XIX Annual CAF Conference

Wednesday, September 9

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

 

Conference Introductory Remarks

    Speakers: Enrique García, President, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America
      Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of American States
      Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm

 

Session I: The Geopolitical Challenges of the Hemisphere: The Way Ahead

    Moderator: Patricia Janiot, Senior Anchor, CNN en Español
    Speakers: Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of American States
      Martín Torrijos, Former President of Panama
      Marco Aurélio Garcia, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Brazil
      Roberta Jacobson, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

 

Session II: Elections & Political Scenario in Latin America: Focus on Argentina, Peru, Venezuela & Guatemala

    Moderator: Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue
    Speakers: Sergio Berensztein, Founder and President, Berensztein, and Professor, Torcuato Di Tella University, Argentina
      Alfonso Quiñónez, Professor, Francisco Marroquin University of Guatemala
      Rosa María Palacios, Political Analyst and Journalist, La República, Peru
      Vladimir Villegas, Columnist, El Nacional, Venezuela

Thursday, September 10

9:00 am – 10:30 am

 

Session III: Latin America’s Present & Future Development Challenges in the Current Global Environment

    Moderator: Enrique García, President, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America
    Speakers: Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB)
      João Carlos Ferraz, Managing Director, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
      Luis Miguel Castilla, Ambassador of Peru to the US and Former Minister of the Economy and Finance of Peru
      Jorge Familiar, Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
      Alejandro Werner, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund
      José Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University and Former Minister of Finance of Colombia

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

 

Session IV: The Growth of the Middle Class in Latin America & its Future Sustainability

    Moderator: Guillermo Perry, Professor, Universidad de los Andes and Former Minister of Finance of Colombia
    Speakers: Santiago Levy, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank
      Nicola Harrington-Buhay, Deputy Director, Development Centre, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
      Nancy Birdsall, Founding President, Center for Global Development
      Luis-Felipe López-Calva, Director, World Development Report 2017, World Bank
      Nora Lustig, Professor, Tulane University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Project Director, Commitment to Equity, Inter-American Dialogue
      Pablo Sanguinetti, Chief Economist, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

 

Latin America & the World: A Conversation

    Interviewer: Moisés Naím, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    Interviewee: Enrique V. Iglesias, Former Secretary General, Ibero-American General Secretariat and Former President, Inter-American Development Bank

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

 

Lunch

 

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

 

Session V: What is Happening with the Regional Integration of Latin America?

    Moderator: Félix Peña, Director, Institute of International Trade, ICBC Foundation, Argentina
     Speakers: Eladio Loizaga, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay
      Jacques Rogozinski, Director, Nacional Financiera, Mexico
      Alejandro Foxley, President, Corporación de Estudios para Latinoamérica (CIEPLAN) and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile
      Gustavo Fernández, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia
      Carlos Malamud, Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute, Spain

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Session VI:The Relations between Latin America & Asia: Enchantment or Disappointment?

    Moderator: Andrea Bernal, Anchor, NTN24
     Speakers: Hiroshi Watanabe, Governor and CEO, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
      Marta Lucía Ramírez, Former Minister of Defense and Trade of Colombia
      Leonardo Arízaga, Vice Minister of Foreign Relations and Political Integration of Ecuador
      Harinder Kohli, President and CEO, Centennial Group, India
      Biliang Hu, Director, Emerging Markets Institute, Beijing Normal University
      Carlos Casanova, Economist, Emerging Markets, BBVA, Hong Kong

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

 

Session VII: New Horizons for Cuba after December 17, 2014: The Path towards Transformation

    Moderator: Mario Bergara, President of the Central Bank of Uruguay and Visiting Professor, University of Havana
     Speakers: Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
      Alberto Trejos, Professor, INCAE Business School
      Juan Triana, Professor, Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Havana
      Dan Restrepo, Managing Director, Restrepo Strategies LLC
      Germán Ríos, Corporate Director of Strategic Affairs, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America