CONFERENCE PROMOTING COMPETITIVENESS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN THE WORLD BANK / SECRETARY OF ECONOMY, MEXICO MONDAY JULY 26 TH 2010 8:45-9:10 Registration of Participants 9:10-9:20 Welcome Gloria Grandolini Director, Colombia and Mexico, The World Bank Lorenza Martínez Trigueros, Undersecretary of Industry and Trade, Secretary of Economy, Mexico 9:20-10:10 Keynote: Productivity of Latin America in the Global Context Commentator: Alejandro Mariano Werner Wainfeld Undersecretary, Ministry of Finance, México Andrés Velasco Professor of Economy, Harvard University and former Minister of Finance, Chile Questions and Answer session 10:10-11:40 Panel 1: Priorities in Innovation Policies Moderator: Esperanza Lasagabaster Senior Financial Economist, The World Bank Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal Minister of Science and Innovation, Spain Eduardo Bitrán Colodro Former President of the National Innovation Council for Competitiveness, Chile Lorenza Martínez Trigueros Undersecretary of Industry and Trade, Secretary of Economy, Mexico William F. Maloney Lead Economist, The World Bank 11:40-12:00 Break 1
12:00-13:00 Panel 2: Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer Moderator: Leonardo Ríos Guerrero Deputy Director of Business Development and Innovation Technology CONACYT, Mexico David Barbe Professor, Program of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer for the University of Maryland, United States of America Ruth Ladenheim Secretary of Planning and Politics in Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina 13:00-15:00 15:00-16:00 Lunch Panel 3: What are the drivers of labor productivity? 16:00 16:15 Break Moderator: Jaime Domingo López Buitrón Undersecretary of Employment and Labor Productivity, Mexico Dara Calleary Minister for Labor Affairs and Public Service Transformation, Ireland Louise J. Cord Sector Manager, Poverty and Labor Markets, Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank Questions and Answer session 16:15 18:00 Panel 4: Round Table on The Role of the State in Promoting Competitiveness Moderator: José Yuste Host of the TV program Alebrijes, Águila o Sol and columnist of Excélsior newspaper. Laura Alfaro Maykall Minister of National Planning, Costa Rica Bruno Francisco Ferrari García de Alba Secretary of Economy, Mexico 2
Marcelo Giugale Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, The World Bank Roberto Kreimerman Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Uruguay Antônio Henrique Silveira Secretary of Economic Monitoring, Ministry of Finance, Brazil 18:15 Cocktail TUESDAY JULY 27 TH 2010 9:00-10:00 Panel 5: International Trade and Global Integration Moderator: Hernando José Gómez Restrepo President of the Private Council of Competition, Colombia Gabriel Duque Mildenberg Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia Osvaldo Rosales Villavicencio Director, Division of International Trade and Integration, CEPAL Juan Sebastian Saez Senior Trade Economist, The World Bank 3
10:00-11:05 Panel 6: Strengthening Logistics Moderator: Oscar Harasic Director, Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, OAS José Luis Guasch Senior Advisor on Competitiveness, The World Bank César Emiliano Hernández Ochoa General Director of Foreign Trade, Mexico Carolina Roca Former Superintendent of Tax Administration, Guatemala 11:05-11:30 11:30 13:00 Break Panel 7: Relevance of Competition Policy Moderator: Lily Chu Sector Manager, Finance and Private Sector Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank Felipe Duarte Olvera Undersecretary of Competition and Regulation, Secretary of Economy, Mexico Craig Conrath Trial Attorney, Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice Angel López Hoher Chief, of Planning, Public and International Affairs Unit, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico Jaime Thorne León President of INDECOPI, Peru 4
13:05-13:25 Closing Remarks Lily Chu Sector Manager, Finance and Private Sector Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank Bruno Francisco Ferrari García de Alba Secretary of Economy, Mexico Salomón Presburger Slovik President CONCAMIN 5