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*Panelist to be confirmed
9:00 – 9:30 | Opening Session
- José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America, ECLAC
- Sergio Díaz-Granados, Executive President of CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
9:30 – 10:30 | Session 1: Productive development policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Moderator: Marco Llinás, Director of the Productive and Business Development Division, ECLAC
- *Geraldo Alckmin, Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil and Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Service
- Nicolás Grau, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile
- Germán Umaña, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia
- Sonsoles García, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries of Ecuador
10:30 – 11:00 | Break
11:00 – 12:00 | Session 2: Role of Development Banking in productive development agendas
Moderator: Jorge Arbache, Vice President for the Private Sector, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
- Ninette Denise Paz Bernardini, President of the Productive Development Bank, Bolivia
- Andrés Zambrano, Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
- Virginia Matos, President of the board of directors of AEI Panama and CEO of the Tzanetatos Group
- Iván Andrade Apunte, President of the Board of Directors of the National Financial Corporation of Ecuador
- José Miguel Benavente, Executive Vice President of CORFO
- Gonzalo Rivas, Head of the Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Division, Inter-American Development Bank
- *Felipe Larraín, Full Professor at the Catholic University of Chile and researcher at the Latin American Center for Economic and Social Policies UC (CLAPES UC)
12:00 – 13:00 | Session 3: Productive development policies with a territorial approach and cluster initiatives
Moderator: Juan Carlos Elorza, Director of Technical and Sectoral Analysis, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
- *Rolando Figueroa, Governor of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina
- Adriana Melo Alves, National Secretary of Regional and Territorial Development Policies, Brazil
- Mabel Gálvez, Decentralization Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Peru
- Richard Calderón, Prefect of the Province of Imbabura, Ecuador
- Guillermo Acosta, Minister of Economy and Public Management of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina
- Oliver Torres, Director of TCI, Latin American chapter and Director of strategy of the Chihuahua Centro Economic Development Council, Mexico
13:00 – 14:30 | Break
14:30 – 15:30 | Session 4: Closing human talent gaps for productive development
Moderator: Elena Montobbio, Cinterfor ILO Director
- *Ricardo Alban, president of the National Confederation of Industry, Brazil
- Pablo Darscht, General Director of the National Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (INEFOP), Uruguay
- Gabriela Couto, President, CRBiomed Cluster, Costa Rica
15:30 – 16:00 | Break
16:00 – 17:00 | Opportunities for collaboration between governments, the private sector, development banks, and other relevant actors to scale and improve productive development policies in the region Conversation with the public moderated by:
- Jorge Arbache, Vice President for the Private Sector, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Marco Llinás, Director of the Productive and Business Development Division, ECLAC
17:00 – 17:15 | Conclusions and closure
- Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
- José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC)