XV Annual CAF Conference

2:00 to 2:15

Session I. Conference Introductory Remarks

Enrique García, CAF
Jose Miguel Insulza, Organization of American States
Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue

2:15 to 2:45

Keynote Address

Enrique Iglesias, Secretary General, SEGIB

2:45 to 4:30

Session II. “Obama’s Politics after his Visit to Latin America: What is Next?”

Speakers:		Guillermo Fernández de Soto, Former Foreign Minister of Colombia
		Gustavo Fernández Saavedra, Former Foreign Minister of Bolivia
		Mary Beth Sheridan, Diplomatic Correspondent, The Washington Post
Moderator:		Martín Torrijos, Former President of Panama

4:30 to 6:15

Session III. “Political Challenges in Latin America: the Vision of its New Leaders”

Speakers:		Marisa Glave, City Councilor of Lima, Peru
		Diego Cánepa, ProSecretary of the Presidency, Uruguay
		Paula Moreno, Former Minister of Culture, Colombia
		Boris Muñoz, Editor-in-Chief, Exceso, Venezuela
		Claudia Benavente, Director, Diario La Razón, Bolivia
Moderator:		Moisés Naím, Senior Associate, International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

7:00 to 9:00

Reception at the Organization of American States

Keynote Speaker:

Héctor Arce, President, House of Deputies of Bolivia

8:00 to 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 to 9:15

Keynote Address

Speaker:		Thomas A. Shannon, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Moderator:		Carla A. Hills, Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company

9:15 to 10:45

Session IV. “Towards a New Agenda for Inclusive Sustainable Development”

Speakers:		Alessandro Pio, Director General, North America, Asian Development Bank
		Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
		Didier Mercier, Deputy CEO, French Development Agency
		Fernando Lorenzo, Minister of Finance of Uruguay
Moderator:		Enrique García, President & CEO, CAF

10:45 to 10:55

“Promoting the Dialogue on Competitiveness in the Americas”

Speakers:		Rafael Alburquerque, Vice President, Dominican Republic
		Andrés Van der Horst Alvarez, Minister of the National Council of Competitiveness, Dominican Republic

10:55 to 12:30

Session V. “New Triangle: Asia—Latin America—USA”

Speakers:		Anna Jaguaribe, Professor Sociology, UFRJ, Brazil
		Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the Division of Trade & Integration, CEPAL
		Wu Guoping, Professor, Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
		Jeffrey Davidow, Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Member of the Cohen Group
		Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas
Moderator:		Charles Shapiro, President-designate, Institute of the Americas

1:00 to 3:00

Working Lunch: “Changing Dynamics of Hemispheric Relations”

Speakers:		María Emma Mejía, Secretary General, UNASUR
		José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, OAS
Moderator:		Patricia Janiot, Anchor, CNN en español