INSTITUTIONAL INAUGURATION

Eva Menor Cantador

Minister for Equality and Feminism on the Catalan Government.

Raquel Gil Eiroá

Deputy Mayor for Social Rights, Economic Promotion, Employment, Feminism and Democratic Memory of the Barcelona City Council.

Javier Silva Pérez

Deputy delegate for Life Cycle and Community in the Department of Social Sustainability, Life Cycle and Community of the Barcelona Provincial Council.

Olga Morales Segura

Chief Executive Officer for Social Policies and Equality of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.

SPEAKERS DAY 13/10

Xosé Carlos Arias Moreira

Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Vigo. Member of the International Society for the New Institutional Economics, founder of the journal Applied Economics.

Görsev Argın Uz

Director of Training and Projects at the Marmara Municipalities Union, also heads the Local Government Academy.

Neema Balolebwami Nelly

Expert in ethical AI, data science, and digital transformation and founder of EMEA Venture Builder and NEEMA AI.

Vicent Borràs Català

Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the UAB and researcher at the Center for Sociological Studies on Daily Life and Work (QUIT) and the Institute of Labour Studies.

Clara Centeno Ruiz

Technician in the General-Directorate for Care, Time Organisation and Equity in the Workplace of the Government of Catalonia.

Marta Galceran Vercher

Senior researcher in Global Cities at the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB). She leads  research at the Global Observatory on Urban Artificial Intelligence (GOUAI).

Beatrice Ganassin

User of the Concilia programme.

Anna Ginès i Fabrellas

Professor of Labour Law, URL-Esade, and Director of the Esade Institute of Labour Studies (IEL).

Ariadna Güell Sans

Deputy director of the Time Use Intiaitve.

Ramon Gras Aloma

Co-founder of Aretian Urban Analytics and Design and researcher in Urban Innovation at Harvard University.

Marta Junqué Surià

Director of the Time Use Initiative.

Ramon López de Mántaras Badia

Research Professor Emeritus at the CSIC Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, which he founded and directed. Pioneer of artificial intelligence in Spain and Europe.

Blai Martí Plademunt

Technician at the Feminist and LGBTI Services Department of Barcelona City Council.

Pedro Martín

Equality and Time Policies Technician of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.

Sara Moreno Colom

Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the UAB and researcher at the Center for Sociological Studies on Daily Life and Work (QUIT) and the Institute of Labour Studies.

Natalia Olson-Urtecho

Innovation advisor to President Barack Obama (2010-2017) and member of the Technological Humanism Forum.

Gemma Parera Alvarez

Advisory technician in the Department of Social Sustainability, Life Cycle, and Community of the Barcelona Provincial Council. 

Giulio Quaggiotto

Former Director of Strategic Innovation at the United Nations Development Programme and current Policy Fellow at London’s Global University.

Oriel Sullivan

Co-director of the Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR), creator of the Multinational Time Use Study, the leading global time use database; and professor emeritus of sociology at the Institute of Social Research (UCL).

Ana Maria Tribin Uribe

Senior Economist at Women, Business, and the Law at the World Bank. Previously, she worked as a public policy specialist and led the gender team at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Nicholas You

Executive director of the Guangzhou Institute of Urban Innovation and co-chair of the Open Green City Lab in Shenzhen.

SPEAKERS DAY 15/10

Oliva Blanchard

Independent consultant and researcher specialized in the impact of technology on society. Co-founder of the Gender and Gig Economy Working Group.

Maria Àngels Benítez

Head of Social Policy and Labour Inclusion at PIMEC.

Oliva Blanchard

Representative of the consulting firm
El Risell, which has implemented
a 35-hour working week.

Sensi Dominguez Recio

Councillor for Employment and Vocational Training at Sant Boi de Llobregat Town Council

Roger Galdón

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Interficie Internet Services and Soolvers, and associate professor at La Salle Barcelona.

Saray Espejo Benito

General Director of Care, Time Organisation and Equity in the Workplace at the Government of Catalonia.

Ester Pujol Martí

Director of Social and Economic Development for the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.

Mireia Recio Ortega

Labour relations and social affairs technician at Fomento del Trabajo.

Oscar Riu i García

Secretary of Trade Union Policy
for the UGT in Catalonia

Fina Rubio Serrano

Representative of the Surt Foundation, which has implemented a 36.5-hour working week.

Sandra Ruiz Peralta

General Director of Economy and Digital Society of the Government of Catalonia.

Joan Sanchis Muñoz

Economist and associate professor of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia.

Mònica Sempere Creus

Councillor for the Town Council of Barberà de Vallès.

Elisabet Tejero Gil

Director of Social Policy and Equality Services for the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.

In the following weeks, more speakers will be confirmed. 

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