Keynote speaker Moises Naim is a globally syndicated columnist who wrote notable books like The End of Power, which looks at how power is evolving in all parts of society. He also wrote Illicit, which examines modern criminal networks in greater depth. It was in 2011 that he created Efecto Nam. This groundbreaking weekly tv program features visually stunning videos, graphics, as well as interviews with international leaders. The show is extremely popular in Latin America. Speaker Moises Naim rose to fame after successfully relaunching Foreign Policy in 1996. He served as editor for fourteen years. The magazine became an award-winning publication focused on international politics and economics.

The Washington Post named Illicit one of the year’s best nonfiction books in 2005. The book also served as the inspiration for a National Geographic documentary that won an Emmy. Furthermore, Moises wrote The End of Power, which even Bill Clinton praised. The book delivers a captivating and unique insight into the surprising new ways power is obtained, utilized, and lost. It also talks about how such changes impact our day-to-day lives.

Moises works for La Repubblica and El Pais, Italy’s and Spain’s most popular newspapers. The Washington Post, the New York Times, Newsweek, Bloomberg Business Week, Berliner Zeitung, and Le Monde have all published his columns. In 2011, he obtained the journalism award “Ortega y Gasset.”  The British magazine Prospect considered Naim one of the top thinkers of 2013. Moises also made it into GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute’s top 100 most influential global thought leaders list.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC has named Dr. Naim a Distinguished Fellow. He founded the Board of the Group of Fifty. The G50 allows innovative Latin American business leaders to get together.

Early in his career, Dr. Naim served Venezuela in various capacities, including trade minister and governor of Venezuela’s central bank. In addition, he was head of the World Bank.  Prior to that, he served as dean of IESA, Venezuela’s most prestigious business school, and professor of business and economics.

The Venezuelan Academy of Economic Sciences made him an Honorary Member in April 2020.