Institutional Opening Day – Plenary Format
17:00 h – Accreditation and Registration
18:00 h – Welcome Remarks
• Galo Nuño (Vice-Dean of Economics, IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs)
18:10 h – Opening Keynote: Europe’s Strategic Future
18:20 h – Opening Plenary: Security and Prosperity: Can Europe Protect Both?
• Luis de Guindos (Former Vice-President of the European Central Bank)
• Fabrice Pothier (CEO of Rasmussen Global)
19:10 h – Special Address
19:15 h – Opening Keynote
19:25 h – Opening Conversation: Space: Where Science Meets Security
• Rear Admiral Louis Tillier (Director of the European Union Satellite Centre – EU SatCen)
• Pablo Álvarez Fernández (European Space Agency – ESA Astronaut)
20:00 h – Closing Remarks and Welcome Reception
20:10 h – Networking Cocktail
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Central day: seven thematic parallel sessions, plus simulations and policy labs in Room 8.
09:25 – 09:30 h – Welcome
09:30 – 10:20 h – Introductory Plenary & Keynote Address
• Jean-Marie Guéhenno (Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations)
• Jaume Duch Guillot (Minister for European Union and External Action, Government of Catalonia)
• José Manuel Rodríguez (Director of Public Affairs, Iberdrola)
10:30 – 11:30 h – Parallel Sessions (Block 1)
Europe’s Security Architecture
• Enrique Silvela Díaz-Criado (Major General, Spanish Army)
• Irene Blázquez (IE University)
Financing Europe’s Security
• Irene Tinagli (MEP, S&D Group)
• Alejandro Raboso (European Investment Bank)
• Carlos Ruiz (CEOE)
Information Integrity and Democratic Resilience
• Carlos Hernández-Echevarría (Maldita.es)
• Major General Alfredo Sanz y Calabria (Ret.) (Grupo Oesía)
Ukraine and the New European Order
• Gumenyuk Nataliya (PIJL)
• Borja Lasheras (European Commission)
AI, Quantum Computing and Europe’s Technological Edge
• Óscar Díez (European Commission)
• Aurelio Jiménez (Ericsson)
• Marko Grobelnik (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Energy Security and Resilience
Europe’s Critical Connections and Infrastructure
AP Institute Policy Lab: Business and Public Affairs in Action
• Raquel Carretero (AP Institute)
• Andrea Vota (AP Institute)
11:30 – 12:30 h – Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:30 h – Parallel Sessions (Block 2)
Closing Europe’s Capability Gaps
• Lt. Gen. José Antonio Agüero Martínez (Spanish Armed Forces)
• Ana García (Airbus Defence and Space)
Strategic Dependencies and Economic Resilience
• Gerassimos Thomas (European Commission)
• Juan Moscoso del Prado (EsadeGeo)
Intelligence and Resilience in a Changing Security Environment
• Daniel Markić (EU INTCEN, EEAS)
• Javier Quesada (Frontex)
Europe Between Washington and Beijing
• Antonio López-Istúriz (MEP, EPP Group)
• Delphine Pronk (EEAS)
The Age of Autonomous and Connected Systems
• Juan Luis Chulilla (Red Team Shield)
• Gonzalo León Serrano (Fundación Círculo)
Climate, Competitiveness and the Clean Industrial Deal
• Ignacio Rodríguez-Solano (Renault Group)
• Carla Hobbs (ECFR Madrid)
Health Security and Pharmaceutical Sovereignty
• Sofía Salido (Healthcare Executive Advisor)
• Elizabeth Diago (ISGlobal)
Workshop on Career Opportunities and Power Skills
13:30 – 15:00 h – Lunch Break
15:00 – 16:00 h – Parallel Sessions (Block 3)
From Fragmentation to Integration
• Pavel Fischer (Member of the Senate of the Czech Republic)
• Luca Polizzi (European Commission)
Building Europe’s Defence Industrial Base: From Strategy to Scale
• José Cepeda (MEP, S&D Group)
• José Bayón (General Dynamics European Land Systems)
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure
• Vicente González Pedrós (ENISA)
• Mariano Benito (GMV)
• Luis Miguel Vega Fidalgo (European Commission)
The Southern Flank: Europe’s Stakes in North Africa
• Francisco Gaztelu Mezquíriz (European Commission)
The New Space Race
• Aitor Álvarez Rodríguez (EUSPA)
• Apostolia Karamali (European Commission)
Investing in a Greener Europe
• Elena Arveras (DG FISMA)
Maldita Buloteca
Maldita Policy Lab
16:00 – 17:10 h – Keynote Address & Closing Plenary
• Katarina Wallin Bureau (Vice President, European Government Affairs at Microsoft)
• Juan Olivera Urquijo (President, Ericsson Spain)
• José Miguel Rosell (CEO, S2 Grupo)
• Ignacio Rodríguez-Solano (Director, Renault Foundation)
• Elvira Díez Sánchez (Public Affairs Manager, Iberdrola)
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Closing Day & Conclusions
10:00 – 10:45 h – Networking Breakfast
10:45 – 11:30 h – Decisions at Sea: How Europe responds to a Maritime Crisis
