2014 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogota

June 11, 2014

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

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

Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogotá

Carrera 10 No. 26-21

Bogotá

Live broadcast

Overview

AS/COA's eighteenth conference in Bogota looked at the country's economic forecast and discuss growth prospects, as well as challenges facing the next presidential administration. Topics also included trade and Colombia's peace talks.

Speakers:

Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance
Santiago Rojas, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism
Marcos Buscaglia, Head of LatAm Economics, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Sergio Clavijo, President of ANIF
Javier Diaz, President of Analdex
Miriam Garcia Ferrer, Commercial Counsellor, European Union Delegation in Colombia
Mauro Leos, Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service
Laura Lochman, Economic Advisor, Embassy of the United States, Colombia
Susan Segal, President & CEO of Americas Society Council of the Americas
Victor Traverso, Director and Representative, CAF, Colombia
Leonardo Villar, Executive Director of Fedesarrollo

Registration Fee: $210 for AS and COA members; $260 for non-members
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By credit card: Send completed form via e-mail to eventos@anif.org by Monday, June 9, 2014.

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Agenda

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7:00 a.m. Registration

8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks

Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic (invited)
Susan Segal, President and CEO of Americas Society/Council of the Americas

9:00 a.m. Monetary Standards and Prospects for Colombia

Leonardo Villar, Executive Director of Fedesarrollo

9:45 a.m. Award Ceremony: “Award for Research in Public Policy - Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo”

10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. Macro-Financial Overview of Colombia 2014-2018

Sergio Clavijo, President of ANIF

11:30 a.m. Panel: Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street

Mauro Leos, Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service
Marcos Buscaglia, Head of LatAm Economics, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Victor Traverso, Director and Representative, CAF, Colombia (moderator)

12:30 p.m. Lunch

2:15 p.m. Fiscal Consolidation and Accelerated Economic Growth

Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance

3:00 p.m. Panel: Advancing Key FTAs in Colombia

Javier Diaz, President, Analdex
Laura Lochman, Economic Advisor, Embassy of the United States, Colombia
Miriam Garcia Ferrer, Commercial Counsellor, European Union Delegation in Colombia
Sergio Clavijo, President of ANIF (moderator)

4:00 p.m. Colombia’s Trade Agenda: Achievements and Challenges

Santiago Rojas, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism

Speakers

Marcos Buscaglia

Head of Latin America Economics, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research

Marcos Buscaglia is the head of Latin America Economics at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. He is responsible for the macroeconomic forecasts across Latin America. Prior to joining BofA Merrill Lynch in September 2010, Buscaglia was acting Latin America chief economist at...

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...

Miriam Garcia Ferrer

European Union Commercial Representative in Colombia

Miriam Garcia Ferrer is the current Commercial Counsellor of the European Union Delegation in Colombia. The objectives of her work in the country are to contribute to closer economic and trade relations between Colombia and the EU and especially supporting the ratification and...

Mauro Leos

Associate Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service

Mauro Leos is associate managing director for the Americas at Moody's Investors Service. With extensive experience in the region, he has been a senior sovereign credit analyst with Moody’s since 1996. Leos is lead sovereign analyst for Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile...

Laura Lochman

Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Colombia

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

Santiago Rojas

Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism

Santiago Rojas is Colombia’s minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism. In the public sector, Minister Rojas has served as the managing director of the National Tax and Customs Administration (DIAN) and as the deputy minister of Foreign Trade. He also served as technical director...

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...

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...

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...