Manuel Blanco Lage, catedrático del departamento de Composición arquitectónica, es el actual director de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Leyó su tesis doctoral sobre la reconstrucción de España en la posguerra, obteniendo el Premio Extraordinario de la Universidad Politécnica.

Ha sido comisario de numerosas exposiciones de arquitectura y arte contemporáneo  en Roma, Tokyo, New York, Chicago, Moscú, Atenas, o Panamá, entre otras capitales del mundo. Destacando especialmente “España[f]: nosotras las ciudades”, en la que 100 mujeres hablaban de la construcción de la ciudad representando a España en la X bienal de Venecia. Miembro de la ICAM Confederación Internacional de Museo de Arquitectura, Dirigió el Museo Nacional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo (que luego nunca se llevo a cabo). Desde 2013, es Director Académico del Centro Superior de Diseño de Moda de Madrid de la UPM y dirige el Grupo de Investigación y el programa de doctorado “Arquitectura, Diseño, Moda & Sociedad”.

Director general de Arquitectura, Vivienda y Suelo del Ministerio de Fomento. Nacido el 1 de septiembre de 1960, es Arquitecto por la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid.

Fue arquitecto del Departamento de Obras Públicas, Ordenación del Territorio y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno Vasco, diputado foral de Obras Públicas y Urbanismo de la Diputación Foral de Álava, director de organización y presidente de FEVE, presidente de Comfersa y miembro del Consejo de Administración de diversas sociedades públicas. Desde enero de 2014 hasta septiembre de 2016 ocupó el cargo de director general de Renfe Mercancías S.A.

Doctor en Farmacia por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1958), en 1963 fue Catedrático de Bioquímica de la Facultad de Farmacia de la Universidad de Granada y en 1968 llegó a ser Rector de esta institución, cargo que desempeñó hasta 1972. Al año siguiente fue nombrado catedrático de su especialidad en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.  En estos años puso en marcha el Plan Nacional de Prevención de la Subnormalidad, para evitar, mediante diagnóstico precoz, enfermedades que cursan con grave deterioro mental.

Cofundador en 1974 del Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa”, por asociación de los respectivos institutos de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Entre otras responsabilidades políticas, el Profesor Mayor ha desempeñado los cargos de Subsecretario de Educación y Ciencia del Gobierno español (1974-75), Diputado al Parlamento Español (1977-78), Consejero del Presidente del Gobierno (1977-78). Ministro de Educación y Ciencia (1981-82), durante este periodo se crearon universidades y se favoreció la cooperación científica y técnica con Iberoamérica.

Teresa is an architect and Professor of Urban Planning and of Gender at the Federico II University of Naples, Department of Architecture. She is Director of URBANIMA, the Studies Centre of the LUPT Interdepartmental Research Centre of the Federico II University, which is dedicated to women and cities and gender issues. Her activities at URBANIMA focus on promoting equal opportunities and international networks, information about gender topics within the Europe Direct LUPT Centre, which belongs to the Europe Direct Network of the European Commission. She is an MC member of genderSTE, a member of AGGI – Advisory Group on Gender Issues- of UN-Habitat, and Vice-Coordinator of the Gender HUB within the Habitat UNI. Teresa is the current President of AFEM – Association of Women of South Europe- and CA Member of Euromed ONG Platform.

Inés Sánchez de Madariaga, Arch, PhD, MSc, is UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality Policies in Science, Technology and Innovation, and Professor of Urban Planning at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. A former Fulbright grantee, she has been Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, the London School of Economics, and the School of Architectu-re Bauhaus-Weimar. She has been Deputy General Director for Architecture; Executive Advisor to the Minister of Housing; member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Public Society for Rental Housing; member of the Cabinet of the Minister of Research and Innovation, and Director of the Women and Science Unit at the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Research. She participates at high-level expert groups and meetings at the EC, UN-Habitat, UNESCO and UN-Women. She has co-edited the book Fair Shared Cities. The impact of Gender Planning in Europe. Co-Chair of the Research and Academia Partner Constituency Group of the General Assembly of Partners of the New Urban Agenda, UN-Habitat.

