Speakers

Javier García Iza is a Mechanical Engineer from TEC Campus Monterrey.
Together with his brother Adrián, he is the co-founder of IOS OFFICES, a leading coworking space in Mexico.
A lover of nature and outdoor sports, he has run marathons, an Ironman, and an Ultra Distance race. Today, he is dedicated to innovating organizational culture as a facilitator of productivity and happiness.
Javier has taken his message to national and international forums such as TedxKoszalin in Poland.
He is the author of the book Crece sin Inversionistas (Grow Without Investors), a bestseller published by LID Editorial.

Xavi Bassons is co-founder and CEO of Monday Working Spaces. He started working in marketing in mass consumption and with a relevant experience later in the retail sector, he sees the need to develop spaces where to work optimally, besides being able to do sports, rest and create an environment where relationships focused on the business and the person are generated. Thus Monday was born in 2018, since last November they already have 8 centers in Spain open, they are approximately 20,000m2 in total.

It was 20 years ago when I began my journey in the coworking and flex office industry, always maintaining the same motivation: to add value to every project I participate in.

This is what has led me along this path to have the opportunity to learn, grow, and lead both in my own venture and by having a presence in key organizations in the sector that contribute to transforming the work environment.

Robert is a lawyer by profession and has organized the Coworking Europe conference for the past eight years. He has worked with operators, innovators, investors, and other players in the European flexible workspace sector. This experience has given him a clear perspective on ongoing developments in the industry, including changes in hybrid working patterns, community-focused spaces, and investment trends. He loves challenges as a source of learning and inspiration.

Naiara joined the Aticco team 3 years ago when Aticco started to grow as a coworking operator, and helped the founding team to build this entrepreneurial & innovation ecosystem. At this moment she is Chief Innovation Office & Partnerships Manager at the group that offers flexible workspaces and coliving solutions, as well as an acceleration program for Seed startups. Previously she was Success & Operations Manager at the crowdfunding platform Ulule in Spain, and Project & Community Manager at the independent publisher Play Attitude. She loves connecting dots, building relationships, and helping entrepreneurs.

Rebecca Nachanakian is the General Manager of Continental Europe at WeWork. Since joining in October 2020, she has expanded her role from overseeing Southern Europe, Benelux and the Nordics to managing all operations across Continental Europe. Rebecca leads the regional implementation of WeWork’s global strategic direction, focusing on expanding high-quality experiences for member companies and employees, fostering close cooperation with members, landlords, brokers, and other partners, and driving profitable growth tailored to regional market characteristics.

Prior to WeWork, she spent over 15 years in the luxury hotel industry, most recently as General Manager of Jumeirah Hotel Resorts.

Gabi Espín, a graduate in Industrial Engineering from UPC and with a PDP from ESADE, began his entrepreneurial career as co-founder and CEO of Anyplast. The recycling company stood out for its innovative approach in a highly competitive market. In 2016, he co-founded Aticco, a company he continues to lead today. 
Aticco, initially conceived as a coworking space, has undergone a remarkable transformation to become a true Innovation Ecosystem. Today, the Aticco group not only figures as one of the leaders in the shared workspace sector in Spain with more than 10 coworking buildings in Barcelona and Madrid, but also offers coliving solutions, boosts startups through acceleration programs, provides open innovation services and even makes strategic investments in promising projects.

IMPAQTO, Ecuador's first B Corporation, Carolina Brito is an ecosystem weaver who promotes the impact ecosystem in Latin America through inspiring spaces and support for entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact investing. With a strong focus on business and high-performance team leadership, she works to accompany the development of agents of change in the region and generate a positive, equitable, profitable, and regenerative impact.

She holds a diploma and a master's degree in Management Sciences, a diploma in Leadership Management and Corporate Well-being, and is part of the third class of the Ikigai Board Member Circle – School for Independent Professional Directors with Purpose. In addition, she is an Organizational Coach with an ontological perspective and an expert in Social Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibility, and gender-focused programs.

Hospitality professional with a career built from the ground up, having worked in every department of a hotel until reaching management positions. Specialist in revenue management, pricing strategy, comprehensive operations management, revenue optimization, and operational process improvement.

Paloma joined Savills in 2022 after holding business development positions at leading flexible space operators in the market. At Savills Flex, she successfully managed all areas of flexible space for an American investment fund and a SOCIMI before joining the Workthere by Savills team in 2023. With a solid track record, Paloma brings value thanks to her international experience, proactivity, work ethic, and ability to anticipate future client needs, advising all types of companies in their search for space solutions alongside Workthere teams around the world.

Promoter of the philosophy and the industry of coworking in Spain.
Founder of the coworking space search engine CoworkingSpain.es and organizer of the Spanish Coworking Conference CwSC

I'm Marc Navarro, coworking consultant. I help companies to create more productive work environments that improve the life and performance of people at a professional level. All with the objective that they obtain the best possible results. I have specialized in the design and execution of new coworking spaces, advising its promoters from the first phase of incubation of the project to the distribution of the space to maximize the facilities.

I am also speaker, content curator and I write about coworking, for companies and organizations of the sector. I have worked as a space director and responsible for strategy in spaces such as Utopicus and CREC Coworking. I am the content director of the CoworkingSpain Conference, content curator in the Coworking Unconference Asia and Advisor of the Latam Coworking Summit.

Manager of Coworking Working Space in Alcobendas, one of the first Coworking spaces in Spain. Production Manager of the Coworking Spain Conference (CWSC) since 2014. Director of marketing, communication and space broker at CoworkingSpain.es. With more than 10 years of experience in event organization and specialized in the coworking world.