Speakers 2024

Professor of Romance Philology at the ULL, full member of the Real Academia Española (2023), honorary member of the Instituto de Estudios Canarios (2014) and Premio Canarias de Investigación (2021). On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution (December 2023), the Government Delegation of the Canary Islands awarded her a special recognition for her contribution to the dissemination of the cultural and linguistic richness of the archipelago.

PhD from Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville. Recent books: Mística del tabernario (Premio José Lezama Lima, 2017); El perpetuo exiliado (2016, Premio Real Academia Española, 2018); Patriotas y amantes. Románticos del siglo XIX en nuestra América (essay, 2017); Gabriel(a) (2019, Premio de Novela Corta Miguel Donoso Pareja); Trabajos y desvelos (poetry, 2022) and Poéticas de Guayasamín (transgeneric text, 2022). More information on his website.

Patricio Aizaga has forged an outstanding international career, with awards and performances across four continents. He has conducted on major stages such as the Berliner Philharmonie Hall, the Conexus Arts Center in Canada, the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the OAS in Washington DC, and the Konzerthaus in Hannover, among others. He has collaborated with renowned soloists such as Joshua Bell, David Kim and Eugene Fodor, and was named "UNESCO Artist for Peace". In August 2024, he was decorated by the National Assembly of Ecuador. In addition, he is the president of FOSJE, an initiative that has trained thousands of young Ecuadorians through music.

Graduate in sports training and classical and contemporary dance dancer. She has taken part in projects such as Skatchaikovsky and Hechos de Movimiento Masu Fajardo, Preludi Orfici Marco Regueiro, El Ciudadano Flotante Brandon LaBelle, among others. She has participated in festivals: VI Cuadernos Escénicos, XVII Canarios Dentro y Fuera, I-II-III Encender, etc. Since 2014 she has been co-founder of Ángel Azul compañía artística and a member of Asociación Pie de Base (Canary Islands) and RUAC (Ecuador). Performing dancer in L'Alvear artes escénicas.

Venezuelan-Ecuadorian lyric soprano, resident in Tenerife, who grew up surrounded by art thanks to her mother, the mezzo-soprano Carmen Alonzo. She has participated as a soloist and chorister in various projects, standing out for her powerful and versatile voice. In recent years, she has performed recitals with the Ensemble Enchanted Songs and has performed both as a mezzo-soprano soloist and as a contralto chorister at different events in the Canary Islands.

She is currently collaborating with pianist Ruth Galván to research and disseminate works by little-known composers, especially women composers. She has studied music at the Conservatorio Simón Bolívar in Venezuela and has trained in various disciplines related to singing and music. In addition, she is an ambassador for the FOSJE Singing Chair, promoting social inclusion through music.

Senior Lecturer at the Universidad de Valladolid since 2008. Graduate in English Philology, with a postgraduate degree in Translation and a PhD in the area of Foreign Language Teaching, where she carries out her teaching and research activity.

Her lines of research focus on bilingual education and the internationalisation of higher education. Since 2018 she has been Vice-Rector for Internationalisation at the Universidad de Valladolid and is Executive Secretary of the Grupo Tordesillas.

José Manuel González Canino holds a degree in Geography and History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is a civil servant of the Senior Technical Scale of Administration of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where he served for more than 20 years in various positions, including Director of the International Relations and Mobility Office between 2005 and 2009, the year in which he joined the then Organismo Autónomo de Programas Educativos Europeos as Director of the Erasmus Division. He is currently Director of the Higher Education Unit of the Servicio Español para la Internacionalización de la Educación, the Spanish National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme in the fields of education and training, an organisation under the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

He obtained his PhD and Master's degree in Economics and Agrarian Development at the University of London, and graduated with honours with a Bachelor's degree in Economics from UNAM. He has been a professor in areas such as Natural Resource Economics and Sustainable Development, and is a member of the Academia Mexicana de Economía Política, the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias and the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. He has also participated as a speaker in national and international forums.

Between 2002 and 2010, he was Dean of the Faculty of Economics at UNAM, and is currently Secretary-General of the Unión de Universidades de América Latina y el Caribe. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by universities in Peru and has published numerous books and academic articles.

He is currently Secretary-General of the Consejo Superior Universitario Centroamericano (CSUCA), a position he has held for two consecutive terms (2018-2022 and 2022-2026). He has carried out prominent roles in higher education, such as his participation in the Regional Conference on Higher Education (CRES+5) in Brasilia, and is Representative of the COPERNICUS Academy for Central America. In addition, he has been invited as a rapporteur, moderator and panellist at national and international events.

Previously, he was Rector of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (2014-2018), where he worked for more than 35 years in various academic and administrative roles. His experience in the university sphere has enabled him to promote higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean, and he is currently in charge of organising the IV General Conference of the ENLACES Network for 2026. In addition, he has training in Senior Political Management, Reengineering and Communication Technologies.

Graduate in Law from the Universidad de Deusto, Master's in International Trade and Policy from Georgetown University, and PhD in International Relations from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas. In addition, he holds an Expert Diploma in Cultural Management Abroad from the Universidad Carlos III.

He joined the Diplomatic Service in 2007 and has held various positions, including Consul in San Salvador, Chargé d'Affaires in South Sudan, Cultural Counsellor in Caracas, Consul in Casablanca, and Alternate Permanent Representative of Spain to UN agencies in Rome.

In Madrid, he has served as Deputy Assistant Director-General for the Middle East, Head of the Area for Economic Relations with Latin America, and Deputy Director of the Undersecretary's Cabinet. Since September 2024, he has been Director of Programming at Casa de América.

University School Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Universidad de Alicante. He has held the position of Vice-Rector for Technology and Educational Innovation, as well as Executive Secretary of the ICT Sectoral Commission of Crue Universidades Españolas. His research focuses on the application of artificial intelligence in education, teaching innovation, and personalised learning. He specialises in digital transformation and the incorporation of emerging technologies in the university sector.

Nieves R. Brisaboa is a Full Professor in the area of Computer Languages and Systems at the Universidade da Coruña (UDC), where she founded the Database Laboratory (LBD) in 1996. She has led numerous R&D&I and technology transfer projects, which earned her the National Computer Science Award in 2019.

Her research focuses on compact, compressed, and self-indexing data structures, algorithms, information systems in general, and, in particular, Geographic Information Systems. Her work has been widely cited internationally.

In addition, she has undertaken various scientific management roles, including serving as Manager of the National R&D Plan in the area of Information Technologies (TIN) in 2010 and 2014, as well as President of the ICT area at DEVA. She is currently responsible for Field 6.2 of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNAI) for the evaluation of research periods (sexenios).

PhD in Architecture, Graduate in Geography and History specialising in Art History and Technical Architecture, and Master's in Heritage Restoration. He has directed numerous restoration works on monuments in Murcia, Almería, and Granada, and has taught Architectural Heritage at UPCT.

He has participated in scientific committees, conferences, round tables, and research projects in Cultural Heritage. He was coordinator of the National Plan for Emergencies and Risk Management in Cultural Heritage, and advisor on the recovery of Lorca's heritage following the 2011 earthquake. He is currently president of ICOMOS Spain and a member of CICOP and the Academia del Partal.

Graduate in Philosophy from UNED, and PhD in Political Science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Associate Professor of Political Thought since 2015 at the same university. He was Head of Research and Publications at the Atman Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures between 2005 and 2007. He joined Fundación Carolina in 2008, where he has since worked in the Studies and Publications department.

Jenay Robert is a senior researcher with over a decade of experience in higher education and educational technology. She currently works at EDUCAUSE, where she leads research projects focused on using technology to advance equity and inclusion in teaching and learning. Previously, she was a project manager at Penn State University and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Florida. She holds a PhD in Science Education from Penn State, in addition to an extensive background in chemical research. Her skills include strategic analysis, reporting, and ethical data practices. She has contributed to numerous academic publications on the influence of social and cultural factors on education, helping institutions make informed decisions through the use of data.

Desiderio J. García Almeida is a Full Professor of Business Organisation and Director of Cooperation at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He has published books and articles in prestigious scientific journals on topics such as knowledge management, innovation, entrepreneurship, family businesses, and learning. He has been a visiting professor at various universities abroad and has directed several cooperation projects.

PhD in Economics and Social Sciences from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Graduate in Economics and Business Sciences from the Universidad de Alicante. Director of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Educación Permanente (Uruguay). Lecturer at UMH in Elche. Researcher at GIES, Higher Education research group at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Member of the Scientific and Organising Committee of the Congreso Internacional Iberoamericano de Economía y Empresa. 

Author of several articles on the internationalisation of universities, the decentralisation of higher education in Mercosur, comparative quality control systems between Uruguay, Ecuador, and Spain, among others. Academic Director of Universidad Tecnológica, Uruguay. Director of UCAM Business School, Uruguay. Director of the Centro Politécnico del Cono Sur in Uruguay of the UPV, Valencia.

