Theme: Manifesting Intent

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Torre De Las Americas
Calle Isaac Hanono Missri
Panama City, Panamá
Panama

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Carlos Cruz-Diez is a visual artist. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, he has lived and worked in Paris since 1960. His artistic roots reach back to the Movimiento Cinético [Kinetic Movement] of the 1950s and 1960s. As his thinking on the visual arts has evolved, his ideas have changed attitudes on how color is perceived in art. He believes color is an autonomous reality, devoid of anecdotes, that evolves in real time and space with no need of form or support. Carlos’s artistic proposal is based on eight research projects that reveal the myriad ways in which color behaves: Couleur Additive [Additive Color], Physichromie, Induction Chromatique [Chromatic Induction], Chromointerférence, Transchromie, Chromosaturation, Chromoscope, and Couleur dans l’espace [Color in Space].

Eva Hughes

Eva Hughes, CEO of Condé Nast Mexico & Latin America, which publishes Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Vanity Fair and Architectural Digest. She was director of Vogue magazine for 10 years. Under her direction the circulation of the magazine reached its maximum historical levels. She edited the book The Book of Vogue: Two Centuries of Fashion, where a journey through the evolution of women through images that marked the history of fashion is done. Hughes organized and supervised the first Mexico City Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for Vogue. She has been systematically promoting Peruvian and Andean fashion designers in the textile industry. In 2009, she inaugurated the Peru Moda exhibition and Peru Gift Show. She has been actively involved in charity fundraising campaigns for charitable organizations in Latin America and South Florida. Hughes attended Georgetown University and currently lives in Mexico City.

Jimmy Papadimitriu

Currently Jimmy Papdimitriu, is Associate Director PSG Consultants Panama. In 2014 Jimmy wrote Juan Carlos Varela’s spots in the election of 2014 and was a collaborator of the current President of Panama’s strategic group. He was Minister of the Presidency in Panama, from July 2009 to July 2012. Jimmy has worked as a political consultant since 1994 in dozens campaigns in the United States, Latin America and the Middle East to candidates running for president, mayor and deputy. Also, has developed communication strategies for NGOs and private companies in Washington, DC. Jimmy Papdimitriu has two degrees in Economics and Political Science at Boston University, and a Masters in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies where he studied his first year in Bolonga, Italy and graduated with academic distinction second year in Washington, DC.

Mario Castrellón

Chef

After finishing his studies in hospitality and tourism in Sant Pol de Mar (EUHT) in Barcelona, Castrellón Mario decides to return to Panama with the vision of the new trends in Spain and the goal of defining a new cuisine to his country. After being the chef at two restaurants in Panama City, he begins to know the local palate, and decide to venture to open his own restaurant, MAITO, where he presents his own concept of Panamanian food. In MAITO, Mario identifies an evolving Panamanian cuisine that is building a body with each passing day. Currently MAITO has inspired its menu with the Panama Canal, convinced that this wonder of the world is the main reason for the mix of techniques, influences, origins and flavors that can be identified with the flavor of the country.

Matthew Larsen

Matthew C. Larsen has been the Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute since August of 2014. Prior to his role he was the Associate Director for Climate and Land-Use Change at the U.S. Geological Survey. Larsen was responsible for USGS climate-change research, adaptation and mitigation programs as well as land-change science programs. Larsen oversees approximately 300 employees in STRI’s research facilities throughout Panama and field sites in 14 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. In addition to its resident scientists, STRI’s facilities are used by some 1,400 visiting scientists and 800 pre- and postdoctoral fellows and interns from academic and research institutions around the world annually.

Miguel Mier

Miguel is the Chief Operating Officer of Cinepolis. With Cinepolis: 1994-99, he has been head of IT; 1999-2003, Operations Director. Since 2003 his current position: Chief Operating Officer. During Miguel’s tenure as COO Cinépolis has evolved from a company running 280 screens in Mexico to a company with 3,600 screens in 11 countries. As COO he manages Operations, Sales, Film booking, Marketing, IT, HR, and International Operations. Miguel has a BSc in Economics from Tec de Monterrey; MSc in Management, Stanford GSB, 2007; Double Degree MSc in Information Technology Management from Carnegie Mellon University and Tec de Monterrey. While at Stanford Miguel wrote and developed the business plan for expanding to India. Miguel was appointed as the only executive board member at Organización Ramírez in 2014. Miguel is also a professor at the Masters in Entertainment Management Program in Carnegie Mellon Univeristy in LA.