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DAY 1 - Developing the Economic Model
08:00

8:45 09:00
  Breakfast & Registration

Opening Remarks
9:00 – 10:30
 
                                                           Panel 1
To Consolidate or Correct the Economic Model


Prof. Jorge Castañeda
Universidad Autónoma de México

Albert Fishlow
Chief Economist, Violy, Byorum & Partners

David Malpass
Chief International Economist, Bear Stearns & Co

Edward Schumacher
Managing Editor, Wall Street Journal Americas

Moderated by:
Walter Molano
Head of Economic & Financial Research, BCP Securities

10:45 – 12:00
                                                             Panel 2
Mexico: Political & Economic Prospects


Alejandro Werner

Managing Director, Economic Analysis, Central Bank of Mexico
Andres Conesa Labastida
Undersecretary for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Mexico
Luis Carlos Ugalde
Chief of Staff, Embassy of Mexico to the United States

Moderated by:

Robert Kaufman
Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
12:00 – 01:30
  Lunch

12:45 – 01:30
 

Lunch Keynote Speech:

Argentina: Post- election Update


Miguel Kiguel

Undersecretary of Finance, Argentina

12:15 - 14:15
 

Lunch
Low Library

13:30 - 14:45
 

                                                           Panel 3
The Cost and Benefits of a "Free Trade of the Americas"

Robert Devlin
Chief Economic Integration Division, IDB

Gary Hufbauer
Senior Fellow, International Institute of Economics

Thomas Palley

Assistant Director of Public Policy, AFL-CIO

Moderated by:

Ann Harrison
Professor of International Business and Trade, Columbia Business School

15:00 - 16:15
 

                                                           Panel 4
Managing Economic Volatility in the 21st Century

Liliana Rojas-Suaréz

Chief Economist, Latin America, Deutsche Bank

Andrés Velasco

Prof. of Latin American Economics, New York University

Arturo Porzecanski

Chief Economist for the Americas, ING Barings

Jorge Mariscal

Director, Latin America Equity Research, Goldman Sachs & Co

Moderated by:
Michael Pettis
Managing Director for Capital Market Strategy, Bear, Stearns & Co.


16:15 - 17:00
  Closing Keynote Speech:

Prospects for Growth in the 21st. Century

Eduardo Lora

Lead Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
17:00
  Cocktail Reception
     
DAY 2 -The Shape of New Business Opportunities
08:00
  Breakfast & Registration
08:30– 08:45
  Opening Remarks
08:45 – 09:30
  Opening Keynote Speech:

The Nineties and Latin America

Roberto Mendoza
Vice Chairman, J.P. Morgan
09:35 – 10:20
  Keynote Speech:

Structural Reform in the Mexican Energy Sector

Hector Olea
Chairman, Comision Reguladora de Energia, Mexico
10:40– 12:00
                                                             Panel 1
Attracting Capital Back to Latin America

Richard Watt

Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management & Warburg Pincus

Lorenzo Weisman MBA '73

Managing Director and Head, Latin America Corporate Finance, Warburg Dillon Read LLC

Desmond Lachman

Managing Director, Salomon Smith Barney

Bob Kowit

Vice President, Federated Investors

Moderated by:
Michael Pettis
Managing Director for Capital Market Strategy, Bear, Stearns & Co.
12:00 – 13:30
  Lunch

12:45 – 13:30
 

Lunch Keynote Speech:

Fernando Espuelas
CEO, Starmedia Network

13:30 – 14:40
 

                                                           Panel 2 Successful Business Strategies in a Volatile Environment

Carlos Alberto Sicupira

Partner, GP Investimentos

Roberto Muller

President, The Muller Sports Group

Moderated by:
David Beim
Professor of Emerging Financial Markets, Columbia Business School

15:00 – 16:10
                                                             Panel 3
Mapping the InternetLandscape


Susan Segal MBA '76

Partner, Chase Capital Partners

Tim Kingston

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co

Jonathan Sánchez-Jaimes

President, Visa International

Moderated by:
Nelson Fraiman

Professor of Technology Management, Columbia Business School
16:15 – 17:00
  Closing Keynote Speech:

The Future Course of Business and Investment


Alberto Verme MBA '73

Managing Director and Head of Latin America Investment Banking, Salomon Smith Barney
17:00
  Cocktail Reception
   
 
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