41st Hemispheric Congress

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41 Hemispheric Congress Program
Tuesday, November 10th
11:00am
OPENING REMARKS
11:15am
  • José Luis Chi, President of CAMACOL
  • Wifredo "Willy" Gort, Chairman of the Hemispheric Congress
  • Carlos Zaldumbide, Director of CCQ and representative of Patricio Alarcón, President of CCQ (Quito Chamber of Commerce) and President of the Permanent Secretariat.
11:15am
FIRST PLENARY SESSION
12:15pm
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA - GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Speakers
  • Claribel Aparicio, Vice Minister of Foreign Commerce and Integration, Government of Bolivia.
  • Shirley Aguilar, Viceminister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Guatemala.
  • Daniel Legarda, Vice Minister of Foreign Commerce Ministry of Production, Foreign Commerce, Investments & Fishing
  • Wifredo "Willy" Gort, Chair of Hemispheric Congress.
12:30PM
SECOND PLENARY SESSION
1:30pm
THE DISRUPTION OF FINTECH IN LATIN AMERICA
Speakers
  • Gabriela Ugarte, Director, Product Development Mastercard
  • Gastón Pereira, C.E.O. & Founder, PMI Americas
2:00pm
VIRTUAL MATCHMAKING AND CAMACOL EXPO BOOTH 2020
  • Introduced by Estefania Loredo, Director of International Business Development, CAMACOL
Wednesday, November 11th
11:00am
THIRD PLENARY SESSION
12:00pm
SURVIVAL AND REINVENTION POST COVID19: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AI.
Speakers
  • Daniella Valeriano, Head of Industry, Facebook PANLATAM
  • Luis F. Ferreira Corporate Finance Operations Executive - Azure at Microsoft
  • Rosalba Zepeda, C.E.O & Founder, IQ Digital
12:15PM
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION
1:15pm
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Speakers
  • Invited: Senator Rick Scott.
  • Victor Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade for the Government of Ontario
  • Kenneth Smith, Director of the Trade and NAFTA Office, Ministry of Economy, México
  • Eric Olafson, Director Global Trade and Business Development, Port Miami
  • Jose Chi, President of CAMACOL
1:30pm
CLOSING REMAKS
1:45pm
  • Joe Chi, President of CAMACOL
  • Wifredo "Willy" Gort, Chairman of the HemisphericCongress.
  • Carlos Zaldumbide, Director of CCQ, representing Patricio Alarcón, President of CCQ and President of the Permanent Secretariat.
2:00pm
PERMANENT SECRETARIAT MEETING
  • Opening remarks by Italo Torrese, Vice President of the Hemispheric Congress, and Vice President of CAMACOL