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AGRI-FOOD

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“GLOBAL.ES
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THE AGRI-FOOD COMPANY

It is vital for the sustainable growth of a country. Environmental sustainability, territorial balance and rural development are three areas where the agri-food system is directly relevant. The agri-food sector must adapt to the new context and provide answers:

  • Incorporate digitalization, cybersecurity and sustainability.
  • Promote traceability and food safety.
  • Improve the competitiveness of companies.
  • Create value by improving the relationship with customers.
  • Improve aspects of internationalization.

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SPEAKERS

José Luis
Bonet

President INCYDE Foundation
of the Chambers of Commerce.

Francisco Martinez Arroyo

President of the Mediterranean
Diet Foundation.

José
Pío Beltrán

President of the
Triptolemos Foundation.

Eduardo
Baamonde Noche

President of the Governing Council of Cajamar Caja Rural.

José Luis
García-Palacios Alvarez

Presidente de la Interprofesional de la Fresa y los Frutos Rojos de Andalucía (Interfresa).

Bisila
Bokoko

Founder and CEO
of BBES.

Juan
Verde

Estratega Internacional para empresas y gobiernos.

Mette
Lykke

CEO of Too Good To Go.

Daniel Ramón
Vidal

Distinguished Research Fellow Microbiome Health & Wellness.

Sergio
Gutiérrez Ponce

Corporate Director of Agrobank at CaixaBank.

Raúl
Lorenzo González

Secretary of the Spanish Association of Rural Savings Banks.

José María Mateo
Alujas

Advisory Board de Panda Agriculture and Water Fund.

Plinio
Nastari

Member of
the PAPSAC.

Tassos
Haniotis

Former Director DG AGRI
of the European Commission.

Ignacio Marcos
Flores

Senior Partner en McKinsey & Company

Héctor
Barbarín

Managing Director
of CNTA.

Luis Carlos
Moro González

President of Bodegas
Familiares Matarromera.

Jesús
Barranco Martín

CEO de Alhóndiga
La unión S.A.

Elisa
Plumed Lucas

Presidenta en Asociación de Periodistas Agroalimentarios de España (APA).

Joan Simó
Cruanyes

R&D Director Ametller
Origen Group.

José Miguel
Mulet

Ph.D. in biochemistry
and molecular biology.

Fernando
Móner Romero

President
of AVACU.

Antonio
Turiel Martínez

Scientist at the Institute
of Marine Sciences of the CSIC.

Mercedes
Iborra Broseta

Co-founder and Director of Strategy at Visualnacert.

Patricia
Fernández de Arroyabe Guzmán

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Eatable Adventures.

Gloria
Martí de La Llave

Director of Sustainable Development at Grupo Cajamar.

Amparo
de San José Riestra

Responsible for Entrepreneurship and Business Creation Southern Europe EIT FOOD

Juan Ramón
Rodríguez Alemán

Responsable de área en Sociedad de Promoción Económica de Gran Canaria (SPEGC).

Asier
Alea

Director Desarrollo Global en Basque Culinary Center.

José Carlos
García de Quevedo

President ICO Official Credit Institute.

Dante Enrique
Sica

Former Minister of Production and Labour of the Argentine Nation.

Raúl Martín
Calvo

Director general corporativo de Familia Martínez. CEO en KMZERO Food Innovation Hub.

Juan Francisco
Delgado Morales

Executive Vice President INTEC.

Nora
Alonso

Partner at Swanlaab.

Roberto
García Torrente

Director of Sustainable Development at Grupo Cajamar.

Javier
Ojeda González

Manager at the Spanish Aquaculture Business Association (APROMAR).

Yvonne
Colomer Xena

Executive Director of
Triptolemos Foundation.

Luis
Rojas Marcos

Psychiatrist, writer, professor and researcher.

Dr. Ramón
Blasi

Founder and Administrator of the
C.I.S. Mental Health S.L.

Anna
Montilla Santana

Medical Coordinator of ITA Mental Health (Eating Disorders Center) in Catalonia.

Ana
González

Mayor of Gijón
City Council.

Carlos
Vicente Caballero

Director of UCAM HiTech.

Dinesh K.
Patnaik

Ambassador of India in Spain.

Joaquín
Serra

Senior VP & CBDO of the Natura Bissé Group.

Jorge
Brown

President of Global Institute for the Future of Tourism.

Juli
Capella Samper

Partner at Capella Garcia Arquitectura.

Marta
Hugas

Former Chief Scientist at EFSA (European Food Safety Authority).

Pere
Navarro i Morera

Special State Delegate in Consortium of the Barcelona Free Zone.

Manuel
Otero

General Director at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).

Rosabel
Hernández Elvira

Head of the Local Productive Fabric Section at the Barcelona Provincial Council.

José María
Sumpsi Viñas

Profesor Emérito UPM. Investigador del Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones sobre Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios y Medioambientales (CEIGRAM).

Pablo
Vilanova Montagut

Director de Estrategia, Sostenibilidad e Innovación en Mercados de Abastecimiento de Barcelona S.A. (Mercabarna).

Miguel Agustín
Torres Riera

Presidente en Familia Torres.

Manuel
Pestano Perez

Director en Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Tenerife.

Loretta
Sanchez

Director en Datamatica.

Carlos
Seara Diéguez

Director Comercial AgroBank en CaixaBank.

Jordi
Valls Riera

Director General en Mercabarna S.A.

Vicente
Lunar Bravo

Oficial Intendencia, Diplomado Estado Mayor Financial Resources (J-8) Branch Head.

Joan Carles
Gil Martín

Profesor Titular en Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC).

Joan Ramón
Sanchis Palacio

Catedrático de Organización de Empresas en Universitat de València.

Luis
Atienza Serna

Presidente en Argo Capital Partners.

Juan Carlos
Espeso Illera

Director de Movilidad Sostenible Corporativa en AECOC.

Beatriz
Robles

Divulgadora científica y docente en la Universidad Isabel I de Burgos.

María (Pilu)
Giraudo

Presidente Honoraria en AAPRESID. Fundadora de Red Mujeres Rurales. Miembro y Consejera del Directorio en Global Farmer Network.

Iñigo
inchusta Casteleiro

Periodista agroalimentario, ex- director de Agro 5- Radio Nacional España (RNE).

Carmen
Urbano Gómez

Directora General de Innovación y Promoción Agroalimentaria en Gobierno de Aragón.

Antonia
Trichopoulou

Member in Academy of Athens.

Elisenda
Guillaumes Cullell

Directora general de Agricultura y Ganadería en Generalitat de Catalunya.

José
Segura Clavell

Director General en Consorcio Casa África.

Assumpta
Farran Poca

Directora general de Energía en Generalitat de Catalunya.

Joan
Sabaté

Loma Linda University.

Ricard Ramón
Sumoy

Director, Centro de Nutrición, Estilos de Vida y Prevención de Enfermedades.

José Luis
Gallego García

Divulgador Ambiental

Alba
García Camprubí

Gerente en i+Porc, Cluster Español de Productores de Ganado Porcino.

Marina
Palacios Benito

Directora General AGBAR Agriculture S.A.U.

Laura
Mesa Alonso

Presentadora y coeditora de l’Informatiu cap de setmana en Radio Televisión Española.

María
Sánchez Ruiz

Presentadora y coeditora de l’Informatiu cap de setmana en Radio Televisión Española.

Carmel
Módol

Secretario de Alimentación en Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural.

Sandra
Sutherland de la Cruz

Periodista en RTVE.

