Saturday, April 11, 2026

9:30 – 10:00 am

Registration

10:00 – 10:10 am

Welcome Remarks: Dean Iñaki Alday

10:10 – 10:20 am

Introduction: Rubén García Rubio and

Cristóbal Molina

10:20 – 11:05 am

Panel 1 (Water Heritages):
Cecilia Puga, Pilar Alliende and Orlando
Hernández Ying.
Moderator: Tony Pereira (SCLAS)

11:15 – 12:00 pm

Panel 2 (Water Technologies):
Mariana Concha, Carlos Foxley and Ibrahim
Demir.
Moderator: Margarita Jover (TuSABE)

12:10– 12:55 pm

Panel 3 (Water Disputes):
Carolina Tohá and Eduardo Silva.
Moderator: Ludovico Feoli (CIPR)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Panel 4 (Water Climates):
Priscilla Ulloa, Pedro Alonso and Annalisa Molini.
Moderator: Adam Marcus (CCU)

3:10-3:20 pm

Epilogue / Afterword — Toward a
Shared
Vocabulary of Water Paradoxes
Tom Reese

3:20 – 3:30 pm

Closing Remarks: Rubén García Rubio and Cristóbal Molina

Register for the Symposium

Please complete the form to register for Water Paradoxes: The Atacama Desert as an Extreme Laboratory for Climate, Extraction, and Design.

Attend the Symposium. Join scholars, designers, policymakers, and experts for a cross-disciplinary conversation on water, extraction, climate change, and design in one of the world’s most extreme inhabited territories.

Saturday, April 11, 2026
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Richardson Memorial Hall, (Thomson Hall, Room 202) Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue /
New Orleans, LA
United States of America

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