International Forum 'Small Economies, Big Ideas'

Experts, analysts and international academics, panel discussions, perspectives on the future of the Canary Islands and experiences to share at the International Forum 'Small Economies, Big Ideas' in La Laguna 16:30 - INSTITUTIONAL OPENING Welcome: Antonio Salazar · Remarks by authorities 17:00 - KEYNOTE: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES: THE CASE OF ESTONIA Andres Rundu · Ambassador of Estonia to Spain 17:45 - PANEL DISCUSSION: THE CANARY ISLANDS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES OF SMALL ECONOMIES Pilar Runeu · Juan Ramirez · Andres Rundu 18:30 - KEYNOTE: PRODUCTIVITY, INEQUALITY AND INCENTIVES Gustavo Marrero · Universidad de La Laguna 19:15 - PANEL DISCUSSION: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM — PRODUCTIVITY Bernardo Sagastume · Gustavo Marrero · Antonio Luis · Luis Yeray Gutiérrez 20:00 - End of day one 09:30 - KEYNOTE: THE CANARY ISLANDS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Federico Steinberg · Real Instituto Elcano 10:15 - PANEL DISCUSSION: FIGHTING THE ELEMENTS — THE CHALLENGES OF OUTERMOST REGIONS Marta Modino, Rosa Dávila, Marcos Cohen and Federico Steinberg 11:30 - KEYNOTE: INCENTIVES AND DEVELOPMENT: A VIEW FROM THE EAST Roberto León González · National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan) 12:15 - KEYNOTE: PRODUCTIVITY, INCENTIVES AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE CANARY ISLANDS — FROM COMPENSATION TO PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION Miguel Leon-Ledesma · University of Exeter · CEPR Fellow 13:00 - PANEL DISCUSSION: PROSPERITY AND COMPETITIVENESS FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS Marta Rodriguez · Miguel León Ledesma · Pedro Andueza · Alfonso Cabello 16:30 - BUSINESS AND COMPETITIVENESS IN SMALL ECONOMIES Rodolfo Nunez (President, Binter Canarias), José Juan Gonzalez Salmah (CEO, Canaragua), Victoria González Cuenca (CFO, Chafiras) 17:15 - KEYNOTE: THE REF AS A TOOL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT José Ramón Barrera · REF Commissioner 17:45 - CLOSING KEYNOTE Jose Victor Rios-Rull · University of Pennsylvania 18:15 - CLOSING PANEL: THE CANARY ISLANDS FACING THE NEXT DECADE Mayer Trujillo · Jose Victor Rios-Rull · José Ramón Barrera