




SPEAKERS
INSTITUTIONAL EVENTS
Antonio Lazcano Araujo
Antonio Lazcano Araujo is a Full Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he focuses on research and teaching on the origin and early evolution of life. He holds three honorary doctorates. In 2013, the Third Summit on Evolution awarded him the Charles Darwin Distinguished Scientist Award, and in 2018 the Collège de France awarded him the Guillaume Budé Medal. In October 2014, he joined El Colegio Nacional, the most prominent cultural institution in Mexico.
Concepción Company
She completed her undergraduate degree in Hispanic Language and Literatures, as well as her Master's and PhD in Linguistics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), an institution where she is an Emeritus Researcher, the highest distinction granted to an active academic at UNAM. Her research areas include philology, ecdotics, historical syntax, historical grammar, the theory of linguistic change, and the history of the Spanish language.
Jorge Volpi Escalante
Africa Borges del Rosal
Full Professor of Methodology of the Behavioural Sciences at the ULL. Director of the ULL Cultural Classroom for Talent and High Abilities. Creator and director of the Comprehensive Programme for High Abilities (PIPAC) and of ATENEA-ULL. Editor of the journal Talento, Inteligencia y Creatividad. Coordinator of the International Network for Research, Intervention and Evaluation in High Intellectual Abilities REINEVA.
Adriana Nachieli Morales Banillas
PhD in Applied Creativity and Master's in Total Applied Creativity. Founding Member of the Mexican Council of Psychology and of the Council for Educational Transformation. Member of the EMOCREA-ULL Research Group, dedicated to the study of emotional and creative competences.
CULTURE SECTION
Socorro Venegas
Writer and publisher. Her most recent book is Ceniza roja (Páginas de Espuma, 2022). She has received the “Benemérito de América” National Short Story Award, the “Carlos Fuentes” National Award for Debut Novel, and the Reading Promotion Award from the León Book Fair. At UNAM, she created the novel and memoir collection Vindictas. She is the Director-General of Publications and Editorial Promotion at UNAM and writes the column Modo Avión in the digital literary journal Literal Latin American Voices.
Cecilia Nóguez Garrido
Physicist from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where she also obtained her Master's and PhD degrees in science. Since 1995, she has been a researcher at the Institute of Physics of UNAM, which she has directed since May 2019. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC) and belongs to the National System of Researchers at Level 3. She has undertaken research stays at the Università di Roma II, Ohio University, and Northwestern University.
Ángela Sierra González
PhD in Philosophy from the Universitat de Barcelona and a Degree in Law from the same university. Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Universidad de La Laguna and former dean of the faculty. Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies (CEILAM) and co-director of the International Chair in Critical Hermeneutics (HERCRITIA). Specialist in the History of Ancient Philosophy, Gender Studies, and Utopian and Latin American Thought.
Lupita Rodríguez Rojas
Bachelor's Degree in Tourism Business Administration from the UVM and a Master's in Tourism Economics from the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Milan, Italy), she has devoted her professional life to the design and dissemination of educational, cultural, and tourism projects, as well as to teaching and designing training courses and subjects on administration, economics, entrepreneurship, and marketing at the institutions where she has worked. In 2012, together with the musician Edgar G. Salzmann, she founded the company CoralCun Arte Vocal.
Pedro Perera Méndez
PhD in Education and Contracted Doctor Lecturer at the Universidad de La Laguna. Researcher in the critical pedagogy research group PEDACRI at the ULL, as well as at CEILAM and HERCRITIA (UNED-ULL). Researcher on the Erasmus+ project TOGIVE (2016-2018) and the Erasmus+ KA204 project “La crisálida y la mariposa”. His primary research areas are citizenship building, political pedagogy, and educational policy.
Edgar González Salzmann
In 2009, he founded and conducted the Amateur Choir originally called “Allegro”, which changed its name and, in 2012, together with Lic. Guadalupe Rodríguez Rojas, launched the CoralCun Arte Vocal project, bringing together choirs from Cancún and other countries through meetings and International Festivals. Co-founder of the Coro Sinfónico de Cancún. Winner of the Programme of Support for Artistic Creation and Development (PECDA) and author of the sheet music book of Mexican music choral arrangements “México se canta en Coro”.
