Programme
Speakers
Registration
Travel, accommodation
and other data of interest
Cultural activities
Location map
and contact
The International Meeting of Rectors of the Compostela Group of Universities (CGU) will bring together, on 19 and 20 May 2022, on the island of Gran Canaria (Spain), the Rectors and Presidents of the universities of the CGU to celebrate the conference on ‘University, Territory and Sustainable Tourism’ and learn about the Camino de Santiago entre volcanes, a tourist attraction to experience and enjoy.
The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the General Directorate of Tourism Planning and Promotion of the Government of the Canary Islands (Spain) collaborate in this academic event of the CGU whose main objective is to create a space for the exchange and sharing of knowledge and experiences. The activities that will be carried out can be found in detail in this section of the website.
We welcome you!
Photo gallery
Photographs courtesy of the Government of the Canary Islands and the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University. Photo album of the event on Google Photos.
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 19 May 2022
University and territory:
a tandem of excellence
9:00 h • Official opening | Rectorate. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Prof. Dr Mr Lluis Serra Majem, Rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Prof. Dr Mr Marek Kręglewski, President of the Compostela Group of Universities
- HE Ms Yaiza Castilla Herrera, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islands
9:30 h • Conference
The potential of the Universities and the land-use planning
SPEAKER: Prof. Dr Mr Rubén Camilo Lois González, full professor of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
DEBATE
10:15 h • Conference
University and sustainable tourism
SPEAKER: Prof. Dr Mr Sergio Moreno Gil, Professor of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
DEBATE
11:00 h • Coffe break
11:30 h • Discussion panel
University, resources and sustainable tourism
Prof. Dr Ms María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo, Doctor Assistant Professor of the University of Santiago de Compostela
Prof. Dr Mr Ángel Lobo Rodrigo, Professor of the University of La Laguna.
CHAIR: Ill. Mr Ciprián Rivas Fernández, General Director of Tourism Planning and Promotion of the Government of the Canary Islands.
DEBATE
12:30 h • Working table and best practices
Working table 1
University policies on sustainable tourism
Working table 2
University policies on territory
13:30 h • Presentation of conclusions of the working tables
14:30 h • Lunch
16:30 h • Visit to the main spots of the city of Las Palmas
18:30 h • Interactive cultural and gastronomic experience | Hotel Escuela Santa Brígida
20:15 h • Dinner | Hotel Escuela Santa Brígida
Friday, 20 May 2022
Camino de Santiago entre volcanes
Tourist-Cultural Itinerary
The Camino de Santiago de Canarias seen as a historical, tourist and cultural reality
9:30 h • Reading and signature of declaration | Castillo de la Mata
Declaration of Presidents and Rectors on
‘Camino de Santiago between volcanoes’
- HE Ms Yaiza Castilla Herrera, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islands
- Prof. Dr Mr Marek Kręglewski, President of the Compostela Group of Universities
- Prof. Dr Mr Lluis Serra Majem, Rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Prof. Dr Ms Rosa Mª Aguilar Chinea, Rector of the University of La Laguna
11:00 h • Departure to La Cruz de Tejeda
Walk to Ventana del Nublo
Gomeran whistle activity intangible heritage of humanity
14:30 h • Lunch | Town hall of Tejeda
One of the “Most Beautiful Towns in Spain”
19:00 h • Return to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Speakers
Prof. Dr Mr Rubén Camilo Lois González
Professor at the University of
Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Professor Rubén Lois holds an Extraordinary PhD Award in Geography from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and is a great specialist in land use planning.
Full Professor of Regional Geographical Analysis, he is also a coordinator of the Grupo ANTE-Territorial Analysis Research Group (GI-1871), which is recognised as a Research Excellence Group for its dynamism and collaboration with other entities.
Prof. Dr Mr Sergio Moreno Gil
Professor at the University of
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Professor Sergio Moreno is a specialist in tourism marketing and dynamisation of destinations.
