SHAPING LATIN AMERICA

08:30                         Registration

09:00-09:15              Welcome Speeches

Dr. Daniel Diermeier, Dean of the Harris School of Public Policy

Mr. Manuel Aragonés, President of Latin American Matters

09:15-10:30              Panel 1: The Pacific Alliance and Private Sector Engagement

Dr. Francisco Gil (Mexico), President of Telefónica Mexico and Central America, and former Minister of Finance, Mexico

Mr. Edgar Vásquez (Peru), Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Peru

Moderator: Dr. Ernesto Stein (Argentina), Senior Advisor, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank

10:30-10:45               Coffee Break

10:45-12:00               Panel 2: Social Innovation and Inequality: Policy Making in the 21st Century

Dr. Gonzalo Hernández (Mexico), Executive Secretary, National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy

Mr. Miguel Angel Santos (Venezuela), Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Development, Harvard University

Mr. Milton Von Hesse (Peru), Former Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation. Peru

Moderator: Dr. Alicia S. Menendez (Argentina), Associate Professor, Harris School of Public Policy

12:00-13:00               Lunch Break (food will be provided)

13:00-14:15               Panel 3: Conflict Resolution and Peace Making

Mr. Diego García-Sayán (Peru), former President, Inter-American Court of Human Rights and former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Claudia López (Colombia), Senator, Colombia

Dr. Alejandro Poiré (Mexico), Dean, Graduate School of Government, Tec de Monterrey and Former Minister of Interior

Dr. Elvira Maria Restrepo (Colombia), Professor, University of Miami, and Special Advisor to President Juan Manuel Santos in Peace Building, Colombia

Moderator: Mr. Aubrey Fox (United States), Executive Director, Institute for Economics and Peace

14:15-14:30               Coffee Break

14:40-15:45               Keynote Speaker

Mr. César Gaviria (Colombia), former President of Colombia, (1990-1994) and former Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), (1994 – 2004)

15:45-16:00               Closing Remarks and Official Group Photograph with Speakers

16:00-18:00               Cinco de Mayo Reception presented by Mexicans at UChicago