Gala Pin
Gala Pin Fernando is the councilwoman for the neighborhood of Ciutat Vella.
She has a background in philosophy and digital communications and has been working with the defense of the rights for housing and with the community movements of Barceloneta, where she participated in the cooperative memory recovery and the movement against the predatory tourism. She is affiliated to the Anti-evictions Platform (PAH) since 2012.
Jordi Vaquer
Jordi Vaquer is the regional director for Europe at the Open Society Foundations and a co-director of the Open Society Initiative for Europe. In these positions, he works to advance the values and institutions of open society in the cities and countries of the European Union and the Western Balkans.
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Before becoming director of the Open Society Initiative for Europe, Vaquer was director of the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, one of southern Europe’s most influential international relations think tanks.
Opening reception - 2017
On 25 April 2017, the EDGE conference started with an opening reception where participants heard presentations from Gala Pin and Jordi Vaquer
