The Young Americas Business Trust

The Young Americas Business Trust (YABT), a nonprofit corporation Talent and Innovation created in 1999, works in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the 2011 Competition of the Americas Organization of American States (OAS) to promote the social economic development of young people around the world. YABT is an organization of young people for young people. PROGRAM , , June 2-3, 2011 YABT advances the goals of the OAS and the Summits of the Americas by promoting and implementing programs for entrepreneurship in the Americas Organized by and elsewhere as a mean to fight poverty and create job opportunities for young people, both in-schools and universities, as well as looking for work..

The vision of YABT is that the talent of young entrepreneurs in the Ameri- cas will determine the Hemisphere’s potential for future economic growth and democratic stability. YABT believes that the region’s young creative people offer the best prospect for building the Americas of all our dreams. In Cooperation with Reality reminds us that only training and investment in young people today will build this tomorrow.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of El Salvador

Sponsors

www.YABT.net TICAMERICAS www. .net With Partners in El Salvador and the Americas

www.YOUNGAMERICASFORUM.net © 2011 All rights reserved. Citibank, N.A. Citi and Arc Design is a trademark and service mark of Citigroup Inc., used and registered throughout the world. Opening, Expo, and Team Presentations Thursday, June 2 Hilton Princess Hotel About Eco-Challenge In 2009, YABT and PepsiCo developed a partnership that led to the introduction of an 8:00-8:30am Official Opening Ceremony - Hilton Princess Hotel, Bristol II environmental award, the Eco-Challenge, to the annual Talent and Innovation Competi- Ambassador Denis Antoine, Chair, Board of Directors, Young Americas Business Trust tion of the Americas. PepiCo and YABT’s goal is to to promote innovative ideas to Chang-Ching Yeh, International Cooperation and Development Fund resolve environmental problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. H.E. Vanda Pignato, First Lady of the Republic of El Salvador Presentation of YABT 2011 SuperStar Award Eco-Challenge Awards in TIC Americas 2010 focused on creating water conservation To Stan Shih, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The Acer Group - Remarks by Video awareness and innovative water solutions, both educational and practical. The Received for Mr. Shih by the Embassy of the Republic of China,Taiwan, to El Salvador Eco-Challenge 2011 expanded the traditional water conservation award to the TIC Americas Expo and Team Presentations following: Identify an idea or a social entrepreneurial project under development that 8:30-10:00 am Judges Review the Expo offers a viable solution for the environment conservation. 10:15-5:00 pm Presentations and Evaluation of Finalists Teams Eco-Challenge Finalists Special thanks to TIC Americas Finalists TIC Americas Finalists TIC Americas Finalists Team Country Team Country Evaluation Group No 1: Evaluation Group No 2: Evaluation Group No 3: Biolac Argentina Red Acuahéroes Windsor I Room Windsor II Room Savoy Room C-Hidrica México 10:15-10:55 am: Aboquete 10:15-10:55 am: Cosal 10:15-10:55 am: Koluumbia ASFE Una Gota una Vida Bolivia 10:55-11:35 am: Artifacts 10:55-11:35 am: CRT 10:55-11:35 am: Le Mascotte Colonegg Chile Úumbali 11:35-12:15 pm: Aventones 11:35-12:15 pm: Hologramas 3D 11:35-12:15 pm: Lord Mango RaxuleW Verdeate.com Colombia 12:15-12:55 pm: BialTec 12:15-12:55 pm: iDra 12:15-12:55 pm: Love.Futbol 01:00-02:15 pm: Lunch 01:00-02:15 pm: Lunch 01:00-02:15 pm: Lunch 02:15-02:55 pm: BioCacao 02:15-02:55 pm: Inmocorp 02:15-02:55 pm: MercaTrade.com 02:55-03:35 pm: Brain Power 02:55-03:35 pm: J2XN 02:55-03:35 pm: Panakidlandia 03:35-04:15 pm: Clic Educa 03:35-04:15 pm: Kolmena 03:35-04:15 pm: Pillpa

