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XIV Annual CAF Conference on the Americas

September 8 and 9, 2010
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington D.C.



Agenda

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

2:00 to 2:15 – Session I. Conference Introductory Remarks

 - Enrique García, CAF
 - José Miguel Insulza, OAS
 - Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue

2:15 to 2:45 – Special Session

Address by The Honorable Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico

2:45 to 4:30 – Session II. “The Evolution of U.S. Policy toward Latin America”

Additional Resources
• Event Summary of the 2010 CAF Conference on the Americas

• Rising Confidence in Latin America, Report on the XIV Annual Conference (Published January 2011)

• IN THE PRESS: The CAF Conference was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, NewsWest and Derecho a Voz.

Moderator: Carla A. Hills, Hills & Company

 Lead-off Speakers:

 - Arturo Valenzuela, US Assistant Secretary of State
 - Francisco Sanchez, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade
 - Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White House Office of National Drug Policy Control

4:30 to 6:15 – Session III.  “Elections and Political Trends”

Moderator: Michael Shifter

Lead-off Speakers:

 - Paulo Sotero, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 - Patricio Navia, New York University
 - Ana María Sanjuan, Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela)
 - Mauricio Vargas, Former Director of Semana and Cambio (Colombia)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

8:30 to 10:45 – Session IV.  “The Future of Latin America: Economic and Social Challenges over the Next 10 Years”

Moderator: Enrique García, CAF

Lead-off Speakers:

 - Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, UN-ECLAC
 - Santiago Levy, Vice President, Inter-American Development Bank
 - Guillermo Perry, Former Finance Minister of Colombia
 - Harinder Kohli, President and CEO, Centennial Group


10:45 to 12:30 – Session V. “Latin America’s Role in the Global Scenario” 

Moderator: María Emma Mejía, Former Foreign Minister of Colombia

Lead-off Speakers:

 - Luiz Felipe Lampreia, Former Foreign Minister of Brazil
 - Francisco Carrión, Ambassador of Ecuador to the UN
 - Sergio Abreu, Senator, Uruguay
 - Alfredo Barnechea, Political Analyst and Writer, Peru
           

1:00 to 3:00 – Working Lunch: “The Challenges for Democracy in Latin America”

Moderator: Carlos Mesa, Former President of Bolivia

Keynote Speakers:

 - Martín Torrijos, Former President of Panama
 - José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the OAS