Eva Kinnertová and Václav Slovák took part in the 13th Mediterranean Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (Medicta) in Loano (Italy) from 24 to 27 September 2017.

 
The conference was held in the seaside town of Loano, which is one of the liveliest resorts of the Ligurian Riviera. The conference took place in the beautiful Loano 2 village residence with its own congress room. The program of

The conference was held in the seaside town of Loano, which is one of the liveliest resorts of the Ligurian Riviera. The conference took place in the beautiful Loano 2 village residence with its own congress room. The program of conference was divided to two main topics which were applications of calorimetry and thermal analysis including kinetics, catalysis, environment, safety etc. Second main field covered the instruments and new methods. The program included many interesting contributions, not only from plenary speakers. In addition to 6 plenary lectures, 7 keynotes lectures and 21 oral communications were presented. 46 posters were presented in poster section.
 
Two contributions were presented within the conference:

• Eva Kinnertová, Václav Slovák: Kinetics of resorcinol-formaldehyde polymerization by DSC (poster)
• Václav Slovák, Eva Kinnertová: Thermoanalytical study of resorcinol-formadehyde gels (oral communication)

 
Beside the conference program, we visited the centre of Loano and, of course, tasted many Italian specialities.