APV-UV Chair of Port Economy will hold the 13th Meeting on International Economy 'Reptes crítics sota el regnat de la incertesa' ('Critical challenges under the rule of uncertainty') on 18 and 19 September 2025 at Universitat de València Tarongers Campus.
You are invited to join a series of analyses and debates about a current hot topic on the global scene that is rules by uncertainty and enfeeblement of the institutions holding the international economic system of western democratic states.
The speakers will provide significant constributions to the understanding of the 'known unknowns' and 'unknown unknowns' in Spain and the world.
- Dates: 18 and 19 September 2025
- Location: B3/B4 Rooms, Reseach Institutes Building, Tarongers Campus, Universitat de València (Carrer Serpis, 29)
- Programme (PDF)
13th Meeting on International Economics — Critical Challenges
THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
- 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
- Conference presentation
- Speakers:
- María Feo Valero – IEI-València Secretary / ValènciaPort Chair Member / UV Economic Structure professor
- Juan Manuel Diez Orejas – Head of València Port Authority Planning
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
- Opening session: What if there had been a structural reform of the pension system?
- Speaker: José Enrique Devesa Carpio – UV Financial and Actuarial Economy professor
- Presenting: Francisco Javier Ferri Carreres
- 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
- Coffee break
- 11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
- Debate: Institutional quality and productivity in Spain
- Speakers:
- José Emilio Boscá Mares – UV full-time professor in Economic Analysis / IEI-Valencia researcher
- Francisco Javier Ferri Carreres – UV full-time professor in Economic Analysis / IEI-Valencia researcher
- Ana María Cuadros Ramos – UJI Department of Economy professor / IEI-Castellón researcher
- 12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
- Master conference: Business heterogeneity, factor assignment and productivity
- Speaker: Javier Andrés Domingo – Former UV full-time professor in Economic Analysis / IEI-Valencia researcher
- Presenting: José Emilio Boscá Mares
- 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Lunch break
- 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Round table: Companies facing a new global scenario
- Speakers:
- Ana Botella Andreu – UV permanent professor in Business Management / ValènciaPort Chair member
- Cristina Escribano García – Head of the Department of Logistics and Sales in RALOE
- Santiago Ibáñez Marsilla – UV Finance and Tax Law professor
- Luz Martínez Musoles – Head of València Chamber International Area
- Presenting: María Feo Valero
FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
- 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
- Debate: The Great Outbreak: AI in education and work
- Speakers:
- Alfonso Díez Minguela – UV Economic Analysis professor
- Jorge Madorell Blasco – Corporate Banker BNP Paribas
- Vicente J. Pallardó López – IEI-Valencia Principal
- ValenciaPort Chair Principal
- 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Coffee break
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Debate: Thre green transformation of maritime transport
- Speakers:
- Eva Pérez García – Head of ValenciaPort Foundation Innovation Promotion
- Michele Acciaro – Copenhagen Business School full-time professor in Strategy and Innovation
- Moderator: María Feo Valero
- 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Closing session: Clean technology tri-motto: decarbonisation, competitivity and security
- Speaker: Bianca Dragomir – Head of Cleantech for Iberia
- Moderator: Vicente J. Pallardó López
