The mayor of Ciudad Rodrigo, Marcos Iglesias, opened the Demographic Sustainability Congress organized by the Junta de Castilla y León in an inaugural event attended by the Minister of Environment, Juan Carlos Suárez-Quilones; Ángeles Marín, director of the Ministry's Demographic Challenge; and the president of the Diputación de Salamanca, Javier Iglesias.

Over two days, general directors from different autonomous communities and central
Government officials, technicians and experts analyzed at the Teatro Nuevo “Fernando Arrabal” the possibilities of fighting depopulation and the demographic challenge.