Featured Speakers

Fernando Clavijo Batlle
President & Head of Government, Canary Islands

Dr. Fred Olayele
Principal Investigator and Convener, TFi4SD

Dorothy Gordon
Chair, Inter-Governmental Council UNESCO-Information for All Programme

Pedro Ortega Rodríguez
Minister of Economy, Industry, Trade and Knowledge, Government of the Canary Islands

Jeff Finkle
President, International Economic Development Council, United States

Antonio Morales Méndez
President, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Johanna Odonkor Svanikier
President & CEO, Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa, Ghana

Augusto Hidalgo
Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Honourable Memunatu Pratt
Minister of Tourism & Culture, Sierra Leone

Aaron Shull
Managing Director, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Amine Laghidi
President, National Commission of Capital and Intangible Economy, Morocco

Luis Padrón López
Director, Casa Africa, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Fabio Yukio Yamada
General Manager (South America), Castlepines Investment Group, London, U.K.

Thomas Svanikier
Executive Chairman, Svani Group, Ghana

Dr. Isaias Barreto da Rosa
Commissioner for ICT, Economic Community of West African States, Cape Verde

Dr. Courtney Doagoo
Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Dr. Erika Kraemer Mbula
Associate Professor, South African Research Chairs Initiative, University of Johannesburg

Patricio Azcárate
Secretary-General, Responsible, Tourism Institute, Canary Islands, Spain

Dr. Michel Rod
Associate Dean, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada

Pablo Martín Carbajal
General Director, African Affairs, Canary Islands Government

Dr. Cristiana Oliveira
Rector, Universidad Europea Canarias, Canary Islands

Dr. Richard Clouet
Vice-Rector, Internationalization and Cooperation, University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands

Louis Kouakou
Division Manager, Economic and Social Statistics, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Cosme García Falcón
Managing Director, Corporation for the Economic Development of Gran Canaria (SPEGC), Canary Islands