The Corporate & Public Affairs Program

The Corporate & Public Affairs Program offers an array of lectures, symposia, and luncheons covering economic and political issues of concern to Spain, Latin America and the United States.

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute would like to thank all of the speakers and the many individuals who have generously participated in our programs by sharing their knowledge, insights and time.  Among the notable speakers the Institute has had over the last few years are H.E. José María Aznar, Dr. Jordi Canals, Hon. Jordi Pujol, Hon. Miquel Roca I Junyent and Amb. Javier Rupérez .

The Corporate & Public Affairs Program has been made possible by the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individual sponsors, and with the advisement of the Cultural and Public Affairs Committee.

The Institute extends its gratitude in particular to the Corporate Members for their support; the Laboratorios Dr. Esteve for their generous underwriting of the Ramón y Cajal Medical Lecture Series; the friends and family of Dr. Woods for their ongoing sponsorship of The Daniel E. Woods Lectures; and the Tinker Foundation for its continued generosity.

In addition, the Institute would also like to acknowledge the organizations that have collaborated through the years in a variety of programs, especially the Embassy of Spain in Washington D.C., the Consulate General of Spain in New York, the Tourist Office of Spain, the Commercial Office of Spain, the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the various Autonomous Regional Governments of Spain.

The Ramón y Cajal Medical Lectures

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute 1998 – 2006

This lecture series was initiated in 1999 by Fernando Aleu, Ph.D. in medicine, for the purpose of presenting scientific and medical topics of interest.  It was named for Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 – 1934), a Spanish histologist, physician and 1906 Nobel laureate, who is considered to be one of the founders of modern neuroscience. Renowned Spanish and American medical specialists would speak on their area of expertise in order to keep Queen Sofía Spanish Institute members and the public at large informed of the latest developments in medical research.

The lecture series was sponsored by Laboratorios Dr. Esteve of Barcelona, a leading pharmaceutical corporation in Spain. Its inauguration took place in New York in 1998 as a round table discussion held at Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofía. In 2006, the series came to a close at a ceremony held at the Real Academia de Medicina in Barcelona at which Her Majesty the Queen also presided. At this closing act, each participant presented a summary of the progress that medicine has made in their respective fields over the course of last six years since they gave their first conference about their subjects.

2006 – Barcelona

September: Closing Ceremony of the Ramón y Cajal Lectures, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain, at the Auditorium of the Academia de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud de Cataluña y Baleares.

Participants:

• Dr. José Baselga, Jefe de Servicio, Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona
• Dr. Carlos Cordón-Cardó, Director of Molecular Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering New York
• Dr. Juan Carlos Izpisúa, Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego & Centro de Medicina Regenerativa en Barcelona
• Dra. Teresa Gómez Isla, Unidad de Memoria y Servicio Neurología, Hospital Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona
• Dr. Valentín Fuster, Director, The Zena & Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York & Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid
• Dr. Joseph Masdeu, Departamento de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Universidad de Navarra., Pamplona

With the contributions of:

• Dr. Joan Massagué, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
• Dr. Luis Rojas Marcos, Department of Psychiatry at New York University, New York

2005 – New York

November: In the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain, at the Four Seasons Restaurant.

• Dr. Juan Carlos Izpisúa, Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego.
  “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine”

2004 – New York

November: In the presence of H.R.H. the Infanta Doña Cristina de Borbón & H.E. Iñaki Urdangarín, Dukes of Palma de Mallorca, at the Four Seasons Restaurant.

• Dr. Joan Massagué, Chairman, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
  “What is New in Molecular Pathology”

2004 – Barcelona

October: In the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain at the Real Academia de Medicina, Barcelona.

• Dr. José Baselga, Jefe de Servicio, Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebrón.
  “Advances in the Treatment of Cancer in the Genomic Era: Evolution or Revolution?”

2003 – New York

November: In the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain at the Four Seasons Restaurant.

• Dr. Teresa Gómez Isla, Departamento de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Clínica Universitaria, Universidad de Navarra.
• Dr. Robert D. Terry, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Pathology and Neurosciences, UCLA.
  “Alzheimer’s Disease: Past and Future”

May:

• Dr. Jordi Rius, Head of Cardiology, The Teknon Clinic, Barcelona
  “Overweight. Its Impact on Cardiovascular Disease”

2002 – New York

September: 

• Dr. Joaquín Fuster, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA.
  “Brain and Memory”

November:

• Dr. Luis Rojas Marcos, Professor of Psychiatry at New York University and former President of The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
  “New York Beyond September 11th, 2001: Overcoming the Stress of The Trauma”

2001 – New York

November:

• Dr. Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego.
  “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine”

2000 – New York

November:

• Dr. Eric Lander, Director of The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (MIT).
  “A Glimpse into the Post-Genome World ”
• Dr. Joan Massagué, Chairman, Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Closing remarks by Dr. Valentín Fuster.
  “How Biomedical Research is Benefiting from the Human Genome Project”

1999 – New York

February:

• Dr. Carlos Cordón-Cardó, Director of Molecular Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
  “Molecular Pathology of Cancer: Developing Prognosis and Designing Treatment”

March:

• Dr. Joseph C. Masdeu, Chairman of Neurology, New York Medical College.
  “Neuroimaging in Neurological Diagnosis”

May:

• Dr. Valentín Fuster, Director, The Zena & Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, and President of the American Heart Association.
  “Coronary Atherothrombosis at the End of the Century:  Closing the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Application”

September:

• Dr. Luis Rojas Marcos, President, The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
  “Depression, Stress and Social Violence: Obstacles to Their Prevention”
• Dr. Joan Massagué, Chairman, Department of Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
  “Basic Cancer Research and the Promise of New Therapies”

1999 – Barcelona

October: Closing session for the 1999 lectures at the Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain.

1998 – New York

November: Inaugural round table of the Ramón y Cajal Lectures at the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain.

Participants:

• Dr. Carlos Cordón-Cardó, Director of Molecular Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Dr. Valentín Fuster, Director, The Zena & Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, and President of the American Heart Association.
• Dr. Luis Rojas Marcos, President, The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
• Dr. Joseph C. Masdeu, Chairman of Neurology, New York Medical College
• Dr. Joan Massagué, Chairman, Department of Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center