Monterrey 2014 EVENT PROGRAM

Monterrey IO March 2014

8:00 – 8:45 Check-In

8:45 – 8:55 Welcome & Opening Remarks

Alberto Santos Boesch, Empresas Santos

9:00 – 9:45   Panel 1: Mexico and Monterrey – The Outlook

Introduction: Ildefonso Guajardo Villareal Federal Secretary of Economy

Panelists: Ambassador Sandra Fuentes-Beraín , General Consulate of Mexico in New York

  • Raúl Gutierrez, Chief Executive Officer, Deacero & President, Institute for Industrial Development and Economic Growth (IDEC)
  • Jorge Mariscal, Chief Investment Officer, UBS
  • Fernando Turner, Chief Executive Officer, Katcon

9:45 – 10:00   Q & A

Moderator: Alberto Bello, Grupo Expansión

10:05 – 10:40   Panel 2: Monterrey, the preferred choice

Introduction: Rolando Zubirán, Secretary of Economic Development of Nuevo León

Panelists: Jens Peter Clausen SVP LEGO, Americas Manufacturing

  • Evan Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ACE Limited
  • Antonio Leonardo, Managing Director, Farmacias del Ahorro

10:40 – 10:55 Q & A

Moderator: Rossana Fuentes, Grupo Expansión

11:00-11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 11:50   Panel 3: Monterrey – Mexico’s logistics and industrial hub

Introduction: Silvano Solís, General Director Interpuerto Monterrey

Panelists: José Manuel Contreras Lomeli,  CEO Grupo Senda

  • Charles Redding, Supply Chain Director, Akzent
  • José María Garza Treviño, Managing Director Grupo GP

11:50 – 12:00 Q & A

Moderator: Silvano Solís, General Director Interpuerto Monterrey

12:15-13:15 PREMIUM SPONSORED LUNCH BREAK

13:30 – 13:50 BONUS BREAKOUT SESSION: Legal Security

Panelist: Ernesto Canales, President and Founder Renace

& Founder, Canales and Partners Lawers Office

13:55 – 14:35   Panel 4: Trade relations, 20 years of NAFTA

Introduction: Francisco González, Chief Executive Officer, Promexico

Panelists: Eduardo Livas Cantú, Managing Partner, Gruma

  • Juan Garza Herrera, CEO, Xignux
  • Jodi Bond, Vice President Americas, US Chamber of Commerce
  • Michael Fitzgerald, Partner, Chair of Latin America Practice, Paul Hastings

14:35 – 14:45 Q & A

Moderator: Mario Gonzalez, CNN

14:45-15:00 COFFEE BREAK

15:00 – 15:20 BONUS BREAKOUT SESSION: Towards a more even-playing field

Panelist: Tomás Milmo Santos, Chief Executive Officer, Axtel

15:30 – 16:10   Panel 5: Technology, innovation and sustainability

Introduction: Jaime Parada, Managing Director, Institute of Innovation and Technology Transfer of Nuevo León (I2T2)

Panelists: Alberto Garza Santos, Chief Executive Officer, Promotora Ambiental (PASA)

  • Mauricio Doehner, VP Corporate Affairs, Cemex
  • José Antonio Torre Medina, Director Urbanism and Infrastructure, ITESM

16:10 – 16:25 Q & A

Moderator: Jaime Parada, Managing Director, Institute of Innovation and Technology Transfer of Nuevo León (I2T2)

CLOSING REMARKS