Plenary and Gala Dinner

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

The main plenary will be given by Cynthia Barnhart at the magnificent Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.

After the inauguration of the Hemisfèric in 1998, the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum and the Umbracle in 2000, and the opening to the public of the Oceanográfico in 2003, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía completes the artistic facet of the Generalitat’s firm bid for culture in its broadest sense together with science, technology, and nature.

It was inaugurated in 2005 and is equipped with the most modern technologies to constitute an avant-garde and modern space, which is the cultural catalyst that has placed the Region of Valencia, with its centenary musical tradition, in a privileged position among all other world regions.

This majestic building, designed by the Valencia architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, means that both the city and the Region of Valencia have the best infrastructure available in order to participate on international circuits, especially those of opera and major musical shows.

Príncipe Felipe Science Museum

The gala dinner will be held at the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum has become a reference point for interactive science. Its main objective is stimulating curiosity and critical thinking and at the same time surprising and amusing the public by its contents from the world of science, technology, and the environment.

The spectacular building designed by Santiago Calatrava contains over 26,000 square meters of exhibitions on current scientific and technical matters. Full interactivity is one of its special features, the motto of which is “Forbidden not to touch, not to feel, not to think”. The method used by the Museum consists of a huge variety of seasonal exhibitions and scientific activities of all kinds to arouse the visitor’s curiosity on new technologies and scientific advancements, so as generate a pleasant learning process in which the visitor always takes an active part and decides where he/she would like to go and what he/she would like to know.

The diversity of interactive exhibitions and the numerous activities of dissemination that have been carried out at the Museum have helped to make it a great success with members of the public, who have responded enthusiastically to its bid to disseminate science and technology from an amusing and entertaining viewpoint without forgetting the scientific precision necessary when approaching the subjects treated.

Fireworks: Pirotecnica Fx Caballer

Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), a display of the effects produced by firework devices.

Fireworks take many forms to produce the four primary effects: noise, light, smoke, and floating materials (confetti for example). They may be designed to burn with colored flames and sparks.

We can not understand Valencia without fireworks, during the Gala Dinner, you will enjoy of a fireworks show with the pyrotechnic company Fx Caballer.

Here you have a video where you can see an example of our fireworks, but if you want to feel a real show do not miss the fireworks show on Tuesday the 9^th of July!!!

Mohannad Nasser

Spain and Portugal were under the influence of the Muslum culture from around year 711 to 1492 a.d. At that time, the Iberian peninsula was referred to as Al-Andalus. This is strongly felt nowadays in the Valencian culture. Most of our towns have names that come from those times, as well as a strong influence in our music.

The musical group Mohannad Nasser will liven up our gala dinner. Mohannad Nasser is backed up by Berklee prestigious music school, Valencia campus. Mohannad Nasser and his group will play Brazilian and Flamenco music with Arab influences.