V FORO MULTILATINAS. 15 & 16 de octubre, 2015 Miami, Estados Unidos PRELIMINARY AGENDA

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1 V FORO MULTILATINAS 15 & 16 de octubre, 2015 Miami, Estados Unidos PRELIMINARY AGENDA

2 PRELIMINARY AGENDA Thursday, 15th October registration opening Registration Opening statement Elías Selman, President and Founder, AméricaEconomía, Chile keynote I There are two Latin Americas The countries along the Pacific coast are prospering due to their openeconomies and Fiscal discipline. Those on the Atlantic coast - Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela - are in crisis. What strategiesshould Multilatinas implement in the next 5 years in order to do business successfully in two blocks with such misaligned economies? Juan Carlos Martínez Lázaro, Professor of Economics, IE Business School, Spain welcome Welcome remarks Carlos A. Giménez, Mayor, Miami Dade, Florida, United States A global future for the state-owned giants? Track 3 plenary I Some of Latin America s largest companies are state-owned and many of them invest abroad by various means. Does the very fact that they are SOEs help or hinder their chances of becoming Global multinationals? Is privatization or capitalization theprocess that would speed up their multi-nationalization and also that of the private companies in their wake? - Guillermo Achá Morales, Chief Executive Officer, YPFB, Bolivia - Armando Casado, Director, Finance and Investors Relations, Eletrobras, Brazil - Renzo Javier Salazar Vallejo, Legal Advisor, Energy and Infrastructure, Cobra Group, Peru Gustavo Girado, Executive Director, Asia & Argentina, Argentina Pág. 2

3 The social Multilatina model session in parallel I Ciudad Saludable, Techo, Fundes and Avinaare entities with clear social objectives that have become Multilatinas. What lessons can private companies learn? Which are the best social initiatives that should be nurtured and adapted by private enterprises in order to increase their potential? - Gabriel Baracatt, Executive Director, Avina Foundation, Bolivia - Luis Bonilla, Chief Operating Officer, Latin America, Techo, Chile - Sandro Mesquita, Director, Latin America, Generación DIRECTV, United States - Albina Ruiz, Founder and President, Ciudad Saludable, Peru - Elfid Torres, Chief Executive Officer, Fundes, Costa Rica María de los AngelesUndurraga J., ExecutiveDirector, Mujeres del Pacífico, Chile The rise of development and investment banking in the new financial context Track 3 session in parallel II The World Bank, IDB, CAF and BNDES are increasingly financing the private sector. This role must be strengthened due to the current financial situation created by the devaluations in several countries, the flight of capitals and the rise of interest rates in the US. Directors from private sector departments explain how it is done. - Gustavo Ardila, Vice-President, Productive and Financial Sectors, Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Venezuela - Julio Héctor Estrada, Executive Director, National Agency for Economic Infrastructure Development (Anadie), Guatemala - Carlos Leiria Pinto, Head, Andean Region, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank, United States - Gema Sacristán, Head, Financial Markets, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), United States Igor Rivera González, Professor, EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico Pág. 3

4 Strategic management for the development of Latin American talent plenary II Human capital plays a fundamental role in the creation of company value. In aglobalized world,hr strategies can help Multilatinas not only in retaining their key talent but also developing skills that enable them achieve results and stay competitiveinternationally. How do multinationals face the challenge of talent mobility and human capital management on a global scale? What benefits do Multilatinas provide to support hiring needs and to retain their international executives? How much should companies from the Multilatina sector invest in their employees? How can we train a multicultural executive internally? - Rodrigo Anzola, Corporate Director, Human Resources, FEMSA, Mexico - Pasquale Gorrasi, Head, International Lines,Generali Employee Benefits, Belgium - Anuj Mehrotra, Vice Dean, Business School, University of Miami, United States - Alberto Mondelli, Leading Partner, Human capital and Organizational change, Latin America, KPMG, Mexico - Marco Antonio Santana, Director, International Consulting Group and M&A Services, Tower Watson, Brazil Max Maggio, Chief Commercial Officer, Latin America, AON, United States Brands and their development as a key strategic factor in the globalization of Multilatinas Track 1 keynote II How have several Latin American brands, such as LAN, Bimbo, Inca Cola or Corona, managed to transform themselves in Latin American icons? Why are they sources of pride and patriotic fervor? What elements are needed to achieve this on a global scale? -Carlos A. Correcha-Price, Vice-Presidente Senior, Asuntos Internacionales, América Latina, Edelman, Estados Unidos Pág. 4

