Rafael del Pino Alumni Association http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 en Various news and events http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/various-news-and-events/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/various-news-and-events/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:13:15 +0000 isabel http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/various-news-and-events/ The following is a list of recent posts translated by Marta Orce (thanks, Marta!)

If anybody thinks it´d be interesting, I´ll look for the old posts and edit them to include the translation in each one individually

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]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/various-news-and-events/feed/ Rafael del Pino dies at 87 http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/rafael-del-pino-dies-at-87/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/rafael-del-pino-dies-at-87/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:01:55 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/rafael-del-pino-dies-at-87/ Rafael del Pino y Moreno, Ferrovial Group and Foundation Rafael del Pino’s founder has died. He was 87.

After a life plenty of challenges and success Rafael del Pino decided to retire, and dedicate his last years to the creation of a Foundation which objectives are “the improvement of the knowledge of Spain’s future leaders, the promotion of individual initiative and the promotion of those principles related to free market and free enterprise“. Less than 10 years later the Foundation and its scholarship program are already a reference in Spain. About 130 scholarship recipients have had the opportunity to study in the best Universities in the World thanks to the Foundation’s support.

Rafael del Pino Alumni Association expresses its condolences to Rafael del Pino’s family and friends, and wants to thank once again the economical and personal effort which has boosted the path to achieve our own goals. We hope not to disappoint him.

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]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/rafael-del-pino-dies-at-87/feed/ Scholars go for tapas in New York http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/scholars-go-for-tapas-in-new-york/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/scholars-go-for-tapas-in-new-york/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:07:51 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/scholars-go-for-tapas-in-new-york/ A group of Fundación Rafael del Pino scholars living in New York got together on April 10th at Casa Mono (52 Irving Pl.) to get to know each other and have a good time. Thanks to Sonia Rodríguez García (2005 scholar) for organizing the event.

Note: currently, there are 11 Fundación Rafael del Pino scholars residing in New York.

]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/scholars-go-for-tapas-in-new-york/feed/ Lunch with Carlos Jiménez http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-carlos-jimenez/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-carlos-jimenez/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:02:55 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-carlos-jimenez/ The Fundación Rafael del Pino Scholars Association and the MIT Alumni Association in Spain organized a joint lunch with Mr. Carlos Jiménez. Mr. Jiménez programmed the first antivirus software 19 years ago, is co-founder of Anyware, and founder and president of Secuware (see complete profile below).

The lunch took place on April 8th, in the presidential dining room at the Fundación Rafel del Pino. Mr. Carlos Jiménez shared his vital and entrepreneurial experience with a group of scholars of the Foundations Rafel del Pino, La Caixa, Fulbright, March, Caja Madrid, Ramón Areces, and Barriè de la Maza. Also a group of MIT, Stanford University, LBS, Wharton, Columbia, and University of Chicago alumni were present. (more…)

]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-carlos-jimenez/feed/ Richard Stallman - “Free software: freedom and users” http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/richard-stallman-free-software-freedom-and-users/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/richard-stallman-free-software-freedom-and-users/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:00:15 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/richard-stallman-free-software-freedom-and-users/ The Fundación Rafael del Pino Scholars Association organizes a conference with Richard M. Stallman, founder and chariman of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project.

See complete profile of Mr. Stallman in Wikipedia:  http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman.

“Free software: freedom and users”
April 10th, 2008, 19:30

Fundación Rafael del Pino
c/ Rafael Calvo, 39, Madrid
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]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/richard-stallman-free-software-freedom-and-users/feed/ Lunch with Bernardo Hernández http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-bernardo-hernandez/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-bernardo-hernandez/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:56:27 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-bernardo-hernandez/ The Fundación Rafael del Pino Scholars Association, jointly with the Stanford University Alumni Association, organized a lunch with Mr. Bernardo Hernández, Worldwide Director of Marketing for Google Maps and Google Earth at Google Inc. He is the first Spaniard in the Governance of Google. Previously he was Marketing Director at Google Spain. Mr. Hernández has co-founded several internet firms. Among them, it is worth to mention idealista.com (the biggest real estate portal in Spain), floresfrescas.com, 11870.com, and tuenti.com. Mr. Hernández has a Bachelor Degree in Economics and Business by ICADE and a Master in Finance at the Boston College. His personal website is www.bernandohernandez.com.

The lunch took place March 13th in the presidential dining room at the Fundación Rafael del Pino. Mr. Hernández shared his directive and entrepreneurial experience with a group of scholars of the Fundación and a group of Stanford University, LBS, MIT, Harvard University, and University of Chicago alumni.

