2019 Concordia Americas Summit May 13 - 14, 2019 | Bogotá, Colombia

DAY 1 - MONDAY, MAY 13

8:00am Registration Opens*

9:00am - 10:45am Welcome Nicholas M. Logothetis, Co-founder & Chairman of the Board, ​ Concordia Matthew A. Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia ​

Flashpoint Presentation: Rethinking a Nonviolent Colombia Juan Manuel Barrientos Valencia, Chef and Owner, ElCielo ​ Restaurant

Transportation Solutions: Keeping Economies Moving Angela Maria Orozco, Minister of Transportation, Republic of ​ Colombia Andrea Bernal, Presenter/Director, RCN NTN24 (Moderator) ​

The Untapped Potential of AI & Data Science Sreerama Murthy, CEO & Chief Data Scientist, Quadratyx ​

A New Era in the Americas Kimberly Breier, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere ​ Affairs, U.S. Department of State

President Duque Keynote Address Iván Duque Márquez, President, Republic of Colombia ​ H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, Federal Republic of ​ Nigeria; Leadership Council Member, Concordia (Introductory Remarks)

10:45am - 11:15am Break

11:15am - 1:00pm Remarks Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, United States of America ​

Powering the Future of the Americas Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, United States of America ​

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

María Fernanda Suárez Londoño, Minister of Mines and Energy, ​ Republic of Colombia Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank ​ (Moderator)

Flashpoint Presentation: Decentralized Processes for Instituting Peace: #DelCapitolioalTerritorio Juanita María Goebertus Estrada, Representative, Alianza Verde, ​ Republic of Colombia María Victoria Llorente, Director, Fundación Ideas Para La Paz ​ Cesar Eugenio Martinez, Representative, Centro Democrático, ​ Republic of Colombia

Remarks Guillermo Botero Nieto, Minister of National Defense, Republic of ​ Colombia

Partnering For Security and Defense in the Americas Guillermo Botero Nieto, Minister of National Defense, Republic of ​ Colombia David Petraeus, Chairman of KKR Global Institute; Former Director ​ of the Central Intelligence Agency Samantha Vinograd, National Security Analyst, CNN (Moderator) ​

Don’t Blink: Senator Rick Scott on the Crisis in Venezuela Rick Scott, Senator, State of Florida, U.S. Senate ​

In Discussion with Senator Scott Rick Scott, Senator, State of Florida, U.S. Senate ​ Gustau Alegret, Director Editorial, NTN24 USA (Moderator) ​

11:15am - 12:30pm The Digital Toolbox to Fight Corruption** [Strategic Dialogue]

12:30pm - 2:00pm Concordia Innovative Financing Coalition [Partnership Accelerator] Invitation Only - Caldas Room on 2nd Floor

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm - 3:30pm Flashpoint Presentation: Remaking the World Together Juliana Uribe Villegas, Founder, Movilizatorio ​ ​

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

Aspen Institute Socrates Program: Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work and Civil Society in Colombia Juan Carlos Pinzon, President, ProBogotá; Former Ambassador to the ​ United States of America, Republic of Colombia Brynne McNulty Rojas, Trustee, McNulty Foundation ​ Maria Paz Gaviria, Director, ARTBO|International Art Fair of Bogota ​ Luis Ernesto Araujo, Executive Coach, Prestigio Formación Ejecutiva ​ Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President, Aspen Institute ​ Cordell Carter, Director, Aspen Institute Socrates Program (Moderator) ​ ​

Flashpoint Presentation: Agroindustry - The New Engine of Development Bruce Mac Master, President, ANDI ​

Bipartisan Support for the Future of Colombia Juan Manuel Daza, Congressman, Centro Democrático, Republic of ​ Colombia French Hill, Congressman, R-AR 2nd District, U.S. House of ​ Representatives Catalina Ortiz, Congresswoman, Partido Verde, Republic of Colombia ​ Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Congresswoman, D-FL 23rd District, U.S. ​ House of Representatives Juan Sebastian Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, Penn-Biden Center for ​ Diplomacy and Global Engagement (Moderator)

2:00pm - 3:30pm Environmental Impacts of Legal and Illegal Gold Mining** [Strategic Dialogue]

3:30pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 6:00pm Unlocking Public-Private Investments to Address Migration in the Americas Felipe Muñoz, Advisor to the President, Republic of Colombia ​ Carol Thompson O’Connell, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of ​ Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State Maria López Castaño, President, Grupo Semana (Moderator) ​

