October 24, 2024:12th European Forum on Inclusive Employment and Entrepreneurship

Graduate in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication. Civil servant in the Senior Corps of Civil Administrators of the State (CSACE). He has held the positions of Senior Technician in the General Directorate of Family Diversity and Technical Advisor in the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Social Rights. He is currently Deputy Assistant Director in the General Directorate of Social Services of the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030. 

Itziar Moreno is the co-director of Agirre Lehendakaria Center, for Social and political Studies - ALC, a collaborative initiative between UPV-EHU-Euskampus and Columbia University (AC4). ALC specializes in the design, implementation and evaluation of large-scale social innovation processes in collaboration with various institutions (UNDP, EIT-Climate KIC, ILO, IDB, FLC, Basque Government, Ministry of Social Affairs and other academic and social institutions). Itziar leads the digital work of the center, focused on generating digital infrastructures that analyze social perceptions and contribute to co-create initiatives from a complex system approach. She also evaluates the quality of all ALC programs and manages the K magazine. 

Madeleine Clarke is an Independent Advisor and Consultant. She founded Genio in 2008, a non-profit organisation managing philanthropic and public funding and providing capacity-building for scaling successful, citizen-centred innovations for social and environmental impact. Genio is a trusted partner of public agencies and philanthropic foundations in Ireland and Europe. Madeleine stepped down from her role as Executive Director with Genio at the end of 2023 . Prior to establishing Genio, Madeleine held a number of leadership roles as a professional psychologist (St John of God Services), Deputy CEO at Barnardos, and consultant to philanthropic, government and social service providing organisations. She has chaired Impact Europe (previously the European Venture Philanthropy Association); been a Board member of Social Venture Partners International; and was the Inaugural Chairperson of the Children’s Rights Alliance in Ireland. She has been a member of the Advisory Board of the ESF+ Social Innovation + Initiative; the Philea Advisory Committee; and the Steering Committee for the King Baudouin Foundation's European Programme. She holds an M.A. Psychology, and M.Sc. [Econ.]

Researcher at Joint Research Centre, European Commission's science and knowledge service

Nerea Luis graduated in Computer Science and is finishing her doctoral thesis in the PLG group (Planning & Learning Research Group) of the Carlos III University of Madrid. His line of research is multi-agent planning, sub-area of ​​artificial intelligence capable of controlling, for example, the logistics of a warehouse or the coordination of a team of robots. In 2013 he founded the science and technology event called T3chFest, which has achieved national impact. In its last edition it had more than 80 activities and almost 1700 attendees, a hackathon, a programming contest and a day for institutes.

Due to its academic curriculum and its impact on the technological world, Google awarded her in 2016 with the Women Techmakers Scholarship in the European, Middle East and Africa category. Then she got another scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in the United States. She is a national reference on the 'Women in Tech' movement. Since then, her participation in events promoting Artificial Intelligence, inclusion and diversity has been remarkable. Some examples are Women Techmakers, Grace Hopper Conference, ACM WomENcourage, Informe COTEC, Codemotion, RITSI, etc. She recently co-organized the Women in Tech Short Stories project, where 23 contemporary women technologists tell their personal stories that led them to work in technology. In January 2018 she joined the COTEC Foundation as an expert in Technology, Talent and Gender, which has served as a speaker to disseminate their initiatives, ideas and knowledge in forums with a public from different sectors. She also joined the public initiative Science at Parliament, where she was able to speak in Congress about Emerging Technologies in Transport and Communications. In September 2018 she got nominated in 'Top 100 woman leaders' and she recently got the 'Innovadoras TIC' award by Fundación Cibervoluntarios. 

Graduated in Philosophy at King's College London in 2018 and specialised in Criminology at the university of Durham in 2019. Two years working as fundraiser for Amnesty International, Italian Section, defending human rights and raising awareness about social issues. Master in European Project and currently working as Project Designer and Project Manager for Lazzarelle Social Cooperative, favouring the social and professional reintegration of women detained in the Pozzuoli Female Prison.