Rector of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) and Professor of Linguistics, with a distinguished career in international roles such as President of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (2020-2022) and First Vice-President of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia. PhD in English Philology from the Universidad de Zaragoza, he has served as Vice-Rector for Teaching Staff and for Research at UNED, and has led numerous research projects in computational linguistics and neurolinguistics, with over 90 publications and presentations at international conferences. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Instituto Cervantes and has been a visiting professor at various prestigious universities.

Daniela Garzón Hugo, born in Cañar, Ecuador, and residing in Hannover, Germany, holds a degree in Social Communication from the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana. Following her graduation, she worked in the Communication and Culture department of her alma mater before moving to Germany in 2018, where she volunteered at an education centre for the blind. She is currently studying Social Work at Hochschule Hannover and has developed projects focused on the inclusion of Spanish-speaking migrants. Furthermore, thanks to an Erasmus exchange, she is undertaking a semester at the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL).

Dr Marcos Tulio Zambrano Zambrano, Rector of the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, holds a PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, specialising in university teacher training and the development of intelligence and education. Committed to the inclusion of young people from rural and marginalised backgrounds, he has worked as a cultural promoter, lawyer, and technical-political advisor on electoral and administrative matters. He has also promoted environmental and social housing projects in Manabí, and is a prominent orator and a leading figure in educational, productive, and political matters in the province.

President of the Consejo de la Juventud de Canarias and feminist activist. She studied at the ULPGC, where she began her involvement in student and youth representation.

Jurist and student on the Master's Degree in Legal Practice and Representation at the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). Experienced in team management and development through his background in student representation and associations at regional and national levels. Skilled in designing and implementing innovative legal strategic approaches.

Since 2000, she has carried out teaching and research work at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in the field of Food Engineering and Technology; previously, she worked professionally in the private sector. Her research activity focuses on territorial sustainable development with an emphasis on value chains and agri-food process engineering.

Currently, in the field of institutional management, she serves as Assistant to the Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Director for Latin America at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Vice-President of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Enseñanza de Ingenierías (ASIBEI) and Director of the Observatory of University Development Cooperation of the Conference of Rectors of Spain (CRUE).

Her poetic work has received numerous accolades, including the IESS Primo Romanzo Latinoamericano award, the Joaquín Gallegos Lara national novel prize, and the English PEN Award For Sample Translations. Her work has also been translated into Portuguese, English, and German.

PhD in Hispanic Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Florida, with a Master's Degree in Hispanic Language and Literatures from the Ethics of Diversity from the Université des Antilles (Martinique), and a Bachelor's Degree in Hispanic Philology from the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), where she works as a lecturer. She is a member of the Centre for African Studies (CEAULL) and the International Group for Canary Studies.

Pre-doctoral researcher in the Spanish Literature department at the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) and member of the research group Literatura y Frontera, Humbolt. She holds a degree in Spanish: Language and Literature, and also received the Extraordinary Award for the Best Academic Record and the Extraordinary End-of-Degree Award. Currently, she coordinates the Literature and Theatre Section of the Ateneo de La Laguna.

Agricultural Engineer from the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja-Ecuador and holder of a Master's Degree in Plant Genetic Resources from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Santo Domingo (PUCESD), scientific director of the Padre Julio Marrero Botanical Garden of the PUCESD, and president of the Ecuadorian Botanical Gardens Network. His work focuses on the conservation of species in the Lowland Tropical Chocó and on development cooperation.

Graduate in French and Romance Philology from the Universidad de La Laguna, PhD in Modern Philology from the Universidad de La Laguna. Lecturer at the Universidad de La Laguna in French Language and Research in French Literature from the 18th century to the present day. Her work focuses on the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences specialising in Botany from the Universidad de La Laguna, PhD in Biological Sciences from the Universidad de La Laguna. Director of the Jardín Botánico de Aclimatación de La Orotava, head of the Applied Botany Unit, researcher, herbarium curator and seed bank curator. His work focuses on taxonomy, systematic botany, phytogeography, nature conservation, bioclimatology and plant ecology.

Biologist graduated from the Universidad de Alcalá with a Master's degree in Plant Genetic Resources from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He is a lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Santo Domingo and head of Research and Conservation at the Jardín Botánico Padre Julio Marrero.

Conservator-restorer, graduated from the Escola Superior de Conservação e Restauro (ESCR) in Lisbon (1992/1997). In 2005, he completed his bachelor's degree at the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT). He obtained his PhD in Painting Conservation from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) in 2013. His postdoctoral research focuses on the Documentation and Spatial Analysis of Cultural Heritage through 3D photogrammetry modelling and computer graphics post-processing.

Conservator-restorer graduated from the Escuela de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales de Galicia (ECRBBCCG) with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). She obtained her PhD in Arts and Humanities from the Universidad de La Laguna in 2021.  Since then, she has focused her research activity on the diagnosis and monitoring of rock art through photogrammetric recording and spatial analysis of 3D models.

FPI/FPU predoctoral researcher at the Universidad de La Laguna and PhD candidate in the Arts and Humanities programme. Member of the CYAN (Science and Heritage) research group. Master's in Cultural Heritage Use and Management and graduate in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the Universidad de La Laguna. Imaging Laboratory technician.

PhD in Social Sciences, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Retired Full Professor at the UCV. Former Dean of Advanced Education, Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez. Coordinator of the Postdoctoral Programme in Philosophy and Human Sciences in Nuestra América. Coordinator of the Research Line Ethics, politics education: theoretical resignifications and practical implications. Member of the Academic Committee for the PhD in Organisation Studies. Jury Member of the II Edition of the HERCRITIA International Awards.

Bachelor's, Master's and PhD in Philosophy from the UNAM. Full Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. Researcher specialising in classical and contemporary Political Philosophy and Political Philosophy with a Gender Perspective. Coordinator and participant in multiple national and international research projects. Her research lines include: Political transformations in complexity scenarios, challenges to revitalize democratic politics and culture, systemic issues of precarisation, inequality, exclusion and violence from a gender perspective.

PhD in Philosophy (UCM), Consultant Professor at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, former director and co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Research. Founder of the Specialisation in Gender and Sexuality Education. Co-editor of the journal Mora (UBA) between 1993 and 2017. Tenured Professor of Philosophical Anthropology, Gender and Women's Human Rights, and Philosophical Anthropology. Notable works include: Sobre Sujeto y Género (Re)lecturas feministas de Beauvoir a Butler.

Universidad Distrital de Bogotá Francisco José de Caldas and director of the Master's in Peace Education.

PhD in Education, Universidad de Oriente. Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez. President of the Fundación Dr. Alejandro Próspero Réverénd and founding director of the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina Dr. Salvador Allende. National Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Organisational Studies. Member of the Academic Committee of the Postdoctoral Programme in Philosophy and Human Sciences in Our America.

Principal researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina and the Education Area of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO-Argentina. PhD in Phonology specialising in Human Communication Problems. He currently coordinates the postgraduate courses “Pedagogies of Differences”, “Between Bodies and Gazes” and “Writings: Human Creativity and Communication”. He is the acting vice-president of PEN / Argentina (Poets, Essayists, Novelists).

PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad de Barcelona and Bachelor of Laws from the same university. Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Universidad de La Laguna and former dean of the same. Director of the Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinares Latinoamericanos (CEILAM) and co-director of the Cátedra Internacional en Hermenéutica Crítica (HERCRITIA). Specialist in the History of Ancient Philosophy, Gender Studies, Utopian Thought and Latin American Thought.

PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad de La Laguna, working as a Secondary Education teacher in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Member of the Research Group of the Cátedra Internacional de Hermenéutica Crítica (HERCRITIA). Her research lines cover topics such as Identity and Subjectivity, the work of Judith Butler, the Body as Culture, and Education and Teaching Vocation.

PhD in Philosophy. Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Education and Language. Researcher at the Instituto Universitario de Estudios de las Mujeres at the ULL. Lecturer on the Master's Degree in Gender and Equality Policies. Researcher at the Social Innovation Laboratory (ULL). Master's Degree in Feminist Studies, Equality Policies and Gender Violence. Expert in Public Policy Evaluation. Lines of research: Education and gender, Innovation and coeducation, Pedagogy of otherness…

Expert in sexual violence, pornography, prostitution and sex trafficking. PhD in Sociology, Degree in Sociology (specialising in Social Psychology) and Social Work. Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the ULL and Director of the VIOSEX Research Group. Founding Member of the RAIEPP (Red Académica Internacional de Estudios de la Prostitución y la Pornografía) and member of the IUEM (Instituto Universitario de Estudios de las Mujeres) and the Forum de Política Feminista de España. She currently directs the feminist theory journal Clepsidra.

Spanish philosopher, writer and feminist theorist. PhD in Philosophy and Full Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities of the Universidad de La Laguna. Since 2017 she has been President of the Red Española de Filosofía. From July 2019 to 25 May 2020 she served as Regional Minister of Education, Universities, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands.

Director and researcher at the Social Innovation Laboratory of the Universidad de La Laguna. Degree in Philosophy and Educational Sciences. Postgraduate qualifications in Public Policy Evaluation, Citizenship and Social Participation, and Feminist Studies, Equality Policies and Gender Violence. Lecturer at the ULL in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Education and Language. Consultant and trainer specialising in leading teams and pedagogical social innovation projects, driving meaningful change in public and private organisations.

