Carlos Barón gave an exegesis of the allegorical world of Greek mythology, telling the audience about its genealogy, heroes, hells and hubris, and the mythological punishments, concluding with a modern interpretation of the classical myths.

The most emotional point of the talk was when he discussed the myth of Pandora. In the Greek myth, Pandora was created by Hephaestus at the order of Zeus to introduce evil into the lives of men as punishment for Prometheus giving mankind the gift of fire against Zeus's wishes. As punishment, at Zeus's command, Pandora opened a jar full of misery: hunger, disease, plagues, war, poverty, crime, ... but at the bottom of the jar she left hope.

Carlos Barón sees the jar as representing the current economic crisis, but the underlying hope is represented, as far as the Group is concerned, by the commitment of FCC's core shareholder, Esther Koplowitz.

Upon conclusion of the lecture, Mr Barón was presented with the now traditional gift for lecturers in the series—a painting by Down's Syndrome children in Madrid—by FCC's CEO, Rafael Montes. The audience and guests were then treated to a snack of Asturian products which Mr Barón had brought and the residents opened their gifts from the Esther Koplowitz Foundation.