Speaker Antoni Subirà Antoni Subirà i Claus was Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Catalan Government until November 2002. Recently, he became a full-time member of the faculty of IESE Business School, where he has taught in other capacities for many years. He is also currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of TCI. Starting with Spain's political transition to democracy in 1975, Subirà has been involved with politics and was one of four founders of the Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) political party. Subirà assumed different responsibilities within the party until April 1980, when he was elected a PM of the Parliament of Catalunya. From February 1982 to December 1989, he was whip of the Parliamentary group of the coalition in government in Catalunya. Subsequently, he was nominated Minister of Industry and Energy and in June 1996, he acquired responsibility for the area of Trade and Tourism. Subirà's industrial policy rested on four axis—internationalization, quality/competitiveness, research and development, and equitization—utilizing the "clusters" methodology developed by Mr. Porter. Antoni has a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, a Master of Science in Industrial Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is a Fulbright Scholar. speaker page  ||  speaking in the Sustainability track and Friday, "The Future of Competitiveness"