ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos (right) speaks during the inauguration of the Asociación de Periodistas de Información Económica (APIE) summer course on 'The role of companies in the new economy', part of the 2024 Summer Courses, at the Palacio de la Magdalena, on June 17, 2024, in Santander, Cantabria (Spain). The Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) begins today its Summer Courses 2024 in Santander. The program includes more than a hundred courses, which in this first week of activity will deal with the economic challenges facing society, research and new technologies applied to health, new tourism models or space telecommunications. The official opening ceremony will take place on Thursday, the 20th, with the inaugural lecture given by Professor Ignacio Cirac, 2006 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. 17 JUNE 2024 Juanma Serrano / Europa Press 06/17/2024 (Europa Press via AP)