Competitiveness and Innovation in the Colombian Pacific Region Thursday February 13th, 2014 7h30 Registration National Anthem, Notas de Paz 8h00 Welcoming Remarks Rodrigo Guerrero Velasco, Mayor, City of Santiago de Cali Marcela Huertas Figueroa, Executive President, GIP 8h15 Opening Remarks: A vision for the Pacific Region through 2036 Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia Ubeimar Delgado, Governor of the Department of Valle del Cauca Guillermo Perry, Former Financer Ministry Victor Traverso, Colombia Representative, Latin American Development Bank (CAF) Clemente del Valle, President, National Development Financial of Colombia (FDN) 9h15 10h15 Key note Speaker: Fernando Rojas, Professor Harvard University Coffee Break Plenary Session 1: Economic Development and Innovation in the Colombian Pacific Region Esteban Piedrahita, President, Cali Chamber of Commerce Dimitri Zaninovich, Director, Infraestructure and Sustainable Energy National Planning Department (DNP) Luis Ernesto Mejia, Associate, Cerrito Capital Roberto Saint-Maló, Adara Capital Alexander Micolta, President, Buenaventura Chamber of Commerce 11h30 Breakout Session 1: Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Case Study: First Challenge: Cali Unsurpassable Daniel de la Cuesta, Entrepreneurship Director, Municipality of Cali Guillermo Pérez, Director, Civis Edwin Salazar, President, Colombian Chamber of Manufacturing Jorge Gomez, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Emcali Monica Osorio Gil, President, Cartago Chamber of Commerce 1
11h30 Breakout Session 2: Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing Case Study: Bankomunales Micro-Credit Banking Salomón Raydan, Founder, Bankomunales Rodrigo Niño, CEO, Prodigy Network Francisco Londoño, Colombia Director, Ideame Yudith Yamily Pedraza, President, Buga Chamber of Commerce 11h30 Breakout Session 3: Logistics and Competitiveness in the Pacific Region Case Study: Colombian Pacific Logistics and Technological Platform Luis Fernanda Caldas, CTO, EMCALI Alfredo Bateman, Former Economic Development Subsecretary, Bogotá Beatrice López, Director Proexport, Pacific Region Zaida Mosquera, President, Tumaco Chamber of Commerce 12h:30 Lunch 14h00 Plenary Session 2: Smart Cities in the Colombian Pacific Region Maria Carolina Hoyos, Viceminister Information Communication Technology, Colombia Jonas Rabinovitch, Senior Advisor on Social and Economic Affairs, United Nations Martín Dovat, Director, Zonamerica Orlando Rincón, President, Parquesoft Juan Guillermo Vallejo, President, Tuluá Chamber of Commerce 15h00 Breakout Session 4: Information & Communication Technologies Impact on Social Development Case Study: Digital Education for All Alejandro Domínguez, Director, Educación Digital para Todos (Digital Education for All) John Jairo Céspedes, General Manager, CM SoftLutions Roberto Medrano, Executive Director, Viavox Decay Ibarra, President, Putumayo Chamber of Commerce Breakout Session 5: Innovation and Social Networks Case Study: Ciudadanos Activos Bobby Gordon, Founder, Ciudadanos Activos Carolina González, Coordinator Crystal Urn, ICT Ministery Esteban Borondi, TICs Pabel Velasco, Innovation Advisor, Municipality of Cali 2
Breakout Session 6: Valley of Cauca: Potential Food Production Bounty Case Study: Fructificar Francisco Lourido, President, Valley of Cauca Farmers Association (SAG) Juan Gonzalo Flores, Agrobusiness, IFC Andres Charry, Provision Subsecretary, Secretary of Economic Development Municipality of Bogotá Luz Myriam Calle, President, Sevilla Chamber of Commerce Launch Business to Business- International and National Investors Norman Anderson, CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure Launch Training Courses in Public Management and Project Structuring for State and City Governments, Alvaro Benedetti, Public Sector Director, GIP Hernán Ramirez, Sestra Monica Cheng, McBains Cooper 18h00 Cocktail and Pacific Music Esteban Copete and his Kinteto Pacífico. Friday February 14th, 2014 8h00 Plenary Session 3: Competitiveness in the Colombian Pacific Region in the 21st Century Maria Piedad Velasco, Consulter