The XXV United States-Spain Forum In Bilbao Postponed Until July 2021
Working session during the XXIV United States-Spain Forum held on November 1 and 2, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas.
For Immediate Release:
Madrid – Washington, D.C., July 7, 2020. The United States-Spain Council and the Fundación Consejo España – EE.UU., co-organizing entities of the XXV United States- Spain Forum, have agreed to postpone the celebration of the twenty-fifth edition of this annual meeting to July 2 and 3, 2021 due to the health, economic, and social crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 worldwide. The XXV United States-Spain Forum was previously scheduled to take place on November 13 and 14, 2020, in Bilbao, Spain.
The decision was made unanimously by the members of both institutions at a joint meeting held virtually yesterday after analyzing the evolution and global impact of the pandemic and its dangerous consequences both in the United States and Spain. After debating the advisability of keeping the announced dates, it was unanimously agreed to postpone the XXV United States-Spain Forum until the ideal conditions are met to guarantee such a notable celebration.
“it will also be an excellent opportunity to celebrate the Fourth of July in Bilbao, giving continuity to the great meeting that we had in San Antonio last year,” said Congressman Joaquin Castro, the Honorary Chair of the United States-Spain Council. “We hope that by then international mobility will be fully restored, the potential outbreaks of the coronavirus under control and, hopefully, we will have an effective vaccine in circulation,” said Juan Lladó, the President of the Fundación Consejo España – EE.UU., referring to the determining factors of the pandemic that have led to the decision to postpone the event. Both will co-chair another edition of this critical bilateral meeting, hosted for the first time, in the Basque Country, for whose local and regional authorities involved have already ratified their support of the new dates.
About the United States-Spain Council & the Fundación Consejo España – EE.UU.
The United States-Spain Council and its Spanish counterpart, the Fundación Consejo España – EE.UU., are two private, non-profit entities created in 1997 with the aim of strengthening ties between the United States and Spain in all areas of action, for the sake of better knowledge and mutual understanding between the two countries.
About the United States-Spain Forum
The United States-Spain Forum is an important meeting that annually convenes the members of the United States-Spain Council and the Fundación Consejo España – EE.UU. with leaders and experts from both countries’ public and private sectors to address current issues and shared interest in the economic, technological, political, and cultural fields. Since its first edition in Seville in 1995, the Forum has become the leading platform for dialogue between American and Spanish civil societies and has demonstrated its usefulness as a tool to strengthen bilateral relations in a framework of public-private collaboration.