An expert advisor in tourism to the European Commission (EASME), he has been a lecturer at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) since 1998. He is also the director of the Marketing Division of the University Institute for Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development (TIDES) of the ULPGC, and the director of Institutional Relations of the UNESCO Chair of Tourism Planning and Sustainable Development.
Profa. Dr Ms María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo
Doctor Assistant Professor of the
University of Santiago de Compostela
María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo is Doctor Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and Secretary of the Galician Studies and Development Institute (IDEGA).
She has more than 10 years of professional experience in the university field in research contracts and project management, and her lines of research focus on local development, especially in fisheries and fisheries policy in Galicia and Europe.
Prof. Dr Mr Ángel Lobo Rodrigo
Professor at the
University of La Laguna
Professor Ángel Lobo Rodrigo is a lawyer and holds a PhD in Administrative Law from the University of La Laguna (ULL) with the thesis “La implantación de redes de telecomunicaciones en archipiélagos: su articulación con el ordenamiento territorial y urbanístico” (The implementation of telecommunication networks in archipelagos: Their articulation with territorial and urban development planning). He is a great specialist in the management of marine and coastal tourism resources.
Prof. Dr Mr Rubén Camilo Lois González
Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Professor Rubén Lois holds an Extraordinary PhD Award in Geography from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and is a great specialist in land use planning.
Full Professor of Regional Geographical Analysis, he is also a coordinator of the Grupo ANTE (GI-1871: Territorial Analysis Research Group), an interdisciplinary body of professors and researchers of the USC formed by geographers, economists and historians, which has the recognition of Research Excellence Group for its dynamism and collaboration with other entities, both universities, technology centres and non-university study centres as well as local entities, companies and associations.
Since the nineties, Professor Rubén Lois has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Galician Studies and Development Institute (Idega), where he is the coordinator of the work area on Spatial and Territorial Planning, a member of the Editorial Board of the Idega Working Papers collection and the coordinator of the Geography area.
He has held positions of institutional responsibility such as Dean of the Faculty of Geography and History at the University of Santiago de Compostela, and of political responsibility such as Director-General of Tourism in the Xunta de Galicia, where he promoted lines of action on the organisation and diversification of the tourist offer.
He has participated in more than forty research projects on territorial planning and development, management models and institutional and financial solutions, sustainable tourism, rural integration, and other issues related to territory, sponsored by public and private organisations, such as the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, the Centre Maurits Coppieters of the European Parliament, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), among others.
He is also the author of more than eighty books and book chapters, and more than forty articles published in scientific journals.
Prof. Dr Mr Sergio Moreno Gil
Professor at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Professor Sergio Moreno is a specialist in tourism marketing and dynamisation of destinations.
An expert advisor in tourism to the European Commission (EASME), he has been a lecturer at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) since 1998. He is also the director of the Marketing Division of the University Institute for Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development (TIDES) of the ULPGC, and the director of Institutional Relations of the UNESCO Chair of Tourism Planning and Sustainable Development.
He has been recognised as an Honorary Member of the Colegio Oficial de Profesionales en Turismo de Canarias-COPTURISMO (Official College of Tourism Professionals of the Canary Islands). He has also been accredited and certified as a designer and facilitator of education for professionals of the Swiss Education Group Professional, in Mountreax and Leysin, Switzerland. And, he has achieved the Award of the Asociación Española de Expertos Científicos en Turismo-AECIT (Spanish Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism) for the Best Research Article in Tourism in 2018: “New trends in information search and their influence on destination loyalty: Digital destinations and relationship marketing”.
He is also a consultative member of various associations, editorial and review committees, and committees of experts on tourism, and his career has led him to participate in projects on strategic plans, marketing, dynamisation, image improvement and tourism dynamisation, as well as in seminars and conferences sponsored by the European Commission, the Government of Spain, the Government of Guinea Bissau, international cooperation agencies, UNESCO and various banking institutions, among other institutions.