5 The impulse of the Arts plenary III Latin American writers and artists have long existed as global brands. What can we learn from them? Development perspectives and their relation with Latin American identity: local context, regional history and cultural peculiarities from the region s countries. Current realities that are reflected by art: the ease of image diffusion in the information age, new technologies, artist s productive mobility, the presenceof Latin American countries which were once viewed as secondary in terms of the regions art. Entities that emerge from and subsequently enrich a local base but then go on to triumph on the global stage. - Ulrich Bader-Schiess, Creative Director, Teatro del Lago, Chile - Dimitry Elias Léger, Writer, Haiti - Sofia Rei, Vocalist, Argentina Christopher Sopher, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The New Tropic, United States Beyond Silicon Valley: how to develop an eco-system that fosters innovation and competitiveness plenary IV The more global the scale, the more competitive it gets. This calls for an innovative attitude and the capacity to adapt. What does the region offer in addition to technological innovation? What exists in terms of product development,fintech, business models, logistics, natural resources and management itself? Learning from the leading innovators The public sector as an agent and facilitator of innovation - Sergio Contreras, Vice-President, Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology (COMCE), Mexico - Scott Lewin, Chief Executive Officer, Invoiceware International, United States - José Antonio Morales Director, Partner Organizations, Latin America, Cisco, United Sates - Eumir Reyes, Director, Delivery, Intellego, United States - Hugo F. Villegas, President, Latin America, Medtronic, United States - Lourdes Casanova, Senior Lecturer, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, United States Pág. 5

6 Strategies to stimulate globalization: country or cluster of countries? Track 1 plenary V China backs its national champions(companies with strong globalization possibilities); Arab sovereign funds invest in real estate; other countries support medium size that are looking to make that next step. Latin Americangovernments and alliances have begun to support the multinationalizationof their nation s companies. However, which is the best modelto follow? - Juan Manuel Ferrón Solís, Managing Partner, Hispanic America, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Mexico - José Carlos García de Quevedo, Executive Director, Invest in Spain, ICEX, Spain - Juan Manuel Valle Pereña, Executive Director, Mexican Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AMEXCID), Mexico Juan Carlos Mathews, Director, Center for Executive Education, Universidad del Pacífico, Peru Friday, 16th October Expansion stages for Multilatinas: the question about cities Track 1 keynote III It is one thing to decide to grow but it is another altogether to decide in whichdirection to do so. City selection is key for any expanding Multilatina, choosingwhere to set up a national or sub-regional subsidiary is an important decision. AméricaEconomía Intelligence will present a new benchmarking report comparing the competitiveness of Latin American cities in several different expansion scenarios. Andrés Almeida, Director, AméricaEconomía Intelligence, Chile Pág. 6

7 Miami, São Paulo, Mexico City and Panamá: are these business hubs the necessary first step on the global trail? Track 1 What challenges do Multilatinas face? From taxes and labor laws to plenary VI importing talent. What advantages do the different cities offer? Setting-up an office in the US is almost mandatory for any Latin American company with global aspirations. Is Miami the best place to do it? - Roberto Brenes P., Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Panama Stock Exchange, Panama - Ana Gazarian, Chief Executive Officer, EMS-Employee Mobility Solutions, United States - Simon Levy Dabbah, Executive Director, Pro Ciudad de México (ProCDMX), Mexico - Larry Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Beacon Council, United States Ken Roberts, Presidentand Founder, World City, United States The impact of creativity on economic and social growth. Where can LatinAmerica innovate and lead at a global level? Manuel Medina, Founder and Managing Partner, Medina Capital, United States keynote IV How to fund the journey around the world? Track 3 plenary VII Multilatina expansion is almost always sealed with the purchase of a foreign company or by means of a merger which in reality is a takeover. On occasion, the multilatinization occurs as a result of direct investment. Financial backing is necessary in all cases. - Ezequiel Barrenechea, General Manager, Airports, Latin America & the Caribbean, Corporación América S.A., Argentina - Maria Claudia Lacouture, President, ProColombia, Colombia - Patricia Menéndez Cambó, Chair, Global Practice, Greenberg Traurig, United States - Blanca Treviño, President and Chief Executive Officer, Softtek, Mexico Gabriela Frías, Anchor, CNN en español, United States Pág. 7

8 The global breakthrough Track 1 plenary VIII Once Multilatina status has been achieved, the next challenge is making the leap to other continents. A select group has already made this breakthrough. Some of its leaders will share their stories and the problems they faced along the way. - Blanca Bustamante, Director, Corporate Communications, Concha y Toro, Chile - Gonzalo García, Vice-President, Global Sales, TMF Group, United States - Rodrigo Guzmán, Chief Financial Officer, Mexichem, Mexico - Jorge López-Dóriga, Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, Aje Group, Perú Luis Miguel González, Editor-in-Chief, El Economista, Mexico closing The 2016 scenario: Another year of living dangerously? The United States is growing once again, China not so much, Europe s recovery is stalling and Latin America is struggling. What will the volatile oil markets, the downward slide of commodity prices and the imminent rise in interest rates in the USA mean for the region? Elías Selman, President and Founder, AméricaEconomía, Chile

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