Durante el evento, se llevaron a cabo 3 conferencias plenarias, a saber:

Philippe C. Schmitter

Professorial Fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Italia.
«Does Democracy Strengthen or Weaken the State?«

Amitai Etzioni

Professor of International Relations, The George Washington University, Estados Unidos
«What Makes a Good Society?«

Mark Moore

Hauser Professor and Director, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Institutions, John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Estados Unidos.
«Creating Public Value through Cross Sector Partnerships«