Speakers

Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Cultural history at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Since 2011 he has run at the Warburg Institute (and since 2016 at the Italian Institute of Culture, London) with John Took a series of Dante public readings aimed at a general public.

Author of books like Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth and essays on various aspects of the history of cartography and the history of pilgrimage. Alessandro Scafi has published several articles on Aby Warburg, the relationship between the Italian and Hungarian Renaissances and on Italian art and literature, in particular on Dante and Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini.

He is the author of audioguides for museums and exhibitions and has been a contributor to a number of cultural broadcasts, for, among others, Arte, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, the BBC, Radio Rai, Swiss Radio and Vatican Radio. He contributes to The Times Literary Supplement, L’Osservatore Romano and Il Sole 24 Ore.

Born in Venezia in 1989. Graduated MA in History and Social Sciences, he studied at Università di Padova, Université Paris 8 and Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Lebanon) before continuing his specialization in Archival and Record Management.

He worked in public and privates historical archives being in charge of the archival processing and the valorization of different collections on Maghreb contemporary history. Phd candidate at Paris Sorbonne university, his main area of research interest is related to colonial and post-colonial economic history with a particular emphasis on social history of energy industry and sociology of work. Walker since 2011, he is co-founder and vice-president of  FuoriVia, a non-profit Italian association which builds its activity around walking along historical cultural routes in Europe and in the Mediterranean.

Hospitalera of the hostel of pilgrims of Fisterra and vicepresident of the Galician Association of Friends of the Way of Santiago, functions that combines with its work in the City council of Fisterra, head of the Rourist Information and Youth Information.

International Tourism promotion and development director for the Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau

He studied at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he graduated in Economics and Law. Later, he specialized in Business and Management at IESE in Barcelona.

He is president of the Juana de Vega Foundation, patron of the Museo do Pobo Galego and member of the advisory council of the Galician Institute of International Documentation and Analysis (IGADI). He also has extensive professional experience in private business: he worked for thirty years at Banco Pastor, where he held senior management positions.

Degree in Psychology from the USC, Master in Management of Destinations and Tourism Companies and MBA in Foreign Trade.

Managing Director of Tourism of Santiago since July 2016, previously from January 2000 to July 2016 she held the position of Head of the Tourism and Promotion Area in the same company. From 1995 to 1999, head of the Tourism Office of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela.

Born in Bolzano (Italy) in 1990. Graduated in Planning and environmental policies at the Università Iuav di Venezia (Italy) and actually PhD student in Risk and environmental, territorial and building development at the Politecnico di Bari (Italy).

Always been a traveler, she feels Wanderlust! It’s a german word, made from “wander” (walking) and “Lust” (desire), meaning a strong desire to travel and to discover new places. Walker since 2010, co-founder and president of FuoriVia, a non-profit Italian association which builds its activity around walking along historical cultural routes in Europe and in the Mediterranean.

Dende 2003 é director de Accesibilidade Universal e Innovación da Fundación ONCE. Doutor Enxeñeiro de Montes, realizou estudios de Máster en Xestión de Empresas e Máster en Xestión Medioambiental. Ademáis, PDG polo IESE, Experto en Innovación pola Standford University e a London School of Economics e Global Management Certificate pola Thunderbird Global Management School.

Executive MBA and Master in Business Management and Marketing.

General Manager of Regional Planning of the Government of Aragón.

Until 2011 he devoted himself to business management consulting and environmental services. Councilor of the City Council of Monzón between 2007 and 2013 and president of thr Sports Board and the Fair Institution. Member of the Association of Fairs of Aragon between 2007 and 2011. He has been a member of the courts of Aragon during the 8^th Legislature. He is currently the General Manager of Regional Planning under the Department of Basic Structuring of the Territory, Mobility and Housing of the Government of Aragon.

Graduated in Economics and Business Studies from the University of A Coruña, he developed his professional career since 1997 in the Juana de Vega Foundation, of which he has been director since 2005.

He is a professor in the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of A Coruña. He has participated in numerous courses and seminars on issues related to the agri-food sector of Galicia and has published articles on this subject.

