Salamanca recognizes sixteen new Convention Bureau Ambassadors, promoters of major events that project the city as a meeting destination

The Salamanca City Council once again recognizes the work of professionals who act as city prescribers and who, through their scientific, academic, and professional activity, contribute to attracting nationally and internationally relevant meetings. Sixteen new Salamanca Convention Bureau Ambassadors have been responsible for organizing twelve prominent congresses and conferences in Salamanca that have brought together hundreds of specialists and researchers in the city.

With this XV edition, the Salamanca Convention Bureau Ambassadors program continues to highlight the work of those who make it possible for Salamanca to host benchmark professional and scientific meetings, also generating a significant economic, academic, professional, and external projection impact for the city.

Among the new recognized ambassadors are professionals linked to fields as diverse as biomedical research, health sciences, linguistics, literature, speech therapy, and humanities.

The new Salamanca Convention Bureau Ambassadors 2025

María de la Concepción Turrión Gómez organized, from May 28 to 30, 2025, the XI Congress of the National Association of Research Ethics Committees (ANCEI), an event that brought together more than 200 professionals from all over Spain in Salamanca.

Laura González Guerra led the organization of the III Conference of the ISCIII Platforms to Support R&D&I in Biomedicine and Health Sciences, held from October 27 to 29, 2025. The event brought together more than 550 professionals from different parts of Spain in Salamanca.

Francisco Javier Sánchez Hernández and Oscar Luis Barazal Peralo organized on September 25, 2025, the XII Scientific Meeting of the Health Academies of Castile and León, dedicated to the Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences, which was attended by 150 national participants.

Alberto Pardal Padín organized, from January 20 to 23, 2025, the LIII International Symposium of the Spanish Linguistic Society, which brought together about 380 researchers from different fields of linguistics, with a broad representation of languages and theoretical and methodological frameworks.

Lidia Rodríguez García and María Emma García Pérez organized, from June 26 to 28, 2025, the XXXIV International Congress of Speech Therapy, Phoniatrics, and Audiology, held under the motto “Speech Therapy: Tradition and Avant-garde.” The event gathered nearly 300 attendees from 14 countries and linked to 75 institutions.

María Isabel Toro Pascua organized on October 16 and 17, 2025, the congress “Carmen Martín Gaite, woman of letters,” an International Congress commemorating the centenary of her birth (1925-2025). The congress allowed for the dissemination of the latest advances in research on her work and brought together 250 attendees, including international specialists and renowned writers from different generations.

Izaskun Elorza Amorós organized, from June 21 to 25, 2025, the 27th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL), which gathered more than 500 researchers and specialists from 49 countries in Salamanca.

José Manuel Santos Pérez organized, from September 16 to 19, 2025, the V Congress of the Association of Brazilianists in Europe (ABRE), which brought together nearly 400 attendees from different areas and from more than 15 countries.

Javier Verísimo Recio Hernández and Adoración Vicente Ciudad organized on October 30, 2025, the I Conference on Community Health in Primary Care, “Beyond the Consultation,” which brought together 220 healthcare professionals, government representatives, and community agents to share experiences and best practices.

Luis Alberto Pérez Romasanta organized, on November 6 and 7, 2025, the SEOR Symposium “Innovation and new perspectives in Radiation Oncology,” which brought together nearly 140 specialists from Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Australia.

Corazón Hernández Rodríguez organized, from November 18 to 21, 2025, the 38th edition of the National Congress of the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SEGO), which gathered nearly 1,500 specialists from all over Spain in Salamanca and allowed for addressing scientific updates and improving women's health at all stages of life.

Fernando Fregeneda Chico and Jesús Cruz Martín organized on September 25, 2025, the VIII Congress “Cooking with Cheese… and Humor,” an event aimed at highlighting the roots, the rural world, and the people who make cheese production possible. Salamanca hosted more than 1,000 attendees at this event, closely linked to the gastronomy and rural environment of Castile and León.