Program
“INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY: SHARING THE CHALLENGES”
Sunday May 16, Madrid
BOLSA DE MADRID (Plaza de la Lealtad, 1)
19:45 REGISTER
20:15 OPENING SESION
- Welcoming speech:
Vicepresident of BUSINESSEUROPE and President of CEOE, Mr. Gerardo Díaz Ferrán
Executive Vicepresident of International Employers Organization (OIE) and President of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters of the OEA (CEATAL-OEA), Mr. Daniel Funes de Rioja
President of TELEFÓNICA, Mr. César Alierta
President of ENDESA, Mr. Borja Prado
- Official interventions:
President of European Commission, Mr. José Manuel Durao Barroso
Prime Minister of Portugal, Mr. José Sócrates
President of Chile, Mr. Sebastián Piñera
President of Spanish Government, Mr. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
COCKTAIL
Monday May 17, Madrid
PALACIO DE CONGRESOS DE MADRID (Paseo de la Castellana, 99)
08:00 REGISTRATION
08:30 OPENING SESSION
- Vicepresident of BUSINESSEUROPE and President of CEOE, Mr. Gerardo Díaz Ferrán
President of the Employers Confederation of the Mexican Republic (COPARMEX), Mr. Gerardo Gutiérrez
European Union Trade Commissioner, Mr. Karel de Gucht
Secretary of State of the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade of Spain, Mrs. Silvia Iranzo
- President of Peru, Mr. Alan García
09:15 PANEL I – COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
- “Commercial treaty UE-ALC and negotiations with Central America, Andean Countries and Mercosur”
President and Moderator: President of Development Interamerican Bank (BID), Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno
- President of the Trade Policy Comitte of the EU and General Secretary of Trade of the Spanish Government, Mr. Alfredo Bonet
Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, Mrs. Anabel González
Latin American Co-President of Mercosur European Business Forum (MEBF), Mr. Carlos Mariani (Brazil)
European Co-President of Mercosur European Business Forum (MEBF), Mr. Iñaki Urdangarín
President of Colombian National Asosiation of Employers (ANDI), Mr. Luis Carlos Villegas
General Secretary of the Central America Economic Integration (SIECA), Mrs. Yolanda Mayora de Gavidia
10:15 PANEL II – INFRASTRUCTURES
- “Infrastructure sector and its contribution to sustainable development”
President and moderator: Executive president of Andean Public Works Corporation (CAF), Mr. Enrique García
- Director General of FCC Construcción (Spain), Mr. Avelino Acero Díaz
Member of the Board of Directors of Mota-Engil (Portugal), Mr. Luis Parreirao
Vicepresident of ANDRADE GUTIERREZ (Brasil), Mr. Flavio Machado
Presentation of the Initiative "The Latin America Investment Facility" by:
Deputy Director General of External Relations of the European Commission, Mr. Stefano Sannino
Deputy Director General of External Cooperation of the European Commission (EuropeAid), Mr. Richard Weber
11:15 NETWORKING / COFFEE BREAK
11:45 PANEL III - INNOVATION
- “Celebrating innovation in Latin America”
President and Moderator: to confirm
- Dean of External Relations of INSEAD, Mr. Soumitra Dutta
OCDE Development Centre Director, Mr. Mario Pezzini
Chief of Presidential Cabinet, TELEFÓNICA LATINOAMÉRICA, Mr. Francisco Blanco
President of Costa Rica Republic, Mrs. Laura Chinchilla
13:00 PANEL IV – ENERGY
- “Integration, sustainable development and energy safety”
President and moderator: President of European Confederation of Employers
- Managing Director of ENDESA, Mr. Andrea Brentan
President of EMPRESA DE ENERGÍA DE BOGOTÁ Mrs. Mónica de Greiff Lindo
President of Energy Council of Ministers of the European Union and Secretary of State of the Spanish Government, Mr. Pedro Marín
President of a Latin American country
14:30 LUNCH
- With the attendance of the Secretary General of Innovation of the Spanish Government, Mr. Juan Tomás Hernani
Vicepresident of Uruguay, Mr. Danilo Astori
Presidents of Latin American and the Caribbean country
EVENING SESSION: (Simultaneous sessions)
17:00 Actual situation and Latin America and the Caribbean economies outlook
- President and moderator: General Secretary of Latin American General Secretary Department (SEGIB), Mr. Enrique Iglesias
- ARGENTINA: President of the Unión Industrial Argentina, Mr. Héctor Méndez
URUGUAY: Director General of Economic Affaires of Uruguay, Mr. Gonzalo Koncke
MEXICO: President of the Consejo Empresarial Mexicano de Comercio Exterior (COMCE), Mr. Valentín Díaz Morodo
VENEZUELA: President of the Federación de Cámaras y Asociaciones de Comercio y Producción de Venezuela (FEDECAMARAS), Mr. Noel Álvarez
NICARAGUA: President of the Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP), Mr. José Adán Aguerri
HONDURAS: President of the Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada (COHEP), Mr. Santiago Ruiz
- II Study in Government-Business relations in LAC and Spain, presented by Mr. José Antonio Llorente, Founding Partner and CEO, LLORENTE & CUENCA
17:00 Business projects financing in Latin America and the Caribbean
- President and moderator: President of Latin America Work Group, BUSINESSEUROPE, Mr. Germán Bejarano
- Vicepresident from the private sector of Interamerican Development Bank (BID), Mr. Steven Puig
Vicepresident of European Investments Bank (BEI), Mr. Carlos Da Silva Costa
18:30 CONCLUSION PRESENTATION AND CLOSING SESSION
- CONCLUSIONS:
- Vicepresident of BUSINESSEUROPE And President of CEOE, Mr. Gerardo Díaz Ferrán
President of the National Mining Association (SONAMI) and Executive Committee member of the of Confederation of Production and Trade of Chile, Mr. Alberto Salas Muñoz
- With the attendance of the General Director of Advantage Austria, Mr. Walter Koren (I Business Summit) and the President of CONFIEP – Peru, Mr. Ricardo Briceño (II Business Summit)
- CLOSING:
- Co-Chairman of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EUROLAT) and Member of the European Parliament, Mr. José Ignacio Salafranca
President of Colombia, Mr. Álvaro Uribe
President of the European Competitivity - Research Board, and Minister of Science and Innovation from the Spanish Government, Mrs. Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal
*All sessions will have Spanish – English simultaneous traduction.
The program is preliminary and subject to changes and updates