FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
II HEMISPHERIC PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM
Promoting Private Sector-Led Prosperity
April 15-16, 2009
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY APRIL 15, 2009
0630 – 0900 REGISTRATION (Venue - Princess Theatre Foyer)
0900 – 1000 JOINT OPENING CEREMONY - PRIVATE SECTOR AND YOUTH FORA
(Venue - Princess Theatre)
Chairperson: Angela Lee Loy, Chair, Private Sector Advisory Committee of Trinidad and Tobago
• Ernesto Gutierrez, President, Private Sector of the Americas, Argentina
• H.E. José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States
• The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
1000 – 1030 NETWORKING BREAK
(Venue - Churchill Lounge)
Sponsored by PCS Nitrogen Inc.
1030 – 1130 HUMAN PROSPERITY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
(Venue - Princess Theatre)
Moderator: Guillermo Perry, Former Chief Economist, World Bank, Colombia
• Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute, and Director of Gapminder
Foundation, Sweden
• Miguel Hakim, Secretary for Ibero American Cooperation, Ibero American Secretariat
• H. E. Joseph Clark, Former Prime Minister and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
• Suresh Sookoo, Chief Executive Officer, RBC Financial (Caribbean) Limited
1130 – 1230 PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS: HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT (Venue - Princess Theatre)
Moderator: Barbara Anderson, General Editor, Revista Expansión, Mexico (TAC).
• Luis Miguel Castillo, Fundacion Guatefuturo, Guatemala
• Javier Treviño, Vicepresidente, Senior de Comunicación y Asuntos Corporativos, CEMEX, México
• Professor Kenneth Julien, President, University of Trinidad and Tobago
1230 – 1430 NETWORKING LUNCH (Venue - Island Dinning Room)
Sponsored by BG Trinidad & Tobago
1430 – 1530 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPETITIVENESS
(Venue - Princess Theatre)
Moderator: Italo Pizzolante, President, Pizzolante Comunicación Estratégica, Venezuela
• Sherry L. Noble, Senior Vice President, Export Development Canada
• Emmanuel Seidner, Latin American Business Council (CEAL International), Guatemala
• Fernando Campero, Fundacion Nuevo Norte, Bolivia
1530 – 1600 NETWORKING BREAK
(Venue - Churchill Lounge)
1600 – 1730 INVESTING IN OIL, GAS & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
(Venue - Princess Theatre)
Moderator: Trevor Boopsingh – Chairman, Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Co. Ltd (ECGPC)
• Robert Riley, President and Chief Executive Officer, British Petroleum Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT)
• Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy, United States of America
• John Fox, Chief Executive Officer, Innovation Fuels, United States of America
• David Loring, Executive Chairman, GTL World Trinidad Ltd
1730 – 1800 LAUNCH OF EXHIBITION
(Venue – Grand Casino and Photo Gallery)
1800 - 2100 COCKTAIL RECEPTION (Venue - Main Deck)
Sponsored by Guardian Holdings Limited
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2009
0900 – 0930 Keynote Speaker (Venue - Princess Theatre)
The Honourable Gregory Meeks, Congressman, House of Representatives, United States of America
0930 – 1030 MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE AMERICAS
(Venue - Princess Theatre)
• The Panama Canal Expansion - Alberto Alemán Zubieta, Administrator
Panama Canal Authority, Panama
• Central Bioceanic Corridor, Argentina-Chile – Rafael Bielsa, Special Advisor
Corporacion America, Argentina
• Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
• Enrique Garcia, President, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
1030 – 1100 NETWORKING BREAK
(Venue - Churchill Lounge)
1100 - 1230 INVESTMENT IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY: A WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS
(Venue - Princess Theatre)
Moderator: Jorge Cassino - Latin American Association of Entities of Information and Communication
• Regenie F. Fraser, Secretary General, Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organization
• Emilio Gilolmo, Head of Public Affairs, Telefonica International and President of Telefonica Chile
• Hernan Rincon, President, Microsoft Latin America
• Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
• Ricardo Olarte, Manager, Andean Region, Caribbean and Central America, Intel Corporation
1230 – 1430 LUNCH
(Venue - Island Dining Room)
Sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada
1430 – 1530 ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGES: RETURNING TO GROWTH
(Venue - Princess Theatre)
Moderator: Ragnhild Melzi, Senior Advisor, Council of the Americas
• Atul Mehta, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Finance Corporation of the World Bank
• Ewart Williams, Governor, Central Bank Trinidad and Tobago
• Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Professor Compton Bourne, President, Caribbean Development Bank
1530 – 1600 NETWORKING BREAK
(Venue - Churchill Lounge)
1600 – 1700 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION (Princess Theatre)
Moderator: Professor Clement Sankat, Principal, University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
• Keynote Address: H.E. Aristides Mejia, Vice-President of Honduras
• Richard Feinberg, Professor, University of San Diego, and Chair of the Global Leadership Institute
• Javier Irarrazaval, President, Forum Empresa, and Managing Director for the Andean Region, Walt Disney Company
1700 – 1800 CONCLUDING SESSION
Ernesto Gutierrez, President, Private Sector of the Americas, Argentina
His Excellency Luis Alberto Rodriguez, National Summit Coordinator, Trinidad and Tobago
Keynote Address: The Honourable Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, United States
1830 – 2030 RECEPTION
(Venue - Club Fusion)
Sponsored by Republic Bank Limited
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