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EU-CELAC Business Summit
eucelac-bizsummit2015.eu
Wednesday 10th June 2015, Brussels, Belgium
"Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean: Promoting inclusive and sustainable growth by enhancing the
role of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises"
Please note that this agenda remains indicative and subject to possible further changes
Last update: 08/05/2015
Wednesday 10 June 2015
8:309:00
Registration
9:009:30
Opening of the Business Summit
Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission - tbc
Mr. Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador (CELAC Pro-Tempore Chair) - tbc
9:3010:00
Key Note Speeches
Ms. Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Member of the European Commission responsible for Internal Market,
Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs - confirmed
Mr. Neven Mimica, Member of the European Commission responsible for International Cooperation and
Development - confirmed
10:0010:15
10:1511:00
Coffee Pause
Plenary Session
Business and Investment Opportunities. Promising Sectors for Innovation
Ms. Cecilia Malmström, Member of the European Commission responsible for Trade - confirmed
Ms. Emma Marcegaglia, President of BusinessEurope - confirmed
Mr. Ingo Ploger, President of the Business Council of Latin America - confirmed
11:0011:45
Access to finance. Towards a New Partnership between Public and Private Finance Providers
Mr. Roman Escolano, EIB Vice-President - confirmed
Ms. Alicia Barcena, ECLAC/CEPAL Executive Secretary - confirmed
Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno, IADB President - confirmed
11:4512:30
Conclusions of the Plenary Session
Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
Vice-President of the European Commission - tbc
Mr. Danilo Medina, President of the Dominican Republic (next CELAC Pro-Tempore Chair) confirmed
Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, President of the EU-LAC Foundation - confirmed
Mr. Richard Weber, President of Eurochambres - confirmed
12:3014:30
Networking Lunch
Thematic Parallel Workshops
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14:3016:30
Workshop 1 –
Workshop 2 –
Workshop 3 –
SMEs: how to better
integrate them in trade
and investment
opportunities?
Sustainable business
cooperation
Access to finance and financial
instruments
Introductory remarks
Introductory remarks
Introductory remarks
Ms. Katia Trusich Ortiz
Vice-Minister of
Economy in the Ministry
of Economy, Public
Works and Tourism of
Chile
confirmed
Ms. Evangelina GómezDurañona
Directora Ejecutiva
Consorcio Ecuatoriano para
la Responsabilidad Social
(CERES)
confirmed
Mr. Jacques Rogozinski
General Director
NAFIN
confirmed
Mr. Peter Hill
President of Asociación
Iberoamericana de
Cámaras de Comercio
(AICO)
confirmed
Mr. José Luis Bonet
President of the Chamber of
Commerce of Spain
confirmed
Mr. Guillermo Fernandez de Soto, Director
of Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)’s
Office for Europe
confirmed
Active speakers
Active speakers
Active speakers
Dr. Claire Skentelbery
Secretary General
European Biotechnology
Network
confirmed
Ms. Martha Patricia Herrera
Directora de
Responsabilidad Social y
Desarrollo Comunitario,
CEMEX
confirmed
Mr. Antonio Garamendi
Vice-Presidente of CEOE
Presidente of CEPYME
confirmed
Mr. Germán Bejarano
Chairman's Adviser
Abengoa
confirmed
Mr. Ángel Rivera Congosto
Director General Grupo Santander
Director del Área de Empresas, Pymes e
Instituciones dentro de la División de Banca
Comercial Global
confirmed
Moderator
Moderator
Moderator
Ms. Nuria Vilanova
President
Atrevia
confirmed
Dr. Walter Koren
Director General
Agencia de Promoción del
Comercio Exterior de
Austria ("Advantage
Austria")
confirmed
Mr. Hans Schulz
Vice President for Private Sector and nonSovereign Guaranteed Operations
IADB
confirmed
Rapporteur
Rapporteur
Rapporteur
Mr. Mario Cimoli
Director of the Division
of Production,
Productivity and
Management
ECLAC/CEPAL
confirmed
Mr. Roland Verstappen
Global Director Public and
Governmental Affairs
Heineken
Chairman International
Relations Committee
BusinessEurope
confirmed
Mr. Luis de Carlos
President
Fundación Iberoamericana Empresarial
confirmed
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16:3016:45
Coffee Pause
16:4517:30
Operational Conclusions
Mr. Daniel Calleja, Director General of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission - confirmed
Dr. Viktor Klima, President of Eurocamara of Argentina - confirmed
Mr. Fernando Frutuoso de Melo, Director General of the Directorate-General for International
Cooperation and Development, European Commission – confirmed
Mr. Andrés Rebolledo, Director General of the External Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Chile – confirmed
17:3019:30
Cocktail – Networking
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