Session

Description

Welcoming Remarks

Neil Herrington, Senior Vice President, Americas, U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

Introduction to the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity

Jose W. Fernandez, United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State 

Quick Take: What’s Next for the Americas Partnership

Featuring: 

H.E. Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Costa Rica 

Digital Skills

Featuring: 

H.E. Javier González-Olaechea, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Peru 

Maria Luisa Boyce, Vice President, UPS 

 

Moderator:

Jordan Heiber, Vice President, International Digital Economy Policy, U.S. Chamber

Quick Take: Entrepreneurship 

Featuring:

H.E. Omar Paganini, Minister of Foreign Relations, Oriental Republic of Uruguay 

The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development,  

Canada 

Panel: Rule of Law

Featuring:

H.E. Roberto Alvarez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dominican Republic 

Karim Lesina, EVP Chief External Affairs Officer, Millicom/Tigo 

Sarah Thorn, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs, Walmart 

 

Moderator:

Kendra Gaither, Executive Director, Coalition for the Rule of Law in Global Markets, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Quick Take: Mulino Administration's Americas Partnership Priorities

Featuring:

H.E. Javier Eduardo Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Panama 

Sustainable Agriculture & Bioeconomy 

Featuring:

H.E. Gabriela Sommerfeld, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Republic of Ecuador 

The Honourable Kerrie Drurard Symmonds, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Senior Minister coordinating the Productive Sector, Republic of Barbados 

 

Moderator:

Anne McKinney, Vice President, Americas, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Closing Remarks

Featuring:

Amb. Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere  

Affairs, U.S. Department of State 

Neil Herrington, Senior Vice President Americas, U.S. Chamber of Commerce