Luis
Porto Rizzo

Asesor Principal, Consejería Estratégica para el Desarrollo Organizacional y la Gestión por Resultados en Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA).

Pedro Bruno
Cobo

Deputy of the Area of Agriculture, Livestock, Environment and Climate Change in the Provincial Council of Jaén.

Federico
Moncunill Gallo

General Secretary of the Spanish Association of Denominations of Origin (Origin Spain).

Olha
Vasylevska-Smahliuk

Member of Parliament Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Paloma
Sánchez Pello

Director of Competitiveness and Sustainability at the Federation of Food and Beverages (FIAB).

Isabel
López Resina

General director in Santa Teresa.

Miguel Ángel
López Mateo

Partner at J&A Garrigues S.L.P.

Eliana
Bejarano

Co-founder and CEO at Be.AmaZ.

Ramón
Sentmartí Castañé

Managing Director at PRODECA, Promoter of Catalan Food.

Aurelio
Cegarra García

Assistant to Management at Grupo Ricardo Fuentes e Hijos.

Carme
Gasull Roigé

Freelance Moderator/Presenter.

Protasio
Rodríguez

Head of the Mediterranean Cluster at Bayer Crop Science.

Ana
Gras Moreu

Director of the Barcelona School of Food and Biosystems Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

José Miguel
Herrero

Director General de la industria alimentaria del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y alimentación.

Andrés
Morales La Madrid

Care Director at Paediatric Cancer Centre Barcelona, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu.

Anna
Llort Sales

Paediatric Oncologist at HMI Vall Hebron.

Emma
Perrier

No participo como profesional, pero como madre de una niña que tuvo un cáncer de riñón (nefroblastoma) con 6 años. Hospital Sant Joan de Deu.

Ishtar
Espejo

Director at Fundación Aladina.

Nikoletta
Theodoridi

Founder at Sobres Mestres.

Laura Cristóbal
Gracia

EFEAGRO General director.

Ramón
Estruch Riba

Professor at the University of Barcelona.

Luis Miguel
Calabozo Morán

General Director of the National Federation of Dairy Industries (FENIL).

Dolores
Corella Piquer

Catedrática en Universidad de Valencia y CIBEROBN.

Jesús María
Coello Matesanz

Director de Comunicación en Costa Brava Mediterranean Foods (Grupo Cañigueral).

Carmela
Cotrone

Consultora en Fundación Dieta Mediterránea.

Marta
Martínez Subirá

Responsable Red de Bancos de tierras y relevo agrario en Diputació de Barcelona.

Helena
Perxacs Motgé

Gerente en Consorci del Parc Agrari del Baix Llobregat.

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José Luis Bonet

Born in Barcelona in 1941, he stands out both in the academic world as a Doctor of Law and in business. Since 2014 he has been president of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, a public law corporation whose purpose is the representation, promotion and defence of the general interests of companies.

Francisco Martínez Arroyo

Agricultural Engineer from the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers of the UP of Madrid. Since 2015 he has been Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development of Castilla-La Mancha. He is an official of the Agricultural Engineers Corps from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He is an advisor to Minister Elena Espinosa and has worked at the Permanent Representation of Spain in the European Union, in Brussels, and at the FAO, in Rome. He holds the presidency of the Castilla-La Mancha Tierra de Viñedos Foundation and the Mediterranean Diet Foundation.

José Pío Beltrán

CSIC research professor. Expert in the genetics of flower and fruit development. Researcher at Montana State University (USA) and at the Max Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung. He has been Vice President of the CSIC and President of the European Plant Science Organization. President of the Triptolemos Foundation.

Eduardo Baamonde Noche

Born in Villalba (Lugo) he is an agricultural engineer and has a master's degree in European Communities from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Since 2016 he has held the position of President of the Governing Council of Cajamar Caja Rural.

José Luis García-Palacios Alvarez

Agricultural Technical Engineer from the University of Huelva (UHU), he has a Master's Degree in Senior Management of Agricultural Companies from the ETSIAM and ETEA of the University of Córdoba. Likewise, he is a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Businessmen of Andalusia (CEA).

Bisila Bokoko

Bisila Bokoko is Spanish, of African parents, and American by adoption, a citizen of the world and multifaceted. Her studies in International Relations (The City College, NY) and Law (CEU) make Bisila a defender of honest international alliances based on universal values such as peace, ethics and respect. "Global ambassador" and business mentor, she is considered one of the ten most influential Spanish women in the American business world. She is the founder and CEO of BBES, a New York-based business development agency that represents, promotes, and markets brands internationally. She was the executive director of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce. She leads the African Literacy Project, an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote literacy among African peoples through libraries. She was named “Citizen of the World” by the United Nations in 2019.

Juan Verde

Juan Verde es un reconocido estratega internacional para el sector privado y público. Como profesional, diseña soluciones innovadoras para atraer inversiones extranjeras, establecer alianzas estratégicas y se especializa en economía sostenible. Durante la administración del presidente Obama, Juan Verde ocupó el puesto de Subsecretario Adjunto para Europa y Eurasia en el Departamento de Comercio del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Además trabajó durante el segundo mandato de Bill Clinton como Asesor de Comercio Internacional para el Departamento de Comercio de los Estados Unidos, trabajando primero en la Oficina de América Latina y posteriormente en la Agencia de Minority Business Development. En el ámbito político, Juan Verde ha apoyado con su experiencia, a diversos candidatos demócratas durante varias décadas. Recientemente, cooperó en la campaña presidencial de Biden-Harris como asesor y colaboró en numerosas campañas de recaudación de fondos, además de ser presidente de Americans Abroad for Biden. Juan Verde también ha trabajado con algunas de las personalidades más importantes del mundo como los ex presidentes Barack Obama y Bill Clinton, la ex Secretaria de Estado Hillary Clinton, el ex Vicepresidente Al Gore, el fallecido Senador Ted Kennedy y el ex Secretario de Estado John Kerry. En el sector privado, Juan Verde ha sido consultor de diversas empresas prestigiosas, como Google, Cisco, SAS, American Express y Banco Santander Investments US. También ha colaborado con instituciones como el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Universidad de Harvard y el Banco Mundial.

Mette Lykke

Since 2017 she has been CEO of Too Good To Go, the world's largest B2C food surplus marketplace, providing an easy way for food companies to redirect their surplus and consumers to buy food at affordable prices.

Daniel Ramón Vidal

Daniel Ramón Vidal, vice president of R&D in Nutrition and Health of the agri-food giant ADM, CEO of ADM-Biopolis and member of the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology of the University of Valencia, admitted to the Royal Academy of Engineering for his merits in the field of biological sciences and molecular genetics.

Sergio Gutiérrez Ponce

Sergio Gutiérrez is Corporate Director of AgroBank at CaixaBank. He has a Business Administration and Management degree from the Complutense University of Madrid, an MBA from IESE Business School and a Digital Business Executive from ISDI. With more than 20 years of experience in Banking, he has held different positions of responsibility such as Territorial Commercial Director, Corporate Director of Marketing, Business Intelligence and Digital Banking at Bankia. In 2020 he joined CaixaBank leading the business, strategy and value proposition of AgroBank, a division specializing in the agri-food sector of CaixaBank. Along with this, in 2021 he incorporates AgroBankTech into his functions, with the launch of CaixaBank's aggrotech innovation and digitization ecosystem.

Raúl Lorenzo González

Raúl Lorenzo is a Telecommunications Engineer from the University of Valladolid and has a Master in Business Administration and Management (MBA) from the University of Chicago. Before being elected as Secretary General of AECR, he held the position of organization director of Rural Computer Services (RCS).

