Tequila Talk
Mayors Carlos Bustamante and Jerry Sanders discuss the binational region with Ambassador Charles Shapiro

May 8, 2012
2:30 p.m. – 4 :00 p.m.
Weaver Conference Center, Institute of the Americas

General public: $10
Institute members: FREE
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The federal and state governments are gridlocked. It is the mayors who solve the real problems affecting their citizens. Tijuana Mayor Carlos Bustamante and San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders will share their vision of the binational region and
its future.

The mayors will discuss:

• Where opportunities, challenges and priorities lie.
• What projects they are promoting and why.
• How they see the future of both cities and what
concerns them.
• Their vision for regional integration.
• Their recommendations to the presidential candidates in   both countries for fostering growth in the Tijuana-San Diego   metropolis.

The Republic of the Philippines is open for business

Conversation with:
Harry K. Thomas, Jr.,
U.S. Ambassador to
the Philippines

May 7, 2012
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Weaver Conference Center, Institute of the Americas

General public: $10
Institute members: FREE
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The $390 billion Philippine economy is projected to grow 5% this year. Goldman Sachs includes the Philippines, one of the four Asian Tiger Cubs, in its list of the “Next Eleven” economies. The Philippines’ 94 million people are well-educated, speak English and are located in the most dynamic economic region of the world. Read more