Manuel Sierra Castañer es Profesor Titular de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid desde 2002. Obtuvo el título de Ingeniero de Telecomunicación en 1994 y el título de Doctor Ingeniero de Telecomunicación en el año 2000. Entre 1995 y 1997 estuvo trabajando como Ingeniero de Radiofrecuencia en Airtel Móvil, y desde 1997 hasta 1998 como Profesor Asociado en la Universidad Alfonso X “El Sabio”. A partir de 1998 comenzó su labor docente e investigadora en la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, como Becario FPU, Ayudante, Profesor Asociado ,en al año 2002 como Profesor Titular y en el 2017 como Catedrático de Universidad. Desempeña su actividad docente e investigadora en el Grupo de Radiación del Departamento de Señales, Sistemas y Radiocomunicaciones de la ETSI Telecomunicación en las temáticas de antenas y tecnologías de radiofrecuencia. En el ámbito de la Cooperación para el Desarrollo comenzó a trabajar en 1999 como voluntario de la ONG “Ingeniería Sin Fronteras”, de la que fue vocal de su Junta Directiva entre el año 2000 y el 2009, siendo Presidente de la misma entre 2003 y 2007. Ha sido miembro del Patronato de la Fundación EHAS desde su fundación en 2005 hasta 2007 y de 2010 hasta la actualidad, momento en el que ocupa el cargo de Secretario.

Carmen cuenta con más de 18 años de experiencia en los campos del Desarrollo y la Cooperación Multilateral, de los cuales 10 ha estado dedicada a gestionar programas en diferentes países de América Latina como Guatemala, El Salvador y Ecuador. Es economista por la Universidad de Salamanca, España, graduada en Estudios de Género por la Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala, y tiene un máster en Ciencia Política por la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales FLACSO. Antes de unirse a ONU-Habitat en el 2012 como Jefa de su Oficina en España, Carmen trabajó en el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), en la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo (AECID) y en varias organizaciones como el Club de Madrid. Tiene especialización en gestión del desarrollo internacional, gobernabilidad democrática y desarrollo urbano sostenible. Ha publicado numerosos artículos e informes sobre el análisis del desarrollo internacional e imparte clases en varias universidades españolas.

Zaida Muxí Martínez (Buenos Aires, 1964) Arquitecta por FADU-UBA, Doctora arquitecta por Universidad de Sevilla. Profesora de urbanismo de la ETSAB-UPC, ha sido fundadora del Col·lectiu punt6 que trabaja urbanismo y género en 2004 y al cual perteneció hasta 2015, desde ese año es Directora de Urbanismo, Vivienda,  Medio ambiente, ecología urbana, Espacio Público y Vía Pública de la ciudad de Santa Coloma de Gramenet. Es fundadora del grupo Un día una arquitecta que trabaja en la difusión y visibilización de las arquitectas. Autora de La arquitectura de la ciudad global (Gustavo Gili 2004 y NOBUKO, 2009) y en coautoria con Josep Maria Montaner de Arquitectura y política, ensayos para mundos alternativos (Gustavo Gili 2011)

José María Ezquiaga is the Dean of the Architects Professional Association in Madrid (COAM), he teaches urban planning at the Technical University of Madrid and practices from his own office. His work has been always linked to the city and to Urban Planning. Lately, his academic and professional interests focus on theoretical research and the integration in his projects of both geographical and social issues as key aspects in the construction of the territory and the city. He is particularly interested in the process of creation of the contemporary landscape. Ezquiaga has been a guest lecturer in a number of European and Latin-American universities, and has been member of different advisory boards on urban planning for several national, regional and local governments. He won the European Urban and Regional Planning Award in 2012 and the Spanish National Award of Urban Planning in 2005.

María del Pilar Rodríguez-Monteverde Cantarell es Doctora Arquitecta por la Universidad Politecnica de Madrid y Subdirectora de Estrategia de Calidad de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura en la actualidad. Es Profesora Colaboradora del Departamento de Estructuras y Física de Edificación. Pertenece al grupode Investigación Análisis e Intervención en el Patrimonio Arquitectónico, habiendo intervenido en diferentes edificios del patrimonio como la Catedral de Getafe, Palacio Episcopal de Tarazona, o realizado estudios para la intervención, como la Colegiata de Caspe, y realizado diferentes publicaciones en este ámbito sobre los edificios intervenidos.