José María Mateo Alujas

José Maria Mateo, Tarragona (1960). Graduate and Master in Business Administration from ESADE and GMP from IESE. He has developed his professional career at Cargill where he became president of Spain and Portugal. He has had different responsibilities in businesses such as oilseeds, cereal, malt, starch and glucose trading in Spain, England, France, Holland and Mexico. He is part of the Advisory Board of Panda Agriculture and Water Fund, among other activities.

Plinio Nastari

Dr. Nastari has an M.Sc. and Ph.D., in Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University. Phi Kappa Phi (1983), Gamma Sigma Delta (1983). He was a Professor of Economics at FGV – Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in São Paulo, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses (MBA, Masters and Doctorate) from 1984 to 2001. Member of PAPSAC, Public and Private Group, Scientific, Academic and Consumption of Food Policy Group, from Harvard University, in Boston, since 2012.

Tassos Haniotis

Tassos Haniotis retired last year after a 33-year career at the Commission, his last position being Director of Strategy and Policy Analysis at the European Commission's Directorate General for Agriculture. Previously, he held positions as Head of Unit in the Agricultural Policy Analysis and Perspectives Unit and in the Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis Unit in the same Directorate General, as a Member and later as Deputy Head of the Cabinet of the former European Commissioner for Agriculture Franz Fischler (with respective responsibilities for the preparation of the 2003 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, and the agricultural chapter of the Doha Round of the WTO and the EU-Mercosur negotiations), and as Agricultural Counsellor of the Delegation of the European Commission in United States. He has a Ph.D. and MS degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Georgia, USA, and a B.A. in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business, in his native country of Greece.

Ignacio Marcos Flores

Ignacio is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company Madrid, a Firm for which he has been working for more than 16 years. At the Firm's global level, he leads the group dedicated to Sustainability in Consumption, Purchasing, Fashion and Luxury. In addition to being the Director of Consumption in the Iberia region. He has primarily led large transformation operations for multinational companies and medium-sized companies in Europe, the United States and Africa. Before joining McKinsey, Ignacio was a consultant for IBM. In addition, he is an industrial engineer, for the Polytechnic University of Madrid and UGA (Grenoble, France), with an MBA from INSEAD. He is currently leading GSG programs with leading companies. These are projects that include the development of new business markets for the food sector.

Héctor Barbarin

Héctor Barbarin Requetibate has been the general director of CNTA since 2009. At this stage, the technology centre has gone from 173 to 410 associated companies and has multiplied its size by 3, in addition to positioning itself as a clear national benchmark in supporting the competitiveness of the agri-food sector. In 2007 he joined CNTA as deputy to the general manager. Currently, he participates as a member of the board of ADITECH, a member of the governing council of the FOOD FOR LIFE SPAIN Technology Platform, president of the NUCAPS Board of Directors and president of NULAB and APD Navarra.

Luis Carlos Moro González

Carlos Moro is the Founder and President of Bodegas Familiares Matarromera. With more than 30 years of experience in the wine industry, he has led the company turning its 11 wineries into 7 Denominations of Origin, into benchmarks for high-quality wines. Throughout his career, he has received various awards and recognitions, not only for his work at the head of the company he chairs but also for his commitment to innovation and sustainability in the wine industry. This trajectory and his professional and personal values have led him to be an influential and prestigious figure in the world of wine.

Jesús Barranco Martín

Hijo del fundador de la empresa, Jesús es arquitecto de formación y experto en industria agroalimentaria por decisión personal. Después de 9 años al frente de la empresa, la ha transformado, duplicando su facturación y su presencia internacional y convirtiéndola en una de las más innovadoras y competitivas del mundo. Es el presidente de Almería y vicepresidente Andaluz de la Federación de Asociaciones de Empresarios Comercializadores Hortofrutícolas y miembro de la junta directiva de AECOC.

Elisa Plumed Lucas

Periodista especializada en agricultura y alimentación, ya que desde 1997 informa sobre dicho sector. Aunque su trayectoria se ha centrado en la prensa escrita, posee experiencia en televisión, radio, pódcast, redes sociales y moderación de eventos. Actualmente es profesional autónoma, dedicada más a la comunicación que al periodismo. Desde 2017 coordina el Curso de Experto en Comunicación Agroalimentaria y en 2020 fue elegida presidenta de APAE.

Joan Simó Cruanyes

Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission (since 2016). He has worked on the design and negotiation of the latest reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and on the implementation of the European Green Pact and the Farm to Fork Strategy. Previously, he was the manager responsible for rural development programs (2006-2011) and socioeconomic analyst (2011-2016) at the European Commission. Graduate and Master in Political Science and Administration (UAB) a and Master of Science from the London School of Economics.

José Miguel Mulet

JM Mulet has a degree in chemistry and a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Valencia. He is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and directs a line of research at the Institute of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, a joint CSIC and UPV centre of which he is also vice-director.

Fernando Móner Romero

President of the Valencian Association of Consumers and Users since 1997. President of the Confederation of Consumers and Users (state level) from 2008 to October 2022. Currently Member of the Board of Directors. Counsellor Economic and Social Council of Spain. Advisory Director of the RTVE Group.

Antonio Turiel Martínez

Graduate in Physics, Graduate in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics. Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences of the CSIC. More than 100 scientific articles in international journals, more than 300 conference presentations, 5 doctoral theses directed, 22 projects and 6 industrial contracts. Known for his outreach activity in the field of sustainability, natural resources and energy.

Mercedes Iborra Broseta

Mercedes Iborra, third generation of farmers and Agronomist from the Polytechnic University of Valencia in 1997. In 2012 she expanded her training as a businesswoman with the ECLA in Business Excellence program from Columbia University NY. In 2014 she founded visualNACert with her sister Lucía, a technology company that was born with the objective of digitizing agriculture.

Patricia Fernández de Arroyabe Guzmán

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Eatable Adventures, one of the top three global agrifood tech accelerators. Eatable Adventures detects, promotes and invests in the most disruptive startups that promise a relevant impact in the agri-food value chain. Mila has a degree in Economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and she completed her education with a General Management Program from IESE Business School. During her more than 20 years in the industry, Mila has developed her professional career in Marketing and Communication, providing clients with an innovative approach based on the brand experience of consumers. A serial entrepreneur, she founded Eatable Adventures 6 years ago, and since then building a strong global ecosystem of food tech entrepreneurship, supporting innovation in the sector with operations on four continents.

Gloria Martí de la Llave

Gloria Marti de la Llave has been responsible for the environment of the Freixenet Group for 25 years and currently, since last year, she also holds the position of responsibility for sustainability. Gloria combines her day-to-day at Freixenet with the Presidency of ENVICAB (the association of environmental technicians of the Catalan food industry) and is part of the circular economy working group of the Chamber of Spain and FIAB (the Federation of food and drinks).

Amparo de San José Riestra

She is currently the Manager of the Entrepreneurship Program at EIT Food. She was previously the director of the Business Angels Network and Entrepreneurship activities at the IESE Business School in Madrid. She likes to pursue research on start-up financing, venture capital, and entrepreneurship with various papers and published articles. She has a degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Oviedo and a Master's in European Politics. Early in her career, Amparo worked at international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank. She is a member of the Board of the European Trade Association for Business Angels (EBAN).

Juan Ramón Rodríguez Alemán

Responsable del área de bioeconomía y financiación pública en la Sociedad de Promoción Económica de Gran Canaria, coordina entre otros proyectos la Incubadora de Alta Tecnología en Biotecnología azul y Acuicultura localizada en Gran Canaria. Licenciado en biología y con experiencia en gestión de programas de financiación pública de I+D+iT desde la SPEGC y previamente en el CDTI.