PhD in Education, lecturer at the Faculty of Education of the ULL, lecturer on the Master's Degree in Advanced Pedagogical Studies and on the university expert courses on Governance, Local Development and Equity, and Political Leadership and Governance. Researcher at CEILAM, PEDACRI and the UNED-ULL Chair of Critical Hermeneutics. Researcher and instructor in MOOC-format courses on Open Government, Public Information Management and Democratic Values. Researcher on the Erasmus+ project.

PhD in Education and lecturer in Theory and History of Education at the ULL. Member of the Critical Pedagogy Research Group (PEDACRI), the PAIDEIA pedagogical section of the Chair of Critical Hermeneutics (HERCRITIA), the Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinares de América Latina (CEILAM) and the research team on Politics, Ethics and Education at the Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez. Researcher on several Erasmus+ projects. Author of publications focusing on Latin American pedagogical thought.

Extensive academic background culminating in a PhD in Psychology and another in Education. His research track record includes numerous publications related to education. He has served as a secondary school guidance counsellor and also as a technical advisor for the Regional Ministry of Education. His university teaching career spans over 20 years. He currently works as an Associate Professor (Profesor Contratado Doctor) in the Department of Didactics and Educational Research at the ULL.

Graduate in Pedagogy, postgraduate degree holder from the Master's Degree in Advanced Pedagogical Studies, PhD candidate in Education at the Universidad de Salamanca and Law student at the ULL. Adjunct Lecturer at the Universidad de La Laguna, researcher with the Critical Pedagogy group (PEDACRI) and at the Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina (CEILAM). Researcher on Erasmus+ projects. Collaborating instructor for the narrative workshop at the Tenerife Penitentiary Institution.

PhD in Pedagogy. Full Professor at the Universidad de La Laguna. Director of the Academic Doctoral Committee of the Faculty of Education 2009-2014. Director of the Master's Degree in Advanced Pedagogical Studies at the ULL. Director of the University Expert programmes in Open Government and Public Policy Management. Coordinator of the Hermeneutic Paideia line of the International HERCRITIA Chair. Principal Investigator of the Erasmus+ TOGIVE Project 2016-2018 and researcher on other Erasmus+ projects.

PhD student in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of Maryland. Graduate in Literature from the Universidad de las Artes de Guayaquil and Master's Degree in Foreign Language Pedagogy from the Universidad Casa Grande. She has worked as a teacher, editor and reading mediator for the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) and the Plan Nacional del Libro y la Lectura José de la Cuadra.

Predoctoral researcher in the Spanish Literature area at the Universidad de La Laguna and member of the research group Literatura y Frontera, Humboldt. She holds a degree in Spanish: Language and Literature from the same university, where she also completed the Master's Degree in Teacher Training. She received the Extraordinary Award for Best Academic Record 2019-2020 and the Extraordinary Degree Completion Award. She currently coordinates the Literature and Theatre Section at the Ateneo de La Laguna.

PhD in Law, Master's Degree in Family and Child Law from the Universidad de Barcelona (Spain). Full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the Universidad de Talca (Chile). Director of the Centre for Studies on the Rights of Children and Adolescents at the Universidad de Talca (CEDIA). Member of the Executive Committee of the Network of United Universities for Children of Chile. Academic Representative on the Civil Society Council for Children of the Ministry of Social Development and Family of Chile.

Senior Lecturer in Constitutional Law. Director of the Chair of Childhood and Adolescence at the Universitat Politècnica de València. President of the Network of Universities for Childhood and Adolescence (RUIA). Director of the book collection Infancia y Adolescencia (2018-2024). Editor-in-Chief of the Revista sobre Infancia y Adolescencia.

PhD in Civil Law. Senior Lecturer in Civil Law at the Universidad de La Laguna. Coordinator of the Research Group "Law, person and family". Director of the Institutional Chair of Childhood and Adolescence at the Universidad de La Laguna. She has undertaken research visits at the Universidad de Lima (Peru) and the Universidad de Chile. She has collaborated on academic initiatives with lecturers from Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Paraguay, etc.).

Tourism manager, entrepreneur, leader and mother. Director of the "Amigas con Propósito" project. Enthusiastic, positive and proactive. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Tourism and Hotel Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Sustainable Tourism Management and Marketing. Furthermore, she has completed training in marketing and talent management, among other areas.

Lecturer and Researcher. Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism. Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí.

Lecturer and Researcher. Head of the Degree in Tourism. Faculty of Education, Tourism, Arts and Humanities. Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí.

Master's Degree in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, and PhD in Agricultural Sciences. Full Professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena (UPSE). Visiting lecturer at several universities in Latin America (Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador). He served as Senior Lecturer at the Universidad Agraria de La Habana (UNAH). Author of more than 35 scientific articles, as well as books, book chapters and other scientific publications and reports.

Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena. Agricultural Engineer, Master's Degree in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, and PhD in Soil Sciences. Specialist in sustainable management of soil fertility. Seven years of experience as a researcher in projects linked to soil health, fertility and productivity, and the promotion of sustainable agriculture in Ecuador.

Doctor of Jurisprudence, with a postgraduate diploma in Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights. Master's Degree in Criminal Law. Master's Degree in Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences. Specialist in University Teaching. Specialist in Criminal Law. Former Regional Public Defender in the Coastal and Southern regions of Ecuador. Litigating lawyer and expert in community conflict management. University lecturer and researcher at several universities in Ecuador. Speaker and panellist at international events.

PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Full Professor at the Universidad Estatal Amazónica of Ecuador. 40 years of experience as a lecturer and researcher. He has led 25 research projects. He has published more than 100 scientific articles in indexed journals, 10 scientific books and 4 book chapters. Corresponding member of the International Academy of Sciences, Technology, Education and Humanities. Honorary Member of the Ibero-American Environmental Network (REIMA A.C.).

PhD in Food Sciences and Master's Degree in Food Science and Technology from the Universidad de La Habana (Cuba). Master's Degree in Education Management with a focus on Higher Education; specialist in Curriculum Design. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Universidad Agraria de La Habana. He is a Full Professor and researcher at the Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA). Rector of the Universidad Estatal Amazónica. He has taken part in several research projects and scientific publications.

Agricultural Technical Engineer specialising in Agroecology. Promoter and coordinator of agroecological projects, urban gardens and community vermicomposting. Trainer and communicator in agroecology and sustainable gardening, she is currently affiliated with the Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias-Government of the Canary Islands, coordinating the Fincas Faro-ICIA project. Her research and social action focus falls under the umbrella of promoting rural development policies from an agroecological perspective.

Graduate in Education specialising in Educational Psychology, with a Master's degree in Cultural Development. She is currently a senior lecturer and researcher, and coordinates the Educational Inclusion Laboratory at UPSE. She has worked as a university lecturer for over 30 years in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. She has conducted research in the field of education and culture, and has published scientific articles and books related to gender, inclusion, culture, and rurality.

Graduate in Nursing, with a Master's degree in Infectious Diseases. Senior Lecturer at UPSE. She has participated in research projects related to Wellbeing and Health, and has more than a dozen publications to her name. She serves as an external reviewer for several international scientific journals. She leads the Research Project "Impacto psicoeducativo de la COVID -19 en la salud y bienestar de niños, niñas y adolescentes de la provincia Santa Elena, Ecuador".

Graduate in Education specialising in Educational Psychology. PhD in Pedagogical Sciences. She currently serves as Vice-Rector of the Universidad Nacional de Educación. She is the author of numerous scientific publications in the field of education, particularly concerning progressive pedagogical ideas and their links to the training of inclusive educators.

Graduate in Education in History and Social Sciences. PhD in Pedagogical Sciences. He currently serves as Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Universidad Nacional de Educación. He is the author of numerous research studies and scientific publications in the educational sphere, especially regarding the teaching of social sciences and inclusive classroom education.

Professional in the fields of Law and Education. Qualified mediator and specialist in conflict management. Currently at the Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena as a full-time senior lecturer/researcher. Member of the teams: Laboratorio de Inclusión Educativa; and Gestión Interdisciplinaria para el desarrollo inclusivo local-comunitario (GIDILC). Member of: REMCI and REDIPIES.

Graduate in Psychology from UH; Master's degree in Education from the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Experienced in psychological care, psychodiagnosis, and therapies across different institutions. He has worked as a university lecturer for 15 years, teaching courses in child, adolescent, and adult psychopathology, educational inclusion, special educational needs (SEN) care, social and clinical psychology, and neuroeducation. He possesses skills in project design and evaluation.

Graduate in Education and PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, with extensive experience in academic and managerial positions at universities in Venezuela and Ecuador, such as the Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, and the Universidad Nacional de Educación, where she is currently Rector. She has led important research lines, academic planning, and teacher training programmes. She is the author of books and scientific articles, as well as an international speaker on pedagogy and education, with a solid track record as an undergraduate and postgraduate lecturer at various educational institutions.

