Center for Hemispheric Policy
The Center for Hemispheric Policy examines critical issues affecting countries in the Western Hemisphere through its policy discussions on economic and political developments, business and trade, U.S. policy and security issues.
Conference
China's Engagement with Latin America:
Implications for the Region
Implications for the Region
Featured Speaker
Speaker: David Hale, Founding Chairman, David Hale Economics, Inc., Chicago
Panel 1 - China's Economic Outlook and its Impact on Latin American Economies
Speakers (L to R): Derek Scissors, Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C.; Erik Bethel, Partner and Co-Founder, SinoLatin Capital, Shanghai, China; Ray Ruga, Principal, CVOX Group LLC, Miami; Erica Downs, Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gaston Fornes, Fellow, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and China Programme Director, ESIC Business School, Madrid, Spain
Panel 2 - China's Relationships in the Region: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
Speakers (L to R): Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Carlos Moneta, Director, Specialization in Economy and Business with Asia Pacific and India, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ambassador Sergio Ley, President, Centro Asia Pacífico, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Former Ambassador of Mexico to China; João Augusto de Castro Neves, Analyst, Latin America Practice, Eurasia Group, Washington, D.C., and Editor, "The Brazilian Economy," Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Panel 3 - Shifts in the Geopolitical Global Order: The Growing Influence of China
Speakers (L to R): Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Adrian Hearn, Coordinator of International Relations, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Australia, and Future Fellow, Australian Research Council; June Teufel Dreyer, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Miami, Miami; Evan Ellis, Assistant Professor, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Central America Task Force, Session I
Prospects for Economic Growth and Energy Integration
Prospects for Economic Growth and Energy Integration
Panel
Speakers (L to R): James Meyer, Partner, Harper Meyer LLP, Miami, Florida; Carl Ross, Managing Director of Investments, Oppenheimer and Co., Atlanta, Georgia; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Jorge Mercado, Senior Specialist, Energy Division, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.
Outlook on the Americas
In collaboration with the American Association of Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA)
Panel
Speakers (L to R): José Raúl Perales, Executive Director, AACCLA; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Barbara Kotschwar, Trade Policy Analyst for Latin America, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Catherine Mellor, Director, Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Global Foreign Policy Priorities for 2012
Featured Speaker
Speaker: Michael A. Hammer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Economic Forecast 2012:
Global Change and Shifting Dynamics in Latin America
Panel 1: The Global Economic Landscape
L to R: Joydeep Mukherji, Senior Director, Sovereign Ratings Group, Standard and Poor’s, New York; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Antoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C
Panel 2: Economic Prospects for Latin America
L to R: Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner and Head of Emerging Markets Research, Tandem Global Partners, New York; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Alberto Bernal, Head of Research and Partner, Bulltick Capital Markets, LP, Miami; Gabriel Casillas, Executive Director and Chief Mexico Economist, J.P. Morgan, Mexico, D.F.
Panel 3: The Political Risk Climate in the Region
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ramiro Prudencio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller Latin America, Miami; Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor, Director, Western Hemisphere Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
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