Madrid, Nov 22 (EFE) .- More than 40 Spanish and Latin American companies will meet tomorrow at the Latibex Forum to discuss the challenges and opportunities in America, as well as as the market prospects and the banking, real estate and energy model.

This nineteenth edition of the event is organized by Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) at the Palacio of the Madrid Stock Exchange.

With the presence of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Alfonso María Dastis, the main Spanish companies will meet, in addition to the 200 investors, advisors and financial intermediaries.

Acciona, Axiare, BBVA, CAF, Cemex, Dia, Ezentis, Gas Natural, Grenergy, Iberdrola, Prosegur, Prosegur Cash, Repsol, Mapfre, NH Hotels, Sacyr, Banco Santander Brasil, Técnicas Reunidas and Telefónica, among others, will attend the meeting.

The opening conference of the Latibex Forum will be held by the president of BME, Antonio Zoido, and the president of the Santander Foundation, Antonio Escámez, before a round table analyzes the macroeconomic situation in Latin America.

They will also be discussed the perspectives of the sector of the consumption in the region, as well as the technological challenges of the financial sector, especially the "blockchain" or "chain of blocks", and the new business models banking.

On Friday, the session will begin with a speech on the opportunities between Spain and Latin America by the president of EBN Capital and partner of Invest Tech VC Brasil, Santiago Fernández.

Next, there will be a forum on trends in the real estate sector and a debate on the energy sector, to end with a meeting between representatives of different managers who will share points of view on investment in Latin America.