Public and Private Collaboration to Combat Illicit Trade French Hill, Congressman, R-AR 2nd District, U.S. House of ​ Representatives Juan Carlos Pinzon, President, ProBogotá; Former Ambassador to the ​ United States of America, Republic of Colombia

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

Laura Valdivieso Jiménez, Vice Minister of Commerce, Republic of ​ Colombia Claudia Gurisatti, Director of News, Noticias RCN (Moderator) ​

The Creative Economy & Conservation as Pillars of Sustainable Development Donna Karan, Founder, The UrbanZen Foundation; Founder, DKNY ​ Carmen Busquets, Founder, Net-a-Porter ​ Julia Miranda, Director, Parques Nacionales de Colombia ​ Mónica Contreras, Head of Andean Region, PepsiCo ​ Alejandro Calderon, Co-Founder, Looking for the Masters ​ Iris Aguilar, Master Artisans, Wayuu ​ Ana Maria Fries, Director, Artesanías de Colombia ​ Maria López Castaño, President, Grupo Semana (Moderator) ​ Cecilia Duque, Former Director, Artesanías de Colombia (Moderator) ​

Unveiling Populism in Latin America: Lessons for Democracy Alvaro Uribe Velez, Former President, Republic of Colombia ​ Julio Borges, Ambassador of Venezuela to the Lima Group ​ Axel Kaiser, Executive Director, Fundación para el Progreso ​ María Corina Machado, Coordinator, Vente Venezuela (via video) ​ José Manuel Acevedo, Subdirector, Noticias RCN (Moderator) ​

DAY 2 - TUESDAY, MAY 14

8:00am Registration Opens*

9:00am - 10:45am Concordia Americas: Partnering for the Future John D. Negroponte, Vice Chairman, McLarty Associate; Former U.S. ​ Deputy Secretary of State & U.S. Director of National Intelligence; Leadership Council Member, Concordia Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former President of the Oriental Republic of ​ Uruguay Eduardo J. Padrón, Ph. D., President of Miami Dade College; ​ Leadership Council Member, Concordia Nicholas M. Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, ​ Concordia (Moderator)

A Hemisphere of Freedom: Responding to Crisis and Advancing Democracy Across the Americas

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

Mark Green, Administrator, United States Agency for International ​ Development (USAID) Matthew A. Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Concordia ​ (Moderator)

Flashpoint Presentation: Healthcare Systems - Access, Sustainability, and Medicine Claudia Sterling, Head of Legal & Public Affairs, Cruz Verde ​

The Role of Vice President: Reaching Gender Equity in Government Leadership Marta Lucía Ramírez Blanco, Vice President, Republic of Colombia ​ Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice President, Republic of Costa Rica ​ Olga Margarita Alvarado Rodríguez, Second Vice President, Republic ​ of Honduras Claudia Gurisatti, Director of News, Noticias RCN (Moderator) ​

Remarks Alicia Arango Olmos, Minister of Labor, Republic of Colombia ​

9:30am - 10:45am The New Face of Labor and the Changing World of Work Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, United States of America ​

Rethinking Cities for Competitiveness: Smart and Sustainable Cities [Strategic Dialogue]

10:45am - 11:15am Break

11:15am - 1:00pm Building Back Stronger: Disaster Response & Preparedness in the Caribbean Nate Mook, Executive Director, World Central Kitchen ​​ Annie Mayol Del Valle, President and COO, Foundation for Puerto ​ ​ Rico Kevin Thurm, Chief Executive Officer, Clinton Foundation (Moderator) ​​

Venezuela: Preparing for the Unexpected Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez, Former President, The ​ Plurinational State of Bolivia David Smolansky, Chair of Working Group on Venezuelan Migration ​ and Refugee Crisis, Organization of American States Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of ​ Colombia

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

Carlos Vecchio, Ambassador to the United States, Bolivarian Republic ​ of Venezuela Juan Roberto Vargas, Director, Noticias Caracol (Moderator) ​

Trump Administration Priorities in the Americas Mauricio Claver-Carone, Senior Director, National Security Council ​ ​ Ricardo Ospina, Journalist, Caracol (Moderator) ​

Partnerships to Eradicate Human Trafficking in the Americas Sean D. Reyes, Attorney General, State of Utah ​​ Kenneth (Ken) Paxton, Attorney General, State of Texas ​ Juan Sebastian Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, Penn-Biden Center for ​ Diplomacy and Global Engagement (Moderator)

11:15am - 12:30pm Sustainable Financing: Implications for Investors and Corporations** [Strategic Dialogue]

