22nd Annual CAF Conference
Wednesday, September 5
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Registration |
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2:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
Conference Introductory Remarks |
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| Speakers: |
Luis Carranza, President, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America Luis Almagro, Secretary-General, Organization of American States Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue |
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2:15 – 4:00 PM |
Session I: 21st Century Challenges to a Free Press |
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| Moderator: |
Catalina Botero, Dean, Faculty of Law, Universidad de los Andes and Former OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression |
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| Speakers: | Marty Baron, Editor, The Washington Post | ||
| Carlos Dada, Founding Report, El Faro | |||
| Mónica González, Director, Center for Journalistic Research of Chile (CIPER) | |||
| Roberto Pombo Holguín, Editor, El Tiempo | |||
| Carlos Reymundo Roberts, Editor, La Nación | |||
4:00 – 5:45 pm |
Session II: China-Latin America Relations: New Perspectives for Trade and Invesment |
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| Moderator: | Isabel Hilton, Editor, chinadialogue.net | ||
| Speakers: | Rogers Valencia, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Peru | ||
| Dulcidio De La Guardia, Former Minister of Finance, Panama | |||
| Tatiana Rosito, Senior Fellow, Brazilian Centre for International Affairs (CEBRI) | |||
| Kevin Gallagher, Director, Global Economic Governance Initiative, Boston University | |||
| Álvaro Mendez, Co-Director, Global South Unit, London School of Economics | |||
Thursday, September 6
8:15 – 9:00 am |
Registration |
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9:00 – 10:30 am |
Session III: The Return of Growth: What Must The Region Do To Make It Last? |
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| Moderator: | Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) | |||
| Speakers: | Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) | |||
| Dyogo Henrique de Oliveira, President, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) | ||||
| Jorge Familiar, Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank | ||||
| Miguel Castilla, General Manager & Chief of Strategic Development, Inter-American Development Bank | ||||
| Alejandro Werner, Director of Western Hemisphere, International Monetary Fund | ||||
10:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Session IV: Escpaing the Middle-Income Trap: How Can Latin America Use Innovation to Close the Productivity Gap? |
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| Moderator: | Gonzalo Chávez, Economist, Catholic University of La Paz | |||
| Speakers: | Miguel Braun, Secretary of Commerce, Argentina | |||
| Santiago Levy, Vice President for Sectors & Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank | ||||
| Mariana Costa, Founder & CEO, Laboratoria | ||||
| Arturo Condo, President, EARTH University | ||||
| José Juan Haro, Head of Public Positioning and Whole Sale Business for Latin America, Telefónica | ||||
12:00 – 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 – 3:15 pm |
Session V: Thinking Politics Beyond the Short Term: How To Generate Consensus for Sustainable Growth |
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| Moderator: | Andrea Bernal, Journalist, NTN24 | |||
| Speakers: | Urenna Best, Director, National Secretariat for the Development of Afro-Panamanians (SENADAP) | |||
| Luís Ernesto Gómez, Former Vice Minister of the Interior, Colombia | ||||
| Hernan Larraín, President, Evolución Política (Evópoli), Chile | ||||
| Juan Maquieyra, President, Buenos Aires Public Housing Institute | ||||
3:15 – 5:00 pm |
Session VI: Elections and Political Trends in Latin America: A Focus on Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela |
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| Moderator: | Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue | |||
| Speakers: | Luis Bareiro, Journalist, Última Hora | |||
| Monica de Bolle, Director, Latin American Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies | ||||
| Mónica Pachón, Dean, School of Political Science, Government, and International Relations, Universidad del Rosario | ||||
| Michael Penfold, Professor, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) | ||||
| Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey | ||||