ACE Ecuador Hosts

Minister of Production, Trade, Foreign Affairs and Fisheries

Government of Ecuador

Ambassador, Permanent Representