Vital Voices Annual Leadership Summit for Latin America and the Caribbean Miami, Florida June 4-8, 2007

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1 Vital Voices Annual Leadership Summit for Latin America and the Caribbean Miami, Florida June 4-8, 2007 Monday June 4 th Participants arrive throughout the day -- Biltmore Hotel 7:00 9:00 pm Welcoming Dinner Reception Laguna Room, Biltmore Hotel Tuesday June 5 th 7:00 8:00 am Breakfast Available at the Biltmore Hotel Anastasia Room 8:30 am Depart for the University of Miami Meet in Lower Lobby Level Entrance (LL) 9:00 am 5:00 pm Program Sessions McLamore Executive Education Center, Room 331 9:00 10:00 am Welcome & Introduction Susan Davis, Associate Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami Alyse Nelson Bloom, Vice President and Co-Founder, Vital Voices Global Partnership 10:00 am 1:00 pm Grace Gravitas and Grit: The Truth About Being A Leader Dr. Karen Otazo Hofmeister, Business Book Author and Global Leadership Consultant with Diana Espitia Non- Profit Leadership Consultant 1

2 (with a 45 minute break) 1:00 2:00 pm Lunch in the Business School Dinning Room hosted by the University of Miami 2:00 4:00 pm Advocacy & Holding Government Accountable Melanne Verveer, Chair of the Board of Directors and Co- Founder, Vital Voices Global Partnership Kathy Hendrix, Senior Advisor, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation s Humanitarian Prize (with a 30 min. break included) 4:00 5:00 pm An Overview of Effective Communication: Developing your Message for the Media, the Public and Policy Makers Jill Schuker, President of JAS International 5:00 pm Depart University of Miami for Biltmore Hotel 6:00 pm Depart Biltmore Hotel for Dinner on Lincoln Road 6:30 pm 7:30 pm Walking/Shopping Lincoln Road Area 7:30 9:30 pm Dinner at Pacific Time Restaurant 915 Lincoln Road Hosted by Citigroup 9:30 pm Return to the Biltmore Hotel Wednesday June 6 th 7:00 8:00 am Breakfast Available at the Biltmore Hotel Anastasia, Room 8:30 am 4:30 pm Program Sessions Merrick Room, Biltmore Hotel 2

3 8:30 10:00 am The Scope of the Problem: Corruption, Transparency and Good Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean Moderator: Dr. Carol Lancaster, Professor, Georgetown University and Director of the Michael and Virginia Mortara Center - Anel Townsend (Peru), Member of the Advisory Council of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) and International Consultant - Rosa Inés Ospina (Colombia), Senior Advisor of Transparency International and Executive Consultant for Transparencia por Colombia - Laura Alonso (Argentina), Executive Director of Fundación Poder Ciudadano 10:00 10:30 am Break 10:30 am 12:00 pm Proven Strategies for Transparency and Accountability, Decentralization and Financial Management Moderator: Dr. Carol Lancaster, Professor, Georgetown University and Director of the Michael and Virginia Mortara Center - Pamela Gomez, Project Leader of the Open Budget Initiative, International Budget Program at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Suzanne Rich Folsom, Director of Department of Institutional Integrity, The World Bank - Rosa Inés Ospina (Colombia), Senior Advisor of Transparency International and Executive Consultant for Transparencia por Colombia 12:00 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 2:30 Proven Strategies for Inclusion & Civil Society Participation: Community s Role in Fostering Accountability, Good Governance and Economic Development Moderator: Joan Caivano, Deputy to the President & Director of Special Projects, Inter-American Dialogue - Carmen Lomellin, Executive Secretary, Inter- American Commission of Women, Organization of American States - María Pacheco (Guatemala), Manager & Owner of 3

