Can innovation exist without the humanities? For some years now, there has been a trend toward companies hiring professionals with humanities backgrounds. What value and skills do humanities degrees bring to the business sector?

This forum brings together experts who navigate between two seemingly disparate worlds: the Humanities and Business. They will debate the necessity, or impossibility, of a meeting between the two.

Sonia Mulero, Director of the Banco Sabadell Foundation, and Valerio Rocco, Director of [unclear], participated.el Círculo de Bellas ArtesThe opening lecture was given by Iván de los Ríos, professor of philosophy at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), and was titled "The Benefit of Literature: Entrepreneurship, Philosophy, and the Good Life." This was followed by a round table discussion featuring Pablo Berástegui, Director of La Casa Encendida; Carmen Bustos, Founder of Soulsight and Wander; and Gadea de la Viuda, Founding Partner and General Director of Abante. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Niki Barbery-Bleyleben.