Andrés González Novoa
PhD in Education and lecturer at the ULL. Member of the critical pedagogy research group PEDACRI, CEILAM, and HERCRITIA.
Coordinator of the Erasmus+ project The Chrysalis and the Butterfly, member of the organising team of the Festival Internacional del Cuento de Los Silos, researcher on the Jean Monnet Haiku project, storyteller, actor, and writer of numerous works of fiction and research.
TRAINING BLOCK
Susana Espada Mallorquín
Speaker at the seminar: “The principle of family solidarity facing the challenge of achieving SDG 5: gender equality and women's empowerment”. Holder of a Bachelor's Degree and a PhD in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Grecy Pérez Amores
Born in Havana, she is a Lecturer in the field of Anthropology and holds a PhD in Anthropology from the Universidad de La Laguna. With studies in Fine Arts, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy. Her lines of research fall within the Anthropology of Religions, anthropology, art and gender, migrations, African religions, and popular religiosity and medicine. Speaker at the seminar: New frontiers in anthropological research on migrations: individuals, entities, and contact spaces.
Oscar Salinas Flores
Speaker at the seminar “Design research policies in Ibero-America”. Industrial designer, Master in Industrial Design, and PhD in Architecture. Dedicated to teaching, academic management, and research, with 45 years of experience, he is currently a professor and researcher in the Postgraduate Programme in Industrial Design and the Centre for Industrial Design Research (CIDI) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Samuel Moisés Nucamendi
Research Professor at the Universidad Panamericana since 2015. Industrial Engineer from the Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, he also holds a Master of Science in Quality and Productivity Systems, as well as a PhD in Engineering Sciences from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. He is a research professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Head of the Operations Academy at the Universidad Panamericana.
J. Marcos Moreno Vega
Holder of a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and a PhD in Computer Science from the Universidad de La Laguna. His research focuses on the study of systems based on metaheuristic techniques and data analysis for solving logistics problems. Among the application fields of his research, port logistics and collaborative freight transport stand out. He is a founding partner of Kaizten Analytics S.L., a technology-based spin-off company of the Universidad de La Laguna.
Claudia Rebeca Gutiérrez
Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology with a Humanistic Existential Approach. With 36 years of experience as a lecturer and speaker. Head of Psychological Guidance at the Faculty of Psychology and coordinator of the #AmolaVida project. She has been providing psychological care in private practice since 1986.
Jahel López Guerrero
Orlando Aragón Andrade
Elena Rodríguez Naveiras
Full-time Assistant Lecturer Doctor at the Universidad de La Laguna. Expert in high-ability assessment. Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Programme for High Abilities (PIPAC). Member of REINEVA and of the Editorial Board of the journal Talincrea: Talento, Inteligencia y Creatividad.
Aida Elizabeth Córdoba Lanús
PhD in Biological Sciences from UNT-ULL, she heads the Biomarkers Laboratory of the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands (IUETSPC) at the ULL, where basic and translational research on the genomics of COPD, lung cancer, and COVID-19 is carried out. Author of more than 50 high-impact scientific publications. Her research focuses on deciphering the role of ageing, mainly telomere length and epigenetics, in the risk of disease development and progression.
Domingo Fernández Agis
Antonio Campillo Meseguer
María Lourdes González-Luis
PhD in Pedagogy, Full Professor at the Universidad de La Laguna. Director of CEILAM and of the Master's Degree in Advanced Pedagogical Studies at the ULL. Director of the University Expert Courses in Open Government and Public Policy Management. Coordinator of the PEDACRI research team and member of the HERCRITIA Chair. Principal Investigator of the Erasmus+ Project TOGIVE (2016-2018) and Erasmus+ KA204 “The Chrysalis and the Butterfly”. Lines of research: Pedagogical thought and its political-cultural implications; Hermeneutics, Memory and Pedagogy; Human Rights, Citizenship construction, reconceptualisation of Democracy, among others.
