Registration: 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks, Presentation, and...

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AS/COA
680 Park Avenue
New York
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Cuba: The Year in Review and a Look to the Future

Join AS/COA'S Cuba Working Group and the CAF - Development Bank of Latin America for a half-day conference on Cuba.

Registration: 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks, Presentation, and...

Location
AS/COA
680 Park Avenue
New York
Live Broadcast

Live broadcast

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8:00 – 8:30 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 – 8:40 a.m.   Welcome

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

8:40 – 9:15 a.m.   A New Era of U.S.-Cuba Relations

  • Kelly R. Welsh, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Alex Lee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America and Cuba, U.S. Department of State
  • Alana Tummino, Director of Policy and Head of the Cuba Working Group, AS/COA (moderator)

9:15 – 10:00 a.m.   The View from Havana: Cuban Economic Reforms and a Look to the Future

  • Ileana Díaz Fernández, Professor, Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Havana; Visiting Scholar, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
  • Ricardo Torres Pérez, Professor, Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Havana; Visiting Scholar Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, American University
  • German Rios, Corporate Director of Strategic Affairs, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America (moderator)

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.   Networking Break

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.   Financing and Investment Opportunities

  • Germán Ríos, Corporate Director of Strategic Affairs, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America
  • John McIntire, Chairman, Cuba Emprende Foundation
  • Pia De Lima, Vice President, Western Union
  • Alana Tummino, Director of Policy and Head of the Cuba Working Group, AS/COA (moderator)

11:15 – 11:45 a.m.   How-To Guide: Investing in the Cuban Market

  • Yosbel Ibarra, Shareholder; Co-Chair, Latin American and Iberian Practice
  • Emilio Morales, President, The Havana Consulting Group, LLC

11:45 – 12:15 p.m.   Prospects for Greater U.S. Travel and Trade

  • U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN), introduced the Cuba Trade Act of 2015 along with Congresswoman Kathy Castor
  • Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas