They address the challenges and opportunities facing Ibero-America in the new world order, as well as the role played by innovation, digitization and technology
The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, will attend the Alliance for Ibero-America Business Council (CEAPI) V Ibero-American Congress, scheduled for June 1 and 2 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This is the fifth edition of the event, which will be held outside Spain for the first time and is part of the current international scenario of uncertainty under the title ‘Innovation and opportunity in times of uncertainty’.
With a video intervention at the Congress Welcome Ceremony, the Minister will defend Spain’s role within the region as a whole to promote the economic growth and modernization of Ibero-America in the context of a new world order in the process of reconfiguration , appealing to cooperation between countries and strengthening the historical political, social and economic ties that connect the region.
As in previous editions, the Congress will bring together more than 300 people, including presidents of leading companies, business families and institutional leaders from Spain, Portugal and Latin America, who will address the challenges and opportunities facing Ibero America in times of uncertainty . The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, will inaugurate the meeting, in which Enrique V. Iglesias -the first Ibero-American Secretary General in history- and Andrés Allamand -current Ibero-American Secretary- will also gather to discuss the current economic, commercial, entrepreneurs and investors in the region.
Núria Vilanova, President of CEAPI, wanted to emphasize: «In a recent meeting of almost 20 businessmen from CEAPI with the President of the Spanish Government, they represented an investment of 4,200 million in Spain. We hope that this meeting will bring new investments for the Dominican Republic, which has great opportunities: tourism with great examples in environmental and social issues, the promotion of the free zone with great opportunities with the nearshoring accelerating from the US, a good logistics chain and opportunities in public-private partnerships in energy and infrastructure. Faced with the current crossroads, business can provide solutions by betting on investments that have a social impact in the countries, creating new, higher quality jobs. In this sense, we are going to study examples such as the audiovisual production promoted by Felipe Vicini, which generates high-paying professions that previously did not exist on the island, or the possibility of creating technological platforms seeking new locations in the Dominican Republic and Help Congress, as well as new tourism and other investments.
With an outstanding presence of Spanish businessmen and institutional leaders, this 5th CEAPI Congress will include the participation of Ignacio Ybarra, President of Vocento; Isidoro José Alanís, founder and CEO of Global Exchange Group; María José Álvarez, President of the EULEN Group; Manuel Bermejo, executive president and co-founder of The Family Advisory Board; Jordi Hereu, chairman of Hispasat; Juan Luis Cebrián, Honorary President of El País. Elena Foguet, Business Director Spain Value Retail; Francisco Gil, partner of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo; Mónica de Oriol, president of Net4Things; and Andrés Arizkorreta, president of CAF, among many others.
The key role of innovation, digitization and technology to drive continued and sustainable growth in Ibero-America, as well as the importance and opportunities generated by new business models, will be the central axes of the event. Thus, by analyzing the key issues that mark the current international agenda – such as digitization, entrepreneurship, family businesses, tourism development, the energy crisis or relocation processes – the panels will examine the future scenarios facing Ibero-America, as well as the opportunities that arising for the region.
On the night of May 31, CEAPI will welcome those present and then the discussion tables will take place in the days of June 1 and 2. On June 1, the winner of this year’s Enrique V. Iglesias Award will be honored, an award that went to Colombian businessman Jaime Gilinski, president and owner of Gilinski Group. On June 2, the key role of women entrepreneurs in the region will be recognized under the motto ‘Women, Business and Leadership’.
Within the institutional sphere, many figures will share space with corporate leaders, including some such as Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic; Víctor Bisonó, Dominican Minister of Industry, Trade and MSMEs; Enrique V. Iglesias, Honorary President of CEAPI; Andrés Allamand, General Secretary of SEGIB; Gema Sacristán, general manager of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Also present at the meeting is Alberto Bacó, former secretary of the DDEC (PR); Juan Luis Cebrián, Honorary President of El País (ES); Mireya Cisneros, President of MC Global Ventures (VE); Giannina Fasanelli Cavallazzi, President of the Family Office Simoniz Latam (CO); Jaime Gilinski, Chairman of Grupo Gilinski (CO);) Stanley Motta, Chairman of Motta Internacional (PA); Jordi Hereu, President of Hispasat (ES); Valentín Díez Morodo, President of COMCE (ME) Frank Rainieri, President of Grupo Punta Cana (DR); Martín Umaran, co-founder and EMEA president of Globant (AR) and Felipe A. Vicini, president of INICIA and president of the V CEAPI Congress (RD), among others.
During the V-congress there is also the possibility to attend interesting lectures and interviews. In the first of the cases, the one that will be supported by Juan Luis Cebrián, Honorary President of El País and Andrés Allamand, Ibero-American Secretary General headed by Núria Vilanova, President of CEAPI to order Ibero-America in the New World. Secondly, those of María José Álvarez, President of Grupo Eulen, and Antonio Fernández-Galiano on the one hand, and Jaume Miquel, President of TENDAM and Begoña Gómez, Director of the Extraordinary Chair of Competitive Social Transformation at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain ).
Jaime Gilinski awarded the VIII Enrique V. Iglesias Award
Jaime Gilinski, president of Grupo Gilinski, a business and banking conglomerate based in Colombia, and winner of the eighth edition of the Enrique V. Iglesias Prize for Ibero-American Business Development, will be honored on this occasion at the first dinner of Congress , on June 1. With this award, the CEAPI jury recognizes Gilinski’s contribution to the economic and social development of Ibero-America and the strengthening of ties between the countries that comprise it.
This prize, organized by the Alliance for Ibero-America Business Council (CEAPI), is convened annually and has been awarded by His Majesty the King in previous editions.
Recognition of female entrepreneurs
Ibero-American businesswomen Altagracia Gómez Sierra, executive president of MINSA; Gina Díez Barroso, CEO of Diarq Holding and founder and president of Dalia Empower; Carmen Abondano de Dávila, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Daabon Group (COL); Juana Barcelo, President of Barrick Gold Corporation (DR); Teresa Martín de la Mata, President of Grupo Varma (ES) and María Lourdes Lasso, First Lady of Ecuador, will receive the Women, Business and Leadership award at the final dinner of the V CEAPI Congress. This tribute pays tribute to the women who work not only to promote the development of their country, but also to close the gender gap.
Source: La Verdad
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