Associate Professor of Spanish at Marquette University. She specialises in colonial Latin American literatures and cultures. Her secondary field of research is Puerto Rican literature and culture. She has published several articles on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz regarding gender, epistemology, philosophy, and theology. She has also published articles on topics such as poetics, gender, sexuality, and race in contemporary Puerto Rican literature.

PhD in Spanish Philology and Senior Lecturer in Latin American Literature in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna (1990). Her primary lines of research are Latin American narrative, Venezuelan literature, and relations between the Canary Islands and America.

Professor (Spanish Language area) at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Her teaching and research career began with her doctoral thesis (Extraordinary Doctorate Award 1994) and her appointment as senior lecturer in 1997. Since then, she has combined teaching and management duties with research, innovation, and knowledge transfer activities, earning several recognitions.

PhD in Hispanic Philology and Lecturer in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna. His main research lines are Applied Linguistics in Spanish Language Teaching; Lexicography applied to Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE), and the language of the Crónicas de Indias. He has collaborated as a researcher in three R&D projects focused on colonial literature.

PhD student in the Latin American Literature area at the Universidad de La Laguna. She has been awarded the VIII Premio Valparaíso de Poesía and the XLII Premio Félix Francisco Casanova for short stories. In turn, she is the author of several poetry collections. She has been a special guest at the University of Virginia and the University of North Georgia to deliver poetry workshops. She currently coordinates the Literature and Theatre Section at the Ateneo de La Laguna.

PhD in Spanish Literature and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna since 2000. Her main lines of research are intertextuality and interdisciplinarity, applied to different periods and contexts, with special focus on Cervantes and Surrealism. She has participated in an R&D project dedicated to the digitisation and analysis of Hispanic American surrealist journals and is the author of various studies and editions.

Senior Lecturer in Spanish Literature in the Faculty of Humanities at the Universidad de La Laguna. PhD in Spanish Philology with a doctoral thesis on the non-dramatic work of Lope de Vega. Extraordinary Bachelor's and Doctoral Award. His research interests include the relationship between art and literature, Golden Age literature, emblem literature, publishing, and literature of the Canary Islands.

PhD in Hispanic Philology, he is a lecturer in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna. His research lines are: Medieval Literature, popular and indigenous theatre (the work of Father Anchieta), Queer Theory applied to literary and cultural studies. He currently coordinates the research group Palimgestos de cultura u teatro popular en el contexto atlántico. He has edited various works on symbolic violence in the process of evangelisation and colonisation.

PhD in Philological Studies from the Universidad de La Laguna. Degree in Classical and Hispanic Philology from the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) and Master's in Education and ICT from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and (ULL). She balances her academic career as a civil servant in the secondary education teaching corps and as a lecturer in the Department of Spanish Language in the Faculty of Humanities at the Universidad de La Laguna. Her lines of research are Applied Linguistics, computer-assisted Spanish/FL teaching methodology, and virtual grammar instructional design.

Lecturer in the Department of Basic Legal Disciplines in the subject area of History of Law and Institutions at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad de La Laguna. Member of the Research Group “Derecho, persona y familia” in the Social and Legal Sciences research area. His research lines are History of Law and Institutions, and Comparative Law. He is the author of numerous journal articles and contributions to collective works on the Real Audiencia de Canarias.

PhD in Hispanic American Literature and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish Philology IV at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her research covers various genres and periods of Hispanic American literature, with special emphasis on the viceregal period, Cuban literature, and the Hispanic American short story. She is currently a member of the research team for the R&D project “En los bordes del Archivo, I: Escrituras periféricas en los Virreinatos de Indias”.

Writer, Professor of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna, and member of the Academia Canaria de la Lengua. He has served as Regional Minister for Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands and, since 2015, as President of the Education and Universities Commission in his capacity as a Member of Parliament. He has published five novels and numerous critical works dominated by his interest in contemporary Hispanic American literature, alongside his studies and research and publishing projects on what he himself has defined as Atlanticity.

PhD in Spanish Philology (Universidad de La Laguna) and lecturer in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna, he completed a Master's degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo-Instituto Cervantes). Extraordinary Award in his Degree in Hispanic Philology. He has more than ten years of experience teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Spanish Language, and its Literature across various educational levels and national and international contexts.

Graduate in Hispanic Philology from the Universidad de La Laguna. Secondary School teacher of Language, Literature, and Latin. Senior Technician in educational and teaching activities at the Museo de Historia de Tenerife. Deputy Director of the Centro de Documentación de Canarias y América (CEDOCAM) since 2020. Member of the Authority Control Group of BICA (Bibliotecas Canarias). Member of the Cross-Disciplinary Working Group “Documentalistas del Cabildo Insular de Tenerife y de su Sector Público Insular”.

Esperanza López Parada holds a PhD in Hispanic American Literature and has been a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid since 1994. Her main research interests are colonial literature, contemporary poetry, and marginal Latin American production. She has been the principal investigator on several R&D projects focused on colonial literature.

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Hispanic Literatures and Bibliography at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her research activity has been linked to funded projects and participation in national and international conferences and seminars. Her research lines focus on “Latin American Science Fiction”, “Hispano-American/European Literary Relations”, “20th-century Hispano-American Women’s Literature” and “Viceregal Literature and its relations with the indigenous world”.

Historian and lecturer-researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. Head of the Master's in Humanities and coordinator of programmes related to history and cultural heritage. Member of COAPEHUM and the Academic Body “Historia Cultura y Sociedad en Hispanoamérica.” Her work focuses on viceregal history, cultural heritage, and heritage education, contributing to projects such as the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and the creation of the altarpiece of the Zacatecas Cathedral.

Graduate in Law and holder of a Master's in Social Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. PhD in History of the Americas from the Universidad de Sevilla. Founder of academic programmes and author of books on the history and cultural heritage of Mexico. He served as director of the Regional World Heritage Institute (UNESCO) in Zacatecas. Currently, he is a lecturer-researcher at the UAZ and coordinates the Cátedra Universitaria Iberoamericana Patrimonio, Rutas e Itinerarios Culturales.

Master in Geological Sciences. Retired Professor and Researcher from the Academic Department of Earth Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (Mexico). Extensive experience in the lines of generation and application of knowledge in Environmental Geology, Geological Heritage, and Geotourism. Collaboration in projects and studies on Environmental Geology, Geodiversity, Geological Heritage, Geotourism, Geoconservation, and Geoparks.

Biologist-Chemist from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and Master in Medical Microbiology from Duke University. He was a tenured professor and director of the School of Biological Chemistry at USAC. Full member and editor at the Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and nine books. Specialist in the esquisúchil, he is a manager of cultural and scientific projects. Named Illustrious Citizen of La Antigua Guatemala in 2024.

Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD in Geography from UNAM. Full-time professor at the Faculty of Geography of UAEMex since 1995. He has undertaken postdoctoral stays at UNAM, Universidad de Guadalajara, and Universidad de Alicante. Member of international research networks on geotechnologies and governance. Former president of the Mexican Geomorphology Society (2016-2021), he has held various administrative positions at UAEMex.

President and co-founder of the Senderos Del Alto Cooperative in San Cristóbal el Alto, with 40 years of experience in collaborative community work. Member of the Indigenous Tourism Collaborative of the Americas and coordinator of ECATC2018 in Guatemala. He collaborated on poverty reduction strategies in Antigua Guatemala. Diploma in leadership and innovation for sustainability from VIVA IDEA. Participant in various international events on community tourism and sustainable development.

University lecturer with over 20 years of experience, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Education at Universidad Galileo. Coordinator of more than 20 Higher Education programmes. She holds qualifications in Education, Administration, Projects, and Tourism. She participates in national and international forums related to education and tourism. President of the International Network of Researchers in Heritage, Tourism, and Community Development. Expert consultant in education, sustainability, finance, and tourism.

Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD in History from the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, focusing on social history, material culture, and heritage. Archivist at the Historical Archive of the State of Zacatecas (2006-2012). Lecturer-researcher in History and Tourism at the UAZ since 2012, and since 2022 in the Master's and PhD programmes of the Academic Unit of History. He conducts research on cultural and natural heritage; currently working on «Mazapil: historia, patrimonio y cultura en el semidesierto».

PhD in Administration and lecturer-researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) and evaluator for CONAHCYT. Director of the European project EU-URB-AL III-Melgodepro in Valparaíso, Zacatecas. His research focuses on sustainability, economic development, entrepreneurship, remittances, and migration. He has presented at national and international conferences and published in academic journals. Thesis supervisor for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.

Graduate in Art History (UCM) with an advanced qualification in Italian language. He joined the Corps of Museum Assistants in 2015 and the Faculty Corps of Museum Curators in 2024. Experience in cataloguing, management, and coordination of Historical Heritage and UNESCO Conventions. Currently, Head of the Historical Heritage Protection Service at the Ministry of Culture and Sport. Spanish representative and Vice-President of the Bureau of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe.

PhD in History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Master in Philosophy and History of Ideas from the UAZ. Lecturer-researcher at the UAZ since 2003. Diploma in Museology from CONACYT. Author and co-author of books on history and cultural heritage. Delegate of the Conservatory of Mexican Gastronomic Culture in Zacatecas and producer of the section «Nuestra Historia, Nuestro Patrimonio» on Radio Zacatecas.

