FORUM · LORCA 2026

Who takes the floor

European institutions, emergency services, universities and companies working on recovery and resilience — in Spain, across Europe and in Ukraine.

Opening session

TUESDAY 20 OCT · 09:30 – 11:45

Fernando López Miras
President of the Region of Murcia

Institutional opening
09:30

Fulgencio Gil Jódar
Mayor of the City of Lorca

Institutional opening
09:30

José Martínez
United States Army Veteran. Four Season Fighters

Keynote
10:00

Pekka Toveri
Member of the European Parliament. Chair of the Delegation to the EU–Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee

VIDEO MESSAGE
10:30

Ignacio Nieto
Captain (N), ACOS IAT. NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, The Netherlands
“NATO Resilience and Survivability in Hybrid Environments”

KEYNOTE
11:15

From crisis to resilience

Tuesday 20 Oct · 14:30 – 16:00

Keynote and two roundtables on the lessons learned from recent emergencies in Spain and across Europe. Coordinated by Ana Allende (CEBAS-CSIC).

Carmen Mendoza Arroyo
School of Architecture, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona)

Keynote
Urban recovery

Colonel Francisco Javier Moreno Miguel
Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME)

Moderator
Roundtable 1

María del Sagrado Corazón García Martínez
Lorca City Council

Roundtable 1
Lorca earthquake

Beate Ricken
Dean of the Las Palmas College of Architects

Roundtable 1
La Palma volcano

Salvador Lara
Dean of the Valencia College of Architects

Roundtable 1
Valencia floods

Paula Nogueira
León College of Architects

Roundtable 1
Wildfires

Gonzalo Martín
Grupo GAVE

Moderator
Roundtable 2

Didier Combescure
President of AFPS – Association Française du Génie Parasismique. France · Online intervention

Roundtable 2
France

Stefania Renzulli
Civil Protection, Italy. PROCULTER project

Roundtable 2
Italy

Juan Antonio Benítez
Málaga City Council & Portuguese College of Architects

Roundtable 2
Storms, Andalusia & Portugal

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER · 11:45 – 13:15

Parallel panels

Three panels running at the same time, each with a rapporteur and two 45-minute expert sessions.

PANEL I
Rebuilding & Resilience. Preparedness
Rapporteur · Fernando Ballesta Sánchez · Regional Development Agency of Murcia
PANEL II
Human Recovery

Rapporteur · Jorge Aranda Beltrán · Hands With Heart Foundation / University School of Osteopathy, University of Murcia

PANEL III
Dual-Use Innovation in Crisis and Reconstruction
Rapporteur · Jorge González Olalla · Cluster TICBioMed Region of Murcia

Panel I · Rebuilding & Resilience. Preparedness

Tuesday 20 Oct · 11:45 – 13:15

Juan Francisco Galván Montero
DG ECHO.B3, Prevention and Preparedness Capacity Building. European Commission

Moderator
Session I.1

Francisco Martínez
CIVILIO Information Systems, S.L.

Expert
Session I.1

Rosario Paradinas Zorrilla
Head of Market Intelligence. Spanish Office for the Reconstruction of Ukraine

Expert
Session I.1

Dr Andrii Vilenskyi
Medical Director. Superhumans Charitable Foundation

Expert
Session I.1

Ólöf Eyjolfsdottir
Weave Reality. Norway

Expert
Session I.1

Pedro Vicente Martínez
General Director for Emergencies. Region of Murcia

Moderator
Session I.2

Susan Hommerson
Public Affairs. Resilience and Security Programme, Eindhoven University of Technology

Expert
Session I.2

Iris Cuevas
LIBELIUM Comunicaciones Distribuidas, S.L.

Expert
Session I.2

Juan Carlos Riquelme
ECOHIDRO Agua y Medio Ambiente EBT, S.L.

Expert
Session I.2

Panel II · Human Recovery

Tuesday 20 Oct · 11:45 – 13:15

Jorge Aranda
Hands With Heart Foundation

Moderator
Sessions II.1 · II.2

Fr. Pedro Zafra Gómez Limón
Catholic Church. Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr · Online intervention

Expert
Session II.1

Viacheslav Olshanskyi
Ukrainian Armed Forces military chaplain

Expert
Session II.1

Dr Stephen W. Porges
Behavioural neuroscientist. Originator of the Polyvagal Theory

Written contribution
Session II.1

Dr Cristóbal Pagán Cánovas
University of Murcia / Daellus Lab

Expert
Session II.2

Andrii Anpleiev
Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist; Chair of the Board. Mental Recovery Institute of Ukraine (MRIU) · Online intervention

Expert
Session II.2

Dr Yaser Alsaidi
Neurosurgeon · Online intervention

Expert
Session II.2

Panel III · Dual-Use Innovation in Crisis and Reconstruction

Tuesday 20 Oct · 11:45 – 13:15

Jorge González Olalla
Cluster TICBioMed. Region of Murcia

Moderator
Session III.1

Alberto Martínez
Limbium Makers

Expert
Session III.1

Michael Quarshie
CEO, Metabite. Finland

Expert
Session III.1

Tonny Velin
President. ICT Technology Centre (CENTIC)

Moderator
Session III.2

Rubén Martínez Sandoval
PhD Artificial Intelligence. CTO & founder, Biyectiva, S.L.

Expert
Session III.2

Enrique Pablo Sánchez Benítez-Cano
CEO, Aerospace Design Technology, S.A.

Expert
Session III.2

Antonio Peñalver Sánchez
CEO, Biopro, S.L.

Expert
Session III.2

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