V OAS PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM – XXXVIII OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
“Governance for Development and Competitiveness in the Americas:
The Role of Public-Private Partnerships”
Medellin, Colombia: May 29 – 30, 2008
Preliminary Program
FIRST DAY –THURSDAY, MAY 29
8:00
ACCREDITATION – HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL
8:30
OPENING PLENARY
Eugenio Marulanda, Chair, Organizing Committee, V OAS Private Sector Forum
H.E., Luis Guillermo Plata, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia
Alan Rosling, Executive Director, & Gabriel Rozman, Vice President for Emerging Markets, Tata Sons,
India (confirmed)
10:00
H.E. Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)
10:15-10:30
COFFEE
10:30-11:30
PANEL 1: COMPETITIVENESS IN THE AMERICAS: THE CHALLENGES OF THE XXI
CENTURY
Remarks and Moderator: Robert Devlin, Regional Advisor, UN Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Panelists:
Emilio Lozoya, Director for Latin America, World Economic Forum (confirmed)
Rodrigo Baggio, Executive Director, Committee for Democracy in Information Technology and Young
Leader of the World Economic Forum, Brazil (confirmed)
Guillermo Perry, Former Chief Economist, World Bank and Associate of Fedesarrollo, Colombia (confirmed)
Fernando Illanes de la Riva, President, Latin American Business Council (CEAL) (confirmed)
Questions and Answers
11:30-12:45
PANEL 2: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE PROMOTION OF GOOD
GOVERNANCE AND BUSINES PROSPECTS
Moderator: Peter Hakim, President, Inter-American Dialogue
Presentation: Graciela Coatz Romer, Graciela Romer and Associates, Argentina (confirmed)
Panelists:
Carlos Ominami, Senator, Senate of the Republic of Chile (confirmed)
Atul Mehta, Director, International Finance Corporation (confirmed)
Jenifer McCoy, Director, Americas Program, Carter Center (confirmed)
Enrique García, President, Andean Development Corporation (confirmed)
Questions and Answers
1:00-2:30
LUNCH
Raul Cuero, Scientist and Inventor, Recipient of NASA Technology Award, Colombia (confirmed)
2:30-5:30
SIMULTANEOUS WORKING SESSIONS
Working Group 1
Skills Training, Youth Employment and
Competitiveness
6:00
Working Group 2
Governance, Business Climate
and Enterprise Formalization
Working Group 3
Innovation in the Globalization Era
RECEPTION AND OPENING OF TIC AMERICAS’ EXHIBITION
(Sponsored by Young Americas Business Trust and Private Sector of the Americas)
Keynote Speaker: Jorge Vergara Madrigal, CEO, Omnilife, Mexico (confirmed)
The Exhibition will we open for public Thursday and Friday
SECOND DAY- FRIDAY, MAY 30
8:30
PLENARY: SETTING THE STAGE FOR A WORKABLE PARTNERSHIP
Ernesto Gutiérrez, President, Private Sector of the Americas
H.E. Fernando Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Colombia (confirmed)
H.E. José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States (confirmed)
9:30– 11:00
FORGING A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE
AMERICAS
Introduction: Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Department of Trade and Tourism, Organization of
American States
H.E. Owen Arthur, Former Primer Minister of Barbados (confirmed)
German Efromovich, CEO, Synergy Group, Brazil
Manlio Fabio Beltrones, President, Mexican Senate
11:00-11:15
COFFEE
11:15– 12:45
YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN THE PROMOTION OF GOVERNANCE AND
COMPETITIVENESS
Moderator: Susan Segal, Council of the Americas, United States
Pierluigi Gazzolo, President, MTV Networks Latin America (confirmed)
Alec Oxenford, Co-founder and Co-CEO of OLX Inc., and Young Leader of the World Economic
Forum, Argentina
Salvador Paiz, President of FUNSEPA, Guatemala (confirmed)
Questions and Answers
12:45–2:45
LUNCH
SPECIAL SPEAKER:
Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (confirmed)
Joyce Chang, Managing Director and Global Head of the Emerging Markets Research Group, JP
Morgan & Chase (confirmed)
3:00–4:00
CORPORATE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE XXI CENTURY
Moderator: John Sullivan, Executive Director, Center for International Enterprise, United States
José Alberto Vélez, Presidente, Cementera Argos, Colombia (confirmed)
María Eugenia Brizuela, Regional Director for Corporate Sustainability, HSBC Latin America (confirmed)
Bradley Googins, Executive Director, The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, United States
(confirmed)
Robert Duvall, CEO, National Council on Economic Education, United States (confirmed)
Questions and Answers
4:00-4:15
COFFEE
4:15-5:00
Recognition of 2008 TIC America Winners by Young Americas Business Trust
5:00-6:00
CLOSING
H.E. Alvaro Uribe Vélez, President of the Republic of Colombia
8:00-10:00
RECEPTION– SPONSORED BY PRIVATE SECTOR OF THE AMERICAS
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