Coordinator of the Asociación del Camino Ganadero de Marina. Technical specialist at the Centro de Estudios y Recursos de la Trashumancia.

Lecturer-Researcher in the Department of Economics at UABCS since 1998. Holds a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Teaches courses in environmental economics and sustainable development. Has participated in research projects as well as national and international forums. Author and co-author of book chapters and journal articles. Member of the Academic Group 'Region, Economy and Development', focused on tourism and regional development.

Professional in tourism and local management with over 20 years of experience. Currently, Local Development and Tourism Officer at the Santa Margarida i els Monjos Town Council, focused on sustainable projects and heritage recovery. Lecturer at the Escuela de Turismo de Catalunya since 2017. Previously, Director of the Escuela de Turismo del Baix Penedès. Graduate in Tourism and holds a Master's degree in Local Tourism Destination Management.

PhD in Political Science and Sociology (Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca) and Bachelor's degree in History (Universidad Francisco Marroquín). Researcher at the Centro de Estudios de las Culturas en Guatemala (USAC) and lecturer at Universidad Galileo. Author of 87 research works and 27 books. Speaker at 59 international conferences. Consultant on historical and social issues. Honoured by USAC, Universidad Galileo, and Universidad Rafael Landívar. Annual Cultural Journalism Award (APG and Fundación Paiz, 1998).

Tour guide specialising in interpretive hiking and community-based rural tourism in San Antonio, BCS. Experienced in local economic reactivation, community brigades, and rock and mineral exhibitions. Oversight President of the Ejido San Antonio, focused on water preservation and reforestation. Coordinator of a School Plot for the production of plants and organic nutrients. Secondary school graduate specialising in accounting.

Trained in Tourism and Hospitality, Business Administration Technologist. Local guide of the Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua and cultural manager in the Chocó Andino area. Trained in Rural Service Provision (PSR) and the development of plans for protected areas and heritage routes. Community leader committed to the sustainable development of tourism and the conservation of natural and cultural heritage.

Lecturer, transdisciplinary researcher, and cultural manager with a critical and anti-colonial approach. PhD in Latin American Cultural Studies (UASB, 2024). Bachelor's degree in Communication and Literature (PUCE) and Master's degree in Cultural Management (UC3M). Co-founder of Gescultura (2007-2017). Currently coordinates the Visual Arts Degree Programme at PUCE and teaches on international postgraduate courses. Mariano Aguilera National Arts Award 2017. Author of several publications and active member of the Movimiento Cultura Viva Comunitaria.

PhD in Political Science and Sociology (Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca) and Bachelor's degree in History (Universidad Francisco Marroquín). Researcher at the Centro de Estudios de las Culturas en Guatemala (USAC) and lecturer at Universidad Galileo. Author of 87 research works and 27 books. Speaker at 59 international conferences. Consultant on historical and social issues. Honoured by USAC, Universidad Galileo, and Universidad Rafael Landívar. Annual Cultural Journalism Award (APG and Fundación Paiz, 1998).

Vice President of the Tourism Commission of the COSENDER RL cooperative and co-founder of the Cooperativa Senderos del Alto for community-based tourism. Coordinator of the first Biodiversity Festival in San Cristóbal el Alto. Speaker at community-based tourism meetings in Colombia and Guatemala. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Management, Adventure, and Hospitality at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.

Proactive professional passionate about leadership. Coordinator of the tourism area of the Comunidad de Yunguilla. Secondary school diploma in Social Sciences (2018), graduate in Tourism Business Management and Environmental Conservation (UTE, 2022), and Rural Tourism Manager (UASB, 2022).

Graduate in Senior Management from INCAE. With 15 years of experience as General Manager of Atlas in Honduras and Guatemala and Sales Manager of Grupo Fogel de Centroamérica. Former Director of the Cámara de Comercio de Guatemala and President of the Gremial de Importadores. Currently, host at Hotel Candelaria Antigua, supporting academics in the development of community-based tourism in Guatemala.

Anthropologist majoring in Archaeology from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and Master in Andean Archaeology from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Expert in Landscape Archaeology, with experience at the Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural and currently at the Instituto Metropolitano de Patrimonio (IMP). Specialised in the management of archaeological reserves, drafting museological scripts, designing heritage routes, and archaeological projects.

Feminist activist, teacher, and sociocultural facilitator in Argentina. Survivor of human trafficking for sexual exploitation and advocate for the abolition of prostitution. In 2012, she was named Outstanding Woman of the Year. She has delivered talks and lectures around the world defending sexually exploited women and opposing the sex trafficking industry.

PhD in Sociology and holder of Bachelor's degrees in Political Science, Sociology, and Social Work. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Universidad de La Laguna and a member of the Instituto Universitario de Estudios de las Mujeres. Expert in the study of sexual violence, feminist theory, forced migration, and human rights. Has participated as a researcher in various national and international projects.

PhD in Psychology, graduate in Philosophy and Educational Sciences and in Information Sciences. She is an Associate Professor in the MIDE area (Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education) at Universidad de La Laguna. She is currently Dean of the Faculty of Education. She has presented numerous conference papers on diverse topics addressing the feminist perspective (work-life and family balance, coeducation…), and has participated in numerous projects and activities in similar fields.

She has worked in journalism for more than two and a half decades in the written press, television and radio, in Argentina, Mexico and Spain. In 2003, her personal and professional life changed radically when she became involved in the journalistic investigation of feminicides in Ciudad Juárez. Since then, she has become an activist for women's rights and has devoted herself to international reporting, research and the study of feminicide in Latin America and Spain.

A graduate in Philosophy, she has been dedicated to political communications for more than 20 years. As a feminist researcher and activist, she has specialised in prostitution and human trafficking, especially women within the prostitution system and the figure of the buyer/client, as well as in the so-called new masculinities and the portrayal of gender-based violence in the media.

Sex trafficking survivor, educator and writer. She is a trainer and collaborator at the Escuela Abolicionista Internacional since 2021 and author of the book “España, la Tailandia de la prostitución”. She knows the prostitution system in depth, not only as a victim, but also as a witness. Shortly after beginning to live as a free woman, she became an abolitionist activist.

PhD and graduate in Sociology, she is an Associate Professor at Universidad de Valladolid, and has worked as a lecturer at Universidad de La Laguna. Specialised for more than two decades in emerging social problems with a feminist perspective and human rights approach, she has conducted research and published on topics such as forced migration, job insecurity, trafficking of women for sexual exploitation, population control policies and socio-educational gender inequalities. She has participated in more than 15 competitive R&D&I projects and 20 professional projects for various institutions. She has also been Director of the Equality Unit at the ULL and is the third member of the Gender Committee of the Spanish Federation of Sociology.

Law graduate from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. PhD in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences from Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Spain). His main lines of research and work focus on attribution theory, criminal liability in cases involving the causing of defects, the principle of legality, and current issues in medical criminal law, among others.

Biochemist with a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a habilitation in Biology, Medicine and Health. She has over 20 years of experience in research and development of vaccines and microbial pathogenesis. She worked at ITQB/IBET (Portugal), then at CIRAD (Duclos, Guadeloupe, FWI), and in December 2016 joined the Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe to work on free-living amoebae (FLA). Since 2022, she has led the amoeba research team for the detection and identification of amoebae implicated in meningitis, keratitis, etc., among other lines of research.

PhD in Fundamental and Systems Biology from Universidad de Granada and lecturer and researcher in the Department of Parasitology and the Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET) at Universidad de Costa Rica. Her lines of research include cellular and molecular biology, parasitology, diagnosis of parasitic diseases, extracellular vesicle secretion, and the isolation, identification and characterisation of free-living amoebae.

Professor and photograph conservator, she has carried out her work in institutions such as the Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico; Photography and Film at George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y.; and the Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía, among others. Author of numerous publications and member of the American Institute for Conservation committee.

Photographic heritage conservator in private practice. He developed his professional career at the Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía and in national and international institutions. Representative of the Regional Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Andalucía for the design and development of the National Photographic Heritage Conservation Plan. He is currently undertaking various projects, such as improvements in the management and preservation of the permanent collection of the IVAM (Institut Valencià d’Art Modern), and the restoration of the collection of the Fundación Gordillo (Badajoz).

Continuing education lecturer on Photographic Technique applied to scale models, models and prototypes at the ULPGC. Director of the Photography Classroom at the ULPGC (1999–2004). Member of the Good Practices in Digitisation Working Group for the drafting of “Recomendaciones para proyectos de digitalización de patrimonio bibliográfico y fotografía histórica”, Sub-directorate General for Library Coordination, Council for Library Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Government of Spain, September 2021.

Conservator and restorer of cultural heritage. Graduate in Fine Arts specialising in Photography. Specialised in 20th-century colour images. Conservator of the FOTOCOLECTANIA private collection.

Graduate in Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage (2012 – 2016), Universitat de Barcelona. Master's in Project Management for Conservation-Restoration (2016 – 2018), Universitat de Barcelona. Freelance work in Conservation-Restoration of Graphic Documents and Photographic Heritage.