TIC Americas Finalists TIC El Salvador Finalists Eco-Challenge Finalists TIC El Salvador is an opportunity to showcase how entrepreneurial and creative the Salvadorian youth are. Evaluation Group No 4: Evaluation Group No 5: Evaluation Group No 6: Britannia Room Windsor II Room Savoy Room TIC El Salvador is a platform where young people can present their ideas and make their 10:15-10:55 am: QuestLab Media 10:15-10:55 am: Bisuteria Artesanal 10:15-10:55 am: Biolac projects a reality so that they don't become only ilussions of their youth. 10:55-11:35 am: Rubikey 10:55-11:35 am: ChocoMix 10:55-11:35 am: C-Hidrica 11:35-12:15 pm: Solben 11:35-12:15 pm: Endow Technologies 11:35-12:15 pm: Colonegg Miguel Angel Pereira 12:15-12:55 pm: Sparck 12:15-12:55 pm: Grupo Saytec 12:15-12:55 pm: RaxuleW National Director of Youth 01:00-02:15 pm: Lunch 01:00-02:15 pm: Lunch 01:00-02:15 pm: Lunch TIC El Salvador Finalists 02:15-02:55 pm: Toilmex 02:15-02:55 pm: Newschool 02:15-02:55 pm: Red Acuaheroes Team City Team City 02:55-03:35 pm: Woup360.tv 02:55-03:35 pm: PubliMarket 02:55-03:35 pm: Una Gota una Vida 03:35-04:15 pm: Medio Lleno 03:35-04:15 pm: Tech Park Sonsonate 03:35-04:15 pm: Úumbali Bisuteria Artesanal Usulután PubliMarket La Libertad 04:15-04:55 pm: TipSal 04:15-04:55 pm: Verdeate.com ChocoMix San Miguel Tech Park Sonsonate Endow Technologies La Libertad Sonsonate San Miguel Finalist Team Five-Step Presentation Structure Grupo Saytec Santa Tecla TipSal Team Set Up and Distribute Business Plan to judges: 5 minutes Newschool La Libertad Judges Review Business Plan: 10 minutes Team Presentation: 10 minutes, starting with the "elevator pitch" Promotional Video Presentation: 3 minutes Special thanks to Questions and Answers: 10 minutes © 2011 All rights reserved. Citibank, N.A. Citi and Arc Design is a trademark and service mark of Citigroup Inc., used and registered throughout the world. About TIC Americas El Salvador and Day The Talent and Innovation Competition of the Americas (TIC Americas) of the Young Thursday, June 2 Hilton Princess Hotel Americas Business Trust (YABT) is an international business start-up competition and accelerator for young entrepreneurs. TIC Americas goes beyond traditional business plan competitions to incorporate phases of training, mentoring, access to resources and other opportunities that benefit young entrepreneurs as they launch and grow their businesses 10:00am-6:00pm Nex Links Opportunities Expo and Networking Center - Foyer, 2nd Floor in local, national and global markets. For more information on TIC Americas, please visit: www.ticamericas.net Concurrent: Mini-Business Labs: From Ideas to Action - Bristol II

10:00am-11:30am Environment and the Green Economy TIC Americas includes young people up to age thirty-six who have a viable project Greening Your Business and Environmental Sustainability or business, with special focus on the “green economy.” It accelerates the develop- Georgina Nuñez, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ment of their business plan and helps them formalize their business, set up a Hans Kohlsdorf, President, Executive Council of Global Enterprises webpage, prepare a digital video, and prototype. In five years, TIC Americas has Isabel Studer, Coordinator of Green Business Initiative, Tec Monterrey, Mexico registered 4,916 participating teams of 16,646 young entrepreneurs from sixty-five 11:30am-1:00pm Community Innovation and Entrepreneurship Creating Opportunities for Young People and Entrepreneurs in Communities countries. Dr. Felipe Mendoza Corredor, Director, Programa Presidencial Colombia Joven Special thanks to Franklin René Valencia Cisneros, Director of Development and Entrepreneurship, TIC Americas Finalists 2011 Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, Ecuador Alfredo Roldan, ParqueSoft, Colombia 2:00pm-3:30pm Team CountryCountry Team Country Financial Education for Young Entrepreneurs Team Accessing Financial Tools for Entrepreneurs Aboquete Panama Koolumbia ASFE® Colombia Astrid Palomares, Public Affairs Officer, Citi El Salvador Martha Hurtado, YABT Ecuador Artifacts Le Mascotte Argentina Colombia Valerie Lorena, Deputy Executive Director, YABT Aventones México Lord Mango Peru 3:30pm-5:00pm Leadership BialTec Colombia love.fútbol United States Developing Entrepreneurial Vision and Leadership BioCacao Costa Rica MedioLleno El Salvador Luis Montoya, President, PepsiCo Latin America Beverages Brain Power Peru MercaTrade.com Panama Roy Thomasson, Chief Execitive Officer, YABT Clic Educa Chile Panakidlandia Panama Cosal Honduras Pillpa Peru VIP Welcome Reception - Bristol I y II Special Guests: OAS Private Sector Forum, National and International Leaders CRT Colombia QuestLab Media Colombia Sponsors, Judges, and Finalists of TIC Americas, TIC El Salvador and Eco-Challenge Hologramas 3D Uruguay Rubikey Colombia iDra Colombia Solben Mexico 6:00pm Welcome Inmocorp Ecuador Sparck Chile H. E. Hugo Martínez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador Recognition of 2011 TIC Americas Finalists, Alumni, Hosts, and Sponsors J2XN Peru ToilMex Mexico Luis Viguria, Executive Director, Young Americas Business Trust Kolmena Colombia woup360.tv Uruguay Young Entrepreneur Leadership Link Network Luis Montoya, President, PepsiCo Latin America Beverages Carlos Espinoza, General Manager, Ivanhoe, Ecuador Remarks H.E. José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States Cocktail Reception Sponsor: Young Americas Business Trust Conferences for 21st Century Entrepreneurs TIC Americas 2011 Awards Ceremony Friday, June 3 Friday, June 3 Hilton Princess Hotel Hilton Princess Hotel