Heritage Expert. He was, until 2005, Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Council of Europe. He has been responsible for the proclamation of the Camino de Santiago as the first European cultural route.

General Manager of Cultural Heritage of the Department of Education and University Management of the Xunta de Galicia since 2013.

Graduated in Law, obtained the management diploma and is entitled in the upper course of public law. She began her administrative career at the General Directorate of Human Resources of SERGAS as legal technical adviser, and then to develop positions in the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry. In 1996 she began to serve in the Department of Education and University Management, first in staff and student promotion and then in the headquarters of programming, hiring and equipment service. She also held technical and administrative support responsabilities at the Advisory Council for Administrative Recruiment of Galicia of the Ministryof Finance, and held, between 2009 and 2013, the post of deputy general director of constructions and equipment of the Department of Education and University Management.

Councilor responsible for Equality, Economic Development and Tourism, as well as third deputy mauyor in the municipality of Santiago de Compostela.

The topics in which she usually works are related to public policies, gender equality and the search for and ordered tourist model integreated into the urban and social structure of the city. She is part of a broad group  of research on gender and politics with teachers and researchers from several universities in the state. In addition, she is a member of the Armela group, which analyzes the impact of the current economic crisis on the development and guarantee of social rights and equal opportunities among citizens.

Manager of the Pulpería Ezequiel in Melide, a family business founded in 1960 and that over time has been specializing in serving the pilgrim, becoming one of the gastronomic referents of the French Way.

Silvana Crisóstomo Besada holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from the Caixanova School of Business, a Master's in Financial Advising and Asset Management, and European Financial Advisor, is a financial advisor with more than 12 years of experience in Private Banking.

Mónica Crisóstomo Besada specializes in Organization and Tourism Management and Graphic Design Advertising, has extensive experience in tourism planning, combining her work in Ideas Peregrines with her activity as a tourism consultant in Sherpa Project.

Both are members and creators of Ideas Pilgrim-Pilgrim Store, a concept designed to provide an integral service to the pilgrim located in Tui, awarded in 2017 with the Santiago de Compostela award in the category "Initiatives developed by small and medium enterprises."

Degree in Social Pedagogy, from the University of Murcia. Diploma in Social Education, from the University of Deusto, Bilbao. Specialist in Team Coaching and Systemic Leadership and expert in Coaching, certified by ASESCO and ACSTH (CAC nº10402), by Crearte Coaching in Madrid. Master in Management and Human Resources Management by EUDE in Madrid. Diploma in University Specialization in Professional Guidance, master's degree in PRL, specialized in Ergonomics and Applied Psychosociology and Diploma in University Specialization in Socio-labor Insertion Technician, by the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Born in 1964, he has been a priest for twenty-six years in the Diocese of Perugia, where he now serves as auxiliary bishop and vicar general. From 2001 to 2007 he was in charge of the National Service of Youth Ministry of the Italian Episcopal Conference. 

Member of the General Council of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, president of the Regional Tourism Entity of the Center of Portugal and president of the Rgional Agency for the Promotion of External Tourism (ARPT).

Is a coopted member of the DGEIT, of the ESTH/IGP (External Personality invited by the Technical-Scientific Council of the School of Tourism and Hospitality of the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda), and of the DGEI (External personality coopted by members of the Council Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering of the University of Aveiro).

Managing Director of the Management Company of the Xacobeo Plan since 2014. Graduated in Geography and History, in the History section and with a specialization in Medieval History by the University of Santiago de Compostela, with a specialization in archival and library science at the same university.

She is director of the Center for Studies of Romanesque and Territory and Co-Chair of the Scientific Commision of the Romanesque Route.

She is a member of the Executive Directorate of TRANSROMANICA (Cultural Route of the Council of Europe), ICOMOS (International COuncil of Monuments and Sites) and Editorial Board of the News Journal.

She is also the author of several articles on regional development, heritage, culture and tourism; and is a permanent columnist for the online project patrimonio.pt