Confirmed Speakers
Our keynote and panel speakers will share their unique perspectives, philosophies and insights, while offering expert knowledge and solutions to help address pressing issues.

Fernando Clavijo Batlle
President & Head of Government, Canary Islands

Jeff Finkle
President, International Economic Development Council, United States

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

Pedro Ortega Rodríguez
Minister of Economy, Industry, Trade and Knowledge, Government of the Canary Islands

Adam Jones-Kelley
President, Conway, Inc., United States

Antonio Morales Méndez
President, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Arc. Namadi Sambo
Chairman, Africa Power and Development Advisors; Former Vice-President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Augusto Hidalgo
Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Prof. Sidi Osho
Professor of Agriculture/Former Vice-Chancellor, Nigeria

Aaron Shull
Managing Director, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Amine Laghidi
President, National Commission of Capital and Intangible Economy, Morocco

Dr. Fred Olayele
President, Global Economic Institute, Canada

Fabio Yukio Yamada
General Manager (South America), Castlepines Investment Group, London, U.K.

Fergus Maclaren
President, ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee, Canada

Dr. Isaias Barreto da Rosa
Commissioner for ICT, Economic Community of West African States, Cape Verde

Dr. Courtney Doagoo
Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Dr. Troy Anderson
Director, Sprott Centre for African Research and Business, Canada

Joanna Wajda
Research Associate, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Dr. Isaac Rutenberg
Director, Centre for Intellectual Property and IT Law, Strathmore Law School, Kenya

Dr. Chris Ekong
Clinical Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Prof. Erika Kraemer-Mbula
Associate Professor, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg

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

Jacinta Nzioka
Director of Marketing, Kenya Tourism Board, Nairobi, Kenya

Pablo Martín Carbajal
General Director, African Affairs, Canary Islands Government

Dr. Jude Emokpare
Vice President of Global Health, Outpost Healthcare, United States

Samantha St. Amand
Senior Research Associate, Global Economy Program, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Jose Luis Artiles
Chief Executive Officer, Harven Group, Las Palmas, Canary Islands

Annika Jostmeier
Vice-President, Conway Advisory, Berlin, Germany

José Ignacio Zabaleta
Executive Director, MBA Business School, Canary Islands

Sam Anissimov
Junior Counsel, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada

Dr. Oluwole Oduntan
Chief Executive Officer, City Medical Centre, Canada

Laura Jane Martin
Market Development Manager, Conway, Inc., United States

Dr. Cristiana Oliveira
Rector, Universidad Europea Canarias, Canary Islands

Dr. Richard Clouet
Vice-Rector, Internationalization and Cooperation, University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands

Dr. Didi Emokpare
Chief Executive Officer, Outpost Healthcare, Canada

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

Titi Olayele
Doctoral Researcher, University of Regina, Canada

Antonio José Olivera Herrera
President, The Canary Islands Special Zone (Canarias ZEC)

Dr. Rosa M. Batista‐Canino
Vice Rector for Entrepreneurship and Employment, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Prof. Michel Rod
Associate Dean, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada

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

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

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

Adekunle Ajiboye
Chief Executive Officer, Aajimatics Incorporated, Canada

Vicente Dorta
Chief Executive Officer, Turismo de Tenerife, Canary Islands

Pablo Landrau
International Development Manager, Binter Canarias, Canary Islands

Johanna Odonkor Svanikier
President & CEO, Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa, Ghana

Dr. María del Carmen Rubio Armendáriz
Vice Chancellor for Internationalization, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands

Dr. Memunatu Pratt
Minister of Tourism & Culture, Sierra Leone

Dr. Sandra Iroakazi
President/CEO, Council of Entrepreneurs for Africa, Canada

Patricio Azcárate
Secretary-General, Responsible Tourism Institute, Canary Islands

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

Mary Daniels
Director of Global Trade, Globaify, Ireland

Dr. David Fasanya
Strategy Director, Global Economic Institute, United Kingdom

Thomas Svanikier
Executive Chairman, Svani Group, Ghana

Monica Rovers
President & CEO, Global Connect Corporation, Canada