2007

Visual Arts 2007

The Jury that met in Valladolid on June 14, 2007, chaired by: Mrs. Catalina Luca de Tena García Conde; President and Publisher of ABC Newspaper; and made up by the following members: Mr. Kosme de Barañano Letamendía; Art History at Miguel Hernández University in Elche, Mr. Miguel Ángel García Rodríguez; Head of Daily News Programmes (Deputy Director of News Services) at TVE Spanish National Television, Mr. Alberto Gutiérrez Alberca, Director-General of Cultural Promotion and Cultural Institutions of the Castilla León Regional Government [Junta de Castilla León]; and Mr. Francisco Somoza Rodríguez-Escudero; Architect.

Scenic Arts 2007

The Jury that met in Valladolid on June 18, 2007, chaired by: Mr. Manuel Lombao Lombao, Director of Regional Centres of TVE [Spanish National Television],  and made up by the following members: Mr. José Juan Bigas Luna, Movie Director; Mr. Antonio Catalán, President of AC HOTELS; Mr. Manuel Ferreira Recio, Secretary-General of the Presidency and Territorial Administration of the Junta de Castilla y León [Castilla León Regional Government]; Mr. Alberto Pérez Giménez; Deputy Director of ABC Newspaper.

Science and Research 2007

The jury that met in Valladolid on June 22, 2007, chaired by, Dr. Regina Revilla Pedreira, Director of External Relations and Communications of Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and made up by the following members: Mr. Alberto Aguirre de Cárcer, Deputy Director for Information of ABC Newspaper; Mr. José Ballesta Germán, Professor of Molecular Biology of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Murcia, Rector of the University of Murcia between 1998 and 2006 and currently Member of the Regional Parliament of Murcia; Dr. Camilo José Cela Conde, Director of the Human Systematics Laboratory at the University of the Balearic Islands; Excmo. Mr. Julio Fermoso, President of Caja Duero Savings Bank.

Sports 2007

The jury that met in Valladolid on June 25, 2007, chaired by, Mr. Conrado Durántez Corral; President of the Spanish Olympics Academy and made up by the following members: Mr. José Ángel de la Casa Tofiño; Director of Sports Programs of RTVE [Spanish National Radio and Television], Mr. Manuel Erice Oronoz; International News Coordinator for ABC Newspaper,  Mr. José Miguel Ortega Bariego; President of the Valladolid Association of Sports Press; Mrs. María Angeles Porres, Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Education, Sports and Citizen Participation of the Valladolid City Council.

Economics 2007

The jury that met in Valladolid on July 2, 2007, chaired by: Mrs. Begoña Hernández, Director of ADE Financiación, and made up by the following members: Mr. Santiago Alonso Paniagua; President of the Writers’ Workshop of the Grupo Vocento Publishing Company, Mr. Julio Fermoso García, President of Caja Duero Savings Bank, Mr. José María García-Hoz Rosales; President of Grupo Negocios, Mr. Antonio Méndez Pozo; President of the Burgos Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Literature 2007

The jury that met in Valladolid on June 29, 2007, chaired by: Mrs. Mercedes Monmany, literary critic for ABC Newspaper (ABCD Newspaper Supplement on Arts and Literature),and made up by the following members: Mrs. Rosa Pereda de Castro, writer and journalist; Mr. Ángel Sánchez Harguindey, Assistant Editor of El País Newspaper; Mr. José Miguel Santiago Castelo, Deputy Director of ABC Newspaper and Director of the Royal Academy of Extremadura; Mr. Josep Manuel Silva Alcalde, member of the Board of Directors of RTVE [Spanish National Radio and Television Corporation].

Thought and Humanities 2007

The jury that met in Valladolid on July 6, 2007, chaired by: Mr. Demetrio Madrid López, First President of the Junta de Castilla y León [Castilla León Regional Government] and Councillor of the Consultative Council, and made up by the following members: Mr. Juan Barja de Quiroga Losada, Director of the Fine Arts Circle; Mr. Alexander I. Kuznetsov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Spain;  Mr. Alejandro Royo-Villanova Payá, President of El Norte de Castilla Newspaper; Mr. Enrique Ybarra Ybarra, President of Fundación Vocento.

Restoration and Conservation 2007

Dr. Salvador Andrés Ordax, Professor of the History of Art at the University of Valladolid, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts; Mr. Rafael Daniel Pérez, member of the Board of Directors of ABC Newspaper in Castilla León; Mr. Konrad Laudenbacher, former curator of the Neue Pinakothek and of the Schack-Galerie, Doerner-Institut; Mr. Ubaldo Sedano Espín, Director of Restoration of the Thyssen Museum; Mrs. Celsa Villanueva García, Director of the TVE [Spanish National Television] Regional Center in Castilla y León.

Lifetime Achievement 2007

Mr. Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, President of Honor of the Club of Rome; Mr. Julio Fermoso García, President of Caja Duero Savings Bank; Mr. Francisco Javier León de la Riva, Mayor of Valladolid; Mr. Enrique Ojeda Vila, Director of the Tres Culturas Foundation; Mr. Emilio Ybarra Aznar, Director-General for Development of ABC Newspaper.