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Tenth anniversary FPdGi, FPdGi Awards 22/07/2019
We are celebrating 10 years. Save the date (4 and 5 November)

Workshops, presentations, round tables, networking and unique experiences, preceded by the 2019 FPdGi Awards Ceremony. Don't miss out!
FPdGi Awards 22/07/2019
New call for entries for 2020 Princess of Girona Foundation Awards

After revealing the names of all 2019’s winners, the FPdGi has today opened the call for entries for 2020 with the aim of recognising and promoting, once again, the work of young entrepreneurs and innovators who are seeking to build a more just world in a globalised environment and who are willing to take risks and have the necessary motivation to bring about changes in society.
FPdGi Awards 07/06/2019
The cofounder of Humanity Crew, Maria Jammal, wins the Princess of Girona Foundation International Award

Lawyer and psychologist, 32-year-old Jammal was chosen for her excellent work at the helm of an organisation that both highlights and creates solutions for the mental health problems suffered by refugees.
FPdGi Awards 03/04/2019
Meet the 2019 Princess of Girona Foundation Award winners

Neurologist and entrepreneur Ignacio Hernández Medrano (Business), theatre director Rafael Rodríguez Villalobos (Arts and Literature), social worker Begoña Arana Álvarez (Social) and mathematician Xavier Ros-Oton (Scientific Research) have been recognised with the 2019 FPdGi Awards. The winner of the new International category will be announced in June
FPdGi Awards 27/03/2019
Young mathematician Xavier Ros-Oton, 2019 FPdGi Scientific Research Award

The awards jury, who met today at the Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CiMUS) in Santiago de Compostela, chose the winner for being one of the most brilliant mathematicians with the greatest global impact
FPdGi Awards 06/03/2019
Begoña Arana, 2019 FPdGi Social

The jury praised the award winner for “her social commitment from a very early age, which she complemented with a process of training that has provided her with tools to improve the situation that surrounds her.”
FPdGi Awards 20/02/2019
Theatre director Rafael Rodríguez Villalobos, 2019 FPdGi Arts and Literature Award

The jury, who met on 20 February at the Seville Aquarium, chose the winner for “his ability to create deeply appealing visual universes and for his vision of opera as a tool for social construction”.
FPdGi Awards
Ignacio Hernández Medrano, 2019 Princess of Girona Foundation Business Award

The winner was chosen for “democratising access to medical-scientific information on millions of patients by using artificial intelligence”. HM the King of Spain presided over the winner announcement ceremony on 6 February at the Canary Islands Conference Centre Auditorium and attended the activities with more than 200 young people that the FPdGi organised on the island. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was the first stop on the winner announcement tour for the FPdGi Awards, which this year are celebr
10/12/2018
The FPdGi draws 700 teachers from all over Spain to its annual education conference

This year the event was held in Fuengirola, in recognition of Andalucía Primary School, winner of the 2018 Entrepreneurial School Award. Guy Claxton, Rolf Tarrach, Karima Grant, David Cuartielles and Luz Rello (2016 FPdGi Social Award) are just some of the experts who took part in this meeting to discuss innovative education, technology and educational entrepreneurship
FPdGi Awards 30/06/2018
We all have different talents

Workshops, talks, dialogues, meetings and talent were the ingredients of an event filled with experiences and networking between social role models and 400 enthusiastic young people