Vice-Rector of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina). Degree in Public Administration and Political Science from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and Master of Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin, The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, United States. He is a full professor of Political Economy at UNCuyo and president of the ProMendoza Foundation. For almost two decades, he has been a leading figure in the growth of tourism and wine in Argentina.

Degree in Oenology. Master of Wine Student (Stage 2). WSET Diploma. Agricultural Technical Engineer specialising in Agricultural and Food Industries. Research staff at the Government of La Rioja. Working as an oenologist since 2009 in various wineries in Tenerife. Assistant oenologist in wineries in Napa Valley and Marlborough.

Wine Services Technician, involved in the organisation and teaching of topics such as wine tourism, gastronomic tourism, and active tourism for over 19 years. Co-founder and co-director of the Cultural Hall of Wine Tourism and Gastronomic Tourism at the Universidad de La Laguna. Since 23 May 2019, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cátedra de Agroturismo y Enoturismo de Canarias.

Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Technology at the Universidad de La Laguna. Technical expert for the Entidad Nacional de Acreditación (ENAC) for audits related to wine and beverage analysis. On 29 November 2023, he was appointed director of the Cátedra de Agroturismo y Enoturismo de Canarias of the Instituto Canario de Calidad Agroalimentaria and the Universidad de La Laguna.

PhD in Sociology. Expert in gender and climate change with over 10 years of experience in teaching and research. She has coordinated academic programmes and taken part in international projects. UNDP consultant in Uruguay, she has published and presented at global conferences. Recipient of the 2022 Artemisa Award for her contribution to gender mainstreaming in environmental action.

Lecturer in the Department of Earth Physics and Astrophysics at the UCM and member of the TROPA research group, whose goal is to understand climate variability across different timescales and the role of the ocean in its predictability and associated impacts (on energy, health, and ecosystems). Her interest focuses on oceanic processes at various scales and ocean-atmosphere coupling. She is also the coordinator of the inter-university and interdisciplinary network Migraciones Climáticas y Refugiados (MASCARAS).

Researcher and co-founding partner of CICrA Justicia Ambiental. Technical manager for the Expert Committee on Climate Change of Catalonia and associate at the Centre for Environmental Law Studies of Tarragona. Degree in Environmental Sciences and PhD in Law from the Universidad Rovira i Virgili. Author of the monographs «Las migraciones climáticas ante el ordenamiento jurídico internacional» and «Migraciones Climáticas. Sobre desigualdades, mitos y desprotección».

Graduate in Audiovisual Media from the University of Westminster and Master's in Artistic Production from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Specialised in forced migration and the impact of climate change, he has developed projects such as «La Oscuridad que se Apaga» and the trilogy «Narrativas A la Deriva». His project «The Ringing Forest» was shortlisted for the Jerwood Open Forest Commission. He has received support from organisations such as the British Council and the Wellcome Trust.

PhD in Sociology and senior lecturer at the Universidad de Valladolid, with 20 years of previous experience at the Universidad de La Laguna. Member of several chairs and committees specialising in migration and gender. She has led projects on forced migration and social policy, and has published extensively on migration and social inequalities. Recognised for her career in mainstreaming the gender perspective into sociology and environmental action.

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Universidad de La Laguna, Director of the Cátedra Cultural Globalización, Migraciones y Nuevas Ciudadanías, and coordinator of the research group Migraciones, Género e Identidades. She has led more than thirty R&D&I and participatory projects in Latin America. She currently works on projects addressing religion and alien status, Canary Islands-Africa cooperation, cultural heritage and gender, and university internationalisation.

PhD in Sociology from the Universidad de La Laguna (2013), she holds a Master's in Human Rights, Globalisation and Democracy (UOC). She collaborates with research groups focused on migration issues, including: «Migraciones, género e identidades» (MIGEID), Inter-university cooperation networks Canary Islands-Africa, Religion, alien status and European identity, and Migraciones Climáticas y Refugiados (MASCARAS). Since 2019, she has been the technical secretary of the Cátedra Cultural Globalización, Migraciones y Nuevas Ciudadanías.

PhD in History from Royal Holloway, University of London. Member of the Centre for Studies on Democracy and Dictatorships at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, as well as the Research Group on States, Nations and Sovereignties at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra. He published his doctoral thesis on the Basque conflict both in Spain (Siglo XXI) and in the United States (Centre for Basque Studies).

Ecuadorian historian based in France for five years. PhD candidate in Feminist and Gender Studies at the Universidad del País Vasco and the Université Paris Nanterre. Her thesis focuses on left-wing experiences and identities and feminism in Ecuador in the second half of the 20th century. She has published articles in Latin American and French journals. Her first book, «Experiencia y militancia de las mujeres de izquierda (URME, 1962-1966)», was published in 2021 in Ecuador.

Historian and educational anthropologist. PhD in Social Sciences from CIESAS Occidente. Researcher at El Colegio de San Luis A.C. Mexico. Member of the National System of Researchers Level 2. Since 2005 she has directed the Permanent Research Seminar: Education, History, and Cultural Diversity in North-Eastern Mexico. Director of the Research Laboratory: Gender, Interculturality, and Human Rights (LIGIDH) linked to El Colegio de San Luis. Lines of research: History and anthropology of education; Interculturality and gender; Emerging issues in education; Gender-based violence.

PhD in Anthropology from Leiden University (Netherlands). Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology from the Universidad de Chile. Founding member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (CIEG) at the Faculty of Social Sciences (FACSO), where she has served as deputy director, director, and coordinator of various international academic bodies. Full Professor of the UNESCO Chair based at this research centre (2003). Editor of the Revista Chilena de Antropología, coordinator of the Master's in Gender and Culture at FACSO jointly with the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, and director of the Archivo Central Andrés Bello.

Bachelor's Degree in Pedagogy, Master's and PhD in Education from the Universidade Federal do Ceará (2003) and postdoctoral researcher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (2014) Brazil. She is a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte – FMJ and in the Postgraduate Programmes: Professional Master's in Education PMPEDU/URCA and PROFHISTÒRIA/URCA. Research in the fields of: Education, with emphasis on History of Education, Educational Policy and Teacher Training; Health and Violence; Women and Violence; Childhood-adolescence and violence. She works on university outreach initiatives in the fields of: Education and Health; Education and social movements.

PhD in Education. Bachelor's Degree in History and Geography, Master's in Gender and Cultural Studies (Universidad de Santiago de Chile). Foreign Visiting Professor in the Department of History at the Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA). Member of the Chilean Society of Historians. Member of the Brazilian Association for History Teaching (ABEH). Member of the National History Association (ANPUH). She has numerous publications, notably her studies on gender and on Gabriela Mistral.

Full Professor of History of Education at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil). Lecturer in the Postgraduate Programme in Education at the Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences. She was deputy director of the Faculty of Sciences and Letters. She is a lecturer in the Postgraduate Programme in Education at the Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences/UNESP/Campus Marília. Teaching staff in the area of History of Education. She is a researcher at the Research Laboratory: Gender, Interculturality, and Human Rights (LIGIDH) linked to El Colegio de San Luis de Potosí (COSAN Mexico).

Senior Lecturer in Civil Law (ULL). She has served as director of the Equality Unit at the Universidad de La Laguna, key agent of the Marco Tenerife-Violeta of the Cabildo de Tenerife, member of the Canary Equality Council and of the Sustainability Sectoral Committee (Commission on Equality Policies) of CRUE. She is currently Coordinator of the Research Group “Law, Person and Family” and member of the Women's Institute of the Universidad de La Laguna.

Professor of History of Education (ULL). She teaches on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in the Faculty of Education and in the Faculty of Humanities on the Master's in Gender Studies and Equality Policies. Attached to the Doctoral Programme in Education and the PhD in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies. Her main lines of work are: History of Education, Educational Policy, Women's Education, and Regional Studies (History of Education in the Canary Islands). Member of various scientific organisations, she collaborates in research at national and international level. She has been awarded several research prizes.

Sculptor and Lecturer since 2006 in the Departamento de Arte e Design, Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades da Universidade da Madeira. He holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the Universitat Politècnica de València, Departamento de Escultura, with the thesis: «Expansiones del híbrido escultura/arquitectura: Cartografias de un Arch-Art como respuesta al arte público crítico» (2010).

He has focused on various areas of research: Public Art (critical perspective), hybrid relationships between contemporary sculpture and architecture; Drawing; Artistic Projects/Processes, and Sound Art. He has served as Director of the Bachelor's Degree Course in «Artes Visuais» and the Bachelor's Degree in «Arte y Multimédia».

PhD in History, Territory and Culture: Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methodologies from the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). She is currently an Associate Professor at the Universidad Europea de Canarias (UEC). Her main lines of research focus on the management of cultural heritage and cultural tourism, in particular archaeological heritage, with an emphasis on perception and participation.