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm - 4:45pm Flashpoint Presentation: Cacao at the Intersection of Sustainability and Blockchain Technology Sergio Figueredo, Executive Director, Choco4Peace ​

Flashpoint Presentation: Arts & Creative Industries As A New Path for Development & Peace Juan Fonseca, Latin Grammy Award Winning Singer, Songwriter, ​ Record Producer, & Activist

First Lady Ruiz: Opportunities & Challenges to Achieve the SDGs - The Role of Strategic Partnerships María Juliana Ruiz Sandoval, First Lady, Republic of Colombia ​ Robert Skinner, Executive Director, Office for Partnerships, UN Office ​ for Partnerships Lucas Gomez, Technical Director of Monitoring and Evaluation of ​ Public Policy, National Planning Department of Colombia (Moderator)

Flashpoint Presentation: Using Data Analytics to innovate in Public Policy Santiago Fainstein, Customer Advisory Director, Latin America, ​ SAS

Concordia Europe: AmChamSpain Forum Event Preview Jaime Malet, Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce Spain Matthew A. Swift, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

Urban Mobility Solutions through Public and Private Collaboration Federico Gutiérrez Zuluaga, Mayor, City of Medellín ​ Justin Kintz, Vice President of Public Policy & Communications, Uber ​ Juanita Kremer, Director, “La Nube”, Blu Radio (Moderator) ​

Regulation vs. Competitiveness: Where is the Balance? Eduardo Visbal Rey, Vice President of Foreign Trade, Fenalco ​

The Digital Economic Transformation of the Americas Salvador Pérez Galindo, VP Public Affairs Latam and the Caribbean, ​ VISA Víctor Muñoz, High Commissioner for Digital Transformation, ​ Republic of Colombia Julio Rojas Sarmiento, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer and CFO, ​ Banco de Bogotá Gloria Alonso, Director, Department of National Planning, Colombia ​ Andrea Escobar, Director of Semana Education, Semana (Moderator) ​

Looking Ahead: Leadership, Convenings, and Progress Alan Fleischmann, Founder & CEO, Laurel Strategies ​ Nicholas M. Logothetis, Co-founder & Chairman of the Board, ​ Concordia Matthew A. Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Concordia ​

2:00pm - 3:30pm Orange Economy Fishbowl: Creative Talent - A New Global Commodity?** [Strategic Dialogue]

2:30pm - 3:45pm My Intention Is [Film Screening] Located in Tolima on 2nd Floor ​ Nicole Riggs, Creator/Director, My Intention Is ​ ​ Luz Grenada, National Director of Advocacy and Communications, ​ ​ Save the Children Cristina Plazas, Executive Director, Corporación Reconciliación ​ Colombia Christine Armario, Journalist, The Associated Press ​

4:00pm - 4:35pm Rural Alternative School in Saravena: A Scalable Platform of Job Generation for Venezuelan Migrants [Partnership Signing & Announcement] Located in Strategic Dialogue Room ​

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SPEAKERS

The Digital Toolbox to Counter Corruption Monday, May 13, 11:15am - 12:30pm

Marco Vicenzino, Geopolitical Analyst & Director, Global Strategy Project (Moderator) ​ Néstor Humberto Martínez, Attorney General, Republic of Colombia ​ Carlos Felipe Cordoba Larrate, Comptroller General, Republic of Colombia ​ Victor Muñoz, High Commissioner for Digital Transformation, Republic of Colombia ​ Horacio Jose Serpa, Senator, Republic of Colombia ​ Michael Blake, Assembly Member, New York State Assembly ​ Pete Marocco, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Conflict and ​ Stabilization Operations (CSO) Ruby Helena Chagui Spath, Senator, Republic of Colombia ​ Guillermo Ocampo, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Colombia ​ Irma Llano Pereira, National Delegate, The Specialized Cybercrime Unit, Republic of Paraguay ​ Mauricio Toro, Congressman, Republic of Colombia ​ Hector E. Schamis, Advisor to the SG, Organization of the American States ​ Greg Henderson, Senior Director of the Fraud and Security Intelligence Global Practice, SAS ​ Sylvia Constain Rengifo, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications ​ Fabián Hernández Ramírez, President & CEO, Telefonica Movistar Colombia ​ Carlos Alfonso Negret, Ombudsman, Republic of Colombia ​ Santiago Pinzón, VP Digital Transformation, ANDI ​ Ram Mohan, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Afilias ​

