Roadmap

Securing a Place in the Shifting Global Landscape
The meeting will focus on the opportunities brought about by the world’s changing landscape, combined with the successful execution of a priority regional agenda for reform. This strategic dialogue will revolve around five core themes:

Global Trends and Economic Shifts
What latest global trends do regional leaders need to take into account when making long-term plans and strategic commitments?
•Laying the Foundations for a Promising Decade in Latin America
•Global Energy and Geopolitical Trends
•2008 Political Landscape in the Americas
•Commodities: Are Rising Prices Unstoppable?
•New Trends in FDI: Sovereign Funds and Private Equity
•Facing Global Risks through Regional Integration
•Latin America Business Prospects in a Changing World

Asia and Latin America
What is the actual impact of Asia on the region as the political, business and economic relationship between both regions matures?
•The Chinese Market: Myths and Realities
•The Rise of China as a Major Exporter of Capital
•India’s Rise and Latin America: Trade and Investments

Merging Business and the Environment
The region is ambitious about cashing in on its global lead in biofuels and on shaping the Post-Kyoto Environmental Regime.
•The Business of Sustainable Biofuels
•SlimCity – Resource Efficiency in Urban Areas
•Post-Kyoto Regime: The Implications on Business Today

Growth through Critical Investments
What key measures are needed to improve the local business environment and increase the volume of critical long-term investments?
•Can Private Investment Close the Infrastructure Gap?
•Mexico: Promoting Competition and Enhancing Productivity
•Scenarios for Latin American Pensions in 2030
•Central American Economic Growth: Towards an Emerging Market?
•The Competitiveness of Capital Markets

Enhancing Innovation in Business and Social Issues
The focus is on drawing lessons from a new breed of world-class companies and driving business involvement on issues such as tackling social problems through collaborative innovation.
•Finance for All
•Addressing the Entry-level Skills Gap
•Tackling Crime through Innovation
•Lessons from a New Breed of World-class Companies
•Addressing Economic Insecurity in Latin America
•Latins in the US
•New Media and Latin America
•New Leadership in the Americas