His career has led him to write more than twenty books and 35 articles in international journals, as well as to be regularly invited to give seminars and conferences in different universities, organisations and companies in more than thirty countries around the world.
Profa. Dr Ms María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo
Doctor Assistant Professor of the University of Santiago de Compostela
María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo is Doctor Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and Secretary of the Secretary of the Galician Studies and Development Institute (IDEGA).
She holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) (2015), as well as a Master’s degree in Territorial Planning and Development from the same university (2002) and in Geographic Information Systems from the University of Huelva (UHU) (2016).
Director of the Instituto de Estudios Turísticos de Galicia (IETG) (Institute of Tourism Studies of Galicia) between 2007 and 2009, and Secretary of the Centro de Estudos e Investigacións Turísticas da USC (CETUR) (Tourism Study and Research Centre of the USC) from 2018 to 2020, she accumulates more than 10 years of professional experience in the university field in project management and research contracts at European, state and regional level.
She has been trained as a researcher in the Grupo ANTE (GI-1871: Territorial Analysis Research Group) of the USC and her lines of research focus on local development, especially in fisheries and fisheries policy in Galicia and Europe, a subject on which she has worked on several research projects, including: ‘Territorial Impacts of European Fisheries Policy’, funded in 2005-2007 by ESPON-European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion of the European Commission; ‘Seaside Reorientation Activities (SEREA)’, funded between 2006 and 2008 by the European Commission; or ‘Fisheries Governance. Ocean Governance for Sustainability’, supported by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Action CA 15217 2016-2020).
Some of Professor Piñeiro Antelo’s latest publications are:
- María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo et al. (2022) Flagging Justice Matters in EU Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs), in Blue Justice. Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy, MARE Publication Series book series (MARE, volume 26).
- Santos, X. M. and María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo (2020). Landscape and Power: Debate around Ugliness in Galicia (Spain). Landscape Research. 45 – 7, pp. 841 – 853. Taylor and Francis, DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2020.1808961.
- María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo; Felicidades, J. and O’Keeffe, B. (2020). The FLAG scheme in the governance of EU coastal areas. The cases of Ireland and Galicia (Spain). Marine Policy. 112 – 103424, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.01.013.
- María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo; Lois, R. C. (2019) The Role of European Fisheries Funds for Innovation and RegionalDevelopment in Galicia (Spain). European Planning Studies. 27 – 12, pp. 2394 – 2410. Taylor and Francis, DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1635996.
- María de los Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo; Felicidades, J. and Lois, R. C. (2019). Fisheries Policy for Sustainable Development: Coastal Models and Limitations Derived from Participation and Power Organisation in Atlantic FLAGs in Spain and Portugal. Sociologia Ruralis. 59 – 1, pp. 44 – 65. Wiley,DOI: 10.1111/soru.12228.
Prof. Dr Mr Ángel Lobo Rodrigo
Professor at the University of La Laguna
Professor Ángel Lobo Rodrigo is a lawyer and holds a PhD in Administrative Law from the University of La Laguna (ULL) with the thesis “La implantación de redes de telecomunicaciones en archipiélagos: su articulación con el ordenamiento territorial y urbanístico” (The implementation of telecommunication networks in archipelagos: Their articulation with territorial and urban development planning). He is a great specialist in the management of marine and coastal tourism resources.
He is currently a professor at the University of La Laguna in the Department of Basic Legal Disciplines in the area of Administrative Law. His work in the research projects ProID2017010128 “Inteligencia turística para un turismo marino responsable”-INTURMAR (Tourist intelligence for a responsible marine tourism) and DER2012-32911 “El impacto de la crisis en la contratación pública. ¿Está en peligro el contrato administrativo?” (The impact of the crisis on public procurement: is the administrative contract in danger?).
