13 2016 RocaGallery ‘Madrid and Heritage: Towards asustainable recovery’, series ofconferences on Spanish heritage CuratedbythearchitectSantiagoFajardo,head oftherestaurationoftheLongoriaPalaceinMadrid JoséMaríaEzquiaga,deanoftheOfficialSchoolof ArchitectsinMadrid(COAM). TheRocaMadridGalleryinauguratedin2015the seriesofconferences‘MadridandHeritage:Towards asustainablerecovery’.Asetofroundtablemeetings which,overthecourseofitsfoursessions,analysed thesituationofheritageinMadridinordertoidentifythe causes of the current abandonment and obsolescence andtosetoutthenecessarychanges.Differenttopics weredebatedinthesessions,suchashowtoconvert ourheritageintocultureandageneratorofwealthatthe same time, the legal framework to which it is currently subjectwasreviewedandthestrategiesthatcanimprove thesituationwithsustainablesolutionswerediscussed, amongotheraspects. Prominentexpertsfromthesectortookpartinthefour roundtablemeetingsoftheseries,suchasEnriqueSáiz, managingdirectorofCulturalHeritageoftheCastileand LeonRegionalGovernment;PalomaAcuña,managing directoroftheToledoRoyalFoundation;JoséMaría Ezquiaga,deanoftheOfficialSchoolofArchitectsof Madrid(ColegioOficialdeArquitectosdeMadrid, COAM); PalomaSobrini,managingdirectorofCulturalHeritage oftheCommunityofMadridregion;andJoséManuel Calvo,councillorofSustainableUrbanDevelopmentof theMadridCityCouncil,amongotherexperts. TheserieswascuratedbytheSpanisharchitectSantiago Fajardo,whosemostprominentworksincludethe restaurationofthemodernistLongoriaPalaceinMadrid andtheCamposElíseostheatreinBilbao.Fajardohas alsobeenajudgeofseveralnationalandinternational awardsofarchitectureandrestaurationofcultural heritage,amongthemtheReinaSofíaPrize. OneoftheconferencesintheseriesattheRocaMadridGallery. Portfolio Speed Dating, a competition to impress leading architectsanddesignersinfour minutes RocaBarcelonaGalleryorganisedthefirsteditionofthe IneachoftheGalleries,thejurywasmadeupofsixteen Portfolio Speed Dating competition and Roca Madrid architecture,designandcommunicationprofessionals. Galleryrepeatedtheexperiencebyholdingitssecond AmongthemwereFredyMassad,architectandcritic; edition.Acompetitionthatoffersdesignandarchitecture BorjaFerrater,foundingarchitectofthestudioOAB– studentstheopportunitytopresent, injustfourminutes, OfficeofArchitectureinBarcelona,headofdesignof theirportfolioof ideasandprojectstorenowned theRocaBarcelonaGallery;thearchitectJavierArpa, architectsanddesigners.Theformatofthemeetingis theIndianarchitectAnupamaKundoor, internationally ajobinterviewsimulationthatallowsthecontestantsto renowned,andthearchitectIzaskunChinchilla. come face to face with professionals to whom they would otherwisehavedifficultygainingaccessandtoreceive valuableandpersonalcommentsontheirworks. SomeoftheparticipantsintheSpeedDatingcompetition attheRocaMadridGallery. 13