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CLEARING THE PATH TO
HEMISPHERIC GROWTH
EXPANDING CREDIT TO CREATE JOBS AND ALLEVIATE POVERTY
AGENDA
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:30 am Welcome and Introduction
Hon. John F. Maisto, US State Department
Ambassador to the Organization of American States
US National Summit Coordinator
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Hon. Kristin Jacobs, Mayor of Broward County, Florida
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Carl A. Cira, Florida International University
Director, Summit of the Americas Center (SOAC)
Earl Maucker, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Editor
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8:30 am – 9:45 am
Panel I – Banking Access and Emigrant Remittances in the Western Hemisphere
Moderator: Carl A. Cira, Florida International University
Panelists:
René Hernández, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean, Economic Affairs Officer, Mexico Regional Office
Economic situation in Latin America
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Manuel Orozco, Inter-American Dialogue
Senior Associate, Remittances and Rural Development Program
Macroeconomic impact of remittances to Latin America
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Francisco Prior Sanz, Florida International University
Senior Research Associate, Summit of the Americas Center
Former Coordinator, BBVA Electronic Banking, Latin America & Spain
Distribution of low-cost financial services
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9:45 am – 11:00 am
Panel II – Legal and Structural Obstacles to Banking and Credit Access
Moderator: Luis Guillermo Solís, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), General Secretariat, Regional Research Coordinator
Panelists:
Liliana Rojas-Suárez, Center for Global Development, Senior Fellow
Former Chief Economist for Latin America, Deutsche Bank
Impediments to banking access in Latin America
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Clemente Ruiz Durán, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jesús Silva Herzog Professor of Mexican Economy
Banking access and growth
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Dale Furnish, Arizona State University College of Law
Research Scholar, National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
Expanding credit guarantee instruments – OAS Model Law
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11:00 am – 11:15 am COFFEE BREAK
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Panel III – New Options for Low-cost Financial Services:
Market-based Business Models and Synergies with Remittances
Moderator: Francisco Prior Sanz, Florida International University
Panelists:
Adrian Tschoegl, University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Associate Professor of Management, the Wharton School
Effects of banking modernization in Latin America on access to credit
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Thomas Jahnes, Western Union
Business Development Manager, Central America, Andean and Caribbean Region
Remittances industry evolution and strategic visions
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Javier Pérez, MasterCard Latin America
President
Electronic banking solutions
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm LUNCH BREAK (on your own; please see restaurant list)
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Panel IV – Illustrative Case Studies: Serving Low Income Clients
through Microfinance Institutions (MFI’s)
Moderator: Alfonso Martínez-Bordiú
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
Director of Institutional Relations
Panelists:
Carlos Corral, Savings Bank of Vigo, Ourense and Pontevedra
(Caixanova)
Manager, Commercial Banking-Americas
Best practices in increasing banking access through remittances in Spain
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Antonio Carrasco Ruiz, National Savings and Financial Services Bank
(BANSEFI)
Director, Strategic Planning and People Network
The Mexican experience in increasing banking access
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Celso Garrido, Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico
Director, Companies, Finance and Innovation
Microfinance in Mexico DF
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3:45 pm – 4:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Panel V – Public Policy Options
Moderator: Eduardo Gamarra, Florida International University
Director, Latin American and Caribbean Center
Panelists:
Tova Solo, World Bank
Senior Urban Specialist
Banking access in Latin America
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Elizabeth McQuerry, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Assistant Vice President, Retail Payments Office
Low-cost banking payments systems – ACH and others
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Jaily Gómez, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
Assistant Director, Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Promoting banking access through remittances
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5:15 pm – 5:40 pm Conclusion
Carl A. Cira, Florida International University
Diana Wasserman-Rubin, Broward County Commission
Liaison for International Trade
Ana Guevara, UPS
Vice President, Public Affairs for the Americas
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Reception (Urbanek Back Gallery, located on the 1st floor of the museum)
Sponsored by UPS
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