Conference
Mexico City Conference
Change and Growth in Mexico: Shaping a New Agenda
November 10, 2009
Collaborating Organizations: Center for Hemispheric Policy, Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo A.C. (CIDAC),
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Luis Rubio, President, Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo A.C. (CIDAC), Mexico, D.F.; John Feeley, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States to Mexico, Mexico, D.F.
Global Economic Outlook and the Impact for Mexico
Speaker: Gabriel Casillas, Chief Mexico Economist, JPMorgan & Chase, Mexico, D.F.; Alberto Bernal, Head of EM Macroeconomic Strategy, Bulltick Capital Markets, Miami, Florida; Luis Rubio, President, Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo A.C. (CIDAC), Mexico, D.F.; Luis de la Calle, Managing Director, De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera, S.C., Mexico, D.F.
Featured Speaker
Speaker: John Feeley, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States to Mexico, Mexico, D.F.
Mexico - U.S. Relations under the Obama Administration
L to R: George Grayson Professor, Department of Political Science, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Luis Rubio, President, Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo A.C. (CIDAC), Mexico, D.F.; Ambassador Roberta Lajous, El Colegio de México; Former Mexican Ambassador to Bolivia, Cuba and Austria.
The Future of Mexico's Oil Industry
L to R: Jed Bailey Managing Director, Asia and Latin America Energy Groups, Cambridge Energy; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; David Shields, Editor, Energía A Debate, Mexico, D.F.; Jorge Piñón, Energy Fellow, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Fourth Annual Latin America Conference
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Keynote Speaker Speaker:
Featured Speaker
Speaker: David Rothkopf, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; President and CEO, Garten Rothkopf, Washington, D.C.
Luncheon Speaker
Speaker: H.E. José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States
Luncheon Speaker Introducer
Speaker: Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami
Panel "Reducing the Hemisphere's Carbon Footprint: A Debate"
L to R: Jed Bailey, Managing Director, Asia and Latin America Energy Groups, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), Boston; George Philippidis, Energy Director, Applied Research Center, and Co-Director, Energy Business Forum, Florida International University, Miami; Kenneth Green, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
Panel "The Obama Administration and Latin America: New Rules of Engagement?"
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Amb. Luiz de Araujo Castro, Consul General, Consulate General of Brazil, Miami; Former Ambassador of Brazil to Mexico, Peru and Uruguay; Stephen Johnson, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense; Ignacio Walker, Researcher, Corporación de Estudios para América Latina (CIEPLAN), Santiago, Chile; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile
Panel "The Global Economic Downturn and its Impact on Latin America"
L to R: Oscar Sánchez, Senior Economist, Latin America, Scotiabank, Toronto; Theresa Paiz-Fredel, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings, New York; Antonio Villamil, Dean, School of Business, St. Thomas University of Florida; Principal Advisor, The Washington Economics Group, Miami; Javier González Fraga, Former President, Central Bank of Argentina