Alessandro Bello  works for the UNESCO as the project officer of the global project „STEM and Gender Advancement“ (SAGA). He holds a Master degree in Policy Governance and another one in International Relations. He was previously a Consultant for the Science Policy and Capacity Building Program at UNESCO’s Montevideo Office, from 2011 to 2016. Before joining UNESCO, Alessandro worked for the Italian Embassy in Honduras. He has published numerous papers related to Science, Technology and Innovation policy, and on women in scientifc fields. He has also presented several papers at international conferences and congresses, such as the Gender Summit.

Dr. Ana Puy, PhD in Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid, is the Director of the Women and Science Unit (UMyC) at the Cabinet of the State Secretariat for Research, Development and Innovation within the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, Spain, since 2014. She is also Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of La Laguna (ULL), where she is member of the University Institute on Women Studies. At ULL she was the first Director of the Gender Equality Unit (2010-2014). She is the Spanish delegate at the Council of the European Union ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation (former Helsinki Group). She is member of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) and the Spanish Association of Women Scientists and Technologists (AMIT). She has been active partner of the GENDER-NET ERA-Net 2013-2016, and also currently in two new Horizon 2020 projects: a coordination and support action on gender and science policy, GENDERACTION 2017-2021, and the new ERA-Net Cofund GENDER NET PLUS 2017-2022.

Giovanna Declich, sociologist, has carried out studies and research (in Europe, Africa, and Latin America) on gender differences in economic decisions, politics and scientific research, assessment of quality in public services, especially health services, evaluation of development projects, migration phenomena, and the dynamics of social exclusion and poverty. For over a decade she has been involved in the planning and promotion of scientific research activities and sociological and interdisciplinary training. She has worked with United Nations agencies (World Bank, UNDP), the European Union, Italian government bodies (the Department for Equal Opportunities, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lazio Regional Government, Puglia Regional Government, the Province of Rome) and several institutions such as Lethbridge University (Canada), Syracuse University (USA), University of Rome Tre, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. She has been team leader or team member in many H2020 or FP7 projects on gender in science, such as: (LIBRA); Transforming Institutions by Gendering Contents and Gaining Equality in Research (TRIGGER); Structural Transformation to Achieve Gender Equality in Science (STAGES); Women’s careers hitting the target: gender manage-ment in scientific and technological research (WHIST); Practising Gender Equality in Science (PRAGES).

Sonia is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Urban and Spatial Planning, Technical University of Madrid (UPM). Her research focuses on the analysis of the urban dimension of Spanish and EU policies, applying a comprehensive approach to urban regeneration in which governance, climate change, urban mobility, and gender dimensions are integrated and addressed. Before joining the UPM she was a researcher at CEDEX, a public research body within the Spanish Ministry of Public Works. Previously she worked as a professional planner at various important international architectural and planning companies. She has been visitor researcher at a number of prestigious European universities. She is a Management Committee Member of genderSTE. Sonia participates frequently at high-level conferences and publishes research in professional international journals.

Master in Architecture and Master in Equal Opportunities. Inés is a Phd Candidate and Researcher at the Department of Urban and Spatial Planning of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). She is focusing her research on gender-sensitive architectural and planning design and structural change in STEM institutions. She is the Project Manager at the UPM of the TRIGGER project. Before joining the Technical University of Madrid she worked for different architecture and planning offices, and set her own office, NOVELLA | QUIXAL arquitectes, in 2012. She has been visitor researcher and guest lecture at different European Universities including: University of Westmins-ter in London, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Technical University of Valencia and CEU-Cardenal Herrera. She is Substitute Member of the Management Committee of genderSTE.

Antonio Acierno is associate professor of Urban Planning at the Department of Architecture of the Federico II University of Naples. PhD in “Rationality and operativeness in environmental planning” and several scientific academic experiences in UK and Spain. He sits in numerous scientific editorial boards at national, European and international level and he’s Editor-in-chief of the TRIA (Territory of Research in Settlements and Environment) journal, edited by the FedOA University Press (FedericoII University Open Access Press).

He teaches in the following: Master in Architectural Design(bi-annual), Architecture 5UE (5 years degree), Bachelor in Urban Planning, Master of third level in Planning and Design of port areas. Member of the Ph.D. Scientific Council in “Assessment Methods for Integrated Conservation, Recovery, Maintenance and Management of Architectural, Urban and Environmental Heritage”.

He is/was member of many research groups at national and international level. His fields of research englobe spatial planning, urban planning and design, environmental and social risks assessment, urban safety and gender sensitive urban planning. He is also involved in many urban planning plans in several municipalities and local authorities in the Southern part of Italy.