As a specialist in spatial planning and coastal management, he has forty publications, including articles, book chapters, contributions to conferences, other research papers and four books with publishers specialising in legal works, two of them with Tirant lo Blanch entitled “Estudios sobre ordenación, gestión e intervención en el territorio” (Studies on spatial planning, management and intervention in the territory) and “La ordenación y gestión de las playas: especial referencia a los usos turístico-deportivos” (The development and management of beaches: Special reference to tourist and sporting uses.); and, two others with Montecorvo entitled “La ordenación territorial y urbanística de las redes de telecomunicación” (Spatial and urban planning of telecommunication networks ) and “La ordenación territorial y urbanística de las redes de telecomunicación”.
He is also President of the Canary Islands surfing federation and Vice-president of the national surfing federation, as well as co-director of the First Conference on the Protection of the Waves as a Natural, Economic and Sports Resource. He has combined this activity with various management positions at the University of La Laguna.
REGISTRATION
To participate in the International Meeting of Rectors of the Compostela Group of Universities, it is necessary to register online.
Travel, accommodation and other data of interest
TRAVEL
Gran Canaria Airport
Also known as Gando Airport, it has more than a hundred destinations operated by around 50 airlines.
- Find here all the airlines and destinations with connection to Gran Canaria Airport.
- Traveller service phone: (+34) 928 579 095
Airport shuttle bus
Buses in the Canary Islands are called guaguas. The intercity transport service company on the island of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is called Salcai Utinsa S.A. (known as ‘Global’).
- Find here the routes and timetables that best suit your journey within the island.
- Traveler service phone: (+34) 928 25 26 30
Taxi service at the airport
Taxi services on the island are centralized by companies, and depending on the area of the island where you are, you have to contact one company or another.
The companies that operate in the areas where the activities of the International Meeting of Rectors will take place are:
- Socomtaxi: Find here the routes and calculate the cost of the journey you want to make or contact the customer service staff by phone (+34) 928 15 47 77 or email info@socomtaxi.com
- Taragranca: Find out here the routes and prices of the areas in which it operates or contact the customer service staff by phone (+34) 928 46 00 00 or email info@tarangranca.org
ACCOMMODATION
The hotels recommended for accommodation during the International Meeting of Rectors are:
Hotel Cristina
by Tigotan Las Palmas *****
Hotel Santa Catalina,
a Royal Hideaway Hotel *****
Hotel Occidental
Las Palmas ****
Bull Hotels
Hotel Reina Isabel & Spa ****
OTHER DATA OF INTEREST
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Socio-sanitary recommendations of the Spanish Ministry of Health to enter Spain.
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Telephone and email for traveler service for questions related to the health control procedure upon arrival in Spain: +34 910 50 30 50, spth@sanidad.gob.es
Hotel Cristina by Tigotan Las Palmas *****
Located in front of Las Canteras Beach.
C/ Gomera, 6 (Playa Las Canteras), E35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
https://www.dreamplacehotels.com/en/hotel-cristina/
Rates offered to the organisation
- Double room with views to the beach: 121€/night*.
- Double room for single use with views to the beach: 97€/night*.
- Regime: Bed and breakfast.
- Supplement MP: 20€/person/night*.
* The indicated rates include the IGIC (Canary Islands General Indirect Tax).
Bookings
By email request to grupos.mice@dreamplacehotels.com or phone +34 922 71 70 79, and making reference to the code COMPOS22.
Hotel Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel *****
Where some of the most important
personalities of the 20th and 21st
centuries of our history have stayed.
C/ León y Castillo, 227, E35005 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
https://www.barcelo.com/en-es/santa-catalina-a-royal-hideaway-hotel/
Discounts offered to the organisation
- 10% discount if the client manages their reservation through the hotel’s website by entering the code LPAMICE.
- In addition to this discount, if the customer registers for the ‘My Barceló’ loyalty programme, they can get an additional 5% discount.
Bookings
By the official hotel’s website, following these steps:
- Click on the booking button on the hotel’s website and enter the wanted accommodation date.
When starting the booking in this way, the customer will see a pop-up window where he/she will have the possibility to register in ‘My Barceló’. - Click on ‘special codes or rates’ and enter the code LPAMICE.