11:30 – 13:15 h – Live Recording of the “El Orden Mundial” Podcast
13:15 h – Adoption of the Forum’s Conclusions + Institutional Closing Ceremony
13:30 h – End of the Forum
*This programme is subject to change
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Meet the speakers
Isabel García Tejerina
Member of the Board, Iberdrola
Luis de Guindos
Former Vice-President, ECB
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Former President of Estonia
Fabrice Pothier
CEO, Rasmussen Global
Pablo Zalba
Managing Director, Deloitte Spain
Věra Jourová
Former Vice-President, European Commission
Louis Tillier
Director, EU SatCen
Juan Carlos Cortés Pulido
Director AEE & Chair ESA Council
Pablo Álvarez Fernández
ESA Astronaut
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Former UN Under-Secretary-General
Jaume Duch Guillot
Minister for EU & External Action, Catalonia
José Manuel Rodríguez
Director of Public Affairs, Iberdrola España
Diego de Ojeda
Head of Defence Unit, European Commission
Enrique Silvela Díaz-Criado
Major General, Ministry of Defence
Irene Blázquez
Director, Center for Governance of Change, IE
Ángel Olivares Ramírez
President, Feindef Foundation
José Antonio Agüero
Lieutenant General, Operations Command
Ana García
Air Power Marketing Manager, Airbus
Johanna Sumuvuori
Director, CoE Civilian Crisis Management
Luca Polizzi
Strategic Foresight Policy Officer, EDA
Pavel Fischer
Senator & Committee Chair, Czech Senate
Beatriz Sanz Redrado
Deputy Director-General for Budget, EC
Irene Tinagli
Member of the European Parliament, S&D
Alejandro Raboso
Security & Defence Officer, EIB
Carlos Ruiz
Head of Security & Defence Division, CEOE
Sabrina Schulz
Germany Director, EIES
Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General TAXUD, European Commission
Juan Moscoso del Prado
Senior Fellow, EsadeGeo
Sergio Gamo Velasco
Director of Defence Division, Indra
José Cepeda
Member of the European Parliament, S&D
José Bayón
Director Institutional Relations, GDELS
Javier Zarzalejos
Member of the European Parliament, EPP
Carlos Hernández-Echevarría
Deputy Director, Maldita.es
Alfredo Sanz y Calabria
Major General (Ret.), Grupo Oesía
Daniel Markić
Director, EU INTCEN, EEAS
Yago Rodríguez
Analyst & Creator, Cosas Militares
Javier Quesada
Head of Human Capital Division, Frontex
Félix Barrio
Director General, INCIBE
Vicente González Pedrós
Cybersecurity Expert, ENISA
Mariano J. Benito
CISO, GMV
Luis Miguel Vega Fidalgo
International Cybersecurity Policy Coordinator, EC
Heiko Thoms
Ambassador of Germany to Spain and Andorra
Nataliya Gumenyuk
CEO, Public Interest Journalism Lab
Borja Lasheras
Policy Advisor, European Commission
Delphine Pronk
Managing Director for the Americas, EEAS
Jeffrey Marder
Ambassador of Canada to Spain and Andorra
Antonio López-Istúriz
Member of the European Parliament, EPP
Kissy Chandiramani
Second Vice-President, Government of Ceuta
Francisco Gaztelu Mezquíriz
Director for North Africa, European Commission
José Ignacio Latorre
Director, Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS
Oscar Díez
Head of Sector for Quantum Technologies, EC
Aurelio Jiménez
Head of Government and Policy Advocacy, Ericsson
Marko Grobelnik
Co-Leader AI Lab, Jožef Stefan Institute
Carlos Javier Frías Sánchez
Major General, Spanish Defence Staff
Juan Luis Chulilla
Co-Founder and CEO, Red Team Shield
Gonzalo León Serrano
Vice-President, Fundación Círculo
Juan Antonio del Castillo Masete
Lieutenant General (Ret.), Air & Space Force
Aitor Álvarez Rodríguez
GNSS Service Centre Supervisor, EUSPA
Apostolia Karamali
Cabinet Expert for Space Policy, European Commission
Iván Albertos
Public Affairs & Sustainability Manager, BASF
Ignacio Rodríguez-Solano
Director of Institutional Relations, Renault Group
Carla Hobbs
Director Madrid Office, ECFR
Ioan Bucuras
Deputy Director for Spain, Transport & Environment
Elena Arveras
Policy Officer DG FISMA, European Commission
Ana Lafuente
Global Networks Director, Iberdrola
Javier Padilla Bernáldez
State Secretary for Health, Spain
Sofía Salido
Healthcare Executive & Advisor
Elizabeth Diago-Navarro
Coordinator Preparedness Hub, ISGlobal
Manuel Custodio Marcos
Public Affairs & Institutional Relations, LALIGA
Raquel Carretero Juárez
Public Affairs & Regulatory Strategy, Repsol
Andrea Vota
Senior Public Policy Manager, Airbnb
Elvira Díez
Public Affairs Manager, Chairman’s Office, Iberdrola
Juan Olivera Urquijo
Country Manager & President, Ericsson Spain & Portugal
José Miguel Rosell
Founding Partner & CEO, S2 Grupo
Ignacio Villanueva Serrano
Operation Commander, EUNAVFOR Atalanta