ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
Inter-American Council for Integral Development
(CIDI)
THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH
AUTHORITIES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
November 17-18, 2011
Panama City, Panama
OEA/Ser.K/XVIII.3
CIDI/REMCYT-III/doc. 4/11 rev. 2
17 November 2011
Original: Spanish
SCHEDULE
“Translational Science, Technology and Innovation: Knowledge for Competitiveness and Prosperity”
(Approved during the First Plenary Session held November 17, 2011)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Registration of participants (Lobby, Riu Plaza Panama Hotel)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Registration of participants (Foyer, Panama Grand Salon)
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
INAUGURAL SESSION (Panama Grand Salon)
Welcoming remarks by:
9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Jorge Saggiante, Acting Executive Secretary for Integral
Development of the OAS (10 minutes)

Francisco Álvarez de Soto, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Panama (10 minutes)
FIRST PLENARY SESSION: Election of officers of the Meeting
and consideration of the Draft Agenda (Panama Grand Salon)
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9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Consideration and approval of the Draft Agenda
(CIDI/REMCYT-III/doc.2./11), Draft Annotated Agenda
(CIDI/REMCYT-III/doc.3/11)
and
Draft
Schedule
(CIDI/REMCYT-III/doc.4/11 rev.1)
Election of officers of the Meeting
Consideration of the election of a Rapporteur of the Meeting
SECOND PLENARY SESSION: Recommendations for the Sixth
Summit of the Americas: “Connecting the Americas: Partners for
Prosperity”
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Presentation by Sherry Tross, Executive Secretary of the OAS
Summits Secretariat (10 minutes)
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Intervention by the Government of Colombia
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Ministerial Dialogue (10 minutes)
Thursday, November 17, 2011 (continuation)
9:50 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
THIRD PLENARY SESSION: From Mexico to Panama: Progress
and Challenges

Rubén Berrocal, Chair of the Inter-American Committee on
Science and Technology (COMCYT): General Report (10
minutes)

Oscar Harasic, Chief, OAS Office of Science, Technology, and
Innovation, Department of Economic Development, Trade and
Tourism (10 minutes)
Ministerial Dialogue (40 minutes)
10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
BREAK
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Towards Vision 20/25: Science,
Technology, and Innovation for the Americas: Hemispheric
Cooperation for Competitiveness and Prosperity in a Knowledgebased Society

Introduction: Carlos Mladinic, Acting Director of the
Departament of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism of
the OAS en funciones

Towards Vision 20/25: Innovation
 Costa Rica: Alejandro Cruz, Minister of Science, Technology,
and Productive Innovation (10 minutes)
 Argentina: Agueda Menvielle, National Director for
International Affairs, Ministry of Science, Technology and
Productive Innovation (10 minutes)
Ministerial Dialogue (40 minutes)
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Official photo of the Heads of Delegation
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
LUNCH (Two lunches will be provided, one for Heads of
Delegation, offered by Dr. Rubén Berrocal, National Secretary for
Science, Technology, and Innovation of Panama; and the other for
the delegations of the member states, offered by SENACYT)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
FIFTH PLENARY SESSION: Towards Vision 20/25: Human
Resources Training and Education
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 (continuation)
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
FIFTH PLENARY SESSION: Towards Vision 20/25: Human
Resources Training and Education

Colombia: Jaime Restrepo, Director General, Administrative
Department of Science, Technology and Innovation
(COLCIENCIAS) (10 minutes)
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Trinidad and Tobago: Chandar Gupta Supersad, Chair of the
Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme
(YTEPP) (STTE) (10 minutes)
Ministerial Dialogue (40 minutes)
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
SIXTH PLENARY SESSION: Towards Vision 20/25: National
Quality Infrastructure

Panama: Javier Arias, Director, National Metrology Center of
Panama (CENAMEP) (10 minutes)
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United States: Claire Saundry, Director of International and
Academic Affairs, National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) (10 minutes)
Ministerial Dialogue (40 minutes)
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
BREAK
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
SEVENTH PLENARY SESSION:
Technological Development
Towards
Vision
20/25:

Mexico: Gabriel González, Director of Evaluation and
International Cooperation, National Council of Science and
Technology (CONACYT) (10 minutes)
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Chile: Ignacio Casas, Executive Director, Latin American and
Caribbean Collaborative Information and Communication
Technologies Research Federation (LACCIR) (10 minutes)
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United States: Mark Peterson, American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy
Fellow, Office of Science and Technology, U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) (10 minutes)
Ministerial Dialogue (45 minutes)
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 (continuation)
7:15 p.m.
Shuttle from the Hotel Lobby to Club Unión
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
DINNER (Offered to the delegations of the member states by Dr.
Rubén Berrocal, National Secretary for Science, Technology, and
Innovation of Panama)
Friday, November 18, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
EIGHTH PLENARY SESSION: Plan of Action of Panama:
Coordination of Hemispheric Cooperation for Competitiveness and
Prosperity

Executive presentation of the Plan of Action of Panama by
Claudia Guerrero, Director of International Technical
Cooperation, National Secretariat of Science, Technology and
Innovation of Panama (SENACYT)
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Ministerial Dialogue on the Plan of Action of Panama
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Consideration and approval of the Plan of Action

Formation of working groups
NINTH PLENARY SESSION AND CLOSING SESSION

Report of the Rapporteur
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Closing remarks by:
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Jorge Saggiante, Acting Executive Secretary for Integral
Development of the OAS
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Rubén Berrocal, National Secretary for Science,
Technology, and Innovation of Panama
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
LUNCH (Offered to the delegations of the member states by Dr.
Rubén Berrocal, National Secretary for Science, Technology and
Innovation of Panama)
2:45 p.m.
Shuttle departure for visit to Miraflores Canal Lock (Lobby, Riu
Plaza Panama Hotel)
3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
VISIT TO MIRAFLORES CANAL LOCK
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