ONLINE EVENT: 24th Annual CAF Conference
Wednesday, September 9
10:00 – 10:20 am |
Conference Introductory Remarks |
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Master of Ceremonies: |
Gustau Alegret, US News Director, NTN24 |
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Speakers: |
Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue
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10:20 – 10:50 am |
Keynote |
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| Moderator: |
Thomas Shannon, Co-Chair, Inter-American Dialogue and Former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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H.E. Luis Lacalle Pou, President of Uruguay |
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11:00 – 12:15 pm |
Session I: Economic Recovery from Covid-19 & the Future of the Social Contract |
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| Lead-Off Speaker: |
Luis Felipe López Calva, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme
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| Speakers: | Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB); Former Vice President, Costa Rica | |||
| Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics; Professor, Columbia University | ||||
| Carmen Reinhart, Vice President of Development Economics & Chief Economist, World Bank Group | ||||
| Paula Santilli, CEO, PepsiCo Latin America | ||||
| Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) | ||||
Thursday, September 10
10:00 – 11:15 am |
Session II: Successes & Failures: Hemispheric Health Systems Severely Tested |
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Moderator: |
Julio Frenk, President, University of Miami; Former Secretary of Health, Mexico |
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| Speakers: | Carissa Etienne, Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Regional Director for the Americas, World Health Organization (WHO) | ||||
| Deisy Ventura, Professor & Director of PhD Global Health Program, Universidad de São Paulo | |||||
| Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund | |||||
| Luciana Borio, Vice President, In-Q-Tel; Former Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness, National Security Council | |||||
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Carla Vizzotti, Secretary of Health Access, Argentina
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11:15 – 12:30 pm |
Session III: A Conversation on Coronavirus, Climate Change & the Environment: Where Does LAC Stand? |
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| Moderator: |
Yolanda Kakabadse, Chair of Advisory Board, Futuro Latinoamericano; Former Minister of Environment, Ecuador; Former President, World Wildlife Fund
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| Speakers: | Ana Toni, Executive Director, Instituto Clima e Sociedade | ||||
| Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Vice President for the Latin American and the Caribbean Region, World Bank | |||||
| Brigitte Baptiste, Chancellor, Universidad Ean; Former Director, Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Institute | |||||
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Hugh Sealy, Special Envoy on Climate Change, Barbados
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1:15 – 2:30 pm |
Session IV: Hopes & Hazards: Digital Transformation in the Region |
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| Moderator: |
Guillermo Arduino, Anchor and Correspondent, CNN Networks
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| Speakers: | Laura Gaviria, Director, SoftBank Group International | ||||
| Silvina Moschini, Co-Founder & President, TransparentBusiness Inc.; CEO & Founder, SheWorks! | |||||
| Angel Melguizo, Vice President of External & Regulatory Affairs, AT&T Latin America | |||||
| Kerry-Ann Barrett, Cybersecurity Policy Specialist, OAS | |||||
| Robert Morgus, Senior Director, US Cyberspace Solarium Commission | |||||
Friday, September 11
10:00 – 11:15 am |
Session V: Pandemic Politics: Impact on Democracy & Rule of Law in Latin America |
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| Moderator: |
Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue
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| Speakers: | Lucia Dammert, Professor of International Relations, Universidad de Santiago de Chile | |||
| Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General, International IDEA; Former Second Vice President, Costa Rica | ||||
| Luz Mely Reyes, Director & Co-Founder, Efecto Cocuyo | ||||
| Monica de Bolle, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS | ||||
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Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor of LAC Studies, New York University; Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
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11:15 – 12:30 pm |
Session VI: US Presidential Elections: Implications for LAC |
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| Moderator: |
Gabriela Frias, Business Anchor, CNN en Español
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| Speakers: | Julissa Reynoso, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP; Former US Ambassador to Uruguay and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs | |||
| Roger Noriega, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and US Ambassador to the OAS | ||||