September 9, 2009 | 2:00 pm

XIII Annual CAF Conference

Carnegie Endowment
Washington, DC

Open to the Public

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Latin America’s ability to dodge the worst effects of the global financial downturn should not be taken as a sign that the region’s problems are behind it, according to participants at the XIII Annual Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) Conference on Trade and Investment in the Americas. Among the many issues on the hemisphere’s agenda are the social development challenges of inequality and poverty and the critical problem of how to address the violence wrought by transnational criminal organizations, including drug trafficking networks.

CAF, the Inter-American Dialogue, and the Organization of American States (OAS) sponsored the Sept. 9-10, 2009, conference attended by more than 300 people, including U.S. and Latin American government officials, international economists, lawmakers, policy analysts, journalists, and corporate and financial leaders. The aim of the sustained collaboration is to bring a detailed review of hemispheric affairs to Washington, D.C., officials and opinion leaders.

Wednesday, September 9

2:00 to 2:15

Session I. Conference Introductory Remarks

Enrique García, President, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States
Peter Hakim, President, Inter-American Dialogue

2:15 to 4:00

Session II. The Obama Administration’s Agenda in the Region (AUDIO)

Chair:		Patricia Janiot, Senior Anchor for CNN en Español
Trade and Investment Issues		Everett Eissenstat, Assistant USTR for the Americas
Energy Cooperation		Jeffrey Davidow, President, Institute of the Americas
Security Issues		Gil Kerlikowske, Chief, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

4:00 to 5:45

Session III. Latin America’s Agenda: Development, Integration and Energy (AUDIO)

Speakers:		Carlos Mesa, Former President of Bolivia
		Eduardo Stein, Former Vice-President of Guatemala
		Genaro Arriagada, Former Minister of the Presidency (Chile)
Moderator:		Diego García-Sayán, Executive Director, Andean Commission of Jurists

Thursday, September 10

8:30 to 9:00

Session I. Introductory Remarks (AUDIO)

Keynote Speaker:		Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Moderator:		José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States

9:00 to 10:45

Session II. Latin America’s Challenges beyond the Global Economic Crisis: The Day After (AUDIO)

Speakers:		Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
		Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
		José Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University
		Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for LAC, World Bank
Moderator:		Enrique García, President, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)

10:45 to 12:30

Session III. Latin American Politics and Elections (AUDIO)

Speakers:		Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center
		Guillermo Fernández de Soto, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia and Secretary General, Andean Community
		Ana Maria Sanjuan, Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
		Lázaro Cárdenas, Former Governor of Michoacán (Mexico)
Moderator:		Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue

1:00 to 3:00

Working Lunch – “The Challenges for the Consolidation of Democracy in the Region and the Future of Hemispheric Integration” (AUDIO)

Keynote Speaker:		José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States
Moderator and Commentator:		Rodrigo Pardo, Director, Revista Cambio (Colombia)