Nery Joana Aguilar Paniagua
PhD in Science in Plant Health-Phytopathology. Master of Science in Plant Protection from the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Agricultural Engineer in Phytotechnology from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Member of the Academic Body “Engineering Sciences” with registration number ITESNP-CA-1, with two lines of research: a) Sustainable use of industrial-agricultural production systems and optimisation of organic materials and rescue of native species; b) Integrated Management of Horticultural Crops of the Sierra Norte de Puebla.
Marcilio Toscano Franca Filho
Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (BR). Arbitrator of the Permanent Review Tribunal of MERCOSUR (Asunción, PY), the Court of Arbitration for Art (Rotterdam, NL), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva, CH).
Ciro Mesa
PhD and Professor of Philosophy at the Universidad de La Laguna. He is the author of the book Emancipación frustrada. Sobre el concepto de historia en Marx. Co-director of the Cultural Chair of Critical Hermeneutics at the Universidad de La Laguna. Specialist in classical German philosophy, Critical Theory, and Hermeneutics.
Salvador Cervantes
PhD in Social-Scientific Studies from ITESO and PhD in Management Sciences from UNIVA, he holds a Master's Degree in Administration and a Bachelor's Degree in International Trade. Academic Vice-Rector of the UNIVA System, a Catholic university in Mexico. He has received the following awards: 2016 Academia Empresa Research Merit. JALTEC. Technological System of Jalisco; 2016 International Council of Canadian Studies-ICCS Certificate of Merit, and the 2012 Governor General's Medal.
Fabiola Lathrop Gómez
Speaker in the seminar: “The principle of family solidarity facing the challenge of achieving SDG 5: gender equality and women's empowerment”. Lawyer; Bachelor's Degree in Legal and Social Sciences from the Universidad de Chile; PhD in Law from the Universidad de Salamanca.
Silvia Zelaya
PhD in Social Anthropology (UFGRS). Master's Degree in Governance and Human Rights (UAM) and Master's Degree in Ethnographic Research, Anthropological Theory, and Intercultural Relations (UAB). Bachelor's Degree in Sociology (ULL Laguna) and studies in International Relations (USAL). Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Universidad de La Laguna. Speaker in the Seminar: New frontiers in anthropological research on migration: people, entities, and spaces of contact.
Irma García Calvillo
Professor at the Centre for Applied Mathematics Research of the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila in Saltillo, Mexico. Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Master's Degree in Mathematical Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and PhD in Systems Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Her main areas of interest are combinatorial optimization and multi-objective optimization.
Belén Melián Batista
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree in Statistical Sciences and Techniques, and PhD in Computer Science from the Universidad de La Laguna. Her main research lines are optimization, simulation, and data analytics applied primarily to port logistics and freight transport. She is a co-founding partner of Kaizten Analytics, S.L., a technology-based company and spin-off of the Universidad de La Laguna. She is currently the Director of the Institutional Chair of Blue Economy.
Genoveva Roldán Dávila
Ambrosio Velasco Gómez
Dolores Valadez Sierra
PhD in Psychology from the Universidad de Guadalajara. Full-time research professor and Director of the Institute of Psychology and Special Education of the Department of Applied Psychology at the University Centre of Health Sciences of the Universidad de Guadalajara. For over 20 years, she has been dedicated to researching and supporting gifted and high-ability children and adolescents. Member of the WCGTC and the APA.
Doris Castellanos Simons
PhD in Psychology (Catholic University of Nijmegen, Netherlands). Full-time Research Professor at the Transdisciplinary Research Centre in Psychology (CITPsi) of UAEM. Member of the National System of Researchers (Mexico), REINEVA, and (RIAJ. She researches the development and education of children and adolescents with high abilities and talents, as well as the influence of diverse socio-cultural contexts on them.
Ramcés Falfán Valencia
PhD in Biomedical Medical Sciences, Head of the HLA Laboratory at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas (INER) in Mexico City. Expert in Genomic Medicine of Respiratory Diseases. Author of more than 105 indexed scientific publications. His research lines on genomics in COPD, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Influenza virus, and COVID-19 encompass the study of different genetic factors in relation to the susceptibility and development of these diseases.
