52nd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas

Our 52nd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas will return to the State Department for a private luncheon for conference sponsors on May 3, followed by a virtual program open to all Council of the Americas members, diplomats, government officials, press and the public on May 12, 2022.

Under the theme “Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future,” the Conference will feature senior U.S. government officials and foreign leaders as the Western Hemisphere looks toward post-pandemic recovery and the Ninth Summit of the Americas in June, the first hosted by the United States in a generation.

Speakers

• Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State (in-person May 3)
• Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
• Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of Americas States (in-person May 3)
• Bill Hagerty, U.S. Senator (R-TN) (in-person May 3)
• Ben Sasse, U.S. Senator (R-NE)
• David Turk, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
• Jose W. Fernandez, U.S. Under Secretary of State (in-person May 3)
• Jayme White, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
• Tatiana Clouthier, Minister of Economy, Mexico
• María Ximena Lombana, Minister of Trade, Colombia
• Stuart Richard Young, Minister of Energy, Trinidad & Tobago
• Omar Paganini, Minister of Industry, Energy, and Mining, Uruguay
• David Malpass, President, World Bank
• Scott A. Nathan, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
• Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State, Western Hemisphere Affairs
• Angel Cabrera, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Marie Jones, National Intelligence Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (in-person May 3)
• Shery Ahn, Anchor, Bloomberg Television
• Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas
• Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

View speaker bios. 
View a PDF of the agenda. 

Read the Conference Report.

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Learn more about past editions of the Washington Conference on the Americas.

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