinted polymers for developing biomimetic optical sensors"
- Prof. Dr. Marta Díaz (España).Departamento de Química Física y Analítica, Universidad de Oviedo.
- 7- "Technological advances in the development of semiconductor-based ionizing radiation sensors"
- Prof. Dra. Angelina Díaz (Cuba).
- Centro de Estudios Aplicados al Desarrollo de la Energía Nuclear.
- 8- "Developments of sensors research in Cuba"
- Prof. Dr. Leonel Pérez (Cuba).
- Institute of Materials and Reagents, Havana University.
Contributions | |||
Topic | oral | poster | total |
1- Theory and Design of Sensors and Biosensors | 2 | 10 | 12 |
2- New Materials and Technologies | 3 | 9 | 12 |
3- Physical Sensors | 3 | 11 | 14 |
4- Chemical Sensors | 5 | 24 | 29 |
5-Biosensors | 7 | 5 | 12 |
6-Aplications of sensors and biosensors | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Totals |
21 | 63 | 84 |
Distribution of papers per countries (according to the country of the first author) * | |||
Country | Invited conferences | Contributions | Total |
Cuba | 2 | 27 | 29 |
Spain | 3 | 20 | 23 |
Brazil | - | 9 | 9 |
México | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Argentine | - | 8 | 8 |
Portugal | - | 8 | 8 |
Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Italy | - | 2 | 2 |
The Netherlands | 1 | - | 1 |
Totals |
8 | 84 | 92 |
* Scientifics from Colombia and Uruguay were also present. They do not appear because they were not the first authors.
Participants per countries | |
Country |
Number of participants |
Cuba | 40 |
Spain | 12 |
México | 8 |
Argentine | 6 |
Portugal | 6 |
Brazil | 3 |
Germany | 2 |
Italy | 2 |
The Netherlands | 1 |
Colombia | 1 |
Uruguay | 1 |
Chile | 1 |
Total of participants: Cubans | 40 |
Not Cubans | 43 |
Companions (not Cubans) | 2 |
Finally, the IberSensor assistants agree with the realization of a wide divulging task in each country in order to stimulate participation in next meeting and activities in next congress editions.