Guayaquil 2012 Roadshow Program
8:00 – 8:30 Registration & Coffee
8:30 – 8:50 Welcome address by Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot
Initiatives and achievements of the current administration to promote trade, investment and development
8:50 – 9:00 The support of CAF (Development Bank of Latin America) towards the sustainable development of Latin American cities: the Guayaquil case study
Enrique García, President & CEO of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America
9:00 – 9:10 A Wall Street Perspective — Why Latin America?
Frederick Newcomb, Newcomb & Associates
9:10 – 9:20 Production Code and Financial Instruments
Joaquín Zevallos, Executive Director of ADREG, The Regional Economic Development Agency and its area of influence
9:20 – 9:35 It Is Our Mission
Evan Acosta, General Manager, PICHINCHA BANK, Miami
9:35 – 9:45 Q & A
INVESTMENT PROJECTS 2012-2013
9:45 – 10:00 Promotion of Infrastructure Projects
Airport city, Daular Airport
Alceste Venturini, Associate Director, Leigh Fisher Inc.
Gabriel Cabezas, Civil Engineer, Consultant, Leigh Fisher Inc.
10:00 – 10:10 The private sector, a key player in inclusive Sustainable Development
Verónica Zavala, IDB Director for Andean Countries
10:10 – 10:45 Promotion of Tourism/ Real Estate projects:
- Joseph Garzozi, Tourism Director, International Relations and Competitiveness
- Paola Peñarete, LAN Airlines, Sales Manager for USA
- Stephen Forneris, Perkins Eastman Architects
- Morice Dassum, Coloncorp
10:50 – 11:00 Q & A
11:00 – 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 – 11:37 Latina America’s Granary
Competitiveness and Sustainability in agribusiness & fisheries Optimizing production and exports of shrimp production: Cocoa, Coffee, Bananas and Teakwood
Sérgio Cedeño, General Manager for Industrial Agrícola Cañas
11:37 – 11:50 Agents of Change – building a positive future to create jobs and distribute wealth
Joyce de Ginatta, President of FIE (Interamerican Business Federation)
11:50 – 12:10 Current trends & perspectives of the Guayaquil economy – Case study
Francisco Alarcón, President of Toni Corp
12:20 – 12:30 Public Private Partnerships – key to competitiveness and investment growth
Henry Kronfle, President of the Guayaquil Chamber of Industry
12:30 – 13:00 Q & A
13:00 – 14:30 NETWORKING LUNCH — TRIBUTE to John Paulson for his contribution to the Junta de Beneficencia (Guayaquil Charitable Organization)
14:30 – 14:45 GLOBAL players in local markets
Hikmet Ersek, CEO of Western Union
15:00 – 18:00 One-on-one meetings with investors: 15-minute blocks