Top Government Officials Join Business Leaders at COA 2018 Conference in Buenos Aires

 

New York, August 16, 2018 –  Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA), the most influential business organization in the Western Hemisphere, in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina (CAC), will host its fifteenth annual conference in Buenos Aires “Argentina: Economic and Political Perspectives”. 

The conference, which was recently declared by the Argentine government as an “event of national interest”, will take place on Thursday, August 30th at 8:30 a.m. at the Alvear Palace Hotel. The event will bring together top government officials at the national and local levels as well as private-sector leaders, to address Argentina’s economic and political prospects. The conference will be live webcast.

Local and international panelists at the conference will include: Marcos Peña, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers; Rogelio Frigerio, Minister of Interior Affairs, Public Works and Housing; Andrés Ibarra, Minister of Modernization; Javier Iguacel, Minister of Energy; Dante Sica, Minister of Production; Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires; Juan Manuel Urtubey, Governor of the Province of Salta; Patricia Menéndez-Cambo, Vice Chair, Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Raúl Padilla, President of South America and Sugar & Bioenergy, Bunge; Julia Pomares, Executive Director, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth; Gustavo Rincón, Vice President, Kellogg Mercosur; Carlos Zarlenga, President Mercosur, General Motors; Jorge Luis Di Fiori, President, Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina; and Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas. 

Founded in 1965, Americas Society/Council of the Americas organize more than 250 public policy programs every year in New York, Miami, Washington DC, and in cities throughout Latin America. The Council’s members, leading companies representing a broad spectrum of sectors, share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the Americas. The Council of the Americas 2018 Buenos Aires conference “Argentina: Economic and Political Perspectives” is part of the organization’s Latin American Cities Conferences, half-day events featuring top-level speakers across key cities in the region.

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Agenda: as-coa.org/BuenosAires2018
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About AS/COA

Americas Society (AS) is the premier organization dedicated to education, debate and dialogue in the Americas. Established by David Rockefeller in 1965, our mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship.

Council of the Americas (COA) is the premier international business organization whose members share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the Western Hemisphere. The Council's membership consists of leading international companies representing a broad spectrum of sectors, including banking and finance, consulting services, consumer products, energy and mining, manufacturing, media, technology, and transportation.