{"id":469,"date":"2021-06-15T18:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/en\/?post_type=programas&#038;p=469"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:47:56","slug":"coloquia","status":"publish","type":"programas","link":"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/en\/programmes\/water-observatory\/coloquia\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloquia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>They offer a platform for debate, where national and international experts give a presentation on current issues related to water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Noviembre. How to communicate to society the challanges of water management? <\/strong>Clemente \u00c1lvarez, Sof\u00eda Tirado. <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/coloquio-como-comunicar-a-la-sociedad-los-retos-del-agua\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/coloquio-como-comunicar-a-la-sociedad-los-retos-del-agua\/\">See more.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>December. What proportion of the world&#8217;s population has real access to a safe source of water? A critical view.<\/strong> Pedro Mart\u00ednez Santos. <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/conferencia-que-proporcion-de-la-poblacion-mundial-tiene-acceso-real-a-una-fuente-segura-de-agua-una-vision-critica\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/conferencia-que-proporcion-de-la-poblacion-mundial-tiene-acceso-real-a-una-fuente-segura-de-agua-una-vision-critica\/\">See more<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>December. Challenges of water management in the Global South and Presentation of the 9th Sustainable Water Management Awards. <\/strong>B\u00e1rbara Willaarts, Gonzalo Delac\u00e1mara, David Escobar, and Alberto Garrido. <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Programa-14-diciembre_web-1.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Programa-14-diciembre_web-1.pdf\">See Program.<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>September. The Green Deal: challenges and opportunities for its implementation in Spain from a multisectoral perspective. <\/strong>Josefina Maestu, Pedro Ba\u00f1ez, David Redoli, M\u00aa Llanos L\u00f3pez Gonzalez, Alberto Garrido, and Equipo Europa<strong>. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Coloquio-Pacto-Verde-y-Participacion-Jovenes_programa.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Coloquio-Pacto-Verde-y-Participacion-Jovenes_programa.pdf\">See Program.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>December. Water management at the interface between science, politics, and society. <\/strong>Antonio Bolinches, Daniel Chico, Insa Flachsbarth, Elena L\u00f3pez-Gunn, Gabriel Mezger, B\u00e1rbara Willaarts, Lucia De Stefano, and Alberto Garrido. <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Programa_15-de-diciembre.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Programa_15-de-diciembre.pdf\">See program<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March. The new Common Agricultural Policy and water management for agriculture in Spain. <\/strong>Tom\u00e1s Garc\u00eda Azc\u00e1rate, Celsa Peiteado Morales, and Alberto Garrido. <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Programa_Coloquio_PAC-1.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Programa_Coloquio_PAC-1.pdf\">See program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2020 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>May. Round table on the water footprint and the legacy of Arjen Hoekstra.\u00a0<\/strong> Daniel Chico, Maite Aldaya y Alberto Garrido.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/sala-de-prensa\/videos-sobre-tres-coloquios-online-del-observatorio-del-agua-impartidos-en-abril-y-mayo-de-2020\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Watch video.<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>The implementation of ecological flows in Spain and its ability to mitigate hydrological alterations caused by dams. <\/strong>Speaker: Gabriel Mezger.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/coloquios-online-del-observatorio-del-agua\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">See presentation\u00a0and\u00a0video.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>The effect of urban treatment plants and the Tajo-Segura transfer on the quality of the waters of the Middle Tagus. Implications for the Third Planning Cycle.\u00a0<\/strong>Speaker: Antonio Bolinches.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/coloquios-online-del-observatorio-del-agua\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">See presentation and video.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April<\/strong>. Webinar\u00a0<strong>\u00abWater walks through us: ecological flows and groundwater\u00bb<\/strong>. Speakers: Gabriel Mezger y Lucia De Stefano.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9dFRmUujAao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch video.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March<\/strong>. Webinar\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Water walks for us: the extraction and distribution of water from rivers to cities and the impacts on the ecosystem&#8221;, on the occasion of World Water Day.<\/strong> Speakers: Antonio Bolinches y Carlotta Valerio.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-Yj7OGBBqvg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>February<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Hermida\/wolfmadrid.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Shared waters around the world: conflict, cooperation and clashing worldviews<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0Speaker: Aaron Wolf, Director del Programa sobre Water Conflict Management and Transformation, Oregon State University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2016<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>May<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/agenda.fundacionbotin.org\/reservas\/coloquio-del-observatorio-del-agua-grandes-religiones-y-conservacion-ambiental.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great religions and environmental conservation.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Speaker: Emilio Chuvieco, Professor of Geography at the University of Alcal\u00e1 and director of the chair of environmental ethics UAH-FTPGB.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/agenda.fundacionbotin.org\/reservas\/coloquio-del-observatorio-del-agua-el-agua-en-el-mundo-el-mundo-del-agua.