2018 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires

August 30, 2018

Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Conference...

Alvear Palace Hotel

Av. Alvear 1891

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Live broadcast

Overview

ARGENTINA: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES

Follow the discussion on Twitter: #CouncilARG | @ASCOA

In collaboration with: Asociación de Bancos de la Argentina (ABA), Asociación de Bancos Públicos y Privados de la República Argentina (ABAPPRA), Asociación de Bancos Argentinos (ADEBA), Asociación Empresaria Argentina (AEA), ARGENCON, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires (BCBA), Business 20 Argentina (B20), Camara Argentina de la Construcción (CAMARCO), Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI), Cámara de Comercio de los Estados Unidos en Argentina (AmCham), Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Endeavor Argentina (EA), Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL), Instituto para el Desarrollo Empresarial de la Argentina (IDEA), Think 20 Argentina (T20), Unión Industrial Argentina (UIA) and Women 20 Argentina (W20)

Americas Society and Council of the Americas, in partnership with the Argentine Chamber of Commerce, will host its fifteenth annual conference in Buenos Aires. The conference will bring together key government officials, legislators, and private-sector leaders to address Argentina's economic outlook, as well as the country's political prospects. This event will be held in Spanish.

Speakers:*

Marcos Peña, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina @marquitospena
Rogelio Frigerio, Minister of Interior Affairs, Public Works and Housing @frigeriorogelio @MinInteriorAR
Andrés Ibarra, Minister of Modernization @andreshibarra @ModernizacionAR (Download his presentation.)
Javier Iguacel, Minister of Energy, Argentina @JavierJiguacel @Energia_AR (Download his presentation.)
Dante Sica, Minister of Production @dante_sica @Produccion_ARG (Download his presentation.)
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires @horaciorlarreta @GCBA
Alfredo Cornejo, Governor of the Province of Mendoza @DifusionCornejo @MendozaGobierno
Juan Manuel Urtubey, Governor of the Province of Salta @UrtubeyJM @GobiernoSalta
Patricia Menéndez-Cambó, Vice Chair, Greenberg Traurig, LLP @GT_Law
Raúl Padilla, President South America and Sugar & Bioenergy, Bunge
Julia Pomares, Executive Director, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth @Juliapomares
Gustavo Rincón, Vice President and General Manager, Kellogg Mercosur @KelloggsLatAm
Carlos Zarlenga, President, General Motors Mercosur
Jorge Luis Di Fiori, President, Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina (CAC) @CACteinforma
Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas @s_segal

*Additional speakers to be confirmed.

Registration Fee: USD $120.00 for AS/COA and other collaborating organization; USD $170.00 for nonmembers.

Prior registration is required.

Event Information: Alexia Braun | abraun @as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8364
Sponsorship Opportunities: Ana Calderon | acalderon @as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8358
COA Corporate Membership Information: Mila Fontana | mfontana@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8331
Note: To view a list of COA corporate members, please click here.
AS Individual Membership Information: Mila Fontana | mfontana@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8331
Press Inquiries: mediarelations@as-coa.org

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Agenda

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Baje la agenda en español.

8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Remarks

Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Jorge Luis Di Fiori, President, Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires
Marcos Peña, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina

10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Keynote: Dante Sica, Minister of Production, Argentina

10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m. Panel Discussion: Argentina’s Investment Outlook – A View from the Top

Raúl Padilla, President South America and Sugar & Bioenergy, Bunge
Gustavo Rincón, Vice President and General Manager, Kellogg Mercosur
Carlos Zarlenga, President, General Motors Mercosur
Patricia Menéndez-Cambó, Vice Chair, Greenberg Traurig, LLP (moderator)

11 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Keynote: Javier Iguacel, Minister of Energy, Argentina

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Keynote: Andrés Ibarra, Minister of Modernization, Argentina

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Keynote: Rogelio Frigerio, Minister of Interior, Public Works and Housing, Argentina

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: A Conversation with Argentine Governors

Alfredo Cornejo, Governor of the Province of Mendoza
Juan Manuel Urtubey, Governor of the Province of Salta
Julia Pomares, Executive Director, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (moderator)

12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

Speakers

Alfredo Cornejo

Governor, Province of Mendoza

Alfredo Cornejo is the current Governor of the province of Mendoza elected for the 2023-2027 term. He is the first and only governor of Mendoza to be elected twice since the return of democracy in 1983.