4 Keij de los Bosques - Mery Alfaro (Panama), Founder & Chairperson, FUNDAMUJER & Director of VV Panama 2:30 3:00 pm Break 3:00 4:30 pm Economic Participation & Regulation: Proven Strategies for Competitiveness and Engaging Business in the Community (Economic Policy) Moderator: Susan Purcell, Director of the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami - Judith McHale, Former CEO & President, Discovery Communications & Vital Voices Board Member - Leonardo Ortiz, Director of Public Affairs and Communications for Latin America, Microsoft - Ambassador Sally Shelton-Colby, Former Assistant Administrator, USAID - Danielle St. Lot (Haiti), Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, President of Femmes en Democratie and Senior Associate at Caribbean Business Consulting (CBC) 5:00 pm Depart for President of University of Miami Donna Shalala s residence Meet in Lower Lobby Level Entrance (LL) 6:00 pm Dinner Reception Hosted by President Donna Shalala Residence of the President of University of Miami 8:00 pm Return to the Biltmore Hotel Thursday June 7 th 7:00 8:30 am Breakfast Available, Biltmore Hotel Anastasia Room 9:00 am 1:00 pm Program Sessions Prado Room, Biltmore Hotel 9:00 am 9:15 am Presentation of Rising Voices: Vital Voices Online Communications for Participants 4

5 Chris Wright, Chief Technology Officer of Vital Voices Global Partnership & President and Founder of Anilogic, Inc. 9:15 10:45 am Next Step: Creating a Transparency Working Group and a Communications Plan Featuring Jill Schuker, President of JAS International 10:45 11:00 am Break 11:00 1:00 pm Presentations from Vital Voices Chapters and Programs Moderator: Alyse Nelson Bloom, Vice-President and Co- Founder of Vital Voices Global Partnership - VV Panama Presentation, Featuring the First Lady of Panama, Vivian Fernández de Torrijos and Maria del Carmen Alfaro de Villageliu, Director, Vital Voices of Panama and Theresa Loar, Vice-President of Global Strategies, CH2M HILL and Co-Founder, Vital Voices Global Partnership - VV Venezuela Presentation, Reyna McPeck, Managing Partner, Comercial Refrinox and Chair, Vital Voices Venezuela - VV Haiti Presentation, Danielle St. Lot, Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. President of Femmes en Democratie. Senior Associate at Caribbean Business Consulting (CBC) - Guatemala Presentation, María Pacheco, Manager & Owner of Keij de los Bosques and Karin Shipman, Founder of EGI Development with remarks from Roberta Cooper, Founding Member, VV Connecticut Council 1:00 2:30 pm Lunch and Program Certificate Ceremony hosted by FedEx with remarks from Marilyn Blanco Reyes, Managing Director of Legal FedEx Express, Latin America & Caribbean Division 2:45 4:30 pm "Unorthodoxy on Governance, Anti-Corruption and Gender in Latin America: Some Empirical Lessons and Implications for Action" 5

6 Daniel Kaufmann (Chile), Director of Global Programs at the World Bank Institute Prado Room 4:30 5:30pm Rising Voices Online Training, Chris Wright Biltmore Hotel Lobby 6:00 7:30 pm Public Forum: Women Leading Change in the Americas Featuring top Leaders from Across the Hemisphere (open to a larger audience of leaders throughout Miami) Biltmore Hotel, Granada Room Moderator: Isabel De Quesada. Executive Director of Mayor s International Council Opening Remarks: Panel: - Anel Townsend (Peru), Member of the Advisory Council of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), former Minister of Women and Social Development - Daniel Kaufmann (Chile), Director of Global Programs at the World Bank Institute - Judith McHale, Former President and CEO, Discovery Communications - Vivian Fernández de Torrijos, First Lady of Panama - Reyna McPeck, Managing Partner, Comercial Refrinox and Chair, Vital Voices Venezuela 7:30 8:30 pm Dinner Reception Alhambra Room, Biltmore Hotel Friday June 8 th 7:00 am 9:00 am Closing Breakfast Anastasia Room, Biltmore Hotel Participants depart throughout the day 6