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 Derek Kan, Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, United States of America Angela Maria Orozco, Minister of Transportation, Republic of Colombia Andrea Bernal, Presenter/Director, RCN NTN24 (Moderator)
Flashpoint Presentation: 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
Keynote Address Iván Duque Márquez, President, Republic of Colombia
10:45am - 11:15am Break
11:15am - 1:00pm Remarks Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, United States of America
* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
Powering the Future of the Americas Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, United States of America 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 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)
Flashpoint Presentation: Senator Scott Rick Scott, Senator, State of Florida, U.S. Senate
Discussion: 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 listed below As of May 10
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 Illegal Gold Mining and Its Impact on the Environment** [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 listed below As of May 10
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 Eduardo J. Padrón, Ph. D., President of Miami Dade College Nicholas M. Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Concordia
Discussion Mark Green, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Matthew A. Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Concordia (Moderator)
Flashpoint Presentation: Medications - Access and Sustainability of the Health Care System Claudia Sterling, Head of Legal & Public Affairs, Cruz Verde * Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
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)
The New Face of Labor in the 21st Century Economy Remarks: Alicia Arango Olmos, Minister of Labor, Republic of Colombia Remarks: Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, United States of America
Rethinking Cities for Competitiveness: Smart and Sustainable Cities 9:30am - 10:45am [Strategic Dialgoue]
10:45am - 11:15am Break
11:15am - 1:00pm Building Back Stronger: Disaster Response & Preparedness in the Caribbean Laura Chinchilla, Former President, Republic of Costa Rica Leadership Council Member, Concordia 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
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 * Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
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 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: Ensuring the Health of a Nation 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: Data Analytics in Policy Solutions Santiago Fainstein, Customer Advisory Director, Latin America, SAS
Urban Mobility Solutions through Public and Private Collaboration Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor, Medellín Justin Kintz, Vice President of Public Policy & Communications, Uber
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
* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
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)
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 Cauca room on 2nd Floor Nicole Riggs, Creator/Director, My Intention Is 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
STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SPEAKERS
The Digital Toolbox to Counter Corruption Monday, May 13, 11:15am - 12:30pm
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 Jacob William, CEO, Flatworld Solutions 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 Nataliya Volodymyrivna Katser-Buchkovska, Member of Parliament, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 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 * Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
Illegal Gold Mining and Its Impact on the Environment Monday, May 13; 2:15pm - 3:30pm Programming Partner: Fundación Ideas Para la Paz
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 Roberto Mario Esmeral Berrio, Viceministro de Ordenamiento Ambiental del Territorio Carolina Urrutia, Expert on Sustainability & Communication, Universidad de los Andes (Moderator)
Rethinking Cities for Competitiveness: Smart and Sustainable Cities Tuesday, May 14, 9:30am - 10:45am Programming Partner: ProBogotá
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 Maria Isabel Ulloa, Executive Director, ProPacifico Maria Claudia Lacouture, Executive Director, AmCham José Vicente Serrano, VP Corporate and Government, Tigo Juanita Rodriguez, Advisor in innovation, new technologies and Smart Cities, ProBogotá Carlos Fernando Galán, Pre Candidate for Bogotá Mayor Luis Eduardo Garzón, Pre Candidate for Bogotá Mayor
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) * Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
Veronica Chau, Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Oscar Cadena, Head of Public Affairs for the Andean Region, Uber 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 Ludovic Subran, Chief Economist, Allianz 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
Carmen Vasquez, Minister of Culture, Republic of Colombia Felipe Buitrago Restrepo, Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Colombia Ignacio Gaitán Villegas, Director, iNNpulsa Ana Piñeres, Film producer Edgar Puentes Tania Delgado, Culture Director, Colciencia Ernesto Piedras, CEO, The Competitive Intelligence Unit Sally Ng, Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs, NBCUniversal International Networks Latin America
* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10
* Registration will remain open throughout the day ** Speakers for Strategic Dialogues listed below As of May 10