Media Advisory: 44th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas – The United States in 2014

Washington, D.C. May 5, 2014—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver remarks at the 44th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas. The event, coorganized by the Council of the Americas and the U.S. Department of State, will take place on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The 44th Washington Conference on the Americas will feature a series of moderated conversations with top U.S. appointed and elected officials at the federal and state levels.

Speakers at the Washington Conference on the Americas will include:

• Secretary of State John Kerry
• Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
• Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
• Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick
• U.S. Senator Tim Kaine
• Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson

All remarks will be on the record. Visit the event page for further details or download the complete agenda.

Press registration: Adriana La Rotta at alarotta@as-coa.org or (212) 277-8384.
 

CONFERENCE AGENDA
 

Wednesday, May 7, 2014
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

8:00 - 8:45am:
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION

8:45 - 8:55am:
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Eric Farnsworth
Vice President, Council of the Americas
John Negroponte
Chairman, Council of the Americas
Susan Segal
President and CEO, Council of the Americas

8:55 - 9:15am:
U.S. POLICY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Roberta Jacobson Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs
Introduced by Susan Segal

9:15 - 9:30am:
John Kerry Secretary of State
Introduced by John Negroponte

9:30 - 10:00am:
MEXICO’S MOMENT AND THE REVITALIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA
Tim Kaine U.S. Senator and Chairman, U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group
Interviewed by John Negroponte

10:00 - 10:45am:
THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA IN THE AMERICAS
Jorge Familiar Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank
Moisés Naím Scholar, Carnegie Endowment; Author and Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
Moderated by Eric Farnsworth

10:45 - 11:15am:
NETWORKING BREAK

11:15 - 11:50am:
CREATING GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY AT HOME AND IN THE AMERICAS
Deval Patrick Governor of Massachusetts
Interviewed by Mónica Pinzón Bueno, Consul General of Colombia in Boston

11:50am - 12:30pm:
FACILITATING LEGAL FLOWS OF GOODS AND PEOPLE
Jeh Johnson Secretary of Homeland Security
Interviewed by Susan Segal

12:30 - 1:00pm:
RELOCATE TO BEN FRANKLIN DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION HALL

1:00 - 2:30pm:
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON: STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC TIES ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Penny Pritzker Secretary of Commerce
Interviewed by Edward Luce, Chief U.S. Commentator Financial Times.

Please note that conducting interviews in the hallways of the State Department is prohibited.

Morning Session: 8:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. to be held in the Loy Henderson Conference Room
Pre-set time for video cameras: 7:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 8:00 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance.

Luncheon: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. to be held in the Ben Franklin Diplomatic Reception Hall (8th floor)
Pooled press coverage. For more information, contact WHAPress@State.Gov.

Admittance to the Department of State for this event will require press credentials with photo identification. Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center); (2) a media-issued photo identification card; or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport). Press should allow adequate time (at least 15 minutes) to process through security.