Asier Alea

Education: Double Major: Economics and International Relations Magna Cum Laude at Boston University. Master in Economics and Ph.D. candidate at Oxford University. MBA MIT Sloan School. Work Experience: L.E.K. Consulting (London, Chicago and Milan 1999-2001), Telefónica Corporate Strategy (Madrid 2001-2003), UN ECOSOC (New York 2004), Deputy CEO Guascor (Bilbao 2005-2011). Director Strategy Dresser-Rand (Houston 2011-2015). Strategic Projects Bizkaia Provincial Council Director (2015-2020). Director of Global Development Basque Culinary Centre since November 2020.

José Carlos García de Quevedo

José Carlos García de Quevedo Ruíz, Chairman of the ICO Group since June 2018, has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Complutense University of Madrid and is a Commercial Technician and State Economist. The Chairman of the ICO Group has held positions of responsibility in the fields of investment and finance, foreign trade, insurance and pension funds, at a national, EU and international level.

Dante Enrique Sica

He was the Minister of Production and Labour of the Nation. He also served as a consultative member of the Production Council of the Ministry of Production of the Nation and the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI). Previously, he held the position of Secretary of Industry, Commerce and Mining of the Nation (Argentina).

Raúl Martín Calvo

He is an expert in business development and company management, with a special focus on innovation and business management based on people and technology. Mentor of several Startups and Spinoffs. Key Speaker for the European Commission on innovation and SMEs Teacher, and lecturer for different business schools.

Juan Francisco Delgado Morales

Vice President of the European Foundation for Innovation. He currently leads SmartAgrifoodSummit.com, the main event of the Agrifood sector in the world. He is the Director of the Master of Digital Transformation and Innovation in the Agri-food sector at UNIR. He has been appointed Ambassador for Europe of the WBAF, associated with the G-20. He has been the CEO & Founder of Digital & Intelligence and Global Indevices. Training psychologist, an active user of web 2.0 and regular presence in forums on ICTs, social innovation and new citizen leadership.

Nora Alonso

Ph.D. in Biology and Executive MBA. She is a seasoned entrepreneur, with more than 17 years of executive, managerial, and business development experience in the agribusiness and biotech space, as CEO, Board member, and external advisor to companies in the sector. She is a Partner at DnA Advisory Services and a Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Swanlaab AgriFood-Tech Fund I.

Roberto García Torrente

Agronomist specialized in economics and passionate about food, innovation and sustainability. Director of Sustainable Development of the Cajamar Group, on which the Experimental Centres of Las Palmerillas and Paiporta depend; Plataforma Tierra and the incubator and accelerator for emerging companies Cajamar Innova.

Javier Ojeda González

Javier Ojeda González is the manager of APROMAR, advisor to the Economic and Social Council of Spain, and vice president of the Spanish Technological Platform for Fisheries and Aquaculture. From these positions, he works to promote sustainable aquaculture. At the international level, he is involved in activities before the European Commission, the European Parliament, FAO, IUCN and other entities. He is also Secretary General of the European Federation of Aquaculture Producers.

Yvonne Colomer Xena

European Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering and MBA in International Agrifood Economics and Management (ESSEC-Paris). She is an associate professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech and an honorary professor at UNED. She is director of the UNESCO Chair "Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development: Global Food Production and Safety". Since 2002 she has been the executive director of the Triptolemos Foundation.

Luis Rojas Marcos

He has published extensively on psychiatric and public health issues in American scientific journals. In Spain, he regularly collaborates in the opinion section of the newspaper El País, is a trustee of Fundación la Caixa and collaborates with institutions dedicated to social issues.

Dr. Ramón Blasi

Medical graduate, a specialist in Psychiatry and Social and Community Psychiatry, with 45 years of experience in Community Mental Health and Comprehensive Psychosocial Rehabilitation. Since 1984, he is President, Founder and Director of L'Associació ARAPDIS, an entity dedicated to "Integral Psychosocial Rehabilitation in the Community and with the Community". Since 1996 he is the Founder, Administrator and Medical Director of the C.I.S. Mental Health S.L. and since 2014, the Founder and Administrator of SMIC Salut Mental e Integral Comunitaria S.L.

Anna Montilla Santana

Bachelor of Medicine specializing in Eating Disorders and Clinical Nutrition in Chronic Pathologies and Obesity. Master in Physiological Aging Medicine and Specialist in Legal Medicine and Assessment of Body Damage. Teacher in various Master and Health Training. Training in Mental Health from the Psychoanalytic side. Professional activity in the Medical Coordination of ITA and various private medicine consultations focused on the field of Integrative Medicine, Mental Health and Immunometabolism.

Ana González

After turning around her professional career as a teacher, in 2019 she won the Gijón municipal elections together with the PSOE, taking office as mayor. She has a long history as a teacher, she was Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of the Principality of Asturias, and she highlights her time at the Asturian Women's Institute and the Ministry of Equality.

Carlos Vicente Caballero

Industrial Engineer and Executive MBA. Director of UCAM HiTech, a high-tech accelerator focused on the health, sports and food sectors. Specialist in Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy. Founder of four startups linked to various sectors such as energy, training and employability. He has also focused his activity in recent years on developing different business accelerators.

Dinesh K. Patnaik

Ambassador in Spain since 2022, Dinesh K Patnaik is a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service with experience of over 30 years in a variety of challenging assignments. Master of Business Administration and International Studies has held posts in Indian Embassies in Geneva, Dhaka, Beijing and Vienna. India is one of the world's leading agricultural producers and has one of the world's largest populations. Being self-sufficient is extremely important.

Joaquín Serra

Joaquín Serra, Senior VP & CBDO of the Natura Bissé Group, focuses his efforts on detecting and turning the firm's strategic lines of growth into reality. His role has been fundamental so that today Natura Bissé is synonymous with luxury, innovation and quality. Within the scope of the family business, he carries out the firm's entrepreneurial actions, both at a business and social level. As Patron of the Ricardo Fisas Natura Bissé Foundation, he is the promoter of Project Difference, an educational initiative dedicated to the detection of learning problems, such as dyslexia and crossed laterality, among others.

Jorge Brown

Currently, he is the President of the Global Institute for the Future of Tourism (GIFT), an international association created to promote the transformation of Tourism as an essential engine for productive development and social inclusion. Jorge Brown leads this project working hand in hand with members of public, private, academic and international organizations. Additionally, he is vice president and founding member of the Advanced Leadership Foundation (ALF). He is responsible for establishing the strategic priorities of its programs, representing the Foundation in international forums and establishing alliances with different governments and collaborating organizations. Brown has focused on the transformation of the production model towards sustainable development, building bridges between the public and private sectors.

Juli Capella Samper

Barcelona 1960. Architect, designer and journalist. He has published in El País, and is currently in El Periódico de Catalunya on creative culture. He was president of the FAD (Promotion of arts and design). Curator of exhibitions such as "300% Spanish Design" or "Tapas, Spanish Design for food". Author of the book “Made in Spain 101 icons of Spanish design”. As an architect, he has designed a dozen restaurants for chef José Andrés. Member of www.capellagarcia.com

Marta Hugas

Dr. Marta Hugas (BS in Biological Sciences, MS in Genetics and Microbial Biotechnology, Ph.D. in Food Microbiology) has recently been appointed by the Director-General of FAO to the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) to advise the Centre for Systems UN Food. In 2020, Marta was a member of the scientific group preparing the UN Food Systems Summit held in 2021. She was co-coordinator of Action Track 2: Shifting to Sustainable Consumption Habits. She served as Chief Scientist at the European Food Safety Authority, where she held different positions (2003-2022). Before joining EFSA, she worked for the Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (IRTA) of Spain, as Head of the Food Microbiology and Biotechnology Unit. From 1992 to 2004 she was an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona.

