Programme

Segundo L. Pérez López (Dean of the Catedral of Santiago de Compostela)

Dean of the Catedral of Santiago de Compostela since 2013, Archivist-Librarian of the Cathedral of Santiago and professor of the Theological Aggregate Center of Santiago de Compostela dependent of the Pontifical University of Salamanca.

He holds a degree and a doctorate in Theology and a degree in Philosophy from the Pontifical University of Salamanca: He completed studies at the Francisco Suárez Institute of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (1979-1983) in Rome as a fellow of the Spanish Center for Ecclesiastical Studies, attached to the Church of Montserrat, taking courses in several Roman faculties and a researcher in the Vatican Secret Archives (from 1982 to 2011).

María del Carmen Martínez Insua (General Manager of Cultural Heritage of the Xunta de Galicia)

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.

José Mª Ballester Fernández

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.

Xosé Regueira Varela

Xosé Regueira is Deputy of Cooperation, Provincial Plans, Assistance to Municipalities, Tourism and Historic Artistic Heritage in the Provincial Council of A Coruña. 

Within the scope of its competences, it maintains a strong commitment to the valorisation, protection and dynamization of all the historical and cultural routes of the province, among which the Santiago Way stands out.

Marta Lois González (Councilor for Equality, Economic Development and Tourism of the City Council of Santiago de Compostela)

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.

Joaquín Palacín Eltoro (General Manager of Regional Planning of the Government of Aragón)

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.

Alessandro Scafi (Lecturer in Medieval and Renaissance Cultural history at the Warburg Institute)

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.

Flavia Ramil Millarengo (Gerente de Incolsa, Turismo de Santiago)

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.

Brad Towle (International Tourism promotion and development director for the Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau)

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

Giulia Motta (President of FuoriVia)

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.

Andrea Radouan Mounecif (Vice president of FuoriVia)

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.

NeKane Soto Guerrero (Experto en Coaching Transpersonal, de Equipos y Liderazgo sistémico)

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.

Jesús Hernández Galán (Director of Accessibility of the ONCE)

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.

Rafael Sánchez Bargiela (Manager of the S.A. of Management of the Plan Xacobeo)

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.

Simón Neira Dueñas (Manager of Geozzy.com)

Computer Engineer from the University of A Coruña specialized in ubiquitous systems. He worked for 7 years in the Amancio Ortega Foundation as a technology coordinator of their educational and social projects.

After founding it in 2008, Simón Neira Dueñas manages the company INNOTO SL, a consultancy focused on bridging the Internet, education, outreach and citizen participation through the use of interactive on-line maps. Since 2016, INNOTO S.L. focuses on Geozzy.com: a technological solution for tourism promotion and disclosure-interpretation of heritage through the Internet.