Guayaquil 2012 PROGRAM

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