Richard Schrock<\/strong><\/a>, Nobel prize in Chemistry in 2005 and honorary academician of the Royal European Academy of Doctors-Barcelona 1914<\/strong> (RAED), and Pedro Duque<\/strong>, Spanish minister of Science and Innovation, starred on May 7 a scientific dialogue during a seminar organized in Tarragona by the Tarragona Smart Mediterranean Region Foundation<\/strong><\/a> and the Chair Tarragona Smart Mediterranean City<\/strong> of the Rovira i Virgili University<\/strong><\/a>, both led and promoted by senator Santiago Castell\u00e0<\/strong><\/a>, full academician of the RAED and general secretary of the Pro-Royal European Academy of Doctors Foundation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Schrock also gave the lecture “Advances in the Metathesis of Olefins with Molybdenum Catlysts”<\/strong> in the framework of a series of actions and talks organized by the Innovation Center AMIGO<\/strong> and the University Rovira i Virgili. Activities sponsored by Tarragona Harbor<\/strong><\/a>, the Chemical Business Association of Tarragona<\/strong><\/a> and the Chamber of Commerce of Tarragona<\/strong><\/a>. The honorary academician also participated in a reception at the Tarragona City Council<\/strong><\/a>, signed the book of honor of the Rovira i Virgili University and participated in the presentation of the Rambla Science<\/strong> project, a new space for the creation and dissemination of science and transfer of knowledge through creativity that will occupy the old headquarters of the Bank of Spain<\/strong> in the city. He also visited the Repsol<\/strong> <\/a>facilities in the Tarragona Industrial Complex<\/strong>.<\/p>\n During his stay in Tarragona, the Nobel prize winner also met with Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Calvo<\/strong><\/a>, also full academician and president of the Institute of International Cooperation<\/strong> of the Royal Academy to outline future projects. Schrock, in fact, will be one of the featured participants in the first Scientific Expedition<\/strong> that the RAED will take to the Galapagos Islands with National Geographic<\/strong><\/a> in September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\t\t