23rd Annual CAF Conference
Wednesday, September 4
1:00 – 2:00 pm |
Registration |
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2:00 – 2:20 pm |
Conference Introductory Remarks |
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Speakers: |
Luis Carranza, President, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America |
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2:20 – 3:00 pm |
Global Challenges & Latin America: A Conversation |
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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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| Speaker: |
Michèle Flournoy, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; CNAS Board of Director; Chief Executive Officer, WestExec Advisors |
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Due to Hurricane Dorian, Admiral James Stavridis was unable to make it to DC. We’re grateful to Michèle Flournoy, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, for taking the time to engage in an important conversation on Global Challenges and the role of Latin America. You can view her bio here. |
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3:00 – 4:30 pm |
Session I: Rethinking a Trade Agenda in the Americas |
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| Moderator: |
Carla A. Hills, CEO, Hills & Co., and Former US Trade Representative |
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| Speakers: | Martha Bárcena, Ambassador to the United States, Mexico | ||
| Anabel González, Former Minister of Trade, Costa Rica; Non-resident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute | |||
| Marisa Bircher, Secretary of International Trade, Argentina | |||
| Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Chief Economist for the Integration & Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) | |||
4:30 – 6:00 pm |
Session II: China-Latin America Relations: Beyond Complementarity? |
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| Moderator: | Silvia Pavoni, Economics Editor, The Banker | ||
| Speakers: | Isabel de Saint Malo, Former Vice President and Foreign Minister of Panama | ||
| Alex Hao, Partner, JunHe Law Offices | |||
| Enrique Dussel Peters, Director of Center for Chinese-Mexican Studies, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México (UNAM) | |||
| Anton Chan, RMB Specialist for Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank | |||
| Rosa Ng, Former Representative of Dominican Republic-China Commercial Relations | |||
Thursday, September 5
7:30 – 8:30 am |
Registration |
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8:30 – 10:00 am |
Session III: Political Shifts in Latin America: A Focus on Brazil, Mexico, and Recent Elections Throughout the Region |
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| Moderator: | Michael Reid, Senior Editor and Columnist, The Economist | |||
| Speakers: | Laura Chinchilla, Former President of Costa Rica; Co-Chair, Inter-American Dialogue | |||
| Rossana Fuentes, Founder & CEO, Mexico Media Lab | ||||
| Daniela Pinheiro, Editor-in-Chief, Revista Época | ||||
| Daniel Zovatto, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) | ||||
10:00 – 11:30 am |
Session IV: Social Media, Disinformation, and the Changing Politics of Latin America |
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| Moderator: | Catalina Botero, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Universidad de los Andes | |||
| Speakers: | Edison Lanza, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | |||
| Hugo Alconada Mon, Investigative Unit Editor, La Nación | ||||
| Patricia Campos Mello, Reporter-at-Large and Columnist, Folha de São Paulo | ||||
| Crystal Patterson, Head of Global Civic Partnerships & Elections, Facebook | ||||
| Andrea Bernal, News Anchor and Director, NTN24 | ||||
11:30 – 12:30 pm |
Whither Venezuela? A Conversation with Luis Vicente León |
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| Moderator: | Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue | |||
| Speaker: | Luis Vicente León, President, Datanálisis | |||
12:30 – 2:00 pm |
Lunch |
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