2018 ANNUAL
ECONOMIC SUMMIT

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands • November 12-16, 2018

Trade, FDI and Innovation for Sustainable Development

In Partnership with:

Overview

Our Annual Summit brings together government, industry, academic, and civic stakeholders from across the world to debate and proffer solutions to pressing issues in a collaborative environment.

Speakers

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Fernando Clavijo Batlle

President & Head of Government, Canary Islands

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Honourable Memunatu Pratt

Minister of Tourism & Culture, Sierra Leone

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Pedro Ortega Rodríguez

Regional Minister of Economy, Industry, Trade and Knowledge, Government of the Canary Islands

Dr. Fred Olayele

Board Chairman, Economic Club of Africa Group.

Dorothy Gordon

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

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Jeff Finkle

President, International Economic Development Council, United States

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Adam Jones-Kelly

President, Conway, Inc., United States

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Antonio Morales Méndez

President, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

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Augusto Hidalgo

Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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Prof. Sidi Osho

Professor of Agriculture/Former Vice-Chancellor, Nigeria

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Aaron Shull

Managing Director, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

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Amine Laghidi

President, National Commission of Capital and Intangible Economy, Morocco

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Fabio Yukio Yamada

Castlepines Investment Group, Brazil

Fergus Maclaren

President, ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee, Canada

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Dr. Isaias Barreto da Rosa

Former Commissioner for ICT, Economic Community of West African States, Cape Verde

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Dr. Courtney Doagoo

Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

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Joanna Wajda

Research Associate, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

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Dr. Isaac Rutenberg

Director, Centre for Intellectual Property and IT Law, Strathmore Law School, Kenya

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Dr. Chris Ekong

Clinical Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Saskatchewan, Canada

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Dr. Erika Kraemer Mbula

Associate Professor, South African Research Chairs Initiative, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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Monica Rovers

President & CEO, Global Connect Corporation, Canada

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Jacinta Nzioka

Interim President, International Council on Monuments, Kenya

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Pablo Martín Carbajal

CEO PROEXCA/General Director, African Affairs, Canary Islands Government

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Dr. Jude Emokpare

Vice President of Global Health, Outpost Healthcare, United States

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Samantha St. Amand

Senior Research Associate, Global Economy Program, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

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Jose Luis Artiles

Chief Executive Officer, Harven Group, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

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Annika Jostmeier

Vice-President, Conway Advisory, Berlin, Germany

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José Ignacio Zabaleta

Director General, MBA Business School, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

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Sam Anissimov

Junior Counsel, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

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Dr. Titi Olayele

University of Regina, Canada

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Laura Jane Martin

Market Development Manager, Conway, Inc., United States

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Dr. Cristiana Oliveira

Rector, Universidad Europea de Canarias, Canary Islands

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Dr. Richard Clouet

Vice-Rector, Internationalization and Cooperation, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

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Dr. Didi Emokpare

Chief Medical Officer, Outpost Healthcare, Canada

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Cosme García Falcón

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

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Aminou Akadiri

Executive Director, Federation
of West African Chambers of
Commerce and Industry

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Antonio José Olivera Herrera

President, The Canary Islands Special Zone (Canarias ZEC), Canary Islands

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Dr. Rosa M. Batista-Canino

Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship and Employment, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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Dr. Michel Rod

Associate Dean, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada

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Louis Kouakou

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

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Luis Padrón López

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

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Stephanie Wear Pintado

Director of Economic and Air Service Development, Turismo de Tenerife, Canary Islands

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Adekunle Ajiboye

Chief Executive Officer, Aajimatics Incorporated, Canada

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Vicente Dorta

Chief Executive Officer, Turismo de Tenerife, Canary Islands

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Pablo Landrau

International Development Manager, Binter Canarias, Canary Islands

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Ambassador Johanna Odonkor Svanikier

President & CEO, Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa, Ghana

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Dr. María del Carmen Rubio Armendáriz

Vice-Chancellor for Internationalization, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands

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Thomas Svanikier

Executive Chairman, Svani Group, Ghana

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Sherry Lee

Director, Media and Public Affairs, Economic Innovation Institute for Africa, Canada

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Patricio Azcárate

Secretary-General, Responsible Tourism Institute, Canary Islands

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Mary Daniels

Director of Global Trade, Globaify, Ireland

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Dr. Sandra Iroakazi

President/CEO, Council of Entrepreneurs for Africa, Canada

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Dr. Oluwole Oduntan

Chief Executive Officer, City Medical Centre, Canada

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Leo Clarkin

Co-founder & Executive Vice-President, AESP Green Energy, Canada

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Dr. David Fasanya

Director of Strategy, Economic Innovation Institute for Africa, United Kingdom

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Rafael Molina Petit

Director, Territorial Canarias, Canary Islands

Agenda

Venue

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

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