Moderators and Speakers
Christoph Steck
Director Public Policy Spain & Portugal at Amazon
Carlos Sallé
Director of Energy Policies and Climate Change, Iberdrola
Carlos Sallé is an Industrial Engineer, electrical specialty, from the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Carlos is the Director of Energy Policies and Climate Change of the Iberdrola Group, reporting directly to the President. He was one of the founders, a decade ago, of the NGO Energía Sin Fronteras, specialized in electrification and water projects in low-income regions. He is a member of the Business Advisory Board of the Center for Public Private Partnerships (PPP) of UNECE (United Nations).
Breatriz Escriña
Head of Global Communications at City Cancer Challenge Foundation
Beatriz is PhD in Political Science from the University of Barcelona and holds a degree in Journalism from the CEU San Pablo University. Passionate about new technologies and their impact on society, she has 15 years of experience in the field of communication. She has held various positions of responsibility in the United Nations, including, among others, in the Hybrid Operation of the African Union and the UN in Darfur (UNAMID), as well as in the Security Council Affairs Division of the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Field Support in New York. Beatriz has also held communication functions at ESADE and other international organizations.
José Ignacio Latorre
Professor, Theoretical Physics at the University of Barcelona
He has got a PhD in Particle Physics from the University of Barcelona. He was a Fullbright Fellow at MIT (USA) and a postdoc at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. He then became associate professor at the University of Barcelona and, later, full professor in Theoretical Physics. He has written over 100 papers on Particle Physics and Quantum Information and has directed 12 PhD thesis. He was a founder of the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual. He produced two documentaries, one of them on the last voice of the Manhattan Project. He works on Artificial Intelligence and was a founder of the NNPDF collaboration. He is a partner at Entanglement Partners. He is the author of “Cuántica. Tu futuro en juego” (Ariel) and “Ética para máquinas” (Ariel).
Eva Borreguero Sancho
Ph.D. in political science from the Complutense University of Madrid
Ph.D. in political science from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Center for Muslim and Christian Understanding at Georgetown University (2004-2006), researching on Islamic movements in South Asia. Professor of Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid, where she teaches, among others, Theory and History of Power. She also teaches “Geopolitics in Asia-Pacific” at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She has been Director of Educational Programs at Casa Asia (2007-2011). She is a columnist in the Opinion section of El País, where she writes on international politics. Author, among others, of Hindu. Religious Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary India. Catarata 2004. Her field of research is focused on nationalism, religious ident
Yuichi Hosoya
Professor of international politics at Keio University
Ph.D., professor of international politics at Keio University, Managing Director & Research Director at the Asia-PacificInitiative and author of "Security Politcs in Japan.
Diego Hidalgo Demeusois
Author of "Anestesiados. La humanidad bajo el imperio de la tecnología"
Born in Paris in 1983, Diego studied philosophy, politics and economics and obtained a Master's degree in International Relations from Sciences Po (Institut d'études politiques de Paris) and a Master's degree in Sociology from Cambridge University, UK, where he conducted one of the first academic studies on the impact of Facebook on human relations (2007). He also studied at the University College London (UCL) and at the University of Bologna. After working at the Clinton Foundation in New York, he moved to Spain for the first time in 2009, where he founded Amovens, the first car-sharing platform in the country. The company today has nearly 2 million users and offers a unique range of car sharing services (ride sharing, car rental between individuals and collaborative leasing).
Vivian Shiller
Executive Director, Aspen Digital, Aspen Institute (US)
Vivian Schiller joined the Aspen Institute in January 2020 as Executive Director of Aspen Digital, which empowers policymakers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world. A longtime executive at the intersection of journalism, media and technology, Schiller has held executive roles at some of the most respected media organizations in the world. Those include: President and CEO of NPR; Global Chair of News at Twitter; General Manager of NYTimes.com; Chief Digital Officer of NBC News; Chief of the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture of The New York Times and Discovery Communications; and Head of CNN documentary and long form divisions.
Jonathan Nelson
Threat Intelligence Specialist en Constella Intelligence
Nancy Scola
journalist and writer specialized in technology and society
Nancy Scola is a veteran journalist and magazine writer whose work on the intersections of technology and society is published by the Atlantic, Washingtonian, New York, Reuters, POLITICO Magazine, and many other publications. She has served as both a senior technology reporter at POLITICO and a staffer writer at the Washington Post. Based in Washington, D.C., she is an adjunct professor in journalism and media studies at Georgetown University. Before coming to journalism, Nancy worked in the United States Congress, focused on government oversight. She holds a B.A. in anthropology and Africana studies from the George Washington University, as well as a master’s degree in anthropology from Boston University. She was born and raised in New Jersey.
Óscar Arce
Director General Economics, Statistics and Research en Banco de España
Emilio Luque
Professor Environment and Society at UNED
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