From this 22nd to 24th of October, Bilbao will host the XXVI National Conference of Family Business, organized by the Family Business Institute (IEF, acronym in Spanish) in collaboration with the Euskadi Association of Family Business (Aefame) and sponsored by Banco Santander and KPMG. It is expected that 500 family businessmen from all over Spain will attend the event.<\/p>\n
The family business\u2019 annual reunion will be attended by His Majesty the King, and other outstanding domestic and international speakers, as announced today by IEF’s CEO Jos\u00e9 Luis Blanco, and the President of Aefame, Jos\u00e9 Miguel Lanzagorta.The Family Business Conference has become the most important business forum in Spain. The slogan chosen for this year is \u201cThe force of the people\u201d, and it intends to convey the idea that it is people with their work, talent and illusion who push this country forward, and that family companies are one of the places where these people are and develop.<\/p>\n
During his speech Lanzagorta mentioned that \u201cEuskadi is rich in family businesses. 84% of the Basque business fabric is comprised of family companies, which illustrates the backbone role of our business model. We are, without a doubt, the foundation of the Basque economy\u201d.
\n\u201cWe are also, she stressed, a key competitive agent for the economy and have a great potential to keep contributing to the Basque economic and social development. But for Euskadi to continue being an attractive region to establish and maintain family companies, we need to create a competitive ecosystem providing stability and growth potential to the Basque family companies\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Jos\u00e9 Luis Blanco asserted that \u201cthe main asset of family companies are their people, and it is among them that company projects are developed\u201d. In this regard, the goal of the Conference to be held in Bilbao is \u201cto transmit to the public opinion all the things that companies do to further the development of people and to elicit a reflection about the companies\u2019 role in the integration of people into the society\u201d.<\/p>\n
The company as a venue<\/strong> The afternoon segment will include papers by the presidents of four companies that are members of the Family Business Institute: Corporaci\u00f3n Empresarial Pascual (Tom\u00e1s Pascual), Grupo CALVO (Man\u00e9 Calvo), SAICA (Ram\u00f3n Alejandro Balet) and Acciona (Jos\u00e9 Manuel Entrecanales).This will be followed by a discussion at a round table \u201cThe Business Perspective\u201d, With the participation of Antonio Garamendi (President of CEOE), Manuel P\u00e9rez-Sala (Presidente of C\u00edrculo de Empresarios), Jaume Guardiola (President of Cercle d\u2019Econom\u00eda), and Andr\u00e9s Arizkorreta (President of the Basque Businessmen Circle). \u00c1ngel Riviera, Santander Espa\u00f1a\u2019s CEO, will be in charge of the moderation, while Andr\u00e9s Sendagorta, President of IEF, will introduce the speakers. Morocco as the guest country<\/strong> The following speech entitled \u201cUriach: 180 years of History\u201d, will be delivered by Joaqu\u00edn Uriach, President of Grupo Uriach\u2019s Family Council, who will also have a conversation with Juan Roure, Professor Emeritus from the Entrepreneurship Initiative of IESE.<\/p>\n The Conference will be wrapped up with a speech by Andr\u00e9s Sendagorta, IEF\u2019s President.<\/p>\n The Conference will be hosted by Esther Vaquero, a journalist from Antena 3.<\/p>\n About the IEF<\/strong> About AEFAME<\/strong> ConferencePrevious editions of the Family Business<\/strong> From this 22nd to 24th of October, Bilbao will host the XXVI National Conference of Family Business, organized by the Family Business Institute (IEF, acronym in Spanish) in collaboration with the Euskadi Association of Family Business (Aefame) and sponsored by Banco Santander and KPMG. It is expected that 500 family businessmen from all over Spain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":7002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFamily businesses are the foundation of the European business fabric. They account for 70% of employment and 60% of GDP in Spain, figures that hint at their importance in the support and development of the well-fare state. This represents an ongoing contribution over time, given that family businesses are older than non-family companies. Some of IEF’s partners are centennial companies and have been contributing for centuries to our country\u2019s prosperity.
\nOn Sunday the 22nd of October a welcoming ceremony for the Conference attendees will take place at Deusto University\u2019s auditorium, where Bilbao’s Mayor, Juan Mari Aburto and the President of the Euskadi Family Business Association, Jos\u00e9 Miguel Lanzagorta are scheduled to speak.
