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

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», which will be given by Tano Santos on 18 November 2025 at 19:00. Professor Tano Santos directs the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing at Columbia Business School, where he has been teaching and researching since 2003 as Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Asset Management and Finance. Previously, he was an associate professor at the Chicago Booth Business School at the University of Chicago. He has published numerous articles in leading economics and finance journals, and his research interests are in ...

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 ...

Presentation of the INTEC 2025 report
The Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising, on 24 November 2025 at 19:00, the presentation of the conclusions of the INTEC 2025 report of its Chair in Science and Society entitled «Presentation of the INTEC 2025 report. A roadmap for innovation in complex times» with the participation of Javier García, Miguel Hoyos, María José Alonso, Pablo Artal and Fernando Temprano. The event took place according to the following programme: 19:00h Welcome Opening speeches by ...

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 Peter Diamandis and Iñaki Berenguer
Beyond Longevity: The Future of Learning and Health in an Exponential World
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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


