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8:30 am to 1:00 pm Buenos Aires

Alvear Palace Hotel
Av. Alvear 1891
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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2024 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires

AS/COA welcomed top leaders, including President Javier Milei, to discuss Argentina’s economic and political outlook.

7:30 am to 12:00 pm ET
8:30 am to 1:00 pm Buenos Aires

Alvear Palace Hotel
Av. Alvear 1891
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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Overview

Argentina: Economic and Political Perspectives 

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), ARGENCON, Cámara de Comercio de los Estados Unidos en Argentina (AmCham), Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires (BCBA), Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Servicios Argentino Brasileña de la República Argentina (CAMBRAS), Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI), and Union Industrial Argentina (UIA)

Americas Society/Council of the Americas, in partnership with the Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services, will host its twenty-first annual conference in Buenos Aires, titled Argentina: Economic and Political Perspectives.

AS/COA’s Buenos Aires conference will bring together a group of leading senior public officials and private sector leaders to discuss current and future economic and political landscapes of Argentina. 

Follow the discussion on Twitter: #CouncilARG | @ASCOA 

Registration Fee: USD $120 for AS/COA members as well as collaborating organizations and USD $170 for nonmembers. Prior registration is required. 

Register to attend in person

Members of the press can register at: mediarelations@as-coa.org

 This program will be streamed live. Return to this page at the time of the event to tune in. 

Regístrese para asistir en persona

Miembros de la prensa deberían escribir a: mediarelations@as-coa.org.

El programa también se transmitirá en vivo en esta página, en nuestro canal de YouTube y en Twitter

La discusión será en español. 

Speakers:

  • Javier Milei, President of Argentina
  • Patricia Bullrich, Minister of Security 
  • Guillermo Francos, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
  • Diana Mondino, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Federico Sturzenegger, Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation
  • Alfredo Cornejo, Governor, Province of Mendoza  
  • Rolando Figueroa, Governor of the Province of Neuquén
  • Jorge Macri, Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires 
  • Carlos Sadir, Governor of the Province of Jujuy 
  • Ignacio Torres, Governor of the Province of Chubut
  • Verónica Frisancho, Chief Economist, CAF 
  • Mauricio Consulo, Head of the Tech Team for Latin America, Worldwide Public Sector Industries, Amazon Web Services 
  • Martín Genesio, President and CEO, AES Argentina
  • Guillermo Meyer, VP of Technology, Globant 
  • Roberto Prado, Latam VP, Solution Engineering, Salesforce
  • Natalia Scaliter, Managing Director, Google Cloud Multi-Country Sur, Google 
  • Paula Vargas, Director of Privacy Policy, Latin America & Canada, Meta
  • Natalio Mario Grinman, President, Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina (CAC)
  • Susan Segal, President & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

Event Information: Alexia Braun | abraun@as-coa.org 
Sponsorship Opportunities: Constanza Guarino| cguarino@as-coa.org 
COA Corporate Membership: Miranda Gastelum | mgastelum@as-coa.org 
Press Inquiries: Claudia Torrens | mediarelations@as-coa.org 

Agenda

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9:00–9:40 am: Panel de apertura

  • Natalio Mario Grinman, Presidente, Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios (CAC)
  • Susan Segal, Presidente & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA)
  • Guillermo Francos, Jefe de Gabinete de Ministros, Argentina
  • Jorge Macri, Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina 

9:40–9:50 am: Verónica Frisancho, Gerenta de Conocimiento, CAF

9:50–10:50 am: La Oportunidad de la Inteligencia Artificial 

  • Mauricio Consulo, Líder del Equipo Técnico para América Latina, Sector Público, Amazon Web Services
  • Roberto Prado, Vicepresidente de Arquitectura e Ingeniería de Soluciones, Salesforce
  • Natalia Scaliter, Directora General, Google Cloud Multi-Country Organization Sur
  • Paula Vargas, Directora de Privacidad y Políticas Públicas para América Latina y Canadá, Meta
  • Moderador: Guillermo Meyer, Vicepresidente de Tecnología, Globant 

10:50–11:00 am: Diana Mondino, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto de la Nación Argentina 

11:00–11:10 am: Patricia Bullrich, Ministra de Seguridad de la Nación Argentina 

11:10 am–12:20 pm: Una Conversación con Gobernadores

  • Alfredo Cornejo, Gobernador de la Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina 
  • Rolando Figueroa, Gobernador de la Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina
  • Ignacio Torres, Gobernador de la Provincia de Chubut, Argentina 
  • Carlos Sadir, Gobernador de la Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina 
  • Moderador: Martin Genesio, Presidente & CEO, AES Argentina Generación SA 

12:20–12:30 pm: Federico Sturzenegger, Ministro de Desregulación y Transformación del Estado de la Nación Argentina 

12:30 pm: Javier Milei, Presidente de la Nación Argentina

Speakers

Javier Milei
President of Argentina

Javier Milei is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as the president of Argentina since December 2023. Before his presidency, he held the position of national deputy for Buenos Aires from December 2021, representing the party La Libertad Avanza, which he leads...

