XVIII Annual CAF Conference

September 3, 2014

2:00 – 2:15 PM

 

Conference Introductory Remarks

   

Enrique García, President, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America

José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States

Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue

2:15 – 3:15 PM

 

 Keynote Address 

   

Introduction:

 

Enrique García, President, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America

Address:

 

Felipe Calderón, Former President of Mexico

 3:30 – 5:00 PM 

 

 Session I: Cuba at the Crossroads: What to Expect?

   

Moderator:

 

Ted Piccone, Acting Vice President and Director, Brookings Institution

Speakers:

 

Juan Triana, Professor, Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Havana

   

Richard Feinberg, Professor, University of California at San Diego

   

Jennifer McCoy, Director, Americas Program, The Carter Center

   

Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank

   

Carlos Saladrigas, Chairman and CEO, Regis HR Group and Chairman, Cuba Study Group

 5:00 – 6:30 PM

 

Session II: “Elections and Political Developments in Latin America: Focus on Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela”

   

Moderator:

 

Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue

Speakers:

 

Gustavo Fernández, Former Foreign Minister of Bolivia

   

Diego Escosteguy, Brasília Bureau Director, ÉPOCA Magazine, Brazil

   

Juanita León, Director, La Silla Vacía, Colombia

   

Ignacio Zuasnabar, Director, Equipos Consultores, Uruguay

   

Luis Vicente León, President, Datanálisis, Venezuela

   

Hector Schamis, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, and El País Columnist, United States

September 4, 2014

8:30 – 9:30 AM

 

Keynote Address: The Future of Haiti 

   

Introduction:

 

Jessica Faieta, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme

Address:

 

Marie-Carmelle Jean-Marie, Minister of Economy and Finance, Haiti

9:30 – 11:00 AM

 

 Session III: “Latin American Economic Outlook: Is the Party Over?”

   

Moderator:

 

Enrique García, President, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America

Speakers:

 

Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank

   

Mario Bergara, Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay

   

João Carlos Ferraz, Managing Director, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

   

Jorge Familiar, Vice President, Latin America & the Caribbean, World Bank

   

José Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University and Former Finance Minister of Colombia

   

Alejandro Werner, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund

 11:00 – 12:30 PM 

 

 Session IV: “Oil, Shale Gas, and Renewables: Shifts in the Global Energy Matrix and their Impact on Latin America”

   

Moderator:

 

Genaro Arriagada, Former Minister of Chile

Speakers:

 

Bill Richardson, Former Governor of New Mexico and Former Secretary, US Department of Energy

   

Adam Sieminski, Administrator, US Energy Information Administration

   

Mauricio Tolmasquim, President, Empresa de Pesquisa Energética, Brazil

   

Rajat M. Nag, Former Managing Director, Asian Development Bank

   

Ed Morse, Global Head of Commodities Research, Citigroup, United States

   

Francisco Monaldi, Visiting Professor of Energy Policy, Harvard University, and Founder and Director, Center on Energy and the Environment, IESA, Venezuela

12:30 – 1:30 PM

 

 Lunch

 1:30 – 2:00 PM

 

 Keynote Address: Latin America’s Regional Processes of Integration and Global Insertion

   

Introduction:

 

Carla A. Hills, Inter-American Dialogue Co-Chair and CEO, Hills & Company

Address:

 

Enrique V. Iglesias, Former Secretary General, Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), and Former President, Inter-American Development Bank

2:00 – 3:30 PM

 

Session V: “Social Innovation in the Global South”

   

Moderator:

 

Pamela Hartigan, Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford

Speakers:

 

Andrew Kassoy, Founder, B Lab, United States

   

Jennifer Riria, CEO, Kenya Women Holding Company Ltd., Kenya

   

Jack Sim, Founder, World Toilet Organization, Singapore

   

Julián Ugarte, Executive Director, Socialab, Chile

   

Ana Mercedes Botero, Director, Social Innovation, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America

3:30 – 5:00 PM

 

Conversation: “Hemispheric Challenges Twenty Years after the First Summit of the Americas” 

   

Moderator:

 

Claudia Gurisatti, Managing Director, NTN 24, Colombia

Speakers:

 

José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States

   

Marco Aurélio Garcia, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Brazil

   

Thomas F. McLarty III, Chairman, McLarty Associates, and Former White House Chief of Staff for President Clinton

   

Martín Torrijos, Former President of Panama

   

María Emma Mejía, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations

5:00 – 6:30 PM

 

Session VI: “Women Rising:  Influential Decision Makers in Latin America”

   

Moderator:

 

Carlos Montero, News Anchor, CNN en Español

Speakers:

 

Alejandra Mora Mora, Minister for the Status of Women of Costa Rica, President of the Inter-AmericanCommission of Women, and Executive President of the National Institute of Women (INAMU)

   

Keiko Fujimori, Party Leader, Popular Force, Peru

   

Cecilia López, Former Senator and Minister, Colombia and Founder and President, International Center for Social and Economic Thought (CiSoe)

   

Rosario Pérez, President and CEO, Pro Mujer, Mexico

   

Chiara Paola Capdevila, Member of the Executive Board, Industrial Union of Paraguay

   

Aida Michelle Ureña de Maduro, President, Union of Industrialists of Panama