- Select the desired regime, choose from the different room categories available and follow the steps of the system until the reservation is completed
Hotel Occidental Las Palmas ****
5 minutes walk from Las Alcaravaneras beach
and 10 minutes from Las Canteras beach
and the shopping area of Triana.
C/ León y Castillo 244 Ciudad Jardín 35005 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
https://www.barcelo.com/en-es/occidental-las-palmas/
Discounts offered to the organisation
- 10% discount if the client manages their reservation through the hotel’s website by entering the code LPAMICE.
- In addition to this discount, if the customer registers for the ‘My Barceló’ loyalty programme, they can get an additional 5% discount.
Bookings
By the official hotel’s website, following these steps:
- Click on the booking button on the hotel’s website and enter the wanted accommodation date.
When starting the booking in this way, the customer will see a pop-up window where he/she will have the possibility to register in ‘My Barceló’. - Click on ‘special codes or rates’ and enter the code LPAMICE.
- Select the desired regime, choose from the different room categories available and follow the steps of the system until the reservation is completed
Bull Hotels – Hotel Reina Isabel & Spa ****
Located in front of Las Canteras Beach.
C/ Alfredo L. Jones 40, E35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
https://www.bullhotels.com/en/hotels/reina-isabel-spa/hotel-with-spa-in-las-palmas-de-gran-canaria
Rates offered to the organisation
- HDouble room with views to the sea: 119€/room/day.
- Double room for single use with views to the sea: 95€/room/day.
- Single room with views to the sea: 80€/room/day.
* Breakfast and taxes included (net prices not commissionable).
* Stays of less than 3 nights have a 10% surcharge.
* Free Services: wifi, spa, towels, beach umbrellas, sunbeds on the beach.
Bookings
By email request to reinaisabel@bullhotels.com or reservasreinaisabel@bullhotels.com or phone +34 928 26 01 00 ext. 3, and making reference to the code “Jornadas Grupo Compostela (Compostela Group Conference)”.
* The confirmation of booking will be subject to availability of rooms at the time.
Cultural activities
The silbo gomero
The silbo gomero (the Gomeran whistle) is one of the most original and cohesive cultural expressions of the Canary Archipelago. It was created by the first settlers of the Island of La Gomera to communicate over great distances and even as a secret language, and represents the most living tradition that has come down to us from the pre-Hispanic past of these islands. It has been declared Oral, Cultural and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO and procedures have recently begun to recognize it as a Bien de Interés Cultural (Asset of Intangible Cultural Interest) in the category of traditions and oral expressions with a Canarian scope.
The participants of the International Meeting of Rectors of the CGU will have the opportunity to learn about all the details of this intangible heritage, its exceptional value, its technical and aesthetic complexity and its condition as an expression of the popular culture of the Canarian territory.
Gastronomy
The Camino entre volcanes
The history of the Camino entre volcanes (Way between volcanoes) dates back to 1965, with the granting of a Papal Bull that allowed the celebration of the Jacobeo in Gáldar that year with the same privileges as the Compostelan jubilee year. That first recognition continued to be renewed in later commemorations of the Holy Years, until in 1992 it was decided to keep it forever.
Two of the stages of this Camino have their connection in the Cruz de Tejeda, in the Tejeda town hall, recognized as one of the ‘Most Beautiful Towns in Spain’ and located within the Canarian Network of Protected Natural Areas.
The Rectors and Presidents of the International Meeting of Rectors of the CGU will be able to get to know this environment, part of the ‘Camino de Santiago entre volcanes Tourist-Cultural Itinerary’.
Location map
Contact
Queries on organisation in situ
General Directorate of Tourism Planning and Promotion
Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islandso
Tel.: (+34) 618 797 731 • (+34) 680 427 791
ygalale@gobiernodecanarias.org
esaipel@gobiernodecanarias.org
Queries on academic
and administrative organisation
Compostela Group of Universities
Tel.: (+34) 881 8 12931 • (+34) 619 685 245