Organization > Comittees
Local Steering committee

Chairperson
Dr. Enrique Fernández Escalante
Tragsa Group – DINA-MAR. Madrid, Spain efernan6@tragsa.es *Organizing committee contact.
Will coordinate, together with ISMAR 10´s Technical Secretary, the ISMAR 10 first day short courses and worlshops (post-Conference Seminars will have their specific Subcommittees).
Brief Curriculum vitae
Dr. in Geological Sc and Specialist in Hydrogeology by Complutense University of Madrid. 31 years of experience in the hydrogeology sector, at least 20 dedicated to water management, MAR and environmental hydrogeology. Co-coordinator of the Commission on Managed Aquifer Recharge of the International Association of Hydrogeologist. Certificate of Appreciation or “Noble prime” 2013 awarded by the IAH. Author, coauthor or editor of 24 books, most of them related to MAR technique and over 50 articles. Coordinator of RECACUIF and DINA-MAR projects and steering group member of MARSOL and MARSOLut projects; EC reviewer; WB, IAEA and ADB Consulter. Associated Lecturer in Moncloa Campus. Technical Secretary of the Spanish Water Technological Platform…

Co-chair
Dr. José Antonio de la Orden Gómez
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) Madrid, Spain
Will coordinate, together with ISMAR 10´s Technical Secretary, the ISMAR 10 first day short courses and worlshops (post-Conference Seminars will have their specific Subcommittees).
Brief Curriculum vitae

Coordination and Institutional Actions
Eng. Paloma Mercedes López-Izquierdo Botín
Coordination and institutional actions director
Tragsa Group–SEPI, Madrid, Spain
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Technical and institutional coordinator
Dr. Manuel López Hernández
Tragsa, Madrid, Spain
Brief Curriculum vitae

Eng. Manuel Navarro Comalrena de Sobregrau
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA)
Madrid, Spain
Brief Curriculum vitae

Water General Directorate
Dr. Luis Martínez Cortina
Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO)
Spain
Brief Curriculum vitae

Technical and Logistic Support
Ld. Esther Sánchez Sánchez
Canal de Isabel II (Madrid city Water Supply Company), Spain. IAH Spanish Chapter
esanchez@canaldeisabelsegunda.es
Field trip 3 coordinator
Brief Curriculum vitae
Degree in Geological Sciences (1992) and Postgraduate Specialist in Hydrogeology (1994) by the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM); Obtained the Recognition of Research Sufficiency by the UCM in 1995.
She has been working for the last 25 years in the field of hydrogeology and groundwater exploitation, collaborating in different hydrogeological researches in different areas of Spain, as well as monitoring and controlling the construction of deep wells for groundwater and extraction of groundwater for drinking resource for urban supply. In the last 17 years, it has developed her work supplying drinking water to Madrid in emergency cases as droughts and contingency problems in the system through the use of groundwater.
She is currently the Coordinator of Groundwater Exploitation in Canal de Isabel II Gestión, SA, managing a complex system of more than 80 groundwater wells with an annual contribution capacity of over than a 90,000,000 m3 and with an installed capacity of 25,000 kW.

Planning and Technology Transfer
Eng. Rocío Ortega Labrandero
TRAGSA Madrid, Spain
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ISMAR 10 Technical Secretary
Dr. Jon San Sebastián Sauto
Tragsatec – DINA-MAR. Madrid, Spain
Person in charge of general issues who will coordinate the scientific and technical committees, will provide support for the selection of abstracts, review process and selection of articles for Journals and final book (pendant of decision).
Brief Curriculum vitae

