PROGRAMA GENERAL DE LAS JEP

Monday, September 27th

Tuesday, September 28th

Dams in climate change adaptation

8:30 h  

Reception

9:00 h  

Inauguration

• Antonio Morales (Presidente del Cabildo de Gran Canaria)

• José Antonio Valbuena (Consejero de Transición Ecológica, Lucha contra el Cambio Climático y Planificación Territorial)

• Augusto Hidalgo (Alcalde de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

• Hugo Morán (Secretario de Estado de Medio Ambiente)

• Michael Rogers (Preidente de ICOLD)

• Miguel Ángel Carrillo (Presidente del Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos)

• José Trigueros (Presidente de la Asociación de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos)

• Ignacio Escuder (Preidente de SPANCOLD)

9:45 h  

Conference. The dams of Gran Canaria and the Chira Falls

• Yonay Concepción (Consejo Insular de Aguas de Gran Canaria)

10:15 h  

Break, photocall, interviews and opening of commercial exhibition

10:45 h  

Subtopic A.1: Dams in climate change adaptation. River regulation in new hydrological scenarios.
Session 1

12:00 h  

Break

12:30 h  

Subtopic A.1: Dams in climate change adaptation.
River regulation in the new hydrological scenarios. Session 2

• Modera Javier Ferrer (Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar)

13:45 h  

Comida

14:45 h  

Conference. Dam safety and recovery and resilience funds

• Daniel Sanz (Dirección General del Agua)

15:15 h  

Subtopic A.2: Dams in climate change adaptation.
Adaptation actions on dams and reservoirs and technological innovations in dam safety. Session 1

• Enrique Moreno (Dirección General del Agua)

17:00 h  

Break

17:30 h  

Subtopic A.2: Dams in climate change adaptation.
Adaptation actions on dams and reservoirs and technological innovations in dam safety. Session 2

19:15 h  

Conference. USA Dam Safety Landscape four years after Oroville

• Eric Halpin (Halpin Consultants, Former USACE Special Assistant for Dam and Levee Safety)

19:30 h  

Conference. The future of Dam Safety in Spain

• Teodoro Estrela (Director General del Agua - MITERD)

21:30 h  

Gala Dinner

Wednesday, September 29th

The Role of Dams in the Energy Transition

9:00 h  

Conference. Challenges of the Canary Islands electricity systems in the face of the Energy Transition

• Juan Bola Merino (Director de Operación de los Sistemas de los Territorios no Peninsulares. Red Eléctrica de España)

9:45 h  

Conference.

10:15 h  

Break

10:45 h  

Subject B: The role of dams in the energy transition. Hydroelectric developments and hydraulic energy storage. Potential and prospects
Modera Javier Baztán (Global Power Generation - Naturgy Group)

12:10 h  

Round Table
Legal - Technical debate on hydro energy storage

• Guillermo Heras (SPANCOLD)

• Carlos Vázquez (Gomez Acebo & Pombo)

• Justo Mora (SPANCOLD)

• César Lanza (Tecnova Ingeniería y Sistemas)

13:10 h  

Food

14:10 h  

Conference. Gorona del Viento

• Gorona del Viento El Hierro SA

14:55 h  

Conference. Hydroelectric Storage in the Energy Transition. Need and Potential

• Félix Hernando Matellano (Iberdrola)

15:25 h  

Break

15:55 h  

Conference. Hydroelectric projects. Acciona's experience

• Acciona

16:25 h  

Conference. Cobra Infraestructuras HidráUlicas. History and Present. Renace Hydroelectric Complex (Guatemala)

• Carlos Ramón Rozas (COBRA)

16:55 h  

Round Table
Dams and energy transition. The vision of international and cooperation organizations

• Manuel Menéndez (MITERD)

17:55 h  

JEP Closing Conference Geometries in the landscape. The charm of large dams

• César Lanza (Tecnova Ingeniería y Sistemas)

18:40 h  

Conclusions and closing of the Conference

Thursday, September 30

III International Symposium On Dam Safety

Friday, October 1st

Technical Visits