Summit Conference Schedule of Events
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Welcome Remarks
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8:45 AM – 9:15 AM The Economic World Stage and Outlook for the Region: 2011 and Beyond Invited Keynote Speaker:
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Workshop 2: Entrepreneurship Economy This workshop will discuss the importance of Entrepreneurship on economic growth, market expansion, commercializing innovation and reducing unemployment. Governments must pursue policies that encourage and promote the culture of enterprise and entrepreneurship. In addressing this, this panel will identify the global trends that would be replicated to create the proper conditions for the implementation of these policies and will discuss what reforms are needed. To finalize, the panel will discuss the methods being utilized by the new generation of entrepreneurs to combine skills, innovation and capital. Moderator: Mr. Ricardo Aponte Parsi, Esq. Attorney at Law, Aponte Parsi Law Offices Keynote Speaker:
LUNCH Invited Keynote Speaker: Honorable Luis G. Fortuño Burset Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
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2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Workshop 3: Export-Driven New Ventures and Economic Growth Domestic new ventures, as well as export oriented new ventures, are both important strategies for achieving economic growth. This panel dwells on the fact that local entrepreneurs must enter into the global markets. It will discuss how, despite more than forty (40) Free Trade Zones in the region, Latin America’s intraregional trade remains very low compared to that of Europe and Asia, as a means to illustrate the fact that opportunities within the region must be pursued and intraregional trade increased. Moderator: Mrs. Gisela Feliciano President, Sales and Marketing Executive Association of Puerto Rico (SME) Keynote Speaker:
Coffee Break |
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3:45 PM – 4:45 PM Panel 1: Trade the Engine for Growth in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean As Caribbean and Latin American countries struggle with the energy, financial and food crisis in the global economy; the vulnerability of the Caribbean is clear as the region is heavily dependent on imports. Reliance on the United States as the main destination for exports, and as a source for tourist arrivals, and investment capital, increases the vulnerability of the region to the effects of an economic downturn in the United States economy. This panel will discuss some of the solutions that can be called upon by the region to deal with these challenges. Moderator: Keynote Speaker:
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
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Discussion Panel and Invited Panelists:
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3:45 PM – 4:45 PM
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
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