Entrepreneurs and Investors:

Puerto Rico is at a historic moment that demands from us a deep and active reflexion about our role as business men and women, and also invites us to be well informed about our global competitive environment. With this on mind, the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce and Babson College have formalized a long-term strategic alliance in order to promote a sustainable growth in our economy. We are aimed to create the optimal environment for education, training and mentoring of new entrepreneurs, more productive, innovative and capable of undertaking risks. Our first project together is the Puerto Rico Conference 2010: “Entrepreneurship for Growth.”

For decades, Puerto Rico has been a strategic destination for investors and multinational companies and the home of many 500 Fortune Companies. This has been possible because our stable and attractive economical, political and social conditions. Today, our country’s context and the global competitive environment leads us to reinvent ourselves but also to rediscover new strengths and advantages, focusing more on our human capital; along with the financial and social capital.

We have prepared a robust agenda that will be delivered by a panel of experts with international standing, therefore we hope that this edition of PR Conference not only will educate our audience and provide valuable information about our investment climate, public policy, taxes, labor and many other topics of great interest, but will stimulate and energize our entrepreneurial spirit, optimism and confidence.

Congratulations for being part of one of the most significant economic forum in our Island, this shows us your interest and responsibility. Very soon, we will announce the core initiatives of this alliance between the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce and Babson College in order to develop a business ecosystem in Puerto Rico at the height of the most recognized projects in the U.S.A. and the world. We are confident these will help to rebuild our economy.

Jorge Galliano, Chairman of the Board, Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Leonard A. Schlesinger, President, Babson College

Francisco J. Rodríguez-Castro, Managing Director, UBS International &
Puerto Rico and Chairman of Puerto Rico Conference 2010

Dr. Daniel J. Isenberg, Profesor of Management Practice of the Academic
Division of Entrepreneurship of the Arthur M. Branch Center for
Entrepreneurship at Babson College and Vice-Chairman of
Puerto Rico Conference 2010