The doors of BİLGİ Club opened this Tuesday to host the new edition of the Alicante Forum; here Carlos Mazón, president of the Generalitat, had privileged space to prepare a speech in which he would widely announce his project to the Valencian Community. Representatives from the economic and social fabric, who did not want to miss even a moment of the presentation that the participants were waiting for, accompanied Mazón during his presentation.
Javier Moll, president of the Prensa Ibérica publishing group, was responsible for introducing the president of Consell. In the front row were Ainhoa Moll, vice president of Prensa Ibérica, and Tomás Mayoral, director of INFORMATION; Amparo Navarro, rector of the University of Alicante; Balearia president Adolfo Utor and CEV president Salvador Navarro. The first row was completed with the popular Toni Pérez, president of the Provincial Council of Alicante; and Luis Barcala, Mayor of Benidorm, Mayor of Alicante; Mayor of Elche Pablo Ruz and Macarena Montesinos, national representative of the Congress of Deputies.
Almost all of the council members, except environmental person Salomé Pradas, attended after celebrating the Consell’s plenary meeting in Orihuela on the occasion of DANA’s fourth anniversary. Thus, the Minister of Agriculture, José Luis Aguirre, participated; Minister of Health Marciano Gómez; Ruth Merino, Minister of Finance; Vicente Barrera, first vice president; Susana Camarero, second vice president; Minister of Justice Elisa Núñez; José Antonio Rovira, Minister of Education; and Innovation Minister Nuria Montes. Meanwhile Enrique Simarro, general manager of Prensa Ibérica’s Valencian Community, and Juan Ramón Gil, general manager of INFORMATION Content.
Among those who followed the event with interest: Prensa Ibérica Corporate Relations General Manager Carmelo Calvo; Adrián Ivorra, general manager of Prensa Ibérica audiovisual; Ángel Angulo, INFORMATION manager; Ángel Báez, director of Mediterraneo; and Levante-EMV manager José Luis Valencia, both INFORMATION from Prensa Ibérica.
Likewise, Javier Verdú and María Asunción Canosa also joined from Eiffage; and general manager Jesús Navarro Alberola and president Jesús Navarro Navarro represented Carmencita. José Antonio García, business manager, attended on behalf of PreZero; Miguel Grandío, commercial manager; Rosario Navarro, commercial manager; Alberto Gonzalo, representative and Francisco Moro, regional manager. Enrique Riquelme, Joaquín Monforte and Lamberto Camacho attended from Cox Energy. CEV Alicante president Joaquín Pérez sat next to them; CEV provincial secretary Ana Gosálvez; and CEV general secretary Esther Guilabert.
The University of Alicante did not only have the presence of its rector. Vice Rector for Research Juan Mora attended the event; Luis Alfonso Martínez, vice rector for Academic Organization; Salvador Ivorra, vice rector for Infrastructure, Sustainability and Occupational Safety; UA general secretary Esther Algarra; and Juan Llopis, Director of Corporate Affairs and Projects.
Also at the Alicante Forum were Carlos Marco, CHM’s recruitment director; Francisco Martínez, vice president of CHM; and CHM CEO Tomás Martínez; and with José María García, academic director of ESIC Business School, and Agustín Carrillero, director of ESIC.
Juan Manuel Baeza, construction delegate from Alicante, attended from Hozono Global; José Masegosa, director of the communications office; Manuel Martínez, president; Juan Beviá, construction manager; and Carlos Pérez, construction delegate. Sergio Sánchez, regional manager of Alicante South, attended on behalf of Hidraqua. Miquel Francés and Alfred Costa from Corporació Valenciana de Mitjans de Comunicació took their place in the same row.
Mayte Gómez, director general of the Presidential Press Office; common area with the regional secretary of the Presidency, José Manuel Cuenca; Santiago Lumbreras, regional secretary of Corporate Affairs and Transparency; Cayetano García, regional secretary of the Presidency; Agustina Esteve, Consell’s delegate; Juan Riera, former president of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce; Francisco Javier Sendra, Regional Secretary for the Environment; Sebastión Fernández, Regional Secretary for Housing; Jerónimo Mora, Regional Secretary for Innovation; and José Juan Fornés, owner of MasyMas.
Among the guests who did not want to miss the event were Deputy Ombudsman Carlos Castillo; Antonio Mira-Perceval, Ombudsman; Manuel Alcaraz, professor of Law at UA; Francisco Sánchez, Elda council member and director of Cardenal Herrera CEU University; Ángel Garcillán, director of the Levante II delegation at the FCC; Bartolomé Pérez Gálvez, psychiatrist; Joaquín Vergara, naval commander; Juan Bosco, deputy defense delegate; José María Conesa, head of the Alicante Local Police, Manuel Lafuente, provincial chief commissioner of the Alicante National Police.
The meeting was attended by the directors general of the Generalitat Pilar Tebar, José Antonio Pérez, Andrés Lluch, Juan José Cortés, Raúl Mérida and Sabrina Goretti, who were joined by Consuelo Maluenda from the Provincial Assembly; Cristina García, state deputy; Agustín Almodóbar and María Dolores Esteve, senators.
From the world of tourism, Toni Mayor and Hosbec honorary president and Hosbec president Fede Fuster attended; Those with Luis M. Boyer and Rafael Simón of Fundación Mediterráneo; Fernando Canós and Ana Ponsoda of Banco Sabadell; Javier Díez, general manager of Aguas de Alicante; Antonio Arias and María Jesús Arias of Vectalia; As well as AEFA president Maite Antón; or Francisco Gómez from Marjal.
Orihuela mayors José Vegara, representing the province, did not miss the event; Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón; Sant Joan d’Alacant, Santiago Román; María Gómez of Almoradí; Among other municipalities such as San Vicente del Raspeig, El Campello, Benissa, Cox, Busot or Bigastro. Along with them, Provincial Council Vice President Ana Serna; and Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca, mayor of Finestrat and secretary general of PPCV. Union representatives such as Francisco García of Comisiones Obreras and Yolanda Díaz of UGT were with César Quintanilla of Uepal; José Luis Santa Isabel de Fecoval; Pedro Sánchez of the Bank of Spain; Antonio Fernández de Fundeun; or engineer Nuria Oliver.
Regional MPs of the PP, such as Javier Gutiérrez, José Salas or Lucía Peral, were together with Vox MPs such as Julia Llopis or María Teresa Ramírez, among others.
Presidents of professional associations such as Herman Schwart, president of the Alicante College of Physicians; Fernando Candela of the Alicante Bar Association; That of Andrés García, president of the Faculty of Pharmacy. Likewise, the Alicante Forum was attended by Luis Rodríguez from the metal association Fempa; Javier Gisbert from FOPA; Marcela Fernández, AEPA; Marián Cano de Avecal; Armando Sala Lloret from Edigrupo; José Vicente Andreu of Asaja; or Ángel Urbina, Francisco Santiago Andrés or Andrés Martínez from the irrigators group.
Domingo Orozco and José María Gómez Gras, vice-rectors of Planning, from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and Yolanda Doménech and Carles Cortés on behalf of the UA.