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XV Annual CAF Conference on the Americas
September 7 and 8, 2011
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington D.C.
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AGENDA
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
2:00 to 2:15 – Session I. Conference Introductory Remarks
- Enrique García, CAF
- Jose Miguel Insulza, Organization of American States
- Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue
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2:15 to 2:45 – Keynote Address – Enrique Iglesias, Secretary General, SEGIB
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2:45 to 4:30 – Session II. “Obama’s Politics after his Visit to Latin America: What is Next?”
Moderator: Martín Torrijos, Former President of Panama
Lead-off Speakers:
- Guillermo Fernández de Soto, Former Foreign Minister of Colombia
- Gustavo Fernández Saavedra, Former Foreign Minister of Bolivia
- Mary Beth Sheridan, Diplomatic Correspondent, The Washington Post
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4:30 to 6:15 – Session III. “Political Challenges in Latin America: the Vision of its New Leaders”
Moderator: Moisés Naím, Senior Associate, International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lead-off Speakers:
- Marisa Glave, City Councilor of Lima, Peru
- Diego Cánepa, ProSecretary of the Presidency, Uruguay
- Paula Moreno, Former Minister of Culture, Colombia
- Boris Muñoz, Editor-in-Chief, Exceso, Venezuela
- Claudia Benavente, Director, Diario La Razón, Bolivia
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7:00 to 9:00 – Reception at the Organization of American States
Keynote Speaker: Héctor Arce, President, House of Deputies of Bolivia
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
8:00 to 8:30 – Continental Breakfast
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8:30 to 9:15 – Keynote Address
Moderator: Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company
Speaker: Thomas A. Shannon, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (click for transcript of speech)
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9:15 to 10:45 – Session IV. “Towards a New Agenda for Inclusive Sustainable Development”
Moderator: Enrique García, President & CEO, CAF
Lead-off Speakers:
- Alessandro Pio, Director General, North America, Asian Development Bank
- Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
- Didier Mercier, Deputy CEO, French Development Agency
- Fernando Lorenzo, Minister of Finance of Uruguay
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10:45 to 10:55 – "Promoting the Dialogue on Competitiveness in the Americas"
- Rafael Alburquerque, Vice President, Dominican Republic
- Andrés Van der Horst Alvarez, Minister of the National Council of Competitiveness, Dominican Republic
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10:55 to 12:30 – Session V. “New Triangle: Asia—Latin America—USA”
Moderator: Charles Shapiro, President-designate, Institute of the Americas
Lead-off Speakers:
- Anna Jaguaribe, Professor Sociology, UFRJ, Brazil
- Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the Division of Trade & Integration, CEPAL
- Wu Guoping, Professor, Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
- Jeffrey Davidow, Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Member of the Cohen Group
- Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas
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1:00 to 3:00 – Working Lunch: “Changing Dynamics of Hemispheric Relations”
Moderator: Patricia Janiot, Anchor, CNN en español
Speakers:
- María Emma Mejía, Secretary General, UNASUR
- José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, OAS
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Additional Resources
• A Decade of Change: Political, Economic, and Social Developments in Western Hemisphere Affairs, Inter-American Dialogue, September 2011.
• "Latin America and the United States: Looking Towards 2020," by Sergio Bitar, Inter-American Dialogue, September 2011.
• "Shannon destaca relación con la región," by Carolina Aguilar, Voz de América, September 8, 2011.
• "U.S.-Latin America Relations Stale: Former Foreign Ministers," by Rachel Sadon, Latin America Advisor, September 8, 2011.
• "El Mundo al Día," Voz de América, September 8, 2011.
• Event Summary of the 2010 CAF Conference on the Americas
• Rising Confidence in Latin America, Report on the XIV Annual Conference (Published January 2011)
• Visit the 2010, 2009 and 2008 CAF Conference webpages.
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