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On 7 and 8 May, Alianza Rural organises the conference “Water and the environment. Challenges for the countryside“, whose program is as follows:
9:30 a.m. Opening.
• José Luis Martínez Almeida. Mayor of Madrid.
• Prof. José Luis Suárez. Managing Director of IESE Campus Madrid
• Fermín Bohórquez Domecq. President of the Rural Alliance.
• Alonso Álvarez de Toledo. Rural Alliance Director
10:00 a.m. Framework Conference. Sustainability of Farm Business on a Healthy Planet
Sustainability in the CSR of large companies. Opportunities for the agricultural sector.
Prof. José Luis Suárez. Managing Director of IESE Campus Madrid
10:30 a.m. Table 1. Biodiversity, Conservation and Traditional Land Uses in Spain
Chair of the Board: Paloma Fra, Director, BioCarbon Estates.
• The pasture and the wild cattle. An example of sustainability. Juan Pedro Domecq Morenés. Vice-President of the Royal Union of Fighting Bull Breeders.
• Hunting as a guarantor of biodiversity. Luis Fernando Villanueva. General Director of the Biodiversity Foundation.
• Extensive livestock farming and biodiversity. Manuel Luque. Managing Director of the Royal Spanish Federation of Select Cattle (RFEAGAS).
11:30 a.m. Coffee break
12:00 p.m. Table 2. The field as a carbon sink
Chairman of the Polling Station: Gerardo Moreno. Professor of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at the University of Extremadura.
• The 4 x Thousand Paris initiative. Soil as a Carbon Sink. Julio Román Vázquez. European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF).
• Woody crops and carbon sequestration. José Luis Vaca. BALAM Agriculture.
• Valorization and Commercialization of Carbon Rights Generated in Agriculture. Juan Palomares. Director • General Manager of Trinity AgTech.
1:00 p.m. Table 3. Renewable energies and other challenges in the agricultural field
Chairman of the polling station. Rural Alliance
• Solar energy and land uses. Rafael Barrera. General Director of ANPiER.
• Energy Recovery of Biomass: an opportunity for the agricultural sector. Rafael Fuentes-Guerra. ENCE.
2:00 p.m. Spanish wine
MAY 8:
9:30 a.m. Inauguration
• Prof. José Luis Suárez, Director of the Madrid campus of IESE Business School
• Juan Valero de Palma, President of FENACORE. AR Manager
• General Directorate of Water MITERD (Pending confirmation)
10:00 a.m. Framework Conference. Water, agriculture, food and food security
Jaime Lamo de Espinosa. Professor Jean Monet UPM. Former Minister of Agriculture. Former President of FAO
10:30 a.m. Table 1. Unconventional resources. Technical Solutions to the Scarcity of the Resource
Chairman of the polling station: FENACORE
• Desalination linked to renewables. POWER
•Reuse. Pedro Simón. Director of ESAMUR. Region of Murcia.
• Inter and Intra-basin connection. Francisco Javier Flores Montoya
11:30 a.m. Coffee break.
12:00 p.m. Table 2. Users: Water Use Efficiency
Chairman of the Bureau. José Carlos Caballero. Rural Alliance.
• Innovative and sustainable irrigation in rural development. MAPA investments in Spanish irrigation. Cristina Clemente. Deputy Director General of Irrigation,
Natural Paths and Rural Infrastructures. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
• The Irrigation Communities: an Example of Management between the Public and Private. Juan Valero de Palma, President of FENACORE.
• Success stories of management of irrigation communities. Gabriel Sevillano, water manager for agriculture ACCIONA.
1:00 p.m. Table 3. Groundwater: Potential and Problems
President of the Bureau: Miguel Ángel García Turienzo. Deputy Director of Infrastructures of ITACYL. Junta de Castilla y León
• Groundwater Potential: José Joaquín Gómez Alarcón, President of CUAS II Mancha Occidental.
• State of groundwater bodies in Spain and associated problems: the Groundwater Action Plan. Francisco Javier Sánchez. Deputy director
General Water Protection and Risk Management of the Directorate-General for Water. MITECO.
• Legal Problems in the Use of Groundwater for Irrigation. Teresa Reíllo Cobo. Serrano Abogados
2:00 p.m. Closure
• Juan Valero de Palma, President of FENACORE
• Isabel Bombal. Director General of Rural Development, Innovation and Forest Policy. MAP (Pte. Conf.)
• Fermín Bohórquez, President of Alianza Rural
2.15 p.m. Spanish wine
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