Pere Navarro i Morera

Graduated in Biology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Pere Navarro i Morera, was appointed Special State Delegate in the Barcelona Free Zone Consortium by the Council of Ministers of the Government of Spain on June 29, 2018. Access to this position after a long career, of which his experience as mayor of Terrassa 2002-2012, first secretary of the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC) between 2011-2014, and Deputy for Barcelona, president of the Socialist Parliamentary Group and member of the Table in the Parliament of Catalonia.

Manuel Otero

He is the General Director of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) since January 2018. Master of Science in Agricultural Development (Wye College of the University of London), Master in Animal Production (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre, Costa Rica) and Veterinarian (Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Otero was re-elected as Director General of IICA in 2021. His management has focused on establishing an innovative policy of alliances to increase the impact of the work of IICA in favour of agricultural and rural development, as well as in the promotion of collective and cooperative action by the countries of the Americas to increase progress in the areas of food security, rural well-being, and sustainability.

Rosabel Hernández Elvira

Rosabel Hernández, head of the Local Productive Fabric Section of the Barcelona Provincial Council and head of the Land Products Network team. The Network was born in 2010 with 12 supra-municipal local entities, with the aim of strengthening the business fabric in this area. There are currently some 1,400 companies that produce and/or prepare quality food products with an added value linked to a territory.

José María Sumpsi Viñas

Es profesor Emérito UPM. Investigador del Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones sobre Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios y Medioambientales (CEIGRAM). Economista principal de la Unidad de Desarrollo Rural del BID (2003-2006). Subdirector general de FAO (2007-2011). Presidente de la Fundación Triptolemos (2014-2019). Actualmente es miembro del Grupo de Alto Nivel de Expertos en Seguridad Alimentaria del Comité Mundial de Seguridad Alimentaria de Naciones Unidas.

Pablo Vilanova Montagut

Ingeniero Industrial Superior por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña y MBA por ESADE. Desde 2007 forma parte de la empresa Mercados de Abastecimiento de Barcelona S.A. (Mercabarna), ocupando actualmente el puesto de director de Sostenibilidad e Innovación. En esta etapa cabe destacar los proyectos realizados en diseño y ejecución de iniciativas que conjuntamente con las empresas operadoras del sector agroalimentario, impulsan la innoación y el cambio estratégico del sector alimentario a través de los principales retos estratégicos, logísticos, y de desarrollo tecnológico. En el ámbito internacional ha realizado proyectos de asesoramiento internacional, en proyectos de mercados mayoristas en América, Europa y Oriente Medio, tanto en aspectos de diseño conceptual, como en infraestructuras y operaciones de funcionamiento.

Miguel Agustín Torres Riera

Miguel Agustín Torres es el Presidente de Familia Torres y miembro de la cuarta generación al frente de esta compañía vitivinícola fundada en 1870, hace 150 años. Enólogo de formación, se incorporó al negocio familiar en 1962. Contribuyó a modernizar el sector del vino español con la introducción de la fermentación en frío, el cultivo de variedades internacionales y la elaboración de vinos de alta gama como Mas La Plana. En 1979 puso en marcha una bodega en Chile y, a principios de los años '80, inició la recuperación de variedades ancestrales catalanas, un proyecto que hoy están impulsando con fuerza sus hijos. Su compromiso con la ecología y su preocupación por el cambio climático le llevaron a crear, en 2008, el programa ambiental Torres & Earth con el objetivo de reducir las emisiones de CO2 y adaptarse al nuevo escenario climático. Recientemente ha fundado, junto con la bodega californiana Jackson Family Wines, la asociación internacional Wineries for Climate Action para liderar la descarbonización del sector.

Manuel Pestano Perez

(Doctor en Educación CUM LAUDE con Mención Internacional por la Universidad de La Laguna y Universidad de Bolonia (Italia) Durante mi trayectoria profesional, he sido responsable principal de ejecutar la actividad del Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Tenerife en su rol de agencia insular de innovación, especialmente los proyectos y acciones recogidos en el Plan Tenerife Innova orientados a la promoción de las vocaciones científico-tecnológicas la capacitación de profesionales en sectores de alta tecnología, la difusión de la innovación, y responsable de proveer los servicios avanzados vinculados a la formación especializada en perfiles digitales y tecnológicos.).

Loretta Sanchez

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez represented Orange County CA. in the US Congress from 1997 to 2017. As the Vice Chair of the Armed Services and the Homeland Security Committees, she negotiated budgets, provided needed oversight on agencies and programs, and developed policies related to treaties. A recognized leader in economic development, international affairs, national security, renewable energy and water conservation, Ms. Sanchez also founded Datamatica, LLC, which uses data analysis to fortify economic development, especially in rural areas.

Carlos Seara Diéguez

Licenciado en Derecho y Económicas por la Universidad de Deusto y con 20 años de experiencia en Banca Comercial a lo largo de todo España y desde hace 8 años especializado en el sector agroalimentario siendo actualmente el Director de Red AgroBank en CaixaBank.

Jordi Valls Riera

Director general de Mercabarna. Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, PADE IESE Business School y Diplomado Sustainability Program de la Said Business School Oxford University. Profesionalmente he estado en el sector público y privado; fui alcalde de Manresa, consejero de Trabajo y Industria de la Generalitat de Cataluña, presidente de la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona y director general del Grupo Suez en Latinoamérica. Publico sobre temas de infraestructura, alimentación y colaboraciones público-privadas y soy conferenciante en CEPAL (ONU), IDB (Banco Mundial) y escuelas de negocios.

Vicente Lunar Bravo

Cuenta con formación como Oficial de Intendencia del Ejército de Tierra, y Diplomando de Estado Mayor, con experiencias en Operaciones de Mantenimiento de La Paz (OMP) en varios países como Irak, Líbano y Mali. Es Licenciado en Ciencias Empresariales y con una explotación ganadera de Ibéricos en Los Pedroches.

Joan Carles Gil Martín

Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona y Doctor en Dirección y Administración de Empresas por la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Ha trabajado en las áreas financiera y de control de gestión de los grupos Siemens y Danone y actualmente es profesor del Departamento de Organización de Empresas de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya y Secretario de Fundación Triptolemos.

Joan Ramón Sanchis Palacio

Catedrático de Organización de Empresas de la Universitat de Valencia y doctor en Economía de la Empresa. Director del Departamento de Dirección de Empresas de la Universitat de València desde 2021. Director de la Cátedra de Economía del Bien Común de la Universitat de València desde 2017 a 2022. Director del Instituto de Investigación en Economía Social, Cooperativismo y Emprendimiento de la Universitat de Valencia desde 2011 a 2016. Investigador en materia de sostenibilidad, emprendimiento y cooperativismo.

Luis Atienza Serna

Licenciado en Ciencias Econóicas y Empresariales por la Universidad de Deusto, y Diplomado en Estudios Superiores Europeos y Máster en Economía del Desarrollo (DEA) por la Universidad de Nancy. Ha sido profesor de la Universidad de Deusto, Consejero de Economía del Gobierno Vasco, Secretario de Energía en el Ministerio de Industria, Ministro de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, y Presidente de red Eléctrica de España. En la actualidad, entre otras actividades, es consultor en estrategia y regulación energética, preside Argo Capital Partners, y es consejero de AENOR, VELATIA y FORTIA.

