Concordia Europe - AmChamSpain Summit June 26, 2019 | Eurostars Madrid Tower | Madrid, Spain
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26
08:00 REGISTRATION OPENS*
09:00 - 11:00 OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Introductory Remarks Nicholas M. Logothetis, Co-founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia Jaime Malet, Chairman, AmChamSpain Matthew A. Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia
Opening Keynote Address Meritxell Batet, President of Congress, Kingdom of Spain
The Future of Technology: The Brink of a Technological Revolution Helena Herrero, President, HP Spain and Portugal Robert M. Koffler, Founder & CEO, Lera Investment Technologies LLC (LIT) Jabulane Mabuza, Chairman, Sun International Limited; Leadership Council Member, Concordia Manuel Muñiz, Dean, IE School of Global and Public Affairs, IE University Enrique Medina Malo, Chief Policy Officer, Telefónica S.A. Ricardo de Querol Alcaraz, Subdirector, El País (Moderator)
The Future of Cities: Public and Private Collaboration Cristina Gallach, High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda of Spain Juan Carlos Pinzón, President, ProBogotá; Former Ambassador to the U.S., Republic of Colombia Remy Raisner, Founder & CEO, Proteus Capital Management Antonio Villaraigosa, Former Mayor of Los Angeles; Co-Chairman, Mercury Public Affairs
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Yolanda Gómez Rojo, Deputy Director, ABC (Moderator)
11:00 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 14:00 MORNING PLENARY SESSION
Inspiring Girl of the Year: Valeria Corrales Hannah Buchan, Honorary President of AmChamSpain’s Gender Diversity and Inclusion Committee, U.S. Embassy (Introductory Remarks) Valeria Corrales, Founder, Youtube Channel ValPat STEAM Patricia Heredia, Co-Founder, MiniVinci María Eizaguirre Comendador, Editora Canal 24 horas TVE, Radio Televisión Española (Moderator)
Latin American, U.S., and Spanish Relations Richard Duke Buchan III, Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, United States of America (Introductory Remarks) Trinidad Jiménez, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain and Director of Global Strategy and Public Affairs, Telefónica
Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former President of Uruguay; Leadership Council Member, Council
Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Former President, Colombia; Leadership Council Member, Concordia Carlos Gutierrez, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former Secretary of Commerce, United States of America Michael Williams, Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States and Counselor to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Government Martín Asís de Cabiedes, Presidente Ejecutivo, Europa Press (Moderator)
In Discussion with Pablo Casado Pablo Casado Blanco, President, People’s Party Jaime Malet, Chairman, AmChamSpain (Moderator)
Partnerships Addressing the Refugees and Migration Crisis
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Carolina Barco, Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, Republic of Colombia Francesca Friz Prguda, Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Spain Estrella Galán, Directora General, Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR) Fernando Ruiz Mudarra, General Director, Ayuda en Acción Jeannette Neumann, Madrid Correspondent, Bloomberg News (Moderator)
Future of the European Union Gordon Sondland, Ambassador to the European Union, United States of America (Introductory Remarks and Participant) Joaquin Almunia, Chairman, Centre of European Policy Studies (CEPS) José María Aznar, Former President of Spain; Leadership Council Member, Concordia Susan Danger, CEO, AmChamEU Emma Navarro, Vice President, European Investment Bank Ian Mount, Financial Times (Moderator)
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 16:25 AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION
Reaching Gender Equality Noa Gafni, Founder & CEO, Trust Collab (Introductory Remarks) Saniye Gülser Corat, Director, Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, President, Spanish Council of State; Former Vice President, Kingdom of Spain
Kimberley Lewis, Director of Engagement, Hermes Investment Management Gloria Lomana, President, 50&50GL (Moderator)
Conditions for Peace in a Global World
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Former Prime Minister, Kingdom of Spain
China & Global Commerce
José Luis Bonet, President, Spanish Chamber of Commerce Antonio Garamendi, President, CEOE Shada Islam, Director of Europe and Geopolitics, Friends of Europe Jaime Malet, Chairman, AmChamSpain Tim Pataki, Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump and Director of the Office of Public Liaison David Navarro, Director General, Casa Asia (Moderator)
16:25 - 16:45 Power Coffee
16:45 - 18:20 CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
North Africa, U.S. and Spanish Relations Alfonso Bosch, CEO, Equatorial Coca-Cola Dwight Bush, President & CEO, DL Bush & Associates; Former Ambassador to Morocco, United States of America Taous Feroukhi, Ambassador to Spain, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, President, ElCano Royal Institute Josep Piqué, Economist; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain Rosa Cañadas, Founder, Fundación Tanja
Responding to the Now: What’s Next for Venezuela? William Davila, Head of Corporate Relations, IE Business School Carrie L. Filipetti, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cuba and Venezuela, U.S. Department of State Antonio Ecarri Bolívar, Ambassador to Spain, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (designated by the National Assembly of Venezuela) José Manuel Puente, Economist, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA)
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Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez, Former President of Bolivia; Leadership Council Member, Council Carlos Vecchio, Ambassador to the U.S., Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (designated by the National Assembly of Venezuela) Juan Varela, Director de Negocio y Estrategia Digital, Agencia EFE (Moderator)
Closing Remarks Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Concordia Jaime Malet, Chairman, AmChamSpain Matthew A. Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia
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