María Jesús Vinton
PhD in Educational Sciences, researcher in Humanities and Social Sciences, currently Senior Lecturer at the UAM in the Department of Pedagogy and member of the Institute of Women's Studies at the UAM. Linked to the Latin American reality through various advocacy programmes for eco-sustainable and inclusive co-education, and participating in various initiatives of the Solidarity and Cooperation Office of the Vice-Rectorate for Social Commitment and Sustainability at the UAM.
Elisa Pérez Rosales
PhD in Philosophy. Researcher at the Social Innovation Laboratory of the Universidad de La Laguna. Master's Degree in Feminist Studies, Equality Policies, and Gender-Based Violence. Postgraduate Degree in Public Policy Evaluation. Lecturer in the Master's Degree in Equality Policies at the Universidad de La Laguna. Research lines focused on gender studies from an intersectional approach and on social and public innovation from a feminist perspective. Expert in the design, implementation, and evaluation of Equality Plans in both public and private entities. Drafting of protocols for sexual harassment and sex-based harassment.
Salvador Arellano
PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad de Guanajuato. Academic leader of the international project (CREEI) Caribbean Research Ethics Education Initiative. Member of Level 1 of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores of CONACyT (2020-2023). His lines of research encompass theoretical ethics, applied ethics, and bioethics. He is currently Director of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro.
Layli Sara Alvarez Heintz
Biologist, graduate of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico. She holds the following specialisations: Conservation Biology, Biodiversity Biology, Assessment and Management of Vulnerable Ecosystems, Specialised Botany, Microbiology, Ethology, Sustainable Agriculture, and Agroecology. Author of various publications and recipient of awards related to food self-sufficiency and family sovereignty.
María Luisa Femenías
Consulting Professor at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2016). Konex National Award for Academic Career 2006-2016, Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (2017), among other distinctions. She has specialised in Philosophical Anthropology, Gender Theory, and Feminisms in Latin America. Her latest titles are: Ellas lo pensaron antes (2019), Simone de Beauvoir ¿Madre del feminismo? (2021), and Los disidentes (2022). Forthcoming works (both in collaboration) include Sur, Pandemia y después…, Buenos Aires, Lea, and Las López, Buenos Aires, Edhasa.
Iñaki Marieta
PhD in Philosophy since 1993, supervised by Pierre Aubenque, and Senior Lecturer at the ULL since 2002. He has published articles and book chapters on ancient Greek thought and its contemporary reception in various specialised journals, the book Tentativas sobre la filosofía griega (2010), and more recently Aristóteles. El deseo de saber (2019), as editor and contributor, and has delivered lectures at various conferences on Greek philosophy and contemporary hermeneutic philosophical thought.
Aura R. Cruz Aburto
Speaker at the seminar “Design Research Policies in Ibero-America”. With studies in philosophy and an architecture degree from Tec de Monterrey, she holds a Master's degree in Industrial Design and is a PhD candidate in Philosophy of Science at UNAM.
Jessica Tristán
Graduate in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and specialist in political and social communication. Deputy Director of Social Communication of the H. Ayuntamiento de San Luis Potosí. Director of Communications of the Secretaría de Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo (2016/2017). Political analysis consultant at Consultoría SVA (2015/2016). Editor-in-Chief of the online newspaper La Orquesta de Comunicaciones (2013/2015). Web editor at Globalmedia (2013) and Semanario El Exprés (2012/2013).
Marisa Herrera
Speaker at the seminar: “The principle of family solidarity facing the challenge of achieving SDG 5: gender equality and women's empowerment”. PhD in Law (UBA). Independent Researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Specialist in Family Law (UBA).
Ana Milena Horta Prieta
PhD and Master's in Social Anthropology from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. External guest lecturer in the Cultural Diversity, Power and Justice research line at CIESAS CDMX and lecturer in the Master's Programme in Anthropology at the Universidad del Magdalena, Colombia. Her research has focused on conflicts and negotiations between the State and indigenous territories. Speaker at the seminar: New frontiers in anthropological research on migration: people, entities, and contact spaces.