Graduate in Political Science and Public Administration, DEA in Sociology, and PhD in Communication Sciences. She has worked as a political adviser in Ecuador and Bolivia. Currently, she is the managing director of the cultural association for international studies «Hacer para el desarrollo», carrying out studies on intangible cultural heritage.

Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Federal de Paraíba and Attorney General of the Public Prosecution Service of the Court of Audit of Paraíba (Brazil). He has been a visiting professor in Turin and Pisa (Italy) and Ghent (Belgium), as well as a Calouste Gulbenkian fellow at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). Arbitrator at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (Switzerland), the Court of Arbitration for Art (Netherlands), and the Centro Latinoamericano de Arbitraje y Mediación (Paraguay).

Sculptor and university lecturer. He obtained his PhD in Art: Production and Research from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. He has been teaching at the Faculty of Arts of the Universidad Central del Ecuador since 2001, with numerous exhibitions, awards, and publications.

PhD in Visual Arts and Intermedia from the Universitat Politècnica de València, he studied animation at Southampton Solent University (United Kingdom). He is currently a lecturer at the Universidade da Madeira (Portugal). He has worked as a documentary filmmaker for Televisió de Catalunya TV3 and the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos UNAM (Mexico), among others. Notable among his research is his focus on the extraordinary aspect of the human condition, present mainly in cinematographic narrative, music videos, and auteur animation.

Graduate in Law and holder of a Master's Degree in Use and Management of Cultural Heritage from the Universidad de La Laguna, as well as a PhD in Law from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, with an outstanding cum laude thesis. A researcher in heritage conservation in Ecuador, he has published academic articles on archaeological heritage. Author of five books, he is a member of the journal Trasdemar and coordinator of La Poeteca de Canarias, promoting reading in La Laguna.

Dean of the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at the University of Opole. Specialist in the protection of cultural heritage in crisis situations.

Professor of Law at the University of Opole. Holder of the UNESCO Chair on "Cultural Property Protection". Editor-in-Chief of the Santander Art and Culture Law Review.

PhD in Art History from the Universidad de La Laguna (2015) and legal status at the Fundación Colección Thyssen Bornemisza and TEA-Tenerife Espacio de las Artes: 2002-2012. Master's Degree in Art Theory and History and Cultural Management (2012) from the Universidad de La Laguna. Diploma of Advanced Studies corresponding to the second research phase (2007). Third Cycle Doctoral Programme (Biennium 2005-2007). Interdepartmental Programme: Open Scenarios: The Multicultural in Art and Architecture. Department of Art History of the Universidad de La Laguna.

Graduate in Choreography from the Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Madrid, professional dancer, expert in Spanish dance.

Professional dancer specialising in Ecuadorian dance. Co-director of the Ecuadorian Youth Orchestra Programme.

PhD in Visual Arts and Intermedia from the Universitat Politècnica de València, he studied animation at Southampton Solent University (United Kingdom). He is currently a lecturer at the Universidade da Madeira (Portugal). He has worked as a documentary filmmaker for Televisió de Catalunya TV3 and the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos UNAM (Mexico). His videos address extraordinary ethnographies, liminal spaces, and critical social contexts that redefine reality; he constructs his productions alongside the Dionysian languages of avant-garde music videos, cinematic narrative, and auteur animation.

Higher Professor of Cello and Chamber Music from the Conservatorio Superior de Tenerife, with postgraduate studies in Barcelona and Amsterdam, and a Master's Degree in Musical Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. PhD from the Universidad de La Laguna with the 2016 Extraordinary Doctorate Award, followed by postdoctoral research in Madeira. Since 2020, she has been teaching at the Universidad de La Laguna as an Associate Lecturer within the music area of the Department of Art History and Philosophy.

Bachelor's Degree in Geography and History, Geography section. PhD from the Universidad de La Laguna in 2003, postgraduate degree in Cultural Landscapes, Heritage and Territorial Project from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Educator, researcher and ULL doctoral student. Graduate in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences from the ULPGC. Researcher specialising in the biomechanics of body movement and its relationship with physiology. Experience in physical activities with musical accompaniment. Expert in movement in the performing arts and contributor to various master's degrees at the ULL.

Author of the novels La desfiguración Silva (Premio Alba Narrativa, 2014), Nefando (Candaya, 2016), Mandíbula (Candaya, 2018), and Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol (Random House, 2024), as well as the poetry collections El ciclo de las piedras (Rastro de la Iguana, 2015) and Historia de la leche (Candaya, 2020). Her short stories have been collected in Caninos (Editorial Turbina, 2017) and Las voladoras (Páginas de Espuma, 2020). She was selected as one of the most prominent literary voices in Latin America by the Hay Festival, Bogotá39 2017, and by the Granta en Español 2021 list.

She currently works as a lecturer in Creative Writing, Short Stories, and Novels at the Escuela de Escritores de Madrid. Nuestra piel muerta, her debut novel, was translated into English, Turkish, French, Italian, and Danish. Trajiste contigo el viento was her second novel.

Graduate in Spanish: Language and Literature and Master in Advanced Studies in Spanish and Latin American Literature. She has worked on projects concerning the Latin American short story and the narrative of Mónica Ojeda. She collaborated with the Universidad de Barcelona in the study of Concepción Arenal's correspondence. She participated as a speaker at cultural events at TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes. She is currently a teacher of Spanish Language and Literature.

Graduate in Spanish: Language and Literature from the Universidad de La Laguna, she also holds two master's degrees: one in North American Studies and another in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language. She is currently developing her Doctoral Thesis Estudio y edición de una novela inédita en español: Buscar otro nombre al amor by Nivaria Tejera. Furthermore, she is a member of the Palingestos research group and a member of the University Institute of Women's Studies. She currently works as a literary cultural manager for the Government of the Canary Islands.

Doctoral Lecturer in Spanish Literature in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna. He holds a PhD in Literary Studies from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He has led various research projects focused on insularity, especially on the literature produced in the Canary Islands. He has edited numerous volumes, notably including the poetic work of Canarian author Julián Herraiz. He is the director of the Antonio Lozano Cultural Chair of Crime Fiction at the Universidad de La Laguna and director of the Tenerife Noir International Seminar on Crime Fiction Research.

Master in Film and Television from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. His debut documentary 93: Historias contadas a través de un piano participated in several international festivals, received an honourable mention at the Richmond International Film Festival, and was awarded Best Feature Documentary at the Ecuadorian Film Festival Turicine. He is currently in the development stage of his debut fiction feature Café Carmencita.

PhD in Spanish Literature and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Universidad de La Laguna since 2000. Her main lines of research are intertextuality and interdisciplinarity, applied to different periods and contexts, with special focus on Cervantes and Surrealism. She has participated in an R&D project dedicated to the digitisation and analysis of Hispanic American surrealist journals and is the author of various studies and editions.

Pedagogue and social psychologist, researcher in social sciences. Lecturer in the area of Theory and History of Education at the Universidad de La Laguna. Member of the consultancy Mosaico Acción Social.

Sociologist affiliated with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Universidad de La Laguna. Technical Secretary of the Cultural Chair for Globalisation, Migrations and New Citizenships.

Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She studied Teaching in Hispanic Philology at the Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña and Commercial Studies (Inst. San Francisco capital Dominicana). She worked as a librarian, secretary, secondary school teacher, and teacher of Spanish Language and Literature at Colegio Salesiano Ma. Auxiliadora. Founder of one of the first migrant associations in Tenerife, Casa Dominicana.

Venezuelan, trade unionist in Venezuela for 25 years, representative at the International Labour Organization for 15 years, former national Member of Parliament in 1998 and 2005, exiled in Spain. Currently President of the Asociación Solidaridad Venezuela, founded in 2019 to ensure a dignified and decent life for migrants in
Spain. Social activist for the advocacy of human rights worldwide.

Colombian, migrated to Tenerife in 2000 with her 15-month-old son. Graduate in Education with a Master's in Business Administration in Colombia and a Master's in Hotel Management in Tenerife. Entrepreneur for 7 years with clothing shops, Founding President of the Asociación Migrantes Emprendedores «AME».

Colombian, migrated to Spain in the year 2000. Graduate in Social Work. Erasmus in Helsinki. He combined his studies with work at McDonalds and Mercadona. He currently works at the Fundación Ideo of the Government of the Canary Islands. Secretary of the Asociación Migrantes Emprendedores «AME».

Born on 15 August 1971 in the department of Puno – Peru. She arrived in Tenerife in 1990. During these years, she has worked in multiple hotels in the Housekeeping department, making her a witness to the changes that have taken place in the hotel sector in Tenerife. She is a member of the association COPETEN, Peruvian Community in Tenerife.

President of the Asoc. Atahualpa of Ecuadorian residents in the Canary Islands. Experience in organisational leadership, community development, and cultural promotion. Project manager, promoting Ecuadorian culture. Qualified in Property Management by the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.

Born in Argentina, she holds a degree in Pedagogy and Social Education and a Master's degree in Social Education. Her professional activity takes place mainly within the consultancy firm Mosaico Acción Social.

President of the Asoc. Instituto Intercultural Canario (INCAN). Expert in business administration, social project management, and teaching.

