Technical Tours
Friday 13th June 2025
Tour 1: Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC)
Location: Paseo de los Ayerbe S/N, 22880 – Canfranc-Estación, Huesca
Date: 13th June 2025
Time: 11:00
Tour Summary:
The Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC) is a leading facility for underground scientific research. It operates as a consortium of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Aragon Regional Government, and the University of Zaragoza. Located beneath the Pyrenean mountain El Tobazo, the site offers a maximum shielding of 800 meters against cosmic rays, providing a low-background environment ideal for next-generation experiments in particle and astroparticle physics. The tour includes a presentation on the history, scientific research, and experiments conducted at the LSC, held in the laboratory’s auditorium, followed by a guided visit to the underground facilities.
Website: Home – LSC Canfranc
Canfranc Train Station: https://www.turismodearagon.com/en/ficha/estacion-internacional-de-canfrac/
Tour Programme
| Time | Programme |
| 8:30 – 10:30 | Bus departs Zaragoza |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Arrive at Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc |
| 11:00 – 13:30 | Guided Tour |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | Free time for lunch and time to visit Canfranc including its old train station |
| 15:30 -17:30 | Return to Zaragoza via Bus |
Tour 2: University of Zaragoza’s Campus Rio Ebro Labs
Location: Campus Rio Ebro. C. de Mariano Esquillor Gómez, 50018 Zaragoza
Date: 13th June 2025
Tour duration: 9:30 – 11:30
Tour summary:
Visit to several laboratories within the Río Ebro campus of the University of Zaragoza. This campus, one of whose buildings is the venue for the conference, houses different departments and research institutes and technological centres related to Precision Engineering. A visit will be made to some of the most representative ones.
Website: The Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A)
Tour Programme
| Time | Programme |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Metrology and Manufacturing Engineering Lab at the Torres Quevedo building |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Biomedical Engineering Lab at The Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A) building |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Robotics Lab at The Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A) building |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Labs of the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA) |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Visit to other labs at the Campus Rio Ebro |