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XVI Annual CAF Conference
XVI Annual CAF Conference
September 5 and 6, 2012
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Willard Intercontinental Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW – Washington, DC
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AGENDA
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
2:00 to 2:15 – Session I. Conference Introductory Remarks (click for audio)
- Enrique García, CAF
- Jose Miguel Insulza, Organization of American States
- Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue
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2:15 to 3:00 – Keynote Address (click for audio)
Moderator: Carla A. Hills, Inter-American Dialogue Co-Chair and CEO, Hills & Company
Keynote address: Leonel Fernández, Former President of the Dominican Republic
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3:30 to 5:00 – Session II. “The emergence of the new global South” (click for audio)
Moderator: Chris Alden, Professor, London School of Economics
Lead-off Speakers:
- Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank
- Mzukisi Qobo, Professor, University of Pretoria
- Lu Bo, Deputy Director, American Economic Affairs, CAITEC, China
- Augusto de la Torre, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
- Harinder Kohli, President, Emerging Markets
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5:00 to 6:30 – Session III. “Elections and Political Trends in Latin America: Focus on Mexico and
Venezuela” (click for audio)
Moderator: Victor Rico, Special Advisor to the President, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America
Lead-off Speakers:
- Rosario Green, Senator, Mexico
- Lázaro Cárdenas, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center International Center for Scholars
- Ana María Sanjuan, Senior Executive, CAF
- Luis Vicente León, Director, Datanálisis
- Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary of Political Affairs, OAS
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
8:30 to 9:30 – Breakfast Discussion: "The US Presidential Elections and Latin America"
(click for audio)
Moderator: Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue
Lead-off Speakers:
- Clifford Sobel, Former US Ambassador to Brazil
- Dan Restrepo, Former Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council
Commentator: Charles Shapiro, President, Institute of the Americas
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9:45 to 11:15 – Session IV. “Is this Latin America's decade? Pending development challenges”
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Moderator: Enrique García, President, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America
Lead-off Speakers:
- Luis Miguel Castilla, Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
- Alejandro Foxley, President, CIEPLAN
- Hasan Tuluy, Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
- Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
- Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre
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11:15 to 12:45 – Session V. "The Vision of New Leaders on Key Challenges for Latin American
Societies: Violence, Transnational Crime, and Drugs" (click for audio)
Moderator: Moisés Naím, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lead-off Speakers:
- Luciana León, Member of Congress, Peru
- Diego Cánepa, Secretary to the President, Uruguay
- Daniel Mejía, Professor, Universidad de los Andes
- Fernando Carrera, Head of Secretary of Planning, Guatemala
- Alejandro Hope, Director of Project "Less Crime, Less Punishment," México Evalua and IMCO |
1:00 to 2:00 - Lunch |
2:00 to 2:20 - Keynote Address: "Perspectives on Inter-American Relations" (click for audio)
(click here for full transcript)
Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States |
2:20 to 3:00 - Moderated Conversation (click for audio)
Moderator: Claudia Palacios, Senior Anchor, CNN
Speakers:
- Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States
- José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States |
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