9:00am-6:00pm Nex Links Opportunities Expo and Networking Center- Foyer, 2nd Floor 3:30pm Welcome 8:00am-9:00am Registration Announcements and Special Recognitions Roy Thomasson, Chief Executive Officer, Young Americas Business Trust 9:00am-10:30am Finalists and YABT Network Follow-up Workshop: Opening Remarks Entrepreneurs present “pitches” H.E. Hugo Martínez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of El Salvador YABT Staff, Sponsors, and Partners discuss plans for future networking / follow-up H.E. José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States Special Guests: Remarks and Presentation of TIC El Salvador Awards 2011 Dr. Juan Camilo Bolivar, Enlace de Cooperacion Internacional, Colombia Joven Álvaro Jaramillo, Country Officer, Citi El Salvador Carlos Espinoza, Manager, Ivanhoe, Ecuador and Board of Directors, YABT Remarks and Presentation of 2011 Eco-Challenge and Awards Leonel Ruiz, General Manager, PepsiCo Central America and Caribbean Beverages 10:30am-12:00pm Dialogue: Young Ideas for the OAS 41st General Assembly, Presentation of the 2011 Talent and Innovation Awards The 6th Summit of the Americas, and the 2nd Earth Summit Rio+20 Roy Thomasson, Chief Executive Officer, YABT Moderator: Valerie Lorena, Young Americas Business Trust - Social Entrepreneurship H.E. Jaime Girón, Coordinator, Sixth Summit of the Americas - New Markets Sherry Tross, Executive Secretary, OAS Summits of the Americas - E-Entrepreneurs Miguel Pereira, National Director of Youth of El Salvador Luis Viguria, Executive Director, YABT Mauricio Iván Rivas, General Coordinator, Association for the Development - Tradition and Culture of Education, Health, Environment and Infrastructure in El Salvador - Creative Design Youth of El Salvador, Central America, and TIC Americas Teams - Spirit of Entrepreneurship 12:00pm-1:00pm Eco-Challenge Lunch - Teams and Judges Only Sponsor: YABT and PepsiCo Latin American Beverages Valerie Lorena, Deputy Executive Director, YABT - Green Business Recognition 12:00pm-1:00pm TIC Americas / TIC El Salvador Lunch - Teams and Judges Only - People’s Choice Award Sponsors: YABT, ICDF, Citi El Salvador Presentation: ICDF and Global Talentpreneur Innovation Competition, Taipei 2011 Closing Remarks Ambassador Denis Antoine, Chair, Board of Directors, YABT 1:00pm-2:30pm Alliances to Empower Women Entrepreneurs Moderator: Gabriela de la Garza, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Closing of OAS Private Sector Forum of the Americas and Reception PepsiCo Latin America Beverages 6:00pm YABT Presents Winners at the Reception of the OAS Private Sector Forum Ambassador Dorit Shavit, Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean Hotel Sheraton Presidente Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Israel Ines Bustillo, Director, Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Leticia Teleguario, Kab’ awil Young Indigenous Group / YABT Board Member, Guatemala Thanks across the Americas and around the globe to the individuals, businesses, 2:30pm-3:30pm VIP and Press Tour of TIC Americas EXPO - Expo Area - Bristol I and organizations whose investments of time, energy, and resources made possible the 5th Talent and Innovation Competition of the Americas.