2017 Latin American Cities Conferences: Mexico City

May 23, 2017

Registration: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Conference: 9:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m....

Palacio Nacional

Plaza de la Constitución S/N, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06066

Mexico City

Mexico

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Overview

MEXICO AND NORTH AMERICA: A GLOBAL POWERHOUSE

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Note: All times are in local Mexico City time (GMT -5), one hour behind Eastern Time.

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks

Susan Segal, President & CEO, AS/COA
Carlos Sada Solana, Undersecretary for North America, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. A Conversation on North American Relations

Susan Segal, President and CEO, AS/COA
Brian Porter, President and CEO, Scotiabank

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker

Ildefonso Guajardo, Secretary, Secretariat of the Economy

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. A Dialogue on Strategic Issues in the North American Partnership

Luis Videgaray, Secretary, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Chrystia Freeland, Minister, Department of Global Affairs Canada
Jaime José Serra Puche, Founder and President, SAI Derecho & Economía (moderator)

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Future of NAFTA

Moisés R. Kalach, Director of the Strategic Council of International Negotiations, Consejo Coordinador Empresarial
Patrick Ottensmeyer, President and CEO, Kansas City Southern
Brian Winter, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator)

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. The New North American Reality

Juan Andrade, Executive Vice President of Chubb Group and President, Overseas General Insurance, Chubb
Blanca Treviño, CEO, Softtek
Juan Pablo Castañon, President, Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE)
Yosbel Ibarra, Co-Managing Shareholder Miami office, and Co-Chair of the Latin American and Iberian Practice, Greenberg Traurig (moderator)

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Toward Hemispheric Energy Integration

Eric Lee, Energy Strategist, Commodities Research, Citigroup
Juan Ignacio Rubiolo, President and CEO, AES Mexico
Juan Pablo del Valle, Chairman, Mexichem
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Bloomberg (moderator)

2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Closing remarks

Oscar Schmidt, Executive Vice President, CEO Latin America, MetLife (introduction)
José Antonio Meade, Secretary, Secretariat of Finance & Public Credit

Speakers

Luis Videgaray Caso

Secretary, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs

Luis Videgaray Caso has been Secretary of Foreign Affairs since January 2017. He previously served as Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, role in which he managed the federal government’s economic policy in financial, fiscal, expenditure, revenues, and public debt matters...

Chrystia Freeland

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada

Chrystia Freeland was appointed Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs in January 2017. Freeland was first elected as the member of parliament for Toronto Centre in November 2013 and then re-elected in October 2015 as the member of parliament for University–Rosedale. From 2015 to...

José Antonio Meade

Former Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico

José Antonio Meade is a former Secretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico. Previously, he has served as Secretary of Social Development, Foreign Affairs, and Energy. Within the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit he has served as Undersecretary of Finance (tax), Chief...

Ildefonso Guajardo

Former Secretary of Economy of Mexico

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal is a Mexican economist and former secretary of economy of Mexico.

He was chief economist of the Brazil Section and associate economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1988 to 1991. In that last year, he...

Juan Andrade

Executive Vice President of Chubb Group and President, Overseas General Insurance, Chubb

Juan Andrade is executive vice president of Chubb Group and president of Overseas General Insurance. Andrade has executive operating responsibility for Chubb’s general insurance business across 54 countries outside of North America. Prior to ACE’s acquisition of Chubb in January...

Juan Pablo Castañon

President, Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE)

Juan Pablo Castañon was elected president of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) in December of 2015. Throughout his professional career he has been part of various business organizations for more than three decades. He participated for more than 25 years in the Confederation...

Juan Pablo del Valle Perochena

President, Mexichem

Juan Pablo del Valle Perochena is the president of Mexichem. He started his career working for Telmex in 1996. He led the implementation of the first fiber optics sea cable between the United States, Mexico, Central, and South America. After graduating from Harvard Business...

Yosbel A. Ibarra

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Yosbel A. Ibarra represents clients on international corporate transactions, including multinational corporations and prominent Latin American investors on their investments, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures throughout Latin America and the United States. He also...

Patrick J. Ottensmeyer

President and CEO, Kansas City Southern

Patrick J. Ottensmeyer has been the president and director of Kansas City Southern (KCS) since March 2015 and its chief executive officer since July 2016. He has held senior positions since joining KCS in 2006, including executive vice president of sales and marketing, chief...

Brian Porter

President and CEO, Scotiabank

Brian Porter has been president and chief executive officer of Scotiabank since November 2013. He joined Scotiabank in 1981, and has held several senior positions across the bank, including executive roles with Global Banking and Markets, Global Risk Management, Group Treasury...

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez

Mexico Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez is Mexico bureau chief for Bloomberg News. He joined Bloomberg in 2006 as a Latin America reporter for Bloomberg Television in New York, and became a correspondent for Bloomberg News in Mexico in 2009, covering energy and commodities. Rodríguez was...

Juan Ignacio Rubiolo

Executive Vice President and President, International Business Unit and Infrastructure, The AES Corporation

Juan Ignacio has worked at AES since 2001 and in 2022 was named executive vice president and president, international businesses. Juan Ignacio has proven experience in business development, risk management and commercial strategy, and he combines his knowledge of the energy...

Carlos Manuel Sada Solana

Undersecretary for North America, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs

Carlos Manuel Sada Solana was appointed Undersecretary for North America at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico in January 2017. He served as Ambassador of Mexico to the United States from May 2016 to January 2017. Undersecretary Sada previously served as consul general...

Oscar Schmidt

Executive Vice President, CEO of Latin America, MetLife

Oscar Schmidt is the executive vice president and CEO of Latin America of MetLife Inc. As CEO, Schmidt is responsible for MetLife’s operations in Latin America. Schmidt played a leading role in the execution of the Alico acquisition in 2010, the largest transaction in MetLife’s...

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...

Jaime José Serra Puche

Founder and President, SAI Derecho & Economía

Jaime José Serra Puche is founder and president of SAI Derecho & Economía. He is a member of the Board of Directors of BBVA Bancomer and of four publicly listed companies: Fondo México, Tenaris, Vitro and Alpek. Within the Mexican government, he served as undersecretary of...

Blanca Treviño

President and CEO, Softtek

Blanca Treviño has been leading Softtek as President and CEO since 2000. Under her leadership, Softtek has become the leading information technology services company in Latin America. Throughout her 30-year career at Softtek, Ms. Treviño has gained international recognition as a...

Brian Winter

Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Vice President of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Brian Winter is editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and the vice president for policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. A best-selling author, analyst, and speaker, he has been living and breathing Latin American politics for the past 20 years. Winter spent a decade...