Speakers confirmed for Madrid, including Spanish Government

10 March 2010

Juan Carlos Ramiro Iglesias, Director General of Social Policy Coordination, Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is the latest speaker to be confirmed for the Madrid conference 'Leading Sustainably and Innovatively out of the Recession'

The conference will be an interactive and stimulating event using case-studies, workshops and expert panels, bringing together civil society leaders from across Europe, business, government and European officials.

Confirmed speakers also include:

Paul Adamson, CEO, The Centre
The Centre is the first Brussels' first "think-do tank", operating at the interface of European public policy and communications. He is also the founder and publisher of "E! Sharp" magazine
Stephen Bubb, CEO, ACEVO
He is Chief Executive of ACEVO (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations). His blog is part of the national Blog archive at the British Library
María Calvo, CEO, Ashoka España
Maria Calvo is CEO at Ashoka, the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs. She has joined it after seven years in eBay, as general manager for Spain
Marco Crescenzi, CEO, ASVI
Founder and President of ASVI, Foundation for Non Profit Development, Management School for non profit, leader in Italy. He is the creator and coordinator of Leader2Leader - Leaders for civil society, the first Italian network of non profit leaders and managers. He is the Coordinator of the ‘Observatory on Professions and Jobs in the Third Sector' and Member of the Scientific Comitee of the Fund Raising Festival (Italy) since 2008
Luis Crespo, CEO, Foundacion ONCE
Once Foundation is aiming to launch, or cooperate in, programmes for professional integration, training and employment for people with disabilities, and to promote universal accessibility by eliminating all kinds of barriers
Marisa Gómez Crespo. Director, Spanish NGO's Platform for Social Action
The NGO Platform of Social Action is a private, non-denominational, nationwide non-profit organisation that works towards promoting the total development of social and civil rights of the most vulnerable groups and to strengthen the Third/Social Sector
Carlos Fernadez, CEO, DenokInn
Chief Executive of Denokinn, the Basque center for innovation and entrepreneurship and new business development
Antonio Garrigues, Chairman, Garrigues Law Firm
As well as being Chariman of Garrigues, Mr Garrigies is also Honorary President of the Spanish Committee of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), designated World Lawyer by the World Peace Through Law Centre, founder of the Spanish Chapter of Transparency International (TI), a global organization leading the fight against corruption and has four honrary Doctorate degrees
Elena Garrigues, Managing Director, Garrigues Foundation
The aim of the Garrigues Foundation is to contribute to social welfare and to develop and promote science, education and culture.
Juan Carlos Ramiro Iglesias, Director General of Social Policy Coordination, Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Mr Iglesias has previously worked at the Bank of Santander as well as the Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Madrid.Since 2004 he was an adviser to the Secretary of State for Social Services, Families and Disability
John Low, CEO, Charities Aid Foundation
The Charities Aid Foundation works to create greater value for charities and social enterprise, by transforming the way donations are made and the way charitable funds are managed
Silvia Moriana, Director of Human Resources, Médecins Sans Frontières
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare. It was awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
Allison Ogden-Newton, CEO, Social Enterprise London
SEL works to unite, inspire and lead London's social enterprise movement.. Allison is a member of the Government's Women's Enterprise Task Force and sits on a number of social enterprise Boards including the London Rebuilding Society and Social Enterprise Coalition
Raul Romeva MEP (Vice-chairman, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance)
Raul Romeva is Vice-chair of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, and he is a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America, the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Cliff Southcombe, CEO, Social Enterprise Europe
Social Enterprise Europe is a group of practitioners, consultants, action and university based researchers, trainers and social entrepreneurs concerned with the building of social wealth. Social Enterprise Europe is able to deliver highly beneficial services to clients across the UK and Europe
Marco Traversi, CEO, ConfCooperative Napoli
ConfCooperative is a territorial office, providing legal, technical and fiscal assistance to cooperatives in the Naples area
Daryl Upsall, CEO, Daryl Upsall Consulting International
Over the 18 years prior to founding his international consultancy, Daryl Upsall has successfully founded and managed the fundraising, communications and advocacy operations in over 37 countries for international development and campaigning organizations. Formerly, Daryl was the International Fundraising and Marketing Director for Greenpeace International for seven and a half years
Ignacio Velo Antolin, Director General, Fundacion Luis Vives
Fundacion Luis vives is an independent organisation working to develop and empower the Spanish SOCIAL ACTION
Paul Vidal, Director, Observatory for the Third Sector
Observatorio del Tercer Sector (OTS) is an independent non-profit research center specializing on the third sector. Its aim is to increase and extend knowledge of the sector and to work for the improvement of non-profit organizations' management
Thierry Weishaupt, President, Euclid Network; CEO, Education and Solidarity
Réseau education et solidarieté is an international network based in French aiming at increasing the worldwide visibility of social protection systems based on the principles of solidarity and mutual benefit. He is also President of Euclid Network

The latest agenda of the Leading Sustainably and Innovatively conference is now available, with further information on the speakers, sessions and accomodation.

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