]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-bernardo-hernandez/feed/ Javier Oliván, in charge of internationalizing Facebook. http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/javier-olivan-in-charge-of-internationalizing-facebook/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/javier-olivan-in-charge-of-internationalizing-facebook/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:20:16 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/javier-olivan-in-charge-of-internationalizing-facebook/ Javier Oliván (granted 2004) is Facebook’s international product and marketing responsible. His main objective is to spread Facebook worldwide. The first step has been to create a translation tool that allows users to translate Facebook into their languages and dialects. According to Javier, “the objective is to support the maximum number of languages in the minimum possible time”.

The international strategy aims to promote the platform that Facebook offers for developers and also promote advertising products for business. For example the “business pages” allow to createfirm profiles free of charge within Facebook.

About Facebook
Created in February 2004, (more…)

]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/javier-olivan-in-charge-of-internationalizing-facebook/feed/ Post-graduate fellowships informative session in Madrid http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/post-graduate-fellowships-informative-session-in-madrid/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/post-graduate-fellowships-informative-session-in-madrid/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:52:53 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/post-graduate-fellowships-informative-session-in-madrid/ Once again, the Fundación Rafael del Pino Scholars Association organizes an informative session about the fellowship programs offered by several foundations in Spain. It is not an official presentation of any of the foundations in particular. Alumni of these foundations will talk about their experiences, give practical advice, and answers questions from the audience.

The universities “represented” by some of the speakers will be Stanford, University of Chicago, Insead, Tilburg, Harvard, Columbia, and London Business School, among others. The fellowship programs represented in previous editions were La Caixa, Fulbright, Caja Madrid, Ramón Areces, Rafael del Pino, and Barrie de la Maza.

You are strongly encouraged to attend the event. There is no RSVP needed at all.

Wednesday, March 12. 7 pm-7:45 pm
Room C. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 (28006 - Madrid)
Metro: Gregorio Marañón or Nuevos Ministerios
Event Banner: http://www.bfrdelpino.org/ext/becas2008-Madrid.ppt

]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/post-graduate-fellowships-informative-session-in-madrid/feed/ Article by Arnau Gutiérrez in the Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación (Spanish Review of Development and Cooperation) http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/article-by-arnau-gutierrez-in-the-revista-espanola-de-desarrollo-y-cooperacion-spanish-review-of-development-and-cooperation/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/article-by-arnau-gutierrez-in-the-revista-espanola-de-desarrollo-y-cooperacion-spanish-review-of-development-and-cooperation/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:52:56 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/article-by-arnau-gutierrez-in-the-revista-espanola-de-desarrollo-y-cooperacion-spanish-review-of-development-and-cooperation/ Arnau Gutiérrez (2001 fellow) and Paqui Santonja publish their article “Descentraliced euro-mediterranean cooperation: an approximation to the cooperation for the development of Mediterranean local governments” in the last issue of the Spanish Review of Development and Cooperation.

The article shows the main features of the development cooperation by local euromediterranean governments, highlighting their specificity and value added in a region characterized by political instabilities and socio-economic inequality.

http://www.ucm.es/info/IUDC/REDC.htm

]]> http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/article-by-arnau-gutierrez-in-the-revista-espanola-de-desarrollo-y-cooperacion-spanish-review-of-development-and-cooperation/feed/ Lunch with Juan Verde http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-juan-verde/ http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-juan-verde/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:47:46 +0000 admin http://www.bfrdelpino.org/en/rafael-del-pino/lunch-with-juan-verde/ The Fundación Rafael del Pino Scholars Association, jointly with the Fudación Rafael del Pino, organized a lunch with Mr. Juan Verde, member of the Hillary Clinton’s National Finance Committee. It has collaborated in 12 political campaigns, among those of Edward and Joe Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and John Kerry.

Juan Verde obtained a Master in Public Administration at the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University, Bachelor’s degrees in Political Sciences and International Affairs at Boston University, where he graduated cum laude, and he has post-graduate courses at Georgetown University and Tufts University.

Currently, he is the President of Public Administration Strategy Solution (PASS), which provides strategic consulting for business and high-level managers of public administrations.

The lunch took place February 6th, one day after “Super Tuesday”, in the presidential dining room at the Fundación Rafael del Pino. Juan Verde shared his experiences  with a group of Alumni of the Fundación, and also with alumni groups of Stanford University, London Business School, MIT, Harvard University, and University of Chicago.

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