King Felipe VI has accepted the honorary presidency of the IV Ibero-American Congress of Naval Engineering, organized by the Ghenova Chair of the University of A Coruña (UDC) and to be held in October in the cities of Seville and Ferrol.

This has been confirmed by the UDC in a statement detailing that this event, which will take place on October 3, 4 and 5 in the Andalusian capital and 6 and 7 in the departmental city, will be conceived as a “maritime bridge”. between Europe and America. It will address the future of the naval sector and its impact on society and the planet through various meetings, conferences and forums.

Specifically, the honorary committee of the congress, apart from the monarch as president, has the participation of the Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez; the chief admiral of the Defense Staff (Jemad), the chief admiral of the Navy Staff (Ajema) and the rector of the University of A Coruña, Julio Abalde, among other authorities.

The IV Ibero-American Congress of Naval Engineering will be held in Spain thanks to the proposal of the Ghenova Chair, after the assembly of the Pan-American Institute of Naval Engineering (IPIN) approved it unanimously.