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Patricia Bullrich
Minister of Security

Patricia Bullrich is the current Minister of Security in Javier Milei's government, a position she has held since December 2023. She is a prominent Argentine politician and a leader of the coalition Juntos por el Cambio. Prior to her current role, Bullrich served as the Minister...

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Guillermo Francos
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers

Guillermo Francos is the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers. He is a politician and lawyer with a degree from Universidad del Salvador. He has held various roles in the public and private sectors, including serving as a lawyer in the Ministry of Justice (1974 – 1978), National...

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Diana Mondino
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Diana Mondino is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. She is an economist from the National University of Córdoba with a degree in Business Management from IESE Business School. Mondino has experience in risk assessment and market analysis and has served on the boards of companies...

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Federico Sturzenegger
Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation

Federico Sturzenegger is the Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation of Argentina. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Sturzenegger has held various...

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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...

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Rolando Figueroa
Governor, Province of Neuquén

Rolando Figueroa is the Governor of the Province of Neuquén. He is a public accountant and lawyer from the National University of Comahue. Figueroa has served as mayor of Chos Malal, vice-governor of Neuquén, and National Deputy for the Neuquén Popular Movement (MPN). In 2023, he...

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Jorge Macri
Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires

Jorge Macri is the Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires, serving since 2023. He previously held the position of Minister of Government of Buenos Aires and served three terms as mayor of Vicente López. Macri is a member of the Propuesta Republicana party. His tenure in Vicente López...

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Carlos Sadir
Governor of the Province of Jujuy

Carlos Sadir is the Governor of the Province of Jujuy. He is a public accountant from the National University of Jujuy (UNJu) and has served as a professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at UNJu. Sadir has held various positions in the provincial government, including...

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Ignacio Torres
Governor of the Province of Chubut

Ignacio “Nacho” Torres is the Governor of Chubut, taking office in December 2023. He has a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. In 2015, Torres became the president of the Chubut chapter of Fundación Pensar, a Propuesta Republicana (PRO)...

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Mauricio Consulo
Head of the Tech Team for Latin America, Worldwide Public Sector Industries, Amazon Web Services

Mauricio Consulo is the Head of the Tech Team for Latin America in Amazon Web Services' Worldwide Public Sector Industries division. He holds a degree in Systems Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional and a Master of Business Administration from the Universidad del...

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Martín Genesio
President and CEO, AES Argentina

Martín Genesio holds the position of President and CEO of the AES Group´s companies in Argentina. He joined Termoandes S.A., an AES group company, as Commercial Manager in 2006. Later on, he was appointed as General Manager of Termoandes and General Manager and COO for AES...

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Natalia Scaliter
Managing Director, Google Cloud Multi-Country Sur, Google

Natalia Scaliter is the Managing Director of Google Cloud Multi-Country Organization Sur. She joined Google Cloud Argentina in 2019 and has since played a pivotal role in the company's growth in the region. Before assuming her current position, Scaliter served as the Sales...

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Guillermo Meyer
VP of Technology, Globant

Guillermo Meyer is the vice president of Technology at Globant. He is a consultant and technologist focused on digital transformation strategies, innovation roadmaps, and technology applications with emerging technologies. In his role, he provides leadership to enable digital...

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Roberto Prado
Latam VP, Solution Engineering, Salesforce

Roberto Prado is currently the VP of Solution Engineering at Salesforce for LATAM and a professor in the MBA program for IT Management and Cloud Computing at UFSCar Sorocaba (SP) GETIC. With a career spanning over two decades in the technology sector, Roberto spent 18 years at...

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Paula Vargas
Director of Privacy Policy, Latin America & Canada, Meta

Paula Vargas is the director of privacy policy for Latin America & Canada at Meta. With over 10 years of experience in the tech ecosystem, she has developed regulatory positions and advised product teams on Internet Governance and Human Rights, Privacy and Data Protection, AI...

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Natalio Mario Grinman
President, Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina

Natalio Mario Grinman is the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Services of Argentina (CAC). He first joined the CAC in 1985 and served on the Board of Directors and the Executive Table. He has also held other positions in the public sector, including chief of the Advisory...

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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...

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