Speakers

Meet our Speakers

Nadim Ahmad

OECD

Deputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

Samuel Barco Serrano

DIESIS Network

Senior Expert

Irene Basile

OECD

Policy Analyst

Victor Beausoleil

Social Economy through Social Inclusion (SETSI)

Executive Director

Miren Bengoa

SOS Group International Action

Managing Director

Jeroo Billimoria

One Family Foundation

Founder

Max Bulakovskiy

OECD

Policy Analyst

Amal Chevreau

OECD

Policy Analyst

Mathias Cormann

OECD

Secretary-General

Miquel de Paladella

UpSocial

CEO

Marleen Denef

Impact advocaten, Belgium

Founder

Thomas Dermine

Belgium

State Secretary for Scientific Policy, Recovery Program and Strategic Investments

Yolanda Díaz Pérez

Spain

Minister of Labour and Social Economy, Second Vice President of the Government

Ander Etxeberria Otadui

MONDRAGON Corporation

Head of Cooperative Dissemination

Anna Fiscale

Progetto Quid

Social Entrepreneur

Giulia Galera

European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (EURICSE), Italy

Senior Researcher

Olivia Grégoire

France

Secretary of State for Social Economy and Responsible Economy

Hilde Hardeman

European Commission

Director-Head of Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

Lisa Hehenberger

ESADE

Associate Professor

Valérie Horth

Quebec, Canada

Collective Enterpreneurship Counsellor, Ministry of Economy and Innovation

Lamia Kamal-Chaoui

OECD

Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

Alessandro Kandiah

OECD

Policy Analyst

Hyoung Kwon Ko

Korea

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Korea to the OECD

Laurence Kwark

Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF)

Secretary-General

Natalie Laechelt

OECD

Policy Analyst

Carlos Lozano

Spanish Social Economy Employers' Confederation (CEPES)

Coordinator of International Affairs

Davidson Magalhães

Brazil

Secretary of Labor, Employment, Income and Sports of the State of Bahia

Karen Maguire

OECD

Head of Local Employment, Skills and Social Innovation (LESI) Division

Johanna Mair

Hertie School

Professor of Organization, Strategy and Leadership

Luisa María Alcalde Luján

Mexico

Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare

Juan Manuel Martínez Louvier

Mexico

Director of the National Institute of Social Economy (INAES)

Sabeena Mathayas

Sambodhi Research and Communications

Vice President, Research and Advisory Services

Adriana Mejía-Hernández

Colombia

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OECD

Víctor Meseguer

Social Economy Europe (SEE)

Director

Serena Miccolis

Italian Association for the Promotion of the Culture of Co-operation and of Nonprofit (AICCON)

Coordinator of the Social Impact Assessment Research Area

Antonella Noya

OECD

Head of the Social Economy and Innovation Unit

Ellen Oetelmans

Amsterdam Impact

Director

Alissa Orlando

The Drivers Cooperative, USA

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Gianluca Pastorelli

DIESIS Network

President

Muriel Pénicaud

France

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to the OECD

Daniel Quintero Calle

Colombia

Mayor of Medellín

Aneta Quraishy

Impact Hub Network

Global Programs Lead

Julie Rijpens

OECD

Policy Analyst

Kate Ruff

Common Approach

Lead

Guy Ryder

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Director-General

Juan Manuel Sánchez-Téran Lledo

Spain

Deputy Director General for Social Economy and CSR, Ministry of Labour and Social Economy

Nicolas Schmit

European Commission

European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Helena Sybel Galván Gómez

Mexico

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OECD

Shigeru Tanaka

Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)

Joint Coordinator

Brett Theodos

Urban Institute

Senior Fellow

Patrizia Toia

European Parliament

MEP and Co-Chair of the Intergroup on the Social Economy

Irene Valdelomar Zurera

French Impact

Regional Manager and International Partnerships

Vic Van Vuuren

United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

Chair

Diana Wells

Ashoka

President Emerita

Magdalena Winkler

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Researcher

Jonathan Wong

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Chief of Technology and Innovation