2009 Speakers

The Future of Europe Summit draws panelists and participants from around the globe.  The interdisciplinary and cross-cultural sessions are designed to produce new insights and to articulate urgent actions on known issues.  These sessions are lead by an impressive panel, including the speakers below.

2009 Speakers:

Antoni Abad, President, ESBAN Spanish Business Network Federation

Cinzia Alcidi, Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS (Brussels)

José Antich, Director, La Vanguardia, Spain

Jaume Bartumeu, Prime Minister of Andorra, Andorra

Francisco Belil, Director, Siemens S.A. Headquarter, Spain

Eugeni Bregolat, Ambassador of Spain in Andorra, Embassy of Spain, Andorra

Lluís Caelles, Anchor, TV3, Spain

Santiago Carbó, Professor of Economics, University of Granada & Head, Financial Studies, Spanish Savings Banks’ Foundation, FUNCAS, Spain

Ian Cloete, President and Professor of Computational Intelligence, International University, Bruchsal, Germany

Albert Colomer i Espinet, Treasurer of Fundación ESBAN Privada, Spain

Emiliano Duch, President and Founder, Competitiveness, Spain

Carlos Dumois, President, CEDEM, Mexico

Jordi Fabregat, Associate Professor of the Department of Financial Management and Control, Programme Director, Executive Master in Economic-Financial Management, ESADE, Spain

Mihela Hladin, Founder, Greennovate, Slovenia and MAGIC, Made Green In China, Shanghai

Holger Hartmann, Founder and CEO, BadenSolar, Germany

Claude Jacquemin, president of SUD ANGELS, Business Angels network, MONTPELLIER, France

Félix Larrosa, Member of Congress and Socialist Group spokesperson on Tourism and Trade, Spain

Geoffrey Lipman, Special Advisor to the Secretary General, World Tourism Organization, UNWTO

Pere López, Minister of Economy and Finance, Andorra

Feargal Mac Conuladh, Director of Technology and Business Development at the La Salle Innovation and Technology Park

Raimon Martínez Fraile, Former Secretary General of Tourism and Advisor, AC Hotels
Spain

Ann Mettler, Executive Director, Co-Founder, Lisbon Council, Brussels

José Montilla, President of Catalonia, Spain

Wolfgang Munchau, Associate Editor, Financial Times

Pedro Nueno, Professor of Entrepreneurship, IESE, Madrid, Spain

Ramon Ollé, Presidente Ejecutivo de BES La Salle; ex-Presidente Ejecutivo EMEA Seiko-Epson Corporation, Spain

Liz Padmore, Consultant and Former Director of Policy and Corporate Affairs, UK

Dennis Pamlin, Climate & Business Policy Officer, WWF

Armand Pujal, Director General, Fiduciary Activities and Place, Bank of France, France

Jordi Pujol, Former President of Catalonia, Spain

Òscar Ribas Reig, Former Prime Minister of Andorra, Special Ambassador for Relations with Europe, Andorra

Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Associates, Switzerland

Mark Scottt, Reporter, BusinessWeek, UK

Gonzalo Suarez, Secretary General, Caja Granada, Spain

Ramon Térmens, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Electrodomésticos Taurus SL

Imma Tor, Ambassador of the Principality of Andorra to the European Communities, Andorra

Frederic Vallaud, Director HEC Family Business, HEC, France

Gert Van Mol, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Belgium

Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Research Fellow, BRUEGEL, Belgium

Richard Werly, European Affairs Correspondent- Correspondant pour les affaires européennes, Le Temps, Geneva, Switzerland

Silmultaneous translation provided in English, Catalan, French, and Spanish

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