BCAM participates in OREGAUA with the ORE4CITIZENS project

• As every September, European cities come together to celebrate the Night of the Researchers, an event to bring science to the streets.
• This year, over 60 researchers in marine renewables will gather in Portugalete to celebrate a very special night filled with experiments, games, and many more surprises for all audiences.
• ORE4CITIZENS is an MSCA & Citizen project. The objective of this initiative is to bring research and researchers closer to the general public, focusing especially on families, students, and learners.

On September 27th, BCAM, together with Tecnalia, Euskampus Fundazioa, and University of the Basque Country - UPV/EHU, participated in the Europeans Researchers Night as part of the ORE4CITIZENS project. Over 60 researchers specializing in marine renewable energies came together in Portugalete’s UPV-EHU Nautika’s building to bring science to the streets through experiments, games, and surprises for all audiences.

ORE4CITIZENS, a project supported by MSCA & Citizen, aims to bring research closer to the general public, especially families, students, and learners. At OREGAUA, workshops, experiments, concerts, and exhibitions were held, promoted by different researchers from the four institutions.

The event was inaugurated with the visit of the Mayor of Portugalete, María José Blanco Gavieiro, who, accompanied by researchers, as well as representatives of each organizing institution, such as Lorea Gómez, Manager of BCAM, visited the different txokos and proposals to learn about the initiative.

From BCAM, Vincenzo Nava, Researcher at BCAM and TECNALIA – Offshore Renewable Energy Group, and Nicolás Gorostidi, PhD Researcher in Mathematical Design, Modelling, and Simulations, led the workshop titled "The Powers of the Wizard Shazam: AI, Music, and Floating Wind Energy" Through the Shazam app, attendees saw how it is possible to identify a song in just two seconds and distinguish a musical note from everyday noise. From signal analysis to competing with music recognition apps, they discovered how these technologies create digital fingerprints from mobile recordings. They also explored how these concepts can be applied to floating wind energy, addressing structural challenges in wind turbines with artificial intelligence techniques, similar to detecting out-of-tune notes in a song.

In total, over 2000 people enjoyed this wide range of scientific proposals, free of charge and with family.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and to the organizing team!