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water in the world &#8211; The world of water.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0. Speaker: Jaime Lamo de Espinosa, Emeritus Professor of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Professor \u00abJean Monnet\u00bb UE.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/diccionario-de-la-extincion-fin-del-crecimiento-demografico\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Dictionary of Extinction, End of Population Growth?<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Speaker: Giuliano Cannata.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>February<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202016\/Coloquio%2018-02-2016-Imdea%20Agua.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R + D + i at IMDEA Water<\/a><\/strong>. Speaker: Eloy Garc\u00eda Calvo, Director of the IMDEA Water Institute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2015<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>April.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boletindenoticias.fundacionbotin.org\/Aguacoloquios\/24042015\/invitacion24042015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The water footprint: Towards a new vision of water.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Speaker: Daniel Zimmer, Director of Innovation at Climate-KIC; former director of the World Water Council.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/la-gestion-del-agua-en-espana-en-el-siglo-xxi\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Water management in Spain in the 21st century.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Speaker: Antonio Lamela, Prof. Dr. Architect, Urban Planner and Territory Planner, Rey Jaime I Prize, Dr. Honoris Causa UCJC and Academician RADE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquia 2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>November<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202014\/24-11-2014%20Enrique%20Fdez%20Escalante.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The technological platform for water.<\/a><\/strong>  Speaker: Enrique Fern\u00e1ndez Escalante, Doctor and specialist in\u00a0Hidrogeolog\u00eda, Grupo Tragsa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/sala-de-prensa\/coloquio-del-observatorio-del-agua-2-de-octubre-de-2014\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">River edges and public space in cities.<\/a><\/strong> Speakers: Eduardo de Miguel (Architect and Professor of Projects at the ETS Arquitectura de Valencia); Gin\u00e9s Garrido (Architect at Burgos &amp; Garrido Arquitectos and Associate Professor at the ETS Arquitectura de Madrid).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Agua y Marca Espa\u00f1a: present and future.<\/strong> Speakers: Francisco D\u00edaz Pineda, President of WWF-Spain; Jos\u00e9 Luis Gonz\u00e1lez Vallv\u00e9, General Director of AGA, Spanish Association of Water Companies and President of the Council for Foreign Promotion of CEOE; Pedro Arrojo Agudo, Honorary Professor of the National University of Engineering of Peru; Antonio Jos\u00e9 Alonso Burgos, Deputy Director General of Infrastructure and Technology in the General Directorate of Water of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Special institutions for water management.<\/strong> Speakers: Alfonso Janeiro D\u00edez, Head of the Department of Infrastructure, Environment and Energy. ICEX Spain Export and Investments; Jordi Codina Roig, Secretary of the Spanish Association of Groundwater Users; Juan Valero de Palma, Secretary General of the National Federation of Irrigation Communities of Spain; Carlos Manuel Escart\u00edn Hern\u00e1ndez, Deputy Director General of Integrated Management of the Public Hydraulic Domain, General Directorate of Water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Water in Antarctica: recent research, global importance and use limitations in a singular space.\u00a0<\/strong> Speaker: Jer\u00f3nimo L\u00f3pez Mart\u00ednez, Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid and President of the Scientific Committee on Antartctic Research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>February<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0Present and future of state water companies.<\/strong> Speakers: Ar\u00e1nzazu Vallejo Fern\u00e1ndez, General Director of Waters of the Basins of Spain, ACUAES. Arcadio Mateo del Puerto, General Director ACUAMED.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>The Center for Hydrographic Studies. History and main achievements.<\/strong> Speaker: Federico Estrada Lorenzo, Director of the Center for Hydrographic Studies, CEDEX.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Colloquia 2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iagua: a project to organise and distribute information about water in the world.\u00a0June 13th. Speaker: Alejandro Maceira (director of iAgua).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/13062013-maceira.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See presentation (pdf).<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/08052013-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The virtual water trade and the implications for natural resources and food security in Latin America.<\/a> May 8. Speakers: Insa Flachsbarth (researcher at the Bot\u00edn Foundation Water Observatory); Alberto Garrido (deputy director of the Water Observatory).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biodiversity in the DNA of companies. Reality or fiction? April 4. Speaker: Sonia Casta\u00f1eda Rial (director of the Biodiversity Foundation).\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/04042013-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download colloquium (3 mb).<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/14022013-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The implementation of the DMA in Spain. Preliminary evaluation of the first planning cycle and pending challenges for 2015.<\/a> February 14. Speaker: Nuria Hern\u00e1ndez Mora (president of the Nueva Cultura del Agua Foundation).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/08022013-1-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Science in innovation in water: the EU joint programming initiative.\u00a0<\/a> February 8th. Speaker: Dami\u00e1 Barcel\u00f3 Culler\u00e9s (director of the Catalan Institute for Water Research ICRA).\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/08022013-2-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download colloquium (2 mb).