Illegal Gold Mining and Its Impact on the Environment Monday, May 13; 2:15pm - 3:30pm Programming Partner: Fundación Ideas Para la Paz

Carolina Urrutia, Expert on Sustainability & Communication, Universidad de los Andes ​ (Moderator)

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

María Fernanda Suárez Londoño, Minister of Mines and Energy, Republic of Colombia ​ Juan Camilo Nariño Alcocer, President, Asociación Colombiana de Minería ​ Claudia Jiménez, Dirección Ejecutiva GDIAM (Grupo de Diálogo Intercultural Minero) ​ León Teicher, Presidente de la Junta, Continental Gold ​ Sonia Uribe, Foreign Trade Director, DIAN ​ Juan Carlos Buitrago, Director General, Policia Fiscal y Aduanera ​ Sergio Tobón, Director Territorial Development, ProAntioquia ​ Maria Victoria Llorente, Executive Director, Fundación Ideas para la Paz ​ Rafael Guarin Cotrino, Consejería Presidencial para la Seguridad Nacional ​ Fabio Hernán López Cruz, Director, Dirección de Carabineros y Seguridad Rural - Policía ​ Nacional Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, Ph. D, Former President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria and ​ Former Chairperson of the African Union, Leadership Council Member, Concordia Roberto Mario Esmeral Berrio, Viceministro de Ordenamiento Ambiental del Territorio ​

Rethinking Smart Cities for Competitiveness and Sustainability Tuesday, May 14, 9:30am - 10:45am Programming Partner: ProBogotá

Marco Vicenzino, Director, Global Strategy Project (Moderator) ​ Juan Carlos Pinzon, President, ProBogotá, Former Ambassador to the United States of America, ​ Republic of Colombia Miguel Uribe Turbay, Pre Candidate for Bogotá Mayor ​ Ángela Garzón, Pre Candidate for Bogotá Mayor ​ Carlos Fernando Galán, Pre Candidate for Bogotá Mayor ​ Luis Eduardo Garzón, Pre Candidate for Bogotá Mayor ​ Maria Claudia Lacouture, Executive Director, AmCham ​ Andres Cadena, Senior Partner, McKinsey ​ Maria Isabel Ulloa, Executive Director, ProPacifico ​ José Vicente Serrano, VP Corporate and Government, Tigo ​ Juanita Rodriguez, Advisor in Innovation, New Technologies, and Smart Cities, ProBogotá ​ Justin Kintz, Vice President of Public Policy, Uber ​ Carlos Curbelo, Principal, Vocero; Former Congressman, R-FL 26th District, U.S. House of ​ Representatives

Sustainable Financing: Implications for Investors and Corporations Tuesday, May 14, 11:15am - 12:30pm Programming Sponsor: Boston Consulting Group

Douglas Beal, Director, Social Impact, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (Moderator) ​ Veronica Chau, Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (Moderator) ​ Oscar Cadena, Head of Public Affairs for the Andean Region, Uber ​

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

Megan Kashner, Clinical Assistant Professor in Kellogg's Public-Private Interface and Director of ​ Social Impact, Northwestern University German Chullmir, Chief Executive Officer, Orel Energy Group ​ Luis Acuña, Director LATAM Government Affairs, GSK CH ​ Ryan Brennan, Chief Operating Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation ​ Miguel Angel Charria, President, Bancamia ​ Matias Bendersky, Chief, Resource Mobilization Division, Inter-American Development Bank ​ Eduardo Atehortua, Head of LATAM, PRI ​ Rodrigo Garcia, Deputy State Treasurer, State of Illinois ​ Catherine Kolimas, VP, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs ​ Hanne Dalmut, Director of Partnership Development, Concordia ​

Orange Economy Fishbowl: Creative Talent - A New Global Commodity? Tuesday, May 14, 2:00pm - 3:30pm Programming Partner: Consejería Presidencial para Asuntos Económicos y Estratégicos - Presidencia de la República de Colombia

Felipe Buitrago Restrepo, Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Colombia ​ (Moderator) David Melo Torres, Vice Minister of Creativity and Orange Economy, Republic of Colombia ​ Ignacio Gaitán Villegas, Director, iNNpulsa ​ Ana Piñeres, Film producer ​ Edgar Puentes, Director of Education, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá ​ Tania Delgado Barón, Culture Director, Colciencia ​ Ernesto Piedras, CEO, The Competitive Intelligence Unit ​ Sally Ng, Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, NBCUniversal International ​

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​

* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues are listed below As of May 13 ​