Moderators and Speakers
Vikram Misri
Ambassador of India to the People’s Republic of China
@VikramMisri
Career Diplomat of the 1989 consignment of the Foreign Service of India, Mr. Vikram Misri (born 7 November 1964 in Srinagar, India) has held various positions in the Headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of India , New Delhi, in the Prime Minister's Office in New Delhi, and in various Indian Missions in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. Among the main appointments of Mr. Misri in New Delhi are the following: Deputy Secretary in the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India (Mr. I.K. Gujral, November 1996 - April 1997); Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (Mr. I.K. Gujral, April 1997 - March 1998) among other positions.
Matthias Behnke
Fernando Vallespín
Stephen Balkam
FOUNDER & CEO, FAMILY ONLINE SAFETY INSTITUTE
@StephenBalkam
Stephen Balkam is the Founder and CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), an international, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. FOSI’s mission is to make the online world safer for kids and their families. Prior to FOSI, Stephen was the Founder and CEO of the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) and led a team which developed the world’s leading content labeling system on the web. While with ICRA, Stephen served on the US Child Online Protection Commission (COPA) in 2000 and was named one of the Top 50 UK Movers and Shakers, Internet Magazine, 2001. He writes regularly for the Huffington Post, appears often on TV and has appeared on nationally syndicated TV and radio programs such as MSNBC or CNN.
Rebeca Grynspan
General Secretary, IBEROAMERICANA
@RGrynspan
She is a Costa Rican economist, the current Ibero-American Secretary-General, a former UN Under-Secretary-General, and the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. She was the Vice President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. Grynspan previously served as Director of UNDP's Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in December 2005. In 2017, she received a Forbes Excellence Award and was granted the Grand Cross of Civil Order of Alfonso X “El Sabio” by the Spanish Government.
Ismael Sanz Labrador
Professor Applied Economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Research in economics of education
@sanz_ismael
Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award from the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. In addition, he has been an advisor to the Cabinet of the Department of Education of the Community of Madrid and Deputy Director of the Unit of Evaluation and Analysis of that same department. He has taken extended study courses and research stays at the University of California Santa Bárbara, the Australian National University, the Royal Complutense College of Harvard University and the University of Nottingham. His areas of interest are the quality and improvement of education, educational evaluation, fiscal policy, economic growth and globalization.
Montserrat del Pozo
Pedagoga, Teoría de las Inteligencias Múltiples
Pedagogue, Theory of Multiple Intelligences
She holds a degree in Philosophy and Letters (Art), a Higher Technician in Image and Sound, a Master's in Psychology and Family Management, Graduated from the Institutes of Human Development Potential in Philadelphia, USA, Graduated from the National Center for Teaching Thinking Newton Center, University from Massachusetts, USA. He has participated in the Project Zero courses in Harvard, USA, in the Key Learning Community in Indianapolis, USA, in “Conference on Thinking” in Sweden and “International Institute” in Reggio Emilia in Italy. Participant and speaker in multiple Congresses, Courses and Conferences, he has written several articles in Magazines: Criticism, Educators, Parents and Teachers, Pedagogy Notebooks...
Antonella Broglia
Ashoka Spain
@antonellabro
Ph.D. Law from the University of Modena. She has been Account, Customer Service and Business Development Director at the advertising agency Benton & Bowles (which successively changed its name to DMB & B and then D'Arcy), where she became Global Director of Customer Services, developing projects in Italy, France, Spain, UK, Ireland, Turkey, Greece, Finland, Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, Brazil, and Argentina. She was CEO of the Ogilvy & Mather agency in Rome from 1997 to 1999, and from 1999 to 2006 she was CEO and Vice President of the agency Saatchi & Saatchi Spain, and a member of the European Board. From 2006 to 2014, she has collaborated as a consultant with the Infonomia think tank specialized in innovation services.
Óscar Fanjul
Vicepresident Ferrovial
Professor of Economic Theory (on leave). He began his professional career at the I.N.I. and he also worked in the Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks. He is the Founding Chairman of Repsol. He has also been president of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, NH Hoteles, and Deoleo. He is currently vice president of Omega Capital, LafargeHolcim, and Ferrovial. He is also on the Board of Marsh & McLennan Companies. He has been Vice Chairman of Lafarge and a member of the boards of Unilever, BBVA, London Stock Exchange, Areva, and Acerinox. He has been an advisor to different oil companies and a member of the board of the oil company Partex. Likewise, he has been part of the Competitiveness Advisory Group of the President of the European Commission.
José Enrique Serrano Martínez
Iván Martén Uliarte
Non Executive Director
@IMU59
He is Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group and is the Worldwide Director of the Energy area of BCG. He has an international experience of more than 27 years in projects in the energy sector (electricity, gas, oil) and sustainable development (renewables, water, environment), as well as for industry suppliers (Engineering and equipment manufacturers ) and energy-intensive industries (cement, steel, chemical industries). He has advised Governments and regulatory entities of different countries on issues related to energy regulation and sustainable development. He was chosen by Consulting Magazine as one of the 25 Best Consultants in the World in 2013, receiving the award for excellence in the Energy sector.
Fidel Sendagorta
Spanish diplomat and author
@yiuqodrag
He is a diplomat and author. In 2018-2019 he was a visiting fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University. Previously, he was Director of North America and Asia, Ambassador to Egypt, and Director of the Middle East and North Africa. In 2008, he published an essay entitled "Europe at twilight: decline or revival?" He is currently preparing a book on the relations between China, Europe, and the United States in this new era of strategic competition.