Juan Carlos Espeso Illera

Director de Movilidad Sostenible Corporativa, cuenta con más de 20 años de experiencia en compañías internacionales de gran consumo. Ha ocupado puestos de dirección en el área comercial, logística, transporte y relaciones institucionales. Durante estos dos últimos años, dirige el área de Smart Distribution de AECOC, con el objetivo de trabajar en modelos de distribución urbana de mercancías eficientes, sostenibles y neutros, con un alto impacto en la sociedad y en las empresas.

Beatriz Robles

Autora del libro “Come Seguro Comiendo de Todo” de la Editorial Planeta • Licenciada en Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos por la Universidad de León. • Graduada en Nutrición Humana y Dietética por la Universidad Isabel I. • Docente del Grado de Nutrición Humana y Dietética en la Universidad Isabel I de Burgos. • Miembro del Consejo Asesor de Maldita Alimentación, perteneciente al portal de verificación Maldita.es. • Divulgadora a través de colaboraciones con medios de comunicación (El Comidista, Eroski Consumer, Saber Vivir y Hablando Claro de RTVE, Hasta la Cocina de Telemadrid, Mundo Brasero de Antena 3)

María (Pilu) Giraudo

María Beatriz (Pilu) Giraudo es Ingeniera Agrónoma, productora y asesora, con un Pos Grado en Alta Dirección en Agronegocios y Alimentos. Presidente Honoraria de la Asociación Argentina de Productores en Siembra Directa (AAPRESID). Impulsa los sistemas de producción sustentables, el rol y la voz de los productores en los lugares de máximo nivel de discusión local, regional y mundial como miembro y asesor de la Global Farmer Network. Comparte un programa radial semanal para acercar la realidad de la “AgroBioIndustria” a toda la sociedad. Fundadora y miembro de Red Mujeres Rurales. Tambén ligada a ONGs del país que trabajan para evitar la Malnutrición y el Desperdicio de Alimentos. . Entre Junio 2016 y Marzo 2018 fue Coordinadora de Políticas para Desarrollo Sustentable en el Ministerio de Agroindustria de la Nación. En 2016 recibió el 10th Kleckner Award que reconoce “La voz de los productores en la agricultura mundial” otorgado por la GFN durante el evento anual Borlaug Dialogue - World Food Prize - USA.

Iñigo Inchusta Casteleiro

Redactor especializado en sector agroalimentario y coordinador en el área de Economía de los SSII de RNE desde 2012. Director del programa Agro 5 (Radio 5 Todo Noticias) entre 2014 y 2020. Previamente, coordinador parlamentario de RNE en Congreso y Senado, así como director del programa "Parlamento" (Radio 5 Todo Noticias) entre 2008 y 2012.

Carmen Urbano Gómez

Carmen Urbano Gómez, es experta en marketing Internacional y transformación digital. Cuenta con 30 años de experiencia en mercados globales y actualmente representa a la dirección general de Innovación y Promoción Agroalimentaria del Gobierno de Aragón. Licenciada en Derecho, Master Internacional MBA y en eBusiness Internacional. Es mentora, profesora en varias universidades y escuelas de negocios y conferenciante internacional.

Antonia Trichopoulou

Antonia Trichopoulou MD, PhD, Member of the Academy of Athens, Full Professor Emeritus of the University of Athens School of Medicine. Her scientific work focuses on public health and nutritional epidemiology, emphasizing health effects of the Mediterranean diet and traditional foods. In 2011, she received the Federation of European Nutrition Societies Award for her “outstanding nutritionist career”. Named in Thomson Reuters 2014 “World's Most influential Scientific Minds” List and awarded as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2018 and 2021, she is decorated with the Golden Cross of Honour for work in preventative medicine and nutrition by the President of the Greek Republic.

Elisenda Guillaumes Cullell

Doctora Ingeniera Agrónoma en Medio Ambiente y Ciencias del Suelo por la Escuela Técnica Superior Agraria de la Universidad de Lérida. Del 2005 – 2013 Técnica de territorio a oficina de parques naturales de la Diputación de Barcelona 2013-2016 – Directora del Parque del Castillo de Montesquiu (oficina de parques naturales de la Diputación de Barcelona) 2016-2018 – Directora de los Servicios Territoriales de Gerona, del Departamento de Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentación de la Generalitat de Catalunya 2018- actualidad - Directora general d’Agricultura y Ganadería del Departament d’Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya 2015-actualidad – Consejala del Ayuntamiento de Sant Joan de les Abadesses (Gerona).

José Segura Clavell

Nacido el 4 de julio de 1944 en Barcelona, está casado y tiene 3 hijos. Es Doctor en Ciencias Químicas, catedrático de Termodinámica en la Escuela Oficial de Náutica de Tenerife y profesor titular de Física Aplicada en la Universidad de La Laguna. Militante en el Partido Socialista, fue consejero del Cabildo de Tenerife de 1979 a 1991, y presidente de 1983 a 1987. En 1989 fue elegido senador por la isla de Tenerife, cargo que simultaneó de 1991 a 1993 con el de alcalde de San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Entre 1993 y 1996, ejerció nuevamente como senador. En 1996, fue elegido diputado por la provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife hasta que, en 2004, dimitió del Congreso para ejercer el cargo de delegado del Gobierno en Canarias hasta 2008. Ha sido reconocido con la Medalla de Oro de la isla de Tenerife, la Cruz de plata al mérito de la Guardia Civil y la Gran Cruz de la Orden al Mérito Militar. Autor de libros sobre Termodinámica, inmigración irregular, Registro Especial de Buques, transporte aéreo, cambio climático, reforma eléctrica, plan estratégico de Canarias, etc, así como de 3 volúmenes con sus artículos sobre África redactados desde que fue nombrado director general de Casa África el pasado 18 marzo de 2019.

Assumpta Farran Poca

Graduate in Physics specializing in air pollution and energy. General Director of Energy of the Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya. She is a member of the executive council of the think tank Fundación Renovables, and a former advisor to the Governing Council of the energy cooperative Som Energia. She has also been the general director of Environmental Quality and Climate Change (2011-2015) and director of the Catalan Energy Institute (2016-2018).

Joan Sabaté

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Ricard Ramón Sumoy

Jefe de Unidad Adjunto en la Comisión Europea (desde 2016). Ha trabajado en el diseño y negociación de las últimas reformas de la Política Agrícola Común (PAC) y en la implementación del Pacto Verde Europeo y la Estrategia Farm to Fork. Anteriormente fue gestor responsable de programas de desarrollo rural (2006-2011) y analista socioeconómico (2011-2016) en la Comisión Europea. Licenciado y Máster en Ciencias políticas y de la administración (UAB) y Master of Sciences por la London School of Economics.

José Luis Gallego García

Jose Luis Gallego is an environmental disseminator, writer and advisor on sustainability for companies and institutions. A contributor to the main media, he currently directs the environmental section of the newspaper El Confidencial, where he writes regularly, and collaborates with Julia Otero on her Onda Cero program. Director and presenter of documentaries and television series, he has published more than thirty books on nature and the environment translated into several languages.

Alba García Camprubí

I+Porc Manager of the National Pig Cattle Cluster. Ph.D. in Chemistry. More than 14 years of experience as a project and client manager in the scientific-technical and R&D field. Expert level in management and technical coordination, with an excellent balance between technical and business knowledge. Training and experience in innovation and entrepreneurship management as well as knowledge dissemination and management.

