The inaugural edition of this conference will be held on October 14 and 15 at the CaixaForum in Barcelona
Participants will include economist Mariana Mazzucato, columnist Anne Applebaum, author Javier Cercas, and philosopher Daniel Innerarity
Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, will inaugurate the forum, which will also feature former Italian Prime Ministers Matteo Renzi and Enrico Letta, former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Hauts-de-France region Xavier Bertrand, former Foreign Ministers of Spain and Israel José Manuel García Margallo and Shlomo Ben Ami, and former U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Julissa Reynoso
The awards will be handed out at a special gala on May 3 at the Soho CaixaBank Theater in Malaga.
The awards, organized by PRISA Audio and Cadena SER, enjoy the collaboration of Malaga Town Hall, the Malaga Provincial Council and the Junta de Andalucía, and are sponsored by Amazon Music and Audible.
The prizes honor the most outstanding work and podcasters of 2022, and this year received 1,178 submissions from 18 countries.
The 65 finalists across 13 Awards categories were announced at an official ceremony in Malaga.
Around 25% of nominees come from independent producers; another 25% from media outlets, and around 50% from audio platforms or leading podcast producers in the Spanish-speaking world.
The winners will be announced in March, with the gala ceremony to be held on May 3 at the Soho CaixaBank Theater in Malaga.
PRISA Audio sets the gold standard in the industry by clocking up 574 million downloads and 971 million listening hours last year – a year-on-year increase of 39% and 17%, respectively.
The figures, provided by Triton Digital’s Streaming Metrics Monthly Ranker, are testament to PRISA’s leadership as an audio producer.
With 1,200 podcasts, and partnerships with Podimo, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify and Penguin Random House, PRISA Audiotops the weekly aggregator charts with podcasts such as Nadie sabe Nada, Estirando el Chicle and Hoy en El País.
The audio division's advertising revenue grew 43% over the previous year.