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10 years of economic relations between Spain and the Arab countries: taking stock and looking to the future

From June 21, 2017 until July 05, 2017From 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
MADRID
CentroCentro (Plaza Cibeles, 1) From 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached, with registration required.
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Casa Árabe has organized this business seminar in Madrid on July 5, as part of its tenth anniversary events. You may now register. 

The day will include the participation of the most important role-players in Spanish-Arab economic relations, who will provide an overview of these last ten years of relations, including their current status and future prospects. A special edition of the Casa Árabe Economics and Business Bulletin will be given out.

Casa Árabe has organized this day on “Ten years of economic relations between Spain and the Arab countries: taking stock and looking to the future,” with the cooperation of the Icex, the Spain Brand, Madrid Destino, Cámara de España, the CEOE, the Club of Exporters and Investors and the Forum of Renowned Spanish Brands, with Cinco Días as its cooperating media member and the support of Shukran.

The day is being held to celebrate Casa Árabe’s ten-year anniversary, bringing Spain and the Arab countries closer together, by providing spaces for sharing and exchanging, as well as information and analysis on Spanish-Arab relations and Arab societies in all their complexity and diversity. Throughout these ten years, with periods of bonanza and moments of crisis, we have been tracking the various developments experienced by the Arab economies, having witnessed very important changes and fluctuations in this arena.
 
These ten years have been of special importance in terms of the growth and deepening of economic relations and business between Spain and the Arab countries, with significant increases in Spanish exports to the region, a rise in the number of projects carried out by Spanish companies in these countries and a greater presence of Spanish companies and professionals in this geographic region.
10 years of economic relations between Spain and the Arab countries: taking stock and looking to the future
9:00    Signing in

09:30 a.m.   Ten years of expansion in Spanish-Arab trade relations
Pedro Villena, General Director of Casa Árabe
Francisco Javier Garzón, ICEX
Person responsible from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (to be confirmed)

10:30 a.m.    Taking stock and future prospects in economic relations with the Arab countries
Alfredo Bonet, International director, Cámara de España
Juan Canals, president, Commission of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Countries, Ceoe
Jaime García Legaz, executive president, CESCE
Balbino Prieto, president, Club of Exporters and Investors
Moderated by: Ricardo de Querol Alcaraz, director, Cinco Días

11:30 a.m.    Coffee break

12:00 p.m.    Spanish projects in the economic development of Arab countries
José María Egea, general director of Strategic Planning, Gas Natural
Manuel Alabart, Vice-President, Técnicas Reunidas
Jesús Sierra, general director of the EMEA Region, Acciona
Isaac Martín-Barbero, president, Ineco
Moderated by: Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros, High Commissioner of the Government for the Spain Brand

1:00 p.m.    Presentation of the Atlas of Renowned Spanish Brands in the Arab countries
Miguel Otero, director, Forum of Renowned Spanish Brands

1:15 p.m.    Internationalization and business cooperation in the Arab countries
Marie Hélène Antolin, Vice-President, Grupo Antolín
Gabriel Escarrer Jaume, Vice-President and CEO, Sol Meliá*
Enrique Sendagorta, president, Torresol Energy Investments
María Zamácola Ballestero, international director, Neck&Neck
Moderated by: Alicia Montalvo Santamaría, Director General Institutional Cooperation and Coordination, ICEX 

2:15 p.m.    Closing
Iñigo de la Serna Hernáiz, Minister of Public Works*

2:30 p.m.     Cocktail – courtesy of the Shukran Restaurant