Marina Palacios Benito

With a degree in Chemistry, Industrial Technical Engineering and a Certificate in Digital Transformation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT in Boston), among other educational titles, she has spent 15 years holding different management positions in different territories within the AGBAR Group (now belonging to the Veolia Group). Now as Managing Director of AGBAR Agriculture, she brings all her experience in operations, digitization, sales and management to position the company in a place that allows it to better compete in a changing environment, adapting it to new market challenges and differentiating it from its competitors. to achieve the best results and greater competitiveness.

Laura Mesa Alonso

Presenter and co-editor of l'Informatiu Cap de Setmana, on Saturdays and Sundays on TVE Cataluña. Last season she presented the Informatiu Migdia, from Monday to Friday, and previously, she presented and edited the news program within the 'Cafè d' Idees' program on RTVE Catalunya. She has been linked to this house for years, she has worked as a news editor covering current affairs for several seasons.

María Sánchez Ruiz

Degree in Pharmacy from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has a Diploma of Advanced Studies (D.E.A. in Nutrition) from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Master in management of agri-food companies from Nebrija University. General Secretary of the Spanish Confederation of Meat Retailers (CEDECARNE). Director of CARNIMAD (Association of delicatessen butchers of Madrid). Vice President of the Spanish Confederation of Commerce. Vice-president of the International Confederation of delicatessen butchers in Brussels. Member of the meat Interprofessional Organizations, Interovic, Interporc and Provacuno.

Carmel Módol

Secretary of Food of the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. He studied as an Agricultural Technical Engineer, specializing in Agricultural Operations and as an agronomist in the Phytotechnics specialty at the Lleida Technical School of Agricultural Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He has also been a technical collaborator in research work at the Department of Soil Science and Climatology of ETSEALL and, from 1981 to 1998, he has taken courses on territorial planning, agricultural cooperatives, fruit growing, economics, accounting, development and technical conferences with the publication of research papers. He has worked in different international companies in the agricultural sector (1986-2000) and has set up a company dedicated to the production and marketing of sweet fruit (1996-2017). He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Catalan Radio and Television Corporation (2000-2003). From 2003 to 2012, he was deputy for the constituency of Lleida in the Parliament of Catalonia, spokesperson for the GP ERC in the Control Commission of the Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation and in the Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing Commission. He has also been a speaker of various laws, among which the audio-visual laws of Catalonia and the IRTA law stand out, and vice-president of the Parliament's Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Committee from 2006 to 2010. He has been a deputy of the Vice-Chancellor of the Academic Organization of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and secretary of the Josep Irla President Foundation. He has been a member, among others, of the Teaching Committee of ETSEALL, of the Evaluation and Selection Committee of Professors and Researchers of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the Social Council of the University of Lleida, the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia as well as the Governing Council of the University of Lleida. From 2017 to 2021 he was Director General of Food, Quality and Agro-Food Industries of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Sandra Sutherland de la Cruz

Journalist and presenter of RTVE since 1982. Now, on Telediario de Fin de Semana. Director of Agrosfera, agricultural and rural information program (2012-2020) Presenter of several editions of Telediario (1985-1997) Editor of Environment, Economy and Local (1997-2012) Lecturer at IORTVE, Universidad Carlos III, IEPA, IMEFE. Award of the Order of Agrarian Merit 2022.

Luis Porto Rizzo

Luis Porto has held the position of Strategic Advisor of the OAS since June 2015. Previously, he was Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2013-2015), Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (between 2011 and 2013) and President of the Corporation National for the Development of Uruguay of that country (2010-2011). He has worked as a senior consultant at the national level (public organizations and private sector) and internationally. Among other organizations, he has worked for the OAS, the IDB, UNDP, and FES. He has worked as an international consultant in Uruguay, Paraguay, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti and for Mercosur. Luis Porto has been a Full Professor (professor, grade 5) of Industrial Economics at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Administration of the University of the Republic, Uruguay, from 1994 to 2015. He has also been a professor at different universities in Uruguay such as abroad in business master's degrees. Luis Porto obtained a degree in economics from the University of the Republic and a master's degree in economics from the Catholic University of Leuven. He is the author of numerous books and articles on topics related to the financial system, competitiveness, investment promotion, and productive policies. He has participated as a speaker on topics of his specialty at events, seminars and conferences in more than 20 countries in Latin America and the United States, Europe and Asia.

Pedro Bruno Cobo

Secretary of Organization of the Local Group of the PSOE of Espeluy and general secretary since 2008. Secretary of Economy and Employment of the provincial executive of the PSOE and Agriculture, Livestock, and Rural Development. Since 2012 he has been the regional coordinator of the Sectoral Organization of Entrepreneurs and a member of the steering committee of the Andalusian PSOE. He has been a councilor and mayor of the Espeluy town hall (2003-2015). He is currently a Deputy for the Area of Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, and Climate Change.

Federico Moncunill Gallo

Born in Barcelona, on October 6, 1961. He studied Law at the Central University of Barcelona. Since the year 2000, he has been Secretary General of the Jijona and Turrón de Alicante Regulatory Council. Since 2017, he is Secretary General of the Spanish Association of Appellations of Origin (Origen Spain). Member of the Origin Executive Committee, World GI Association. Since 2007, he has been a Director of the Agrifood Technological Institute, Ainia. Since 2013 he is a member of the Plenary of the Chamber of Commerce of Alicante.

Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk

Member of the Ukrainian Parliament since 2019, elected by Bucha and Borodyanka, the regions that have suffered the most from the military aggression of the Russian Federation. Former investigative journalist.

Paloma Sánchez Pello

Director of the Department of Sustainability and Competitiveness of the Spanish Federation of Food and Beverages (FIAB) since April 1998. She is an Agricultural Engineer, specializing in agri-food industries, from the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Masters in environmental engineering and management from the EOI Business School in Madrid. She began her professional career in agricultural consultancies such as EPASA, TIPSA, and TRAGSATEC.

Isabel López Resina

Isabel López Resina is the General Director and partner of SANTA TERESA GOURMET. Isabel's professional career within the company has allowed her to size up a global brand with a value proposition leveraged on professionalized "rich" and healthy food, as well as a family company that just two decades ago was little more than a local pastry shop. In addition, she is the President of AvilaAgro and Director of Iberaval. Her commitment to the agri-food sector and the local economy are the cornerstones of her career.

Miguel Ángel López Mateo

Miguel Ángel López Mateo is a partner at the Garrigues law firm, co-responsible for the Agribusiness area, from which he manages the specialized teams in this field at the firm's 18 national offices and 13 international offices. After graduating in law from the University of Murcia, he obtained the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws specializing in Common Law from the University of London and the LLM from the University of Berkeley. Internationally, he is a member of the Obligations Discussion Group at the University of Western Ontario. In the matter that concerns us today, related to the financing of food companies, he is the reference adviser of several national and international funds in their investments in the food sector and secretary of the board of several leading companies in the field of food”.

Eliana Bejarano

Eliana Bejarano has been a partner of the Spanish law firm, Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo in international, economic, and digital public law. She was for several years an adviser and official of the Colombian government, holding different positions of legal and political relevance, including the opening of the first diplomatic representation of Colombia in Azerbaijan. She has led several international defence processes for the human rights of the victims of the armed conflict in Colombia. In recent years, she has advised different governments and companies on their internationalization and sustainable development policies. Currently, she is CEO of Be.AmaZ, a Latin American biodiversity food company with great social and environmental impact.

