SPEAKERS & COMMITTEES

Honorary Committee
Speakers and Lecturers
Organizing Committee
Coordinating Committee
Consultative Committee
Hosts of the Discussions

HONORARY COMMITTEE

H.M. Juan Carlos I, King of Spain.
President of the Honorary Committee

H.E. Mr José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, president of the Government of Spain
Rt. Hon. Mr José Montilla, president of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Ángeles González-Sinde, Minister of Culture of Spain
Rt. Hon. Mr Ernest Benach, president of the Parliament of Catalonia
H.E. Mr Jordi Hereu, mayor of Barcelona
Hon. Mr Antoni Castells, minister of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Hon. Mr Joan Manuel Tresserras, minister of Culture and Communication Media of the Generalitat of Catalonia
H.E. Mr Miquel Valls, president of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona
Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, director-general of UNESCO
Ms Viviane Reding, European commissioner for Information Society and Media
Mr Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization
Mr Ricard Fornesa, executive president of Criteria CaixaCorp, SA       
Mr José Manuel Lara, president of Grupo Planeta
Mr Leopoldo Rodés, president of Fundació Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona

Speakers and Lecturers

Orlando Ayala
Senior vice-president of emerging markets, Microsoft

Enrique Barón
President of the European Socialist Parliamentary Group

Françoise Benhamou
Professor at the University of Paris 1

Marià Capella
Partner of Capella Advocats Law Office

Philippe Chantepie
Ministry of Culture and Comunication of France

Richard Charkin
Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Jordi Clos
President de Derby Hotels

Guillermo Corral
Director-general for Cultural Policies and Industries of the Ministry of Culture

Tyler Cowen
Professor of Economics at George Mason University and columnist of the New York Times

Milagros del Corral
Director of the National Library

Victor Fernández Blanco
Economics professor from the Univeristy of Oviedo

Ricardo Díez Hochleitner
Honorary president of the Club of Rome

Robert Fohr
Head of the Patronage Mission of the Ministry of Culture and Communication of France

Ricard Fornesa
President of Segur Caixa Holding, SA

Francis Gurry
Director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization

Jose Manuel Lara
president of Grupo Planeta

Ferran Mascarell
Managing director of RBA Holding Editorial, SA

Nicholas Negroponte
President of One Laptop per Child

Sylvain Pasqua
European Commission

Josep Miquel Piqué
Managing director of 22@

Bruce Seaman
Associate professor of Economics, Georgia State University

Florence Devouard
former chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Galia Saouma-Forero, Director, Division of Cultural Expressions and Creative Industries of UNESCO

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Members of the Culture Commission of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona:

Pere Vicens
President of the Culture Commission of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona and president of the Organising Committee of the Conference

M. Mercedes Tarrazón
Vice-president of the Culture Commission of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona

Francesc Bellmunt, member of the board of directors of RTVE (Spain’s national television and radio network)
Raimon Bergós, lawyer from the law firm Bufet Bergós
Segimon Borràs, secretary-general of the Catalonia Book Chamber
Xavier Bru de Sala, president of the National Council for Culture and the Arts of Catalonia
Adviser to the Culture Commission
Josep M. Busquets, president of the Catalan Council of Music
Pere Clotas, president of the Patronage and Communication Agency of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Xavier Cortés, director of Culture and Historical Heritage
Romà Cuyàs, delegate for the Catalonia office of CEDRO (Spanish Centre of Reprographic Rights)
Lluís-Alfons Duran, director of Duran-Corretjer, SL
Carles Grau, director-general in Catalonia for Microsoft Ibérica, SRL
Florenci Guntín, general secretary of the Association of Visual Artists of Catalonia
Luis M. Gutiérrez de Quijano, lawyer
M. Concepción Hill, Plenary board member of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona, CIVICA, SA
Antoni Lladó, director of the Catalan Institute for Cultural Industries
Daniel Martínez, president of Focus Group
Francesca Minguella, president of pARTnerS España
Jordi Nadal, director and founder of Plataforma Editorial, SL
Joan Oller, director-general of the Consortium for l’Auditori i l’Orquestra
Pedro Ralda, director of SinergiQ
Francesc Sala, head of the Office for Strategic Planning of the Department of Culture and Communication Media of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
Rosalia Salvia, manager of Industrial Property, ISDIN, SA
Maria Serrat, director-general of the Conservatori del Liceu Foundation
Agustí Sánchez, secretary and member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Cinema Businesspersons of Catalonia
Teresa Tatxé, Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona

COORDINATING COMMITTEE

Pere Vicens
President of the Organising Committee of the International Conference on Economy and Culture
President of the Culture Commission of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona

Lluís Bonet
Coordinator-general of the International Conference on Economy and Culture
Director of the Cultural Management Programme of the University of Barcelona

Ezequiel Baró
Partner of BCF Consultors and lecturer at the University of Barcelona

Xavier Bru de Sala
President of the National Council for Culture and the Arts of Catalonia
Adviser to the Culture Commission of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona

Xavier Cortés
Director of Culture and Historical Heritage

Xavier Fina
Director of Contents for ICC Consultors Culturals, SL

Xavier Marcè
Vice-president of Grup Focus

Mónica Melle
Assistant director-general of Promotion of Cultural Industries and Foundations and Patronage of the Ministry of Culture

Teresa Tatxé
Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Barcelona

CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

Rogelio Blanco
Director-general for Books, Archives and Libraries of the Ministry of Culture

Manuel Borja-Vilell
Director of the Reina Sofía National Art Centre Museum (MNCARS)

Arcadi Calzada
President of Caixa Girona

Guillermo Corral
Director-general for Cultural Policies and Industries of the Ministry of Culture

Antoni Lladó, Director of the Catalan Institute for Cultural Industries

Enric Marín
Lecturer in Information Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

Fèlix Riera
Editorial director of Grup 62

Imma Tubella
Rector of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC)

HOSTS OF THE DISCUSSIONS

Àlex Bosch
Director of the radio programme Economy and Enterprise,of Catalunya Ràdio

Jesús García Calero
Head of Culture of Daily newspaper ABC

Juan M. Hernández Puértolas
Head of Communication and External Relations of Criteria CaixaCorp, SA, and contributor to the daily newspaper La Vanguardia

Milagros Pérez Oliva
Head of the Health section of the daily newspaper El País

Oleguer Sarsanedas
Director of Catalunya Ràdio