The Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government visits the IAC

Elena Máñez and Carlos Navarro in the IAC main corridor.
From left to right: Rafael Rebolo, Director of the IAC, Elena Máñez, Head of the Dept. of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government, Casiana Muñón-Tuñón, Deputy Director of the IAC, and Carlos Andrés Navarro, Director of the ACIISI.
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Elena Máñez Rodríguez, the Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government paid a visit this morning to the headquarters of the IAC in La Laguna, together with Carlos Andrés Navarro Martínez, the Director of the Canary Agency of Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI) accompanied by Rafael Rebolo López and Casiana Muñoz Tuñón, the Director and Deputy Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

During their visit to the installations of the IAC they were informed of the current situation of the IAC and of the Canary Observatories. Máñez will also be present at the annual meeting of the Governing Council of the IAC which will take place next month in La Laguna.

Elena Máñez visita el IAC
From left to right: Carlos Andrés Navarro Martínez, the Director of the Canary Agency of Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI), Casiana Muñón-Tuñón, Deputy Director of the IAC, Elena Máñez Rodríguez, the Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government, Rafael Rebolo López, Director of the IAC, Anselmo Sosa Méndez, the Head of the Institutional Projects and Research Results Transfer OfficeI of the AC, and Jesús Burgos Martín, General manager of the IAC. Credit: IAC.   
June 19th, 2020 meeting
Meeting held this morning at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna. From lefft to right: Elena Máñez Rodríguez, the Head of the Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Canary Government, Carlos Andrés Navarro Martínez, the Director of the Canary Agency of Research, Innovation and the Information Society (ACIISI), Casiana Muñón-Tuñón, Deputy Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo López, Director of the IAC, and Jesús Burgos Martín, General manager of the IAC. Credit: IAC.

 

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