Business coach in projects on entrepreneurship, diversity and city management:

#SheDIDIT www.shedidit.be on female entrepreneurs with diverse roots.
Broeilab on pop-up shops and local businesses.

She holds a PhD in Social Sciences, focused on the success of extreme-right parties. In line with this she carried out projects on liveability in Antwerp neighbourhoods.

After she discovered the world of entrepreneurship, through her own business (STOOM) and as a project manager in female entrepreneurship. In these functions she got specialised in writing projects for calls, and got to found both #SheDIDIT and Broeilab.

Economist and social entrepreneur, he has worked in social innovation with Ashoka, in advocacy with Unicef, in human rights with Plan International and Global Movement for Children, and in development with the International Society for Development. In addition to UpSocial, he has founded several organizations in microfinance and education. Social innovation expert in the #100deCotec.

Agricultural Engineer graduated from the University of Lleida and Technician in Agricultural Business Management from the University of Valladolid. He has also completed a Master in European Development Cooperation Policies at the UAB and has completed an Executive Programme at ESADE in Leadership and Social Innovation.

At a professional level, he has held technical positions in the Department of Agriculture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and in the Department of International Cooperation of COPCA (ACC1Ó) within the program to promote the participation of the Private Sector in International Cooperation for Development. 

In 2008 he started his professional career in Action Against Hunger in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia working as a socio-economic consultant specialized in Inclusive Markets. In 2009 he started his work in Spain as Head of the Regional Delegations of Action Against Hunger managing the portfolio of public and private regional and local donors. 

Since 2020 he holds the position of Director of Technical Engineering and Social Action Spain.

European social inclusion programs manager at ACH. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and postgraduate degree in Human Resources. She has a C1 level of English and has been coordinating EU projects in the fields of education, training, and social inclusion for 19 years. She will supervise the correct implementation of the project as coordinator.

Young Energy professional, passionate for working on sustainable solutions to solve complex energy challenges. Her background includes a BSc in Civil Engineering and an international Double degree Master's in Energy Engineering, as well as valuable industry experiences.

Content & Data Co-Coordinator at the European Youth Energy Network, a NGO focused on uniting energy-focused youth organisations from across Europe and reshape youth engagement towards a just, empowered and collaborative energy transition.

Ioanna is an International Relations Expert, graduated from Panteion University in Athens. She has been volunteering in various NGOs within Europe and Asia and has participated in several  Erasmus+ projects. Her specialization is focused in Career counseling combined with her MSc studies in Adult’s Education.

Highly experienced in creative decision making and strategic planning oriented to team work. She holds a Master's degree in Migration, Conflict and Social Cohesion from the University of Deusto and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Vilnius and a specific university degree in Human Rights from the University of the Basque Country.

In recent years, Lina has focused on the areas of social innovation, digital storytelling, learning experience (LX) design and facilitation, corporate social entrepreneurship education and training, and social leadership competency research and development. A strong advocate of lifelong learning, she has completed her training in “Digital Marketing” (at ESIC: Business & Marketing School) and “Leadership and Social Innovation in Non-Governmental Organizations” (at ESADE Business and Law School).

An activist and community leader, she has participated in a series of volunteering initiatives and programs, such as the online volunteering program with the United Nations, EVS (European Volunteer Service), GLEN (Global Education Network for Young Europeans), among others. Currently, she volunteers as co-organizer and licensee of TEDxAlbacete.

Director of Ronsel Foundation since 2008 and Pesident of the Youth Business Spain Foundation, part of the Youth Business International network.

With two Masters' degrees in Political Science (Institut d'Études Politiques) and in International Relations (Univ. de la Sorbonne - Paris I), Olivier Longué has focused his professional career since 1987 on international aid.

Longué has worked on humanitarian action and has specialized in crisis interventions, whether in natural or man-made disasters, in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. He has developed specific analysis and methodologies in conflict analysis, security management and long-term resilience.


Since 1995, Olivier Longué has been the General Director of Action Against Hunger in Spain, a member of ACF's global humanitarian network. The network operates in more than 50 countries.