Iroel Heredia
Speaker at the seminar “Design Research Policies in Ibero-America”. Full-time lecturer in the Postgraduate Programme in Industrial Design at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Head of the Digital Manufacturing Laboratory UNAM Fablab and lecturer in the Master's in Creativity for Design at the School of Design of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, as well as in the undergraduate design degree at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City campus.
Christopher Expósito
Computer Engineer, Master's, and PhD in Computer Science from the Universidad de La Laguna. Currently, he is a Lecturer (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) in the Department of Computer Engineering and Systems at the same university, in the area of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. He is a researcher in technology transfer and founder of the ULL spin-off Kaizten Analytics S.L., where he develops software products based on artificial intelligence.
Ivonne Estela Martínez
Psychologist and Pedagogue. Expert in e-learning implementation. Instructional designer at the learning innovation centre. Extensive experience in the socio-emotional training of teachers and the development of creative talent through educational technology.
Diana Correa Corrales
José G. Gandarilla Salgado
Pedro Sánchez Escobedo
Full-time Professor-Researcher “C” at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. He has been a member of Mexico's Sistema Nacional de Investigadores since 1994 and is a founding member of the Consejo Mexicano de Investigación Educativa.
Lizbeth Salazar
Research Assistant in the Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis at CINVESTAV, where she works in the field of the early stages of infection in free-living amoebae. She has over 30 JCR publications in this field and papers presented at national and international conferences.
Dora Elvira García González
PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Founder and director for 15 years of the journal En-claves del pensamiento (2007-2021). Author and coordinator of several books on political philosophy, philosophy of culture and philosophy of peace. She has published more than 100 articles and chapters in national and international journals and books on these topics. She has served on assessment and evaluation committees of various universities, as well as the CONACYT National System of Researchers. She is a member of the CONACYT SNI, Level 3.
Mónica Dios
Director of the Social Innovation Laboratory of the Universidad de La
Laguna. Degree in Philosophy and Educational Sciences. Master's Degree in Feminist
Studies, Equality Policies and Gender-Based Violence. Postgraduate degrees in Citizenship and Social Participation and in Public Policy Evaluation.
Specialised training in Consultancy and Innovation Management. PhD candidate in the ULL Interdisciplinary Gender Studies programme.
Juan Carlos Santamarta
PhD in Forestry Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Civil Engineer and Technical Mining Engineer (UPM). University Lecturer and international consultant in environment, hydrogeology, water supplies and hydrological planning. More than 290 publications related to the water cycle and the environment in volcanic islands. Teaching Innovation Award in 2013, "Agustín de Betancourt" Canary Islands Research Award 2018, ULL Excellence in Internationalisation Award 2021 and Social Council Award for Best Practice in Internationalisation 2022.
Noelia Cruz Pérez
PhD in Regional Development, Graduate in Building Engineering and Civil Engineering from the Universidad de La Laguna. Master's in Water Technology and Management from the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña and Master's in Regional Development from the ULL. Researcher in the Ingenia group. Participation in European projects related to the environment and efficient resource management in the Islands. Experience in calculating carbon and water footprints in various facilities.
Carlos Segura González
PhD in Computer Science from the Universidad de La Laguna. Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, Guanajuato, Mexico. Author or co-author of more than 75 articles in national and international journals. His main professional interests are the design of metaheuristics and the development of problem-solving techniques, as well as efficient algorithms and data structures.
Ana Isabel Hernández
PhD in Philosophy (ULL, 2017) with a thesis entitled "Judith Butler's Anchors and Influences: Existentialism and Postmodernity" supervised by Ángela Sierra. Her field of work has mainly focused on philosophy, the history of philosophy and gender studies. Within these areas, she has published various works including articles in academic journals and book chapters. Her professional work combines teaching philosophy in secondary education since 2017 and tutoring the "Theory of Knowledge II" subject at the UNED since 2020.
