Session 5: Beauty for your eyes only 

Rodrigo Flores studied International Relations. His passion is collecting antiques, vintage and antique fashion, gastronomy and Mexican Popular Art. Parts of Rodrigo’s collections have been exhibited in the major museums of Mexico.

He has worked for El Palacio de Hierro since 1995, an upscale department store chain founded in 1888, as a buyer for El Palacio’s Antiques Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shop, and the Christmas Division. He has also served as the Deputy Director of Fashion for the House of El Palacio de Hierro , and as a Home Fashion Trends Consultant and Director of Home Purchases for the chain.

Additionally, he has coordinated large museum projects for El Palacio de Hierro, including a groundbreaking exhibit celebrating of “200 years of Fashion in El Palacio de Hierro” in 2010, and “125 years of Style” in 2013, and more than 20 fairs of popular art and new Mexican design.

He has attended most of the Homeware trade shows around the world.

He also serves as a member of the voting committee of the Mexican Culinary Guide of the 120 best restaurants in Mexico, and of the Gentleman Magazine’s Guide of the 50 best restaurants in Mexico.

For the last four years, he has been in charge of the Experiences Department of El Palacio de Hierro, which aims to encourage customers to visit the stores more frequently by creating unforgettable and emotional moments for them that will make them ambassadors of the brand and thus promote a 360 degree experience.

Session 4: Future of Food & Drink sector – Global Risks, drivers of change and opportunities. 

• International Certified Future Strategist, Consultant, specialist in Global Trends Analysis, & Future Thinking.
• Master’s degree: Semiotics-Mexico City/MX
• Master’s degree: Trend analysis-Barcelona/Spain
• ICFS: INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION: FUTURE STRATEGIST: 2019 Stockholm/Sweden
• Doctorate Studies in Strategic Management and Leadership: 2019 London/England
• Founder & Director at Orâkolo
• Member at Association of Professional Futurist
• Member at World Future Society
• Member at World Future Studies Federation
• Specialist in Ideation Methodologies from Trend Scanning. Future Proofing Business y Futres Scenarios & Strategies design
• Government, Companies and Entrepreneurs advisor, through their process of innovación, future scenarios development, marketing and strategies to anticipate plausible futures
• Professor: Ethnography & Future Studies at ITESM. (México)
• Council in the Economic Development Council of León, México
• Member of the Global Co-Analyst Team of ICFS
• 12 year of professional experience and mentoring companies and government
• TED speaker and international keynote speaker
• Writer Blog: El óraculo (https://www.orakolo.store/blog), relevant articles under “Ask a futurist”

Session 3: Deconstructing happiness

• Scientific commentator
• One of the 50 most influential women (Forbes).
• Author of the book: Deconstruyendo la Felicidad (Deconstructing happiness).
• MBA by IE Business School.
• Founder of Working for happiness.
• Board Member, Spanish Marketing Association.
• MBA Professor, Francisco de Vitoria University.
• President of the Coca Cola Institute of Happiness and Executive Assistant to the President, Coca Cola Spain.
• Founder Spanish Employment Observatory.
• Chief Marketing officer in Adecco.
• Member Of The Board Of Advisors in different companies and institutions.

Session 2: Journey to the center of men 

Doctor of Philosophy from Navarra’s University (Spain). Panamericana’s University Professor and researcher (Campus Mexico). Member of the National Researcher’s System

Essay writer, novelist and culture communicator in social media, radio and television. Among his books, we find “The ethical rescue of the company and the market” (2001) written together with Carlos Llano; “About hospitality” (2005), written together with Julían Etienne; “Gluttony and culture” (2014) and “Understanding thoughts” by Carlos Llano. (2014)

As an Aristoteles’ expert, he has published, among others, the following books: “Happiness, virtue and pleasure. The good life according to Aristóteles” (2013); “Friendship and happiness inside Aristoteles” (2014); “Virtues. Happiness plot according to Aristoteles.” (written together with Victor Gómez, 2019)

Session 1: Perspectives of Mexico

Research professor at IPADE Business School, in charge of Business Ethics. He has a Ph.D. in Applied Ethics focused on a model of ethical and socially responsible business management, a Master’s degree in Humanistic studies, an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in Marine Sciences.

Writer, entrepreneur and consultant. He founded a sea food processing company and an ethical learning content production company.

He has extensive management experience in global corporations and is a fluent keynote speaker in corporate events.

His passion is to revolutionize the way leaders are nurtured and trained, departing from a character development standpoint and an ethical framework with solid philosophical anthropological backgrounds.

He has Mexican and Spanish nationalities, is fluent in English, married with three children and currently lives in Mexico city.