The Economics and European Economics in the current international climate; AI and the digital divide; and the role of diplomacy in the geopolitical landscape: a discussion the University

Does the European Union have the economic, regulatory, and industrial tools needed to compete with the United States and China? What strategies are companies adopting to integrate AI while preserving work ? How can corporate diplomacy be structured to balance corporate influence with the protection of the public interest?

These and other issues were discussed last Thursday, March 12, at a congress at the University of Navarra by students Degree Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Degree the School Philosophy Letters. The meeting, attended by more than 200 students, featured experts from various companies, including Amazon, BBVA, IBM, Telefónica, and Global Factor, among others.

The workshop with a session on “Artificial Intelligence, Social Inclusion, and the Digital Divide: Current Policy Issues,” featuring presentations by Estela Quesada, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Israel; Jose Antonio del Valle, board member of the Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; and Juan Luis Redondo, director Digital Public Policy at Telefónica.

In a second roundtable, David Sarasa, an economist at BBVA Research; Fernando Candau del Cid, Head of Sales at ING and director for Spain and Portugal in Private Banking; and Francisco Burgos, director Institutional Business at Cobas Asset Management, discussed the Economics and European Economics in the current international context and analyzed the trends, risks, and opportunities currently facing the sector.

The congress with a session on corporate diplomacy and its role in the geopolitical landscape, featuring presentations by Leonor Echevarria, Head of European Public Affairs at CaixaBank; Kepa Solaun, Partner and General Manager at Globalfactor; and Jon Guinea, Public Policy Manager at Amazon.