China-Latin America Business Summit
EXPANDING HORIZON OF TRADE & INVETSTMENT FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS
27-28 November 2007
Sheraton Hotel
Santiago, Chile
(draft agenda; Not all speakers have confirmed yet.)
Monday, 26 November10:00-18:00 / Registration
Tuesday, 27 November
08:00 / Registration
09:00-10:00 /
Opening ceremony
Moderator:Alicia Frohmann, Director, PROCHILE (confirmed)
Speakers:
Wan Jifei, Chairman, China Council for the promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)(confirmed)
Andrónico Luksic Craig, Vice President, Bank of Chile(confirmed)
José Luis Machinea, Secretary General, Economic Commission for Latin America and Carribbean (ECLAC) (confirmed)
Alejandro Foxley, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Keynote Speech:
H.E. Li Meng, Vice Chairman, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (confirmed)
10:00-10:30 / Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 / Concurrent Sessions: Introduction of Macroeconomic Status of China and theLatin America
Session 1: Introduction of Latin American economics, trade and investment policies and opportunities
This session aims to brief Chinese participants the current economic and political situation, investment policy, future strategy of Latin America and the perspective of local business community toward China-Latin American business relations.
Moderator:
Juan Esteban Musalem, President, CHICIT (confirmed)
Speakers:
Osvaldo Rosales, Director, the International Trade and Integration Division, ECLAC, United Nations (confirmed)
Jean Maninat, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Region, International Labor Organization (confirmed)
Kudo Akira, Regional CEO for Latin America of Mitsubishi (confirmed)
Francisco Silva, Executive Vice President, Chile China Enterprise Committee (confirmed)
Leonardo Suarez, Director of Research of LarrainVial (confirmed)
10:30-12:00 / Session 2: Introduction of Chinese econimics, trade and investment policies and opportunities for the Latin American companies
This session aims to breif Latin American participants of Chinese economic trend, future perspective and Chinese enterprises’ GOING GLOBAL strategy.
Moderator:
Sui Jianmin, Director General, CCPIT (confirmed)
Speakers:
Xu Hubin, Assistant Chairman, CCPIT(confirmed)
Wang Lie, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Chamber of International Commerce (confirmed)
Gao Fei, Legal Consul, China International Econmic and Trade Arbitration Commission (confirmed)
China Aviation Industry Corporation 1 (confirmed)
12:00-14:00 / Lunch
Speaker: Michael Diaz, Jr., Managing Director, Diaz, Reus, Rolff & Targ, LLP (confirmed)
14:00-15:30 / Industrial Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Energy and Mining—New Opportunities
Latin America and China have been enjoying nice trade relations on energy and mining industries on a mutually beneficial basis. This session aims to create a broader platform for exchange of information and ideas on both industries. Chinese business can also learn Latin America’s successful story in new energy sources development and application, like bio-energy.
Moderator:
Eduardo McBride, President of Peruvian Chinese Chamber of Commerce (confirmed)
Speakers:
Eduardo Titelman, Executive Vice President, Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO) (confirmed)
David Lemor, Executive Director, Private Investment Promotion Agency of Peru (ProInversión) (confirmed)
Rodolfo Sanz, President, Foreign Trade Bank of Venezuela(Bancoex) (confirmed)
Carlos Rojas, President, China Mexico Enterprise Committee (confirmed)
Li Yangtong, Chairman, Liuzhou China Tin Group Co.,Ltd.
14:00-15:30 / Industrial Concurrent Sessions
Session 2:Telecommunication and Infrastructure—The Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese Enterprises in the Latin America
China’s telecommunication and infrastructure export to Latin America has made satisfactory achievements. China’s products and services in these two areas remain competitive because of good quality and low price. Latin America’s demand in telecommunication and infrastructure continue to increase and thus creates opportunities for both sides. This session will showcase some of the successful stories in the two areas.
Moderator:
Ximena Barrientos, President, China Bolivia Chamber of Commerce (confirmed)
Speakers:
Shen Wei, Chief Representative in Latin America, China CAMC Engineering Co., Ltd. (confirmed)
Chen Zhibo, General Manager of Chile Office, Huawei Corporation (confirmed)
Raul Becerra, President, Chamber of Commerce of Cuba(confirmed)
Eliel Hasson, Prieto & Cia (Chile) (confirmed)
Telefónica Chile (confirmed)
15:30-16:00 / Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 / Industrial Concurrent Sessions
Session 3:Agriculture—Area of Complementarity
Agriculture is yet anotherimportant component of China and Latin America business relations. Cooperation in agriculture and animal husbandary has a bright future. Historically, China is a large agricultural country with abundant low-cost labor; Latin America is rich in agricultural resources. This session aims to explore new growth points in the broad sense of agriculture.
Moderator:
Salomon Lopez Gomez, President, Camara De Comercio E Inversion Honduras-China (confirmed)
Speakers:
Martín Zúñiga M, President, Costa Rica Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER)(confirmed)
Boniperti Oliveira, President’s Adviser, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency of Brasil(APEX-BRASIL) (confirmed)
Lic. Debora Giorgi, Minister of Production,Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina (confirmed)
Ronaldo C. Veirano,Partner, Veirano Advogados LLB (confirmed)
Lin Shuyu, Chairman, Grain City Investment & Development Co., Ltd.
Jose Lead Chantong, Senior Director, Ecuador China Chamber of Commerce
16:00-17:30 / Industrial Concurrent Sessions
Session 4:Manufacturing—How Each Side Finds Their Way to the Other Market
China’s direct investment in manufacturing in Latin America is increasing considerably. Latin America’s export of manufactured goods to China climbs up year by year, though there are still challenges. What the business communities in both China and Latin America can do to continue expanding the export of Latin American manufactured products to China? What we can do to mutually benefit each other in manufacturing industry?
Moderator:Jorge Mondal, President, China-Guatemala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (confirmed)
Speakers:
Wang Shihui, Deputy General Manger of Int’l Sales, Great Wall Motor Company Limited (confirmed)
Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank(confirmed)
Eduardo de Cerqueira Leite, Vice President, China-Brazil Business Council (confirmed)
Enrique M. Pescarmona, President, IMPSA, Argentina (confirmed)
Juan Carlos Machorro, Santamarina Y Steta, Mexico (confirmed)
Jorge López Pérez, Deputy Director General, ProMexico (confirmed)
19:00 / Welcoming Banquet (invitation only)
Speaker:
Andrónico Luksic Craig, Vice President, Bank of Chile(confirmed)
Wednesday, 28 November
09:00-12:00 / Business Association Roundtable Meeting
Participants:CCPIT and its Sub-councils and Latin American Business Associations
09:00-12:00 / Match-making
12:00 / End of program
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