The IV International Congress on Water, “Law and Water in the Horizon 2030”, is structured in two morning sessions, with two conferences and three boards, in which academic and practical lecturers will take part.

  • Day 13 Thursday
  • Day 14 Friday

Day 13 Thursday

Headquarters: Faculty of Law (Campus of Ourense)

08.00 – Welcome

Speakers reception and documentation hand-out
Posters placement

09.00 – Opening ceremony

09.30 – Opening conference

Presents and moderates the debate: Prof. Dr. Laura Movilla Pateiro
Interim Lecturer in Public International Law
University of Vigo
Groundwater: an invisible but necessary natural resource in times of climate emergencies
Prof. Dr. Francesco Sindico
Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Director
Climate Change Litigation Initiative (C2LI)

10.30 – Board 1: Right to water

Presents and moderates the debate: Prof. Dr. Pablo R. Bonorino Ramírez
Professor in Philosophy of Law
University of Vigo
Challenges for the right to water protection: answers from environmental justice
Prof. Dr. Victor Merino Sancho
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Member in the
Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies
The reflection of the right to water in international law
Prof. Dr. Sergio Salinas Alcega
Professor in Public International Law
University of Zaragoza
Water security and governance in a constantly changing world
D. Víctor Vázquez Álvarez
Senior Water Specialist at the Water Global Practice
World Bank

12.30 – Coffee break and visit to posters

13.00 – Board 2: Water and sustainability

Presents and moderates the debate: Prof. Dr. M.ª Belén Sánchez Ramos
Lecturer in Public International Law
University of Vigo
Hydrological planning, land use planning and marine pollution
Prof. Dr. Isabel Caro-Patón Carmona
Professor in Administrative Law
University Pompeu Fabra
Partner lawyer
Menéndez & Asociados Abogados
The role of reuse in water sustainable management
Prof. Dr. Teresa María Navarro Caballero
Professor in Administrative Law
Director of the Chair in Water and Sustainability

University of Murcia
The Spanish-Portuguese river basins
Prof. Dr. Adela Aura Larios de Medrano
Professor in Public International Law and International Relations
University CEU-Cardenal Herrera of Elche

15.00 – End of the session cocktail

Day 14 Friday

Headquarters: Faculty of Law (Campus of Ourense)

08.30 – Parallel thematic communications session and poster visit

Present and moderate the debate: Profª. Dra. Laura Carballo Piñeiro
Professor of Private International Law
University of Vigo
La sostenibilidad de los océanos y de los ecosistemas marinos mediante una gestión eficaz del agua de la lastre en el transporte marítimo
D. ª Ruth García Valle
 
La seguridad hídrica en la gestión transfronteriza del agua
D. Adrián Gavín Lalaguna
 
La responsabilidad mancomunada o solidaria y su relación con la normativa de aguas
D.ª Marta González González
 
La restauración del demanio público hidráulico en el ordenamiento jurídico español: propuestas de reforma
D. Manuel Antonio Crespo Pérez
 
Protección del recurso hídrico y del paisaje a través de declaraciones de Bien de Interés Cultural
D. Francisco Pérez-Crespo Vinander
 
Cánones estatales recuperadores del coste de las infraestructuras del dominio público hidráulico en el contexto de la UE y su Directiva Marco del Agua. La necesaria revisión del Régimen Económico-Financiero de la Utilización del Dominio Público Hidráulico
D. Ginés Parra Ruíz
 
La tributación estatal sobre el agua
D.ª María Luisa Fernández de Soto
 
La protección penal de las aguas a través del artículo 325 del Código Penal
D. Javier García Amez
 
Auga y Derecho penal en España: qué es y cómo se protege
D. Virxilio Rodríguez Vázquez, D.ª Natalia Torres Cadavid

09.30 – Board 3: Water Management I

Presents and moderates the debate: Prof. Dr. Roberto I. Fernández López
Professor in Finantial and Taxation Law
University of Vigo
The environmental aspect of state and regional taxes on water
Prof. Dr. M.ª Estela Ferreiro Serret
Lecturer in Financial and Taxation Law
University of Barcelona
Municipal taxes linked to the water cycle
Prof. Dr. Joan Pagés i Galtès
Professor in Finantial and Taxation Law
University Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona
The necessary repercussion of costs in rates
D. Javier Puertas
Legal Director of Viaqua

11.15 – Selected thematic communications session and poster visit

Presents and moderates the debate: Prof. Dr. Virxilio Rodríguez Vázquez
Lecturer of Criminal Law
University of Vigo
El nexo Agua-Energía-Alimentación: Retos y oportunidades para el derecho de los cursos de agua internacionales
D. Pol Pallàs Secall
 
Nuevos instrumentos jurídicos para mejorar la gestión del ciclo integral del agua en Galicia: La Ley 1/2022, de 12 de julio
D.ª María Pilar Arias Graña
 
La realización de auditorías de pérdidas de agua y de los planes de actuación. Aspectos contractuales. Especial referencia a la Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia
D.ª María del Carmen Rodríguez Martín-Retortillo
 
La reforma de los tributos relacionados con el agua en el ámbito local
D. Pedro Manuel Herrera Molina, D.ª Ada Tandazo Rodríguez

11.45 – Coffee break and visit to posters

12.15 – Board 4: Water Management II

Presents and moderates the debate: Prof. Dr. Ana M.ª Tobío Rivas
Professor in Commercial Law
University of Vigo
Hydroelectric power generation, energy transition and climate change
Prof. Dr. Mar Campins Eritja
Professor in Public International Law
University of Barcelona
Inland waterway transport: lights and shadows of its legal regime
Prof. Dr. José Manuel Martín Osante
Professor in Commercial Law
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

13.30 – Closing conference

Presents and moderates the debate: Prof. Dr. Roberto O. Bustillo Bolado
Professor in Administrative Law
University of Vigo
Urban and hydrological planning. Confluences and conflicts
D. César Tolosa Tribiño
President in Board III
Supreme Court

14.30 – Closing ceremony

14.45 – End of the session cocktail

Communications will be assigned to Congress boards

  • Board 1: Right to water
  • Board 2: Water and sustainability
  • Board 3: Water Management

Similarly, posters can be presented to show projects or research papers results on topics related to water and water resources, including the research on different fields of Law and on the interdisciplinary specialisation of the Campus of Ourense as Campus Auga.