Registration: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Conference: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (9...

Location
Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogotá
Carrera 10 No. 26-21
Bogotá
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2013 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogota

AS/COA's seventeenth Bogota conference explored Colombia's economic outlook in a global context.

Registration: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Conference: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (9...

Location
Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogotá
Carrera 10 No. 26-21
Bogotá
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Live broadcast

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Overview

AS/COA held its seventeenth Bogota conference: “Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street.” This conference analyzed Colombia’s growth prospects and discuss the country’s medium and long-term macroeconomic projections. Local and international speakers also analyzed the advances made in foreign trade and competitiveness.

Speakers:

  • Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit
  • Sergio Clavijo, President, ANIF
  • Juan Camilo Nariño, Vice President of Foreign Trade, National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI)
  • Javier Díaz, President, Asociación Nacional de Comercio Exterior (ANALDEX)
  • David Gruppo, Managing Director, Head of Latin America Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
  • Laura Lochman, Economic Advisor, Embassy of the United States, Colombia
  • Luis Oganes, Head for LatAm, Emerging Markets Research Group, JPMorgan
  • Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society Council of the Americas
  • Roberto Sifon Arévalo, Lead Analytical Manager, Sovereigns & Public Finance Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
  • Víctor Traverso, CAF Representative, Colombia
  • Leonardo Villar, Executive Director, Fedesarrollo
  • Juan Pablo Zárate, Co-Director, Banco de la República

Event Information: Guillermo Zubillaga | gzubillaga@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8362
Sponsorship Opportunities: Ana Gilligan | agilligan@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8364
Press Inquiries: Adriana La Rotta | alarotta@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8384

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Agenda

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Thursday, June 13: Crowne Plaza Hotel Tequendama (Salón Rojo), Carrera 10, No. 26-21, Bogota, Colombia

7:00-8:00am:  Registration

8:00-8:15am:  Opening Remarks

  • Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society Council of the Americas

8:15-9:00am:  International Environment and Colombia's Performance

  • Leonardo Villar, Executive Director, Fedesarrollo

9:00-9:45am: Finance and Exchange Situation in Colombia

  • Juan Pablo Zárate, Co-director, Bank of the Republic

9:45-10:00am:  Launch “Luis Sarmiento Angulo Prize for Public Policy Pesearch – ANIF”

10:00-10:30am:  Coffee Break

10:30-11:10am:  Macro-Financial Overview of Colombia, 2012-2014

  • Sergio Clavijo, President, ANIF

11:10-12:30pm:  Panel: Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street

  • Luis Oganes, Head for LatAm, Emerging Markets Research Group, JP Morgan
  • Roberto Sifon Arévalo, Lead Analytical  Manager, Sovereigns & Public Finance Ratings, Standard & Poor’s
  • David Gruppo, Managing Director, Head of Latin America Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
  • Moderated by Victor Traverso, CAF Representative, Colombia

12:30-2:00pm:  Lunch

2:00-2:15pm:  International Context and Trade Perspectives

  • Sergio Clavijo, President, ANIF

2:15-3:15pm:  Panel: Free Trade Agreements and Competitiveness

  • Juan Camilo Nariño, Vice President of Foreign Trade, National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI)
  • Javier Díaz, President, National Association of Foreign Trade (ANALDEX)
  • Laura Lochman, Economic Advisor, Embassy of the United States, Colombia
  • Moderated by Sergio Clavijo, President, ANIF

3:15-4:00pm:  Colombia: Developments in Structural Reforms

  • Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia

4:00pm:  Closing Remarks

Speakers

Mauricio Cárdenas
Minister of Finance, Colombia

Mauricio Cárdenas is the minister of finance of Colombia. He is also currently a senior fellow and director of the Latin America Initiative at the Brookings Institution and an expert in Global Economy, Political Development, and Foreign Relations since 2008. Previously, Cárdenas...

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Javier Díaz
President, ANALDEX

Javier Díaz is president of la Asociación Nacional de Exportadores (ANALDEX). Previously, Díaz served as vice president and technical vice president of ANALDE. Before joining ANALDE, he was head of the Export Promotion Division of Foreign Trade for the vice president of the...

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David Gruppo
Managing Director and Head, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

David Gruppo is a managing director and head of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s Latin America Corporate and Investment Banking for the Americas, based in New York. Gruppo joined BTMU in 2010 from IBM, where he was involved in corporate strategy and business development for the...

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Laura Lochman
Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Colombia

Laura Lochman is economic counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia.

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Juan Camilo Nariño
Vice President of Foreign Trade, ANDI

Juan Camilo Nariño is vice president of foreign trade at the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI). He is also an economist for the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and professor of Political Action and Civic Participation at Colegio de Abogados de Madrid, Universidad...

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Luis Oganes
Head for Latin America, Emerging Markets Research, J.P.Morgan

Luis Oganes is the head for Latin America at the Emerging Markets Research group of J.P. Morgan, where he started working in 1997. He publishes regularly about the economy, markets, and the political situation of Latin America, and provides investment recommendations to...

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Susan Segal
Susan Segal
President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Susan Segal was elected president and CEO of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in August 2003 after working in the private sector with Latin America and other emerging markets for over 30 years. A passionate supporter of Latin America, she joined the organizations...

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Luis Victor Traverso
Director and Representative, CAF, Colombia

Dr. Luis Victor Traverso is director and representative of Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) in Colombia. As a Peruvian national, he was an advisor to the Presidency and operations manager in the Corporation from 1992 to 1994. For over 25 years he was part of the BID in...

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Leonardo Villar
Director, Fedesarrollo

Leonardo Villar is the director of Fedesarrollo, the principal private research center in Colombia. Previously, he was chief economist and vice president of development strategies and public policy at the Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) based in Caracas. In the public sector...

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Juan Pablo Zárate
Co-director, Board of Directors, Central Bank of Colombia

Juan Pablo Zárate is co-director of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia. Previously, Zárate was technical deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit from 2007 to 2009, after having served as the director of the National Administrative...

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