Ramón Sentmartí Castañe

Managing Director of PRODECA, a public company of the Government of Catalonia whose mission is to support the marketing and internationalization of Catalan agri-food companies and the promotion of Catalan products and gastronomy, associated with the values of the Mediterranean Diet of quality, diversity, and health. PRODECA has different promotion antennas in the main international markets, with agri-food being the first economic sector and the most resilient in Catalonia, and the leader in exports within the Spanish state. He is a sociologist, with a master's degree from the London School of Economics, and a master's degree in Local and Regional Development from the University of Barcelona. He has been responsible for the Agri-Food Marketing Program (General Directorate of Commerce) and led multiple projects and organizations related to the agri-food sector.

Aurelio Cegarra García

Degree in Business Sciences from the University of Murcia. Assistant to the Management of the Ricardo Fuentes e Hijos Group regarding R+D+I issues. Member of the National Board of Directors of APROMAR. President of the Association of Aquaculture Companies of the Region of Murcia. 25 years working in Marine Aquaculture in the Ricardo Fuentes e Hijos Group.

Carme Gasull Roigé

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Protasio Rodríguez

Protasio Rodríguez is the Head of the Mediterranean Cluster for the Crop Science Division at Bayer. With over 30 years’ experience in agriculture across Europe and Africa, Crop Protection, Seeds and Traits, he has held multiple leadership roles in Commercial and Supply Chain operations in the EMEA region. Protasio is a collaborative senior leader passionate about motivating high performing cross-functional teams focused on creating value for farmers, advancing digital solutions and sustainable agriculture. Protasio has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a master’s degree (MBA) from ESADE business school.

Ana Gras Moreu

PhD agronomist engineer, since 2015 director of the School of Agro-Food Engineering and Biosystems of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and of the specific Agrotech research centre of the UPC.

José Miguel Herrero

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Andrés Morales La Madrid

Specialist in brain and spinal cord tumours that develop in children and adolescents. Physician from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, paediatrician from the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, paediatric oncologist, haematologist and transplantologist from the University of Chicago/Comer Children's Hospital and paediatric neuro-oncologist from Harvard University/Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, USA). Masters in health management from the University of Barcelona.

Anna Llort Sales

I am a specialist in Paediatric Oncology and especially in brain tumours and kidney tumours, who developed my professional career at the Vall Hebron Maternity and Children's Hospital since 1999. Emma Perrier – I do not participate as a professional, but as the mother of a girl who had kidney cancer (nephroblastoma) at the age of 6. Sant Joan de Deu Hospital. I am an industrial engineer and worked in the industrial sector until my eldest daughter's cancer diagnosis (stage 3 nephroblastoma - kidney cancer) when she was 6 years old. My daughter has overcome the disease, but the experience made me rethink my professional career and quit my job. Now I work in the Obra Social del Hospital Sant Joan de Deu and I dedicate myself to fundraising, mainly to finance research on childhood cancer.

Emma Perrier

Soy ingeniero industrial y trabaje en el sector industrial hasta el diagnostico de cáncer de mi hija mayor (nefroblastoma de estadio 3 - cáncer de riñón) cuando tenía 6 años. Mi hija ha superado la enfermedad, pero la experiencia vivida me hizo replantear mi carrera profesional y abandonar mi trabajo. Ahora trabajo en la Obra Social del Hospital Sant Joan de Déu y me dedico a la captación de fondos, principalmente para financiar la investigación del cáncer infantil.

Ishtar Espejo

Ishtar Espejo, a lawyer by training, has directed the Aladina Foundation for 17 years, where she arrived moved by her passion for the third sector and especially by her concern for improving the environment and living conditions of children in vulnerable situations. Through her hand, Aladina has become the Spanish organization of reference in the care and support of children and adolescents with cancer and their families - annually caring for more than 1,700 minors in the 22 public hospitals throughout the national territory in which it is present. the foundation - and has developed a complete international cooperation program with institutions in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Nikoletta Theodoridi

Fundadora de sObres Maestros y consultora de iluminación. Luchamos contra el derroche alimentario de una forma lúdica y sabrosa. Tenemos tres líneas de actuación: eventos temáticos de cocinas del mundo, caterings sostenibles evitando residuos y talleres culinarios promoviendo alternativas de consumo consciente.

Laura Cristóbal Gracia

Journalist, with more than thirty years of experience in written media (Cambio16, ABC, La Razón), agencies (OTR Press, Efeagro), television (Sogecable), corporate communication (Spanish Society of Cardiology), and radio and television presenter. The last 16 years in the only agri-food news agency in Spain, Efeagro, of which she has been director for two years.

Ramón Estruch Riba

Professor Ramon Estruch is a Senior Consultant at the Internal Medicine Department of Hospital Clínic (Barcelona). He is also Professor at the University of Barcelona, member of the Board of Directors of the CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health “Carlos III” (ISCIII), Madrid, Government of Spain, and Scientific Director of the Mediterranean Diet Foundation in Barcelona.

Luis Miguel Calabozo Morán

For almost 20 years, he has been the General Director of the National Federation of Dairy Industries (FeNIL), an entity that brings together more than 60 companies from all over Spain, which transform around 95% of cow, sheep, and goat milk that is produced in our country. During this time, he has developed different responsibilities in the dairy sector, such as the presidency of the Interprofessional Láctea INLA from 2008 to 2010 or the current representation of the European Dairy Association (EDA) in the Civil Dialogue Groups of the European Commission. In addition, he is currently a member of the CEOE Board of Directors representing the food industry (FIAB).

Dolores Corella Piquer

Dolores Corella, is Full Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the School of Medicine at the University of Valencia and CIBEROBN, Spain. She focused her research on the study of gene-diet interactions, contributing to the development of nutritional genomics. Currently she is working on the multi-omics integration (genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, exposomics, metabolomics, etc.) in the investigation of gene-environment interactions, in general, and in the Mediterranean diet in particular for precision health. She has published more than 500 articles and is incorporating the gender perspective into her research.

Jesús María Coello Matesanz

Dirige la Comunicación Corporativa y la Sostenibilidad en un gran grupo cárnico alimentario formado por 15 plantas distribuidas entre Girona y Valencia en el que se integran 4.000 profesionales. Licenciado y D.E.A. en Ciencias de la Información por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ha ocupado responsabilidades de dirección en importantes medios de comunicación nacionales. Lleva 15 años embarcado en dos apasionantes trayectos que conducen al mismo destino: la alimentación saludable y la sostenibilidad empresarial para producirla.

Carmela Cotrone

Since 1990 she has worked as public officer in programming, managing, monitoring programmes and projects for internationalisation, international cooperation and territorial cooperation financed by the European Union, supporting local authorities and other socio-economic stakeholders in the definition and development of integrated and participative policies, enhancing Cultural and Territorial Heritage. From 2017 to 2022 she designed and coordinated MD.net: Mediterranean Diet – When Brand meets people – a European transnational integrated project gathering thirteen Euro Mediterranean partners, whose final output has been the creation of the Med Diet European Cluster - coordinated by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation - gathering more than 200 organisms.

Marta Martínez Subirá

Técnica en desarrollo y dinamización agrícola en la Diputació de Barcelona: Bancos de tierras, relevo generacional agrario, iniciativas de venta directa por parte de productores, dinamización agroturística, obradores compartidos, tecnología agroalimentaria en el sector de olivo, huerta, ganadería.

Helena Perxacs Motgé

Gerente del Consorcio del Parque Agrario del Baix Llobregat. Doctorada en geografía por la Universidad de Barcelona. Especializada en desarrollo sostenible, agricultura y medio rural.