Dr. Victor Monsalvo is Head of the Eco-efficiency Area at the Innovation and Technology Department of Aqualia. He leads an active team working on wastewater treatment and reuse, biowastes and biogas management, processes involved in drinking water and desalination. He got his PhD on Chemical Engineering from University Autonoma de Madrid and got a position as Assistant Professor in Chemical Eng. Department from 2005 to 2014, and visiting researcher in different Universities: Leeds (2007), Cranfield (2009), Sydney (2011) and Aachen (2013). Then, he was appointed as Head of Technological Area – Water in Abengoa Research until 2016. Involved in more than 50 public and private innovation projects (acting as Coordinator of national and European H2020 projects). He has directed R&D contracts with private companies, (co) authored 8 patents (national and international), around 110 journal and referred conference papers, 1 book chapter and edited 4 books. Awards and recognitions received include the Comunidad #PorElClima (2020), AEDyR (2021), Salon del Gas Renovable (2021), Distinction Technology Idol GWI (2022) and Best Technical Paper World Congress IDA (2022). He has collaborated with different public and private entities on the organization and promotion of numerous national and international scientific and technical conferences.