The organizational team from left to right: Arantxa Martínez, Miguel López-Remiro, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, Chris Valenzuela, Pilar Lostao, Eva Sierra, Elisa Montserrat and Isidro Abad.
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The presentation of the Museum in London, promoted by the Vice-Rector's Office for International Relations, was presided over by the Rector, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, and the Museum's Director, Miguel López-Remiro. At the event, the main ingredients of the art center were presented to Londoners: the collection, its architecture and artistic activities.

Among the nearly 200 attendees, mostly cultural agents from London, executives from large corporations and alumni of the University of Navarra, there were also representatives of the founding partners of the Museum, such as Zurich Seguros, whose CEO in Spain, Vicente Cancio, spoke about the reasons that led him to invest in a project like this.

During the presentation, a video was shown for the first time featuring the most relevant people in the development of the project: the architect Rafael Moneo, the American artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, the Argentine curator Manuela Moscoso, young artists such as the Portuguese Pedro Neves and the Navarrese June Crespo and Lorea Alfaro, and others with a longer career such as Fernando Pagola, an artist from San Sebastian and member of the Museum's Board of Trustees.

At the end of the event an aperitif of typical Navarrese food was served, sponsored by the Navarrese winery 'Propiedad Arínzano' and there was a meeting that served the University and the Museum to make new contacts and create alliances with the English society.