General organization of ISMAR 10 event
Eng. Cristina Granada Ruíz
Tragsatec Madrid, Spain
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Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Dr. Juan Grima Olmedo
International Water Resources Association (IWRA-IGME) Valencia, Spain
Will be in charge of the organizing collaborators and technical aspects regarding water resources.
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Eng Ramiro Angulo Sánchez
High Pressure Water Director
SUEZ – Spain
Brief Curriculum vitae
Agricultural Engineer, specialized in rural engineering branch by E.T.S.I.A.M. (Córdoba, Spain) Advanced Management Program, IE Bussiness School (Madrid, Spain)
He has developed most of his professional career in several companies of SUEZ Water Spain group, beginning in 1998 as Manager in Aquagest Andalucia responsible for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the WWTP of Cádiz and San Fernando
Between 2000 and 2002 he was appointed Area Manager of Cadiz Bay in Aquagest Andalucía (water supply contract in San Fernando) as well as Manager in Teidagua, responsible for the water cycle of La Laguna and Taroconte (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
From 2004 to 2014, he was Manager in Emasagra (state-owned company with private investment) in charge of the integral water cycle in Granada (Andalucia, Spain); and from 2007 and 2009 he assumed the position of territorial Manager in Aquagest Andalucía.
He is, since 2014, Manager of Upstream Water in Suez Water Spain.
He is general secretary of AEAS and he has also been first vicepresident of ASA and counselor in several companies that deal with water treatment and supply.
ISMAR 10 counts on the special collaboration of:
- Representative of DGA. Mr. Manuel Meléndez
- Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture… Ms. María Fernández
- Representive of Canal de Isabel II.
- Representative of CHT.
- Representative of CHD.
- Representative of CHG. Mr. Samuel Moraleda
- Representative of CHE. Ms. Dolores Pascual
Organizer´s R&D experience on MAR
About 20 of the 33 MAR facilities inventoried in Spain have counted on Tragsa Group intervention, and about 13 more have been conducted by the co-organizer the Spanish Geological Survey (IGME).
TRAGSA GROUP
Professional guarantee. Public service.
It is incorporated by Empresa de Transformación Agraria, S.A. (Tragsa), the parent company founded in 1977 for the performance of rural development works and services, environmental conservation and emergency relief operations. Its first subsidiary Tecnologías y Servicios Agrarios, S.A (Tragsatec), which was established in 1990 for carrying out consulting and engineering projects. Its 40 years of experience working for the public authorities to the service of society have placed this business group at the forefront of the different sectors in which it operates, from the provision of agricultural, forestry, livestock, and rural development services, to the conservation and protection of the environment. The company’s broad national reach, which has branches in all the provinces of Spain’s 17 Autonomous Communities, allows it to respond independently, quickly and effectively to any urgent requirement of the central, regional or local government.


ISMAR 10 First preparatory meeting, Faro, Portugal, June 25th 2015.
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)
El Instituto Geológico y Minero de España es un Organismo Público de Investigación, con carácter de organismo autónomo, adscrito al Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. Fue creado con la denominación de “Comisión para la Carta Geológica de Madrid y General del Reino”, mediante Real Decreto de 12 de julio de 1849. Más tarde, en 1910, pasó a denominarse Instituto Geológico de España, y en 1927 se reorganiza, moderniza los laboratorios, se instala en su actual sede, y adquiere el nombre de Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. El Instituto es Organismo autónomo a partir de la promulgación de la Ley 6/1977, de 4 de enero, de Fomento de la Minería y tiene el carácter de Organismo Público de Investigación (OPI) en virtud de la Ley 13/1986, de 14 de abril, de Fomento y Coordinación General de la Investigación Científica y Técnica. Por Real Decreto 1270/1988, de 28 de octubre pasó a denominarse Instituto Tecnológico y Geominero de España, nombre de la institución válido hasta diciembre de 2000, fecha en que mediante el Real Decreto 1953/2000, de 1 de diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Estatuto del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, recupera su denominación más tradicional.
IWRA (Spanish Group)
IWRA is a non-profit, non-governmental, educational organisation established in 1971. It provides a global, knowledge based forum for bridging disciplines and geographies by connecting professionals, students, individuals, corporations and institutions who are concerned with the sustainable use of the world’s water resources.