8:30 AM       

Registration

Attendee Registration

9:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Luis Laguerre, Chair, AACCLA

9:05 AM

A Secure and Prosperous Hemisphere                                                 

Featuring:

Gen. Laura J. Richardson, Commander, U.S. Southern Command 

Secretary Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce 

Moderator: 

John Murphy, Senior Vice President, International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce  

9:35 AM

Hemispheric Electoral & Political Update                                                       

Featuring:  

Noel Alonso Murray, Executive Director, Directorio Legislativo  

9:45 AM            

Regional Economic Update

Featuring:  

Luis Cubeddu, Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)  

10:00 AM

Regional Quick Take: Regional Risk Analysis

Featuring: 

Conor Beakey, Associate Director, Global Strategy, Fitch Solutions  

10:10 AM

Break

Networking Coffee Break

10:25 AM

Regional Quick Take: Road to COP28                                                                                      

Featuring:  

Abrão Neto, Chief Executive Officer, AmCham Brazil 

10:35 AM

Armchair Conversation: A Sustainable Hemisphere

Featuring: 

Kim Osborne, Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Organization of American States (OAS)

Moderator:  

Cassia Carvalho, Executive Director, Brazil-U.S. Business Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

11:00 AM

Regional Quick Take: Sustainable Tourism

Featuring: 

María Claudia Lacouture, Executive President, AmCham Colombia

11:10 AM

Panel: Regional Competitiveness and Supply Chain Resilience

Presentation: 

Chris Jackson, Senior Vice President, US, Public Affairs, Ipsos 

Panel Discussion Featuring: 

Trevor Gunn, Vice President - International Relations, Medtronic  

Antoni Estevadeordal, Resident Fellow, Georgetown Americas Institute 

Georgetown University 

Moderator:

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

11:50 AM

Regional Quick Take: Digital Caribbean

Featuring: 

Nirad Tewarie, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), AmCham Trinidad & Tobago  

12:30 PM

Presidential Lunch Keynote Address

Featuring:

H.E. Santiago Peña Palacios, President of the Republic of Paraguay

Moderator:  

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

1:30 PM

Panel: A Healthy Hemisphere

As background, this white paper from the U.S. Chamber shares information about innovative financing for universal health coverage.

Featuring: 

Nelson Arboleda, MD, MPH, Director, Americas Office, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 

Varnee Murugan, Executive Director, Global initiative on Health and the Economy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

Moderator: 

Yogesh Rajkotia, Founder and Chairman of the Board, ThinkWell 

1:55 PM

Regional Quick Take: Regional Tax Ministerial Summit

Featuring: 

Watson M. McLeish, Senior Vice President, Tax Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

2:05 PM

Closing Keynote: The Power of Trade

Featuring: 

Jordan Schwartz, Executive Vice President, Inter-American Development Bank 

2:15 PM

Closing Remarks

Luis Laguerre, Chair, AACCLA