<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/18012013-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The European Joint Programming Initiative on Water.<\/a> January 18th. Speaker: Dr. Enrique Play\u00e1n (Higher Council for Scientific Research).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/18012013-2-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download colloquium (3 mb).<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202013\/11012013-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Food security in the world: is it related to water security?<\/a> January 11. Speaker: Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Sumpsi (professor of E.T.S. de Agr\u00f3nomos UPM and former deputy director general of FAO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Colloquia 2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/14122012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transparency and public government: international and national experiences.\u00a0<\/a> December 14th. Speaker: Jes\u00fas Lizcano (President of Transparency International, Spain; Professor of Economics at the UAM).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/04122012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Lorca earthquake. Is there a relationship with the extraction of groundwater?\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0December 4th. Speakers: Ram\u00f3n Capote del Villar (UC professor); Jos\u00e9 Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez D\u00edaz (professor at the UCM); Francisco Turri\u00f3n Pel\u00e1ez (Segura Hydrographic Confederation).\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/04122012-2-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download colloquium (6 mb).<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/30112012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The State of the Future Report 2012 and Scenarios for Latin America 2030.<\/a> November 30. Speakers: Jerome C. Glenn (Millennium Project Executive Director) and Ibon Zugasti (PROSPEKTIKER Director, Spanish Node of the Millennium Project).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/30112012-2-jeromecoloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Jerome C. Glenn Symposium (2.7 mb)\u00a0<\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/30112012-3-zugasticoloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Ibon Zugasti Colloquium (1.3 mb).<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/08112012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ghost water in the Guadiana Basin.<\/a> November 8th. Speaker: Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez Lop (Water and Agriculture Program, WWF Spain).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/26102012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water consumption in ethanol production: the agricultural and industrial sector.\u00a0<\/a> October 26th. Speaker: Antonio Dias Santiago (EMBRAPA, Brazil).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/21052012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are we running out of water?<\/a>May 21st. Speaker: Prof. Peter Rogers (Harvard University). 19:00 to 20:00 Royal Academy of Sciences.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rac.es\/4\/4_4_1.php?id=249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See full papers<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/10052012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The link between water and energy from an economic point of view.\u00a0<\/a> May 10. Speaker: Gonzalo Delac\u00e1mara (IMDEA Water Researcher and Professor of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis at the UAH).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/27042012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Desertification, between reality and myth.\u00a0<\/a> April 27. Speakers: Dr. Juan Puigdef\u00e1bregas Tom\u00e1s (Prof. \u00abad honorem\u00bb CSIC. Experimental station of arid zones).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/22032012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Food and Water Roundtable on World Water Day 2012<\/a>. March 22nd. Speakers: Juan Valero de Palma (Secretary, FENACORE and Acequia Real de J\u00facar), Ignacio Trueba (Emeritus Professor of Projects and Development, UPM) and Ferm\u00edn Villarroya (Professor of Hydrogeology, UCM).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/08032012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ecological Connectivity.\u00a0<\/a> March 8. Speaker: Prof. Francisco D\u00edaz Pineda (WWF-Spain President and Professor of Ecology, Complutense University of Madrid).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/16022012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evaluation of the ecosystems of the Millennium of Spain: Exploring the links between ecosystems, biodiversity and human well-being.\u00a0<\/a> February 16th. Speaker: Prof. Carlos Montes (Professor of Ecology, Autonomous University of Madrid).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/12012012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Country in Water R + D + i Project<\/a>. 12th January. Speaker: Miguel L\u00f3pez Estebaranz (Coordinator of the Spanish Water Platform).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202012\/25012012-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Highlights from the World Water Week in Stockholm: personal reflections<\/a>. January 25. Speaker: Prof. Jan Lundqvist (Senior Scientific Advisor, Stockholm International Water Institute).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Colloquia 2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202011\/15-12-2011-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is rainfall sufficiently taken into account in climate change?<\/a>\u00a0December 15. Speaker: Juan Jos\u00e9 Donaire.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202011\/23-11-2011-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water in the green economy: the road to Rio +20.<\/a> November 23. Speaker: Josefina Maeztu (UN-Water, Zaragoza).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fundacionbotin.org\/89dguuytdfr276ed_uploads\/Observatorio%20Tendencias\/COLOQUIOS\/COLOQUIOS%202011\/12-07-2011-coloquio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Food and groundwater: the case of California.\u00a0<\/a> 112th of July. Speakers: Thomas Harter, Ph.D., Robert M. 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