2015 Mexico City Conference: A Look at Climate Change, Cyber Security, and Energy in North America

New York, May 13, 2015 – Americas Society/Council of the Americas will host the eighth edition of its annual Mexico City conference in partnership with the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and ProMéxico on Thursday, May 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. “Mexico: A Look at Climate Change, Cyber Security, and Energy in North America” will bring together senior public officials and private sector leaders to discuss the country’s role in addressing these key issues. This conference will be live broadcast.

At the recent North American Ministerial meeting, leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico pledged to join forces in advancing an agenda that expands the region’s energy leadership, supports sustainable economic growth, and confronts climate change and cybersecurity challenges. North America is fast becoming one of the most economically competitive regions in the world, and Mexico will play a critical role in shaping the region´s future leadership.

“There is nothing more important to our hemisphere today than to strengthen the cooperation on energy, climate change mitigation, sustainable prosperity, and security,” said AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal. “By bringing together the most relevant actors in the public and private sector to discuss these crucial topics, our conference will look into the major economic opportunities for Mexico provided by current and future regional integration.”

Local and international panelists at the conference will include*: Luis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit; Sergio Alcocer, Undersecretary for North America, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs; Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo, Undersecretary for Environmental Policy and Planning, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources; Francisco N. González, CEO, ProMéxico; Carlos Álvarez, Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure for Mexico, BlackRock; Michael Chertoff, Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; Nur Cristiani, Head of Mexico Equity Research & Strategy, J.P. Morgan; Patricia Florissi, Vice President and Global Chief Technology Officer, EMC Corporation; Oliver González Barrales, General Director of the Specialized Center for Technological Response, Federal Police; Joe Keenan, Executive Vice President for Latin America, The Nature Conservancy; Rubén Kraiem, Corporate Partner, Covington & Burling LLP; Arturo Martínez, General Director, ACE Fianzas Monterrey; Lina Ornelas, Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Google; Saúl Padrón Estrada, Deputy Director for Cybersecurity, Telefónica México; Andrés Rengifo, Director for Latin America of the Computer Crime Unit and Intellectual Property Issues, Microsoft; Rolf Schmitz, Managing Director & Head Latin America Energy Finance, Scotiabank; and Susan Segal, President and CEO Americas Society/Council of the Americas.

*Additional speakers to be confirmed

• Visit www.as-coa.org/Mexico2015 for the complete agenda, blog, and live webcast.
• The webcast begins Thursday, May 21, 2015, 9:00 a.m. (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time).
• Get live updates on Twitter via #mxASCOA and @ASCOA.

Tune into the live webcast here.

2015 Latin American Cities Conferences
Mexico: A Look at Climate Change, Cyber Security, and Energy in North America

Thursday, May 21, 2015
Registration: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Presentation: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
Juárez 20, Centro
Cuauhtémoc, 06010
Mexico City, Mexico
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Press inquiries:
Adriana La Rotta | alarotta@as-coa.org | +1-212-277-8384
Kariela Almonte | kalmonte@as-coa.org | +1-212-277-8333