\nThe official inauguration will be on Monday the 23rd of October, presided by His Majesty the King, and with the participation of competent protocol authorities and the President of IEF, Andr\u00e9s Sendagorta.
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\nConference papers and speeches<\/strong>
\nThe program of conference papers and speeches begins on Monday with a round table entitled: \u201cFamily Business and Talent: Strategies, Strengths and Challenges\u201d, featuring Manuel Dom\u00ednguez ( CEOMayoral), Pedro Ruiz (CEO of Alma de Carraovejas), Salvador Palmada (Spencer Stuart\u2019s Office Manager) and Pablo Sagnier (Associate of Egon Zehnder); it will be moderated by Javier Ormaz\u00e1bal (President of Velatia). The President of KPMG in Spain will also take part with the paper \u201cTalent as a leverage for growth\u201d.
\nThe morning session will include a dialog between Ana Bot\u00edn, President of Banco Santander, and Sabina Flux\u00e1, Vicepresident, and CEO of Grupo Iberostar.<\/p>\n
\nOn Tuesday, the day will start with a round table entitled \u201cReconciliation in the Family Business: All Time and Current Challenges\u201d, featuring Patricia Riberas (Director of Operational Excellence for Gestamp), Roc\u00edo Osborne (Osborne’s Communication Director) and Salvador Bautista (General Secretaryof Berg\u00e9 y C\u00eda.\u2019s Board).
\nAfterwards, a demographic study of the family business will be presented.<\/p>\n
\nAs last year, the Family Business Conference is now featuring a guest country. Morocco will be part of the next round table, entitled \u201cThe Family Business: Morocco’s Engine\u201d, with the participation of Sim\u00f3n Pedro Barcel\u00f3 (Co-chairman of Grupo Barcel\u00f3), Alfonso L\u00edbano (businessman), Kacem Bennani Smires (President and CEO of Delassus Groupe and President of Institut de l\u2019Entreprise Familiale Maroc), and Jali Benabb\u00e9s-Taarji (General Director-Administrator of Holding Dar Taarji and General Vice-president of Institut de l\u2019Entreprise Familiale Maroc), moderated by Houda Benghazi (Director of Institut de l\u2019Entreprise Familiale Maroc).<\/p>\n
\nFounded in Barcelona in 1992, the Family Business Institute is a non-profit, not state-subsidized independent business organization. It is made up of the country\u2019s top one-hundred family companies, industry leaders with a presence in the major international markets. It is currently presided by President, Andr\u00e9s Sendagorta, President of Sener. Together, the companies that constitute the IEF employ 1.1 million people. Their aggregate annual turnover is 14% of the Spanish GDP, a percentage that exceeds 24% if we include the Territorial Associations of Family Business, which comprise another 1.500 companies.
\nAll the IEF partners are presidents, CEOs, or board of director members of the companies they own. In its 30 years of existence the Institute has become a strong referenced interlocutor committed to protecting the interests of the family business, identifying the best corporate governance and management practices, and supervising the education and networking of future generations.<\/p>\n
\nAefame, the Euskadi Family Business Association (linked to IEF) was created in 2015. It is made up of 72 Basque companies that are leaders in their respective industry activities. The association is composed of the main family companies and entrepreneur families from the three regions, which are leaders in their respective industry activities. Together they reached an aggregate turnover exceeding 15.242 million dollars and employ more than 148.000 people. For all this, the family business projects itself as an ally of the Basque economy and as its \u201cbackbone\u201d, as it represents 84% of the Basque economy\u2019s productive fabric. It is also a clear job creation driver as it accounts for 55,45% of employment in the Basque Country, having an essential role is essential for economic reactivation.<\/p>\n
\nAlicante (1997): Barcelona (1999); Logro\u00f1o (2000); Santiago de Compostela (2001); Salamanca (2002); C\u00f3rdoba (2003); Oviedo (2004); Tenerife (2005); Valencia (2006); Palma de Mallorca (2007); Madrid (2008); Zaragoza (2009); Santander (2010); Valladolid (2011); Barcelona (2012); Jerez de la Frontera (2013); Alicante (2014); Bilbao (2015); A Coru\u00f1a (2016); Toledo (2017); Valencia (2018); Murcia (2019); Sede Virtual (2020); Pamplona (2021); C\u00e1ceres (2022).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"