Chef, humanist, feminist, social entrepreneur, writer, and food journalist acclaimed in Europe and Latin America. She has worked in various award-winning and Michelin-starred restaurants. A prolific writer published in 26 countries, she eventually settled in the Galapagos Islands, where she set up the Galapagos Foundation.

Jose Darias is an experienced chef whose background encompasses an in-depth knowledge of traditional cuisine, its processes, and techniques, combined with cuisines from other regions. This transcends fleeting trends, allowing him to develop a signature cuisine presented in innovative and surprising formats.

Knowledge and technique placed at the service of diners to create a disruptive, youthful, and fresh culinary offering, capable of finding and/or establishing connections with any guest through a shared gastronomic narrative. A lifetime devoted to the kitchen with a passion expressed in his dishes, brimming with enthusiasm, expertise, and craftsmanship.

PhD in Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Project Management from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería en Diseño at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia; Master's in Design Engineering and Specialist in Web Design and Animation; he is currently a Design lecturer and Director of the GIDDIC Research Group at the Faculty of Design and Architecture of the Universidad Técnica de Ambato in Ecuador. He carries out projects in the fields of habitat, sociology of design, and quality in graphic production processes.

PhD from the Doctoral Programme in Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Project Management at the Universitat Politècnica de València and Bachelor of Information Technologies/Arts from Sheridan College, Ontario - Canada. Member of the RIDID, Full Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Audiovisual Communication (FADCOM). With extensive experience in managing projects that generate innovation and technology transfer. She conducts research on strategic design management and the integration of design into SMEs.

PhD from the Doctoral Programme in Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Project Management at the Universitat Politècnica de València. Industrial Design Engineer and Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the Universidad Central del Ecuador. Member of the RIDID and Associate Member of the Network of Design Researchers at the Design Research Institute, Universidad de Palermo.

Professor of Design Management. Lecturer at the ETS de Ingeniería del Diseño, on the Official Master's Degree in Design Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV). Founder of the IGD – Design Research and Management Group (UPV). Director of the Trendhal desighspotting trend observatory. Manuel Lecuona is the coordinator of the Design Management module of the Design Management Postgraduate Programme at the UPC Foundation. Visiting Professor at the Universidad de La Habana (Cuba); Universidad EAFIT Medellín (Colombia) and the Master's in Strategic Design at the Universidad de Valparaíso (Chile). He also acts as an external advisor in Design Management for the Barcelona Design Centre (bcd) and at the PRODINTEC Technology Centre. He collaborates with organisations such as CANACINTRA and AFANJL (Mexico), Bancomext (Mexico), the CATEM Wood Technology Centre (Bio-Bio Chile), Banco CETELEM (Spain), FEDERHABITAT (Spain), and is Director of the Trendhal desighspotting trend observatory.

PhD in Fine Arts from the Universidad de La Laguna. Lecturer assigned to the Department of Fine Arts at the Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain). His research focuses on the study of the relationship between design and politics, working on topics linked to design policies, policy design, citizen participation, and innovation. He develops research and knowledge transfer projects in collaboration with companies and public administrations.

Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts. Coordinator of the Research and Innovation in Design Group and the BISAGRA Transfer Unit in Design, Visual Thinking and Graphic Facilitation (FGULL). Creator of the pilot project «CAMPUSTAJE: University Community Composting» and co-promoter of Circular Composting Communities at the island level, coordinated by the Cabildo de Tenerife. His research and knowledge transfer activity focuses on design for communication and the enhancement of regional resources in social innovation processes aimed at sustainability.

Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València. She holds a degree in Fine Arts, a diploma in Industrial Design from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan (Italy), and a PhD from the Universitat Politècnica de València. She has been active as a lecturer since 1998 in the field of design. She has been awarded four research increments (tramos de investigación) by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. From April to December 2023, she served as a Full Member of the Accreditation Committee E20-History, Philosophy and Art at ACADEMIA/ANECA. Since 1997, she has been producing trend reports for the toy sector, as well as research exhibitions and publications. She is a member of the IGD (Design Management and Research Group). She is the lead researcher of the NEXUS DESIGN CENTRE Knowledge Centre on Design.

Full Professor of Design at the Universitat Politècnica de València since 2002. Master's in Industrial Design from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan (1985-1987) and PhD in Design Methodology from the UPV in 1991. Co-founder of the Design Management and Research Group. Founding partner of Innoarea Design Consulting, a UPV technology-based spin-off since 2013. He has been awarded 5 research increments and one knowledge transfer increment by ANECA in the arts and humanities field. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Advisory Committee for Field 10: History, Geography and the Arts of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity, responsible for evaluating research increments for teaching staff.

PhD in public policy for design and innovation. She has worked on design promotion programmes in South America and Europe for Centro Brasil Design, Design Council (UK) and Design Wales (UK), where she set up the EU-funded SEE project, a network of European design organisations sharing experiences and knowledge in design and innovation policy. Gisele is a founding partner of DUCO Design Intelligence, a design management and policy consultancy. Recently, she worked as an innovation advisor to the state government of Paraná (Brazil). Her challenges included implementing agile methodologies and design thinking within government teams to build capabilities for improving and digitalising public services. Gisele is a director of the PróDesignPr Professional Design Association and a member of the Board of Directors of Centro Brasil Design.– Co-founder and partner of Brazil-based DUCO Design Intelligence.

President of the Chamber of Design of Ecuador (CADE) and Manager of the National Design Plan for Ecuador. Public Policy for Design – CADE. Member of the Red Latinoamericana de Política Pública & Diseño. Founder of furniture sector companies in Ecuador such as NOTRIA S.A., TANDAS, and TRIATECSA. Coordinator of the Multimodal Ergonomics Laboratory of the National Network of Design for Industry – Colombia and Strategic Design Auditor for PROEXPORT Colombia. University lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, PUCE. Director of the Design Degree / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, FADA-PUCE. Academic Coordinator of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and the Arts, FADA-PUCE. Manager of the SINAPUCE and RUD Design Networks. Accreditation Coordinator for the FADA-PUCE Design Degree. Technical Secretary for the RED UNIVERSITARIA DE DISEÑO, RUD – Ecuador.

DEGREE IN COMMERCIAL ENGINEERING IN MARKETING – Business Administration and Management, from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. President of the Textile Sector of Ecuador CAPEIPI. President of Buestan Cia. Ltda.

PhD candidate in Design at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism. Specialist in Design, innovation, and Industry 4.0 linked to the Circular Economy. Founder of EcoInnova. Co-Director of the Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation and Circular Economy at Universidad Austral. Director of the Postgraduate Diploma in Industry 4.0 at UNR. Researcher and lecturer at FADU-UBA. Director of EcodAl in Argentina. Former Technical Director of Industry 4.0 at INTI. Head of the Design for Innovation Programme, as well as the creator and director of the INTI Industrial Design Centre. She has led numerous projects on topics such as design management, sustainability, usability, ergonomics, 3D printing, and Industry 4.0.

PhD in Design Management from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (2012), with a Master's in Timber Construction from the Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chile, and an Industrial Designer from the Universidad de Valparaíso. She has served as Vice-President of the Ibero-American Design Research Network and was awarded the 2022 Municipal Applied Research Prize in Concepción, Chile. She is also a reviewer for Master's and PhD scholarships for Chile's National Research and Development Agency (ANID).

Founder and director of the Design Research Group at the Universidad del Bío-Bío, recognised as a Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2013). She has more than 20 years of research and teaching experience in areas such as industrial design, design management, materials, sustainability, and bionics.

Born in Venezuela in 1999, she moved to Tenerife in 2016. Her connection to culture and the arts has led her to become actively involved in various associations, such as the Kaua Cultural Youth Association, Wamma dance-percussion, and Canary Dance Connection.

In the professional sphere, she works in audiovisual production and, since 2021, has worked on major events, television programmes, and her own audiovisual projects.

Speech therapist, populariser, and content creator with a community of over 300,000 followers on social networks. Her sense of humour brings disability closer to everyone. In addition, she regularly collaborates on "El Intermedio", where she provides her fresh and entertaining perspective.

CEO / Founder of Rioleague, a project aimed at placing football at the service of collective development in Senegal. This tournament seeks to set a precedent in African football, offering opportunities to boys and girls aged 10 to 15 while creating jobs for the organisers and those who make it possible. We speak with Madiop Mbaye, president and founder of Rioleague.

Originally from Lanzarote. Founder and creative director of ROFE, who has played a crucial role in boosting young local talents, providing them with the opportunity to develop and showcase their potential through entrepreneurial projects and initiatives. His commitment to promoting creativity and talent stems from an inclusive approach, whilst highlighting the role of Canary culture in each of his works.

Predoctoral researcher specialised in the study of human skeletal remains in archaeological contexts at the Universidad de La Laguna. He is involved in various university projects, promoting youth participation in higher education and scientific careers, such as the Programa Embajadores ULL.

Aged 27, she was born in the municipality of Arona. Her parents were part of the first generations of Senegalese people to arrive in Tenerife.

She studied Tourism at the Universidad de La Laguna and subsequently completed a master's degree in Hotel Management at the SantPol school.