Speakers
The wise men of the 21st century will reflect on the concerns of human beings in today's world and on the changes that will occur in the near future, in different debate sessions that will encourage dialogue between science, technology and the humanities.
The relevance and quality of the speakers participating in this multidisciplinary meeting aim to make this festival a European benchmark in the field of the humanities. Philosophy, history, geography, humanistic thought, ethics and culture, among many other scientific and artistic disciplines.
Adolfo Utor
President and sole shareholder of the shipping company Baleària, whose creation he led in 1998....
Águeda Quiroga
Anthropologist and public policy expert, founder of Philosoc. She is currently attached to the direction...
Alba Alfageme
Psychologist specializing in sexual violence and victimization processes, she is a professor at the University...
Ana Carrasco-Conde
Professor of Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid. She studied at the Autonomous University...
Ángela Nieto
PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, she develops her work at the Institute of Neurosciences...
Antón Costas
He is a professor of Applied Economics at the UB and president of the Economic...
Ben Wilson
Historian. He is the author of Metropolis and is a regular contributor to television and...
Carmelo Dotolo
He is a full professor of Theology of Religions at the Pontificia Università Urbaniana and...
César Rendueles
He is a sociologist and essayist, doctor of Philosophy and professor of Sociology at the...
Domingo García Marzá
Professor of Ethics at the Jaume I University of Castellón, director of the Department of...
Eva Anduiza
Professor of Political Science at the UAB since 2003. She has a degree in Political...
Francesc Muñoz
PhD in Geography and professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has received awards...
Gemma Barricarte
Graduated in Architecture Studies from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB, Polytechnic...
Gustavo Deco
He is an ICREA researcher (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies) and Professor at...
Heidi Cristina Senante
PhD in Contemporary History from the University of Alicante. Holder of the Jean Monnet Chair...
Jaume Casals
He is a philosopher. He has been rector of Pompeu Fabra University between 2013 and...
Xavier Sampedro
Scientist and journalist. Doctor in Genetics and Molecular Biology, he was a researcher at the...
Joan Romero
Professor of Human Geography at the University of Valencia and member of the Interuniversity Institute...
Joan Subirats
Spanish professor and politician, current Spanish Minister of Universities since 2021. He is a specialist...
Jordi Alberich Llaveria
Economist, graduate in Business Studies and MBA from ESADE, has been general director of the...
Josep Ramoneda
Journalist, philosopher and writer. He is the director of the humanities and economics magazine ...
Juan José López Burniol
Vice-president of the Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona Banking Foundation ”la Caixa”. He has...
Keshia M. Pollack Porter
PhD, MPH, is a professor of health policy and management and associate dean of the...
Leire Pajín
Director of International Development at ISGlobal, president of REDS (Spanish Chapter of the United Nations...
Mara Diessen
PhD in neurobiology from the University of Cantabria and director of research at the Center...
Marta Segarra
She is director of research at the Center National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS in Paris,...
Martha Rodríguez Coronel
Associate professor of Bioethics and Business Ethics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, she is...
Martin Baumeister
He studied history, German and Hispanic studies in Munich and Madrid. From 1985 to 1989...
Michel Agier
Anthropologist, professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris) and senior...
Muhammad Subat
Journalist specializing in armed conflict and social and political affairs in Syria and the Middle...
Najat El Hashmi
The daughter of a Moroccan Muslim family, when she was eight years old she moved...
Óscar Horta
Activist in defense of animals and member of the Animal Ethics Foundation. He is also...
Rafael Vilasanjuan
Journalist, graduate in Information Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He is currently...
Rafael Yuste
Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. After a brief period of research in Sydney...
Remedios Zafra
Head at the Institute of Philosophy of the Higher Council for Scientific Research. His lines...
Ricardo Mairal
Rector of the UNED and professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Department of...
Santiago Zabala
He is an ICREA research professor at the Pompeu Fabra University Faculty of Humanities and...
Sophy Roberts
Writer, author of The Last Pianos of Siberia. She has worked as an editor and...
Troy Vettese
Environmental historian specializing in environmental economics, animal studies, and energy history. In 2019 he completed...
Theodor Kallifatides
A writer, he has published more than forty books of fiction, essays and poetry translated...
Tomás Marques i Bonet
He is director of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC/UPF) and an ICREA researcher at...
Xose Manoel Nuñez Seixas
Historian and writer. He is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Santiago de...
