The Rafael del Pino Foundation, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of the knowledge of Spanish leaders, organises Master Conferences and expert meetings with the participation of prominent personalities from the academic, business and political spheres.
Upcoming events

Dialogue between Peter Diamandis and Iñaki Berenguer
The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the dialogue «Beyond longevity: the future of learning and health in an exponential world» on 12 November 2025 at 12:30 pm, with the participation of Peter Diamandis and Iñaki Berenguer. Peter H. Diamandis is a visionary entrepreneur and one of the most influential global leaders in innovation and exponential thinking. Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, he has driven international competitions aimed at accelerating disruptive breakthroughs in fields such as space exploration, energy, education and health. A co-founder of Singularity University, Diamandis has dedicated his ...

Tano Santos Keynote Lecture
The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the Master Conference «From dot.com to artificial intelligence: 25 years of stock markets in the United States and Spain», to be given by Tano Santos, on 18 November 2025 at 19:00. Tano Santos is Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Asset Management and Finance and Academic Director of the Heilbrunn Graham & Dodd Center for Investment at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, where he has taught since 2003. Previously, he was an associate professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. At Columbia, he teaches courses on value investing, modern value and modern political economy. He has ...

Dialogue between Lorin Selby and Luis Perez-Breva
The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising, on 20 November 2025 at 19:00, the dialogue “Industrial innovation, national defence and strategic independence” with the participation of Lorin Selvy, former US Chief of Naval Research and Luis Pérez Breva, Director, MIT Innovation Teams. Luis Perez-Breva is an innovator, entrepreneur and expert in the practice and development of innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is also the Rafael del Pino Professor. Professor Perez-Breva has guided more than 170 projects with new technologies at MIT to uncover opportunities to carry out MIT's mission to develop new technologies for the ...

Dialogue between Javier Colomina and Mira Milosevich
The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the dialogue «Shared Challenges: The Future of Transatlantic Security» on 15 December at 7 pm, with the participation of Javier Colomina and Mira Milosevich. Javier Colomina is a Spanish diplomat and a senior official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), where he currently serves as Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Southern Neighbourhood. In this capacity, he leads NATO's political strategy in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Sahel, key regions for Euro-Atlantic security and stability. A member of the Spanish diplomatic corps since 2001, he has developed a wide-ranging career in the field of ...

Dialogue between Anne Applebaum and Federico Steinberg
The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the dialogue «The new illiberal order: how the world is being reconfigured» on 16 December at 7 p.m. Anne Applebaum and Federico Steinberg will take part. Anne Applebaum is a historian, journalist and political analyst, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and internationally recognised for her work on totalitarian regimes, disinformation and contemporary challenges to liberal democracy. Her perspective combines historical rigour with a deep understanding of the current geopolitical context. Author of such landmark works as Gulag: A History (Pulitzer Prize), Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Euro ...
All events
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Dialogue between José Mª Aznar and Jorge Bustos
Order and freedom: Principles and tasks that cannot be renounced in defence of liberal democracy
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Juan Miguel Zunzunegui Keynote Lecture
The fusion between two worlds. History of what Spain built in America
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Dialogue between Paul Collier and Jose Ignacio Torreblanca
When territories are left behind: responses from a new economy
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Emilio J. Castilla Keynote Lecture
The Paradox of Meritocracy: Challenges for Talent in the 21st Century
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Modern malaise and the price of freedom
Víctor Lapuente and David Mejía
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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
In collaboration with Observatorio del Emprendimiento RED GEM España
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The situation of the democratic rule of law in Spain
Pablo de Lora, Francesc de Carreras and Andrés Betancor
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Energy and competitiveness in Spain and Europe
Pedro Antonio Merino, Jordi Sevilla Segura, Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta and Paula María Álvarez
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Past, present and future? in the reign of the world's dollar
Kenneth Rogoff and Joaquín Artés.
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Frontiers of entrepreneurship and innovation
Scott Stern and Mercedes Delgado
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The new world economic order
Daniel Lacalle, Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma and Iván Espinosa de los Monteros
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Territorial privileges in Spain
Luis Garicano, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Francisco de la Torre.


