Institute of the Americas

With the Institute of the Americas 25th anniversary celebration just seven weeks away, new speakers have been added to an already impressive list for a Nov. 15 conference on Latin America: The Next 25 Years. Harvard academics Ricardo Hausmann and Ana Julia Jatar and Stanford’s Alberto Diaz-Cayeros will join Mexican ambassador to the US Arturo Sarukhan, former UN Security Council President Diego Arria, former White House envoy Mack McLarty and others for a thought-provoking journey into the future. On that evening, former President Ernesto Zedillo will keynote a gala anniversary dinner.

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The Institute is also hosting two important conferences on the days immediately before the November 15 celebration.

On November 13-14, the 11th InfoCom Americas Conference will bring together policy makers, analysts and corporate executives for discussions on governance, technology trends and creative leadership in telecommunications and informatics in the hemisphere. The aim is to anticipate opportunities and challenges presented by service convergence and new technologies and to examine how those trends will affect business strategies and regulatory decisions.
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On November 14, The Institute’s Energy program will examine Latin America’s energy outlook and focus on key issues such as the human capital challenge, the role and increasing importance of renewable energy and the best methods to make Latin America’s energy resources a motor for economic development. The event will feature several «Davos style» panel discussions and host energy executives, policy makers and academics as speakers and participants.
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