Velasco & Associates Oscar Pardo, General Manager, EMCALI Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, General Manager, EPSA E.S.P Elsa Paselia Delgado, President, Chocó Chamber of Commerce 9h00 Coffee break 9h15 Breakout Session 7: Science and Technology in the Colombian Pacific Region Case Study: Regenerative Medicine Óscar Gutiérrez, Director, Pharmacology Research Team, Universidad del Valle Esperanza Ramos, Regional Director, SENA, Republic of Colombia Myriam Sánchez Mejía, Director, Corporación Biotec (Biotechnology Corporation) Francisco Miranda, Executive Director, Biopacific Park Guillermo Arturo Lizarazo, President,Palmira Chamber of Commerce 3
9h15 Breakout Session 8: Cities : Urban Laboratories Case Study: Cali Digital Program Roberto Reyes, Information Technologies and Telecommunications Adviser, City of Santiago de Cali Rafael Rodriguez, Director, SUITCO Edgar Palacios, Gerente de Siemens S.A, City of Cali Fernando Quijano Velasco, General Director, La República Diary 9h15 Breakout Session 9: Public-Private Partnerships for Regional Infrastructure Development Case Study: Mulaló-Loboguerrero and Cali-Dagua-Loboguerrero Highway Beatriz Eugenia Morales, Project Structuring Vice President, National Infrastructure Agency Gilberto Saa Navia, Chief Board of Directors, CCI West Camilo Ospina, President, Opebsa Oriana Mendoza Vidal, President, Cauca Chamber of Commerce 10h15 Coffee Break Breakout Session 10: Special Projects Yumbo Fernando David Murgueitio Cárdenas, Mayor, Municipality of Yumbo Yumbo s Special Industrial Zone Plan Multipurpose Building Breakout Session 11: Special Projects Palmira Esperanza Forero, Municipal Planning Secretary, City of Palmira Aero Park Breakout Session 12: Special Projects Buenaventura Bartolo Ramos, Major Buenaventura Wilmar Garces, Municipal Planning Secretary, City of Buenaventura Buenaventura Wharf, Urban Renovation Project Intermodal Passenger Platform Luis Carlos Benitez, Project Director Industrial Distillery Plant of Fuel Alcohol 11h30 Plenary Session 4: Leaders that make a difference Luis Orlando Castro, Locc International Georgia Bullen, Open Technology Institute Carlos Cruz, Representative Ashoka Camilo Galvis, Executive Director, ABC Foundation 12h30 Lunch 4
14h00 Plenary Session 5: Clean Technologies and Sustainable Cities Kristtian Rada, Coordinator Business Climate, International Finance Corporation Maria del Mar Mozo, Executive Director, EMSIRVA Alvaro Javier Agudelo, Commercial Manager, Emcali Jaime Niño, Director, AECOM Colombia Oscar Guzmán, President, Asocámaras 15h00 Breakout Session 14: Transport and Competitiveness Case study: Green Corridor Project Felipe Targa, Director, City Lab, Los Andes University Edgar Higuera, Logistics, Transport and Competitiveness Manager, ANDI Juan Carlos Echeverry, Planning Director, Metro Cali Soraya Azán, Leader Executive, Transport Sector Latin American Development Bank (CAF) Juan Pablo Bocarejo, Adviser, University of Andes 15h00 Breakout Session 15: Green Neighborhood Case study: Navarro Eco-City Luis Fernando González, Director, Ciudadela Calida Ivan Camilo Caicedo, Project Manager, Amarilo Guido Tejada, President, Gamatelo Mariana Caicedo, International Cooperation Director, GIP 15h00 Breakout Session 16: Sustainable Urbanism in the 21st Century Case study: Downtown Cali Urban Renovation Project María Elena López Tenorio, General Manager, Empresa Municipal de Renovación Urbana de Cali EMRU Monica Lebrao, Architect, Brazil Mario Camargo, Architect Johana Maria Maya Gomez, Exports Sub Director Secretary of Development, Municipality of Bogotá Business-to-Business International and National Investors, Norman Anderson, CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure Launch Project Structuring Fund- GIP Capital Juan Pablo Echeverry, CFO, GIP Paola Angulo, Gerente de Zona de Banca Empresarial Corporativa y Oficial, Banco de Occidente Alejandro Callejas, Gerente General, Findeter 5
18h00 19h00 Key Note Speaker Yokoi Kenji, Foundation Tourism with a Purpose Conference: Truths and Myths about Japan and Colombia Closing Celebration with a Salsa Performance 6