Cornejo is a politician and political scientist, affiliated with the Radical...

Jorge Luis Di Fiori

President, Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina

Jorge Luis Di Fiori is president of the Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina (CAC). He is also a consultant member of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI) and vice president of the Ibero-American Association of Chambers of Commerce (AICO) for the...

Rogelio Frigerio

Minister of Interior Affairs, Public Works and Housing

Rogelio Frigerio is the Argentina’s minister of interior, public works, and housing. From 2013 to 2015 he was the president of Banco Ciudad. In 2011, he was elected deputy in the City of Buenos Aires legislature, representing the political party Propuesta Republicana (PRO). (PRO)...

Javier Iguacel

Minister of Energy, Argentina

Javier Iguacel has been Argentina´s minister of energy since June of 2018. He was general administrator of the National Direction of Roads from 2015 to 2018. In 2015, he began his political career as candidate for mayor in Capitán Sarmiento alongside the political party Propuesta...

Andrés Ibarra

Modernization Minister, Argentina

Andrés Ibarra has served as Argentina’s minister of modernization since December 2015. Recently, in July 2017, his ministry took over the responsibilities of the Ministry of Communications. He has held various government positions including deputy secretary of economic, financial...

Patricia Menéndez-Cambó

Director, PMC Capital Partners

Patricia Menéndez-Cambó is formerly the managing partner and deputy general counsel of SoftBank Group International and Board Member and General Counsel of the SoftBank Latin America Fund and SB Opportunity Fund. Patricia was also a member of the Board of Directors and the...

Raúl Padilla

President South America and Sugar & Bioenergy, Bunge

Raúl Padilla is the president of South America and Sugar & Bioenergy at Bunge. Previously, he was CEO of Bunge Brazil starting in 2014, having served as managing director of Bunge Global Agribusiness and CEO of Bunge Product Lines since 2010. He had been CEO of Bunge Argentina...

Marcos Peña

Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina

Marcos Peña has been Argentina’s chief of the cabinet of ministers since December 2015. Previously, he served as secretary general of the government of the City of Buenos Aires. Peña was also a deputy in the City of Buenos Aires legislature between 2003 and 2007, representing the...

Julia Pomares

Executive Director, CIPPEC (Center for the Implementation of Public Policy for Equity and Growth)

Julia Pomares is the executive director of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) since December 2015. Previously, she was the director of the organization’s institutional politics program. Pomares has worked at different levels...

Gustavo Rincón

Vice President and General Manager, Kellogg Mercosur

Gustavo Rincón has been the vice president and general manager of Mercosur at Kellog Company since September 2011. As part of the company´s acquisition in 2016, Rincón also took over leadership of Parati. Rincón joined Kellogg de Colombia in 2000 as financial director. He was...

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta

Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta is the current Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires and has been since 2015. Along with President Mauricio Macri, he co-founded the political party Compromiso para el Cambio, which was renamed Propuesta Republicana (PRO) in 2005. When Macri...

Juan Manuel Urtubey

Governor of Salta, Argentina

Juan Manuel Urtubey is serving his third term as governor of the province of Salta in Argentina, a position he assumed in 2007. Previously, he served for two terms in the Argentine National Congress from 1999 to 2007. During that time, Urtubey was the president of the Bloque...

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...

Dante Sica

Minister of Energy, Argentina

Dante Sica is the minister of production in the republic of Argentina. In 2002, Sica was the secretary of industry, commerce, and mining of the nation. Also, as a permanent consultant to businesses, chambers, and international companies, he developed experiences in the World Bank...

Carlos Zarlenga

President, General Motors Mercosur

Carlos Zarlenga has been the president of General Motors (GM) Mercosur since January 2017, an operation that integrates all of GM's activities in Brazil and Argentina. Previously, Zarlenga served as president of GM do Brasil (2016) and prior to that as CFO of GM South America...