Ana Sedeño Valdellós
PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Associate Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the Universidad de Málaga (Spain). She has published several books such as "Lenguaje del videoclip", "La música contemporánea en el cine", "Análisis del cine Contemporáneo: Estrategias estéticas, narrativas y de puesta en escena", among others. She combines her academic and research work with her activity as an audiovisual creator. She has directed several video creations, the stage play One dancing-blue (2021), and has worked as a production manager on music videos and short films.
Jacob Lorenzo Morales
Director of the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands at the Universidad de La Laguna, where he also leads the research line on Free-Living Amoebae. In March 2020, he was awarded the Internationalisation Award by the Universidad de La Laguna due to his extensive collaborative activity with centres and universities across all continents. In 2021 and 2022, he received recognition for his contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic from the ULL and the Spanish General Council of Biologists.
Mª Aránzazu Calzadilla Medina
Speaker in the seminar: "The principle of family solidarity facing the challenge of achieving SDG 5: gender equality and women's empowerment". Associate Professor of Civil Law at the Universidad de La Laguna. Corresponding Academician of the Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación de España. Deputy Director of the International Interuniversity Centre for Peace, Mediation and Coexistence Studies of the Universidad de La Laguna (CIPAMECO).
Juan Carlos Rosario Molina
Lecturer in History and Anthropology at the Universidad de Oriente. Author of the books: Los Canarios en Cuba: juntos pero no revueltos co-authored with Guillermo Sierra Torres (2001) and La alimentación: El dominio invisible de las mujeres canarias en Cuba (2007). Speaker in the seminar: New frontiers in anthropological research on migration: people, entities and contact spaces.
Yasmín A. Ríos-Solís
She studied applied mathematics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. She completed her Master's and PhD in combinatorial optimisation at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, and then completed her postdoctoral studies at Bielefeld University in Germany. She is part of the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Her research is related to discrete optimisation problems, production lines, and transport, among other topics.
Israel López Plata
Computer Engineer from the Universidad de La Laguna with extensive experience as a developer and project manager. He holds a Master's degree and a PhD in Computer Science from the ULL. His research activity has focused on process optimisation and data analysis in different logistical environments. He is currently an Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) in the Department of Computer Engineering and Systems at the ULL, in addition to undertaking knowledge transfer activities in the spin-off Kaizten Analytics S.L.
Daniela Castro Alquicira
Haydeé García Bravo
Triana Aguirre Delgado
PhD in Psychology. Team coordinator and educator for the Comprehensive Programme for High Abilities. Collaborating educator in the Comparte-ULL and Atenea ULL Programmes. Member of the International Network for Research, Intervention and Evaluation in High Intellectual Abilities (REINEVA).
Gloria Pérez Rubio
PhD and MSc in Biological Sciences (Experimental Biology) from the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Member of the HLA Laboratory at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas (INER). Author of more than 40 high-impact scientific publications. Main lines of research: study of genetic susceptibility to COPD, nicotine addiction, evaluation of epigenetic mechanisms and the lung microbiome in COPD.
María Daniela Martín Hurtado
Graduate in Pedagogy and Law student at the Universidad de La Laguna. She completed a Master's degree in Advanced Pedagogical Studies (2022). CLI Lecturer at the Faculty of Education of the ULL, researcher in the Critical Pedagogy group (PEDACRI) and CEILAM, researcher in the Erasmus+ project 'La crisálida y la mariposa'. Collaborating teacher in the creative writing workshop at the Tenerife Penitentiary Institution.
Natalia Pais
She holds a PhD in Education from the Universidad de La Laguna, is a Secondary School teacher of Spanish Language and Literature, and teaches on the Master's Degree in Teacher Training at the Universidad Europea de Canarias. She is a member of CEILAM and the research groups PEDACRI and HERCRITIA. She has conducted research in the fields of Latin American education, the pedagogical contributions of postmodernity, and the reconstruction of memory and pedagogical discourse from contemporary literature.
Fernando R. Miralles Wilhelm
Hydrologist and water resources engineer with expertise in surface and groundwater hydrology modelling, contaminant transport involving physical, chemical, and biological processes in aquatic ecosystems, climate-hydrology-vegetation interactions, the water-energy-food nexus, and dynamic systems modelling. Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Venezuela, Master's degree in Engineering from the University of California-Irvine, and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Jimena Cardona Cuervo
PhD candidate in Law, Master's in Public Law and Legal Sciences, Specialist in Administrative and Constitutional Law, university lecturer, and academic researcher. She served as an administrative law judge.
Lainiver Mendoza Munar
Lawyer from the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, with a specialisation in university teaching and a Master's degree in Business Law from the Universidad Icesi, PhD candidate in Law at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. With experience in intellectual property management and information technology law.
Gabriela López Aymes
PhD in Education from the UCM. Full-time Research Professor at the Transdisciplinary Research Centre in Psychology of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Member of the National System of Researchers. Member of REINEVA. Research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of psycho-pedagogical intervention programmes for catering to diversity in inclusive educational contexts.
María José Guerra
PhD in Philosophy and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Faculty of
Humanities of the ULL. President of the Spanish Philosophy Network from 2017 to 2019. She directed the two editions of the Master's Degree in Feminist Studies, Equality Policies and Gender Violence at the ULL (2005-2007 and 2007-2009), and was Director of the University Institute of Women's Studies at the ULL (2010 to 2012). Vice-Director of the Doctoral School of the ULL from July 2015 to July 2019. Principal Investigator, alongside Vicente Navarro, of the R&D Project 'Vulnerability, precariousness and social divides'.
Alejandra Villar Arriaga
Graduate in Communication Sciences from the Faculty of Communication at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. She is currently studying for a Master's Degree in Communication Innovation for Organisations at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Professionally, she has experience in cultural dissemination, event organisation, information management, advertising campaign creation, social media management, writing feature articles, and customer service.
Maritza Omaña Molina
PhD in Science specialised in Experimental Pathology. Level II National Researcher, with a 31-year career dedicated to the study of the pathogenicity mechanisms of amphizoic amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba spp. Work on the effect of neurotransmitters and the evaluation of drugs against amphizoic amoebae. She collaborates with the association to prevent blindness in Mexico Hospital 'Luis Sánchez Bulnes', contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of keratitis cases; as well as with CINVESTAV and the Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife, Spain.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOCK
Sonia García Fariña
Consultant and Visual Thinker, head of Senet Consultores, leading or collaborating on projects for the public and private sectors, applying the "Fun Consulting" formula to deliver solutions. Specialist in the development of strategic processes using agile methodologies, Design Thinking, and Gamification. Speaker at the workshop “Design Thinking para emprender”.
Juan Miguel Moreno Magaña
Specialist in Marketing and planning innovation processes. He has experience in Europe, North Africa, the United States, and Latin America. He is a discoverer of tourism innovation through smartphones, using this medium to rewrite new strategies for commercialising products and promoting destinations and tourism companies; he designs digital marketing business models for the promotion of destinations and countries, influencer campaigns, and the enhancement of tourism value in the agro-industrial and handicraft sectors, fostering the tourism enhancement of companies.
Leocadio Martín Borges
Psychologist, populariser, speaker. Expert in personal change and emotional management. Author of the book: 'La felicidad: qué ayuda y qué no'. Highlighted as one of the most influential Spanish-speaking psychologists. Speaker at the workshop “No recordamos dónde fuimos, sino cómo nos sentimos allí”.
Arlen Duarte Montoya
Tourism Manager. Businesswoman, Leader, and Mother. Director of the “Amigas con Propósito” project. Enthusiastic, Positive, and Proactive.
Carolina Briones Pereyra
Expert in the creation, development, and implementation of international tourism promotion and planning strategies. Her expertise includes the creation and management of one of the first companies specialised in tourism marketing in Nicaragua, executing tourism promotion strategies for Nicaragua, managing the most important tourism fair in Central America (CATM), and positioning and promoting the Central American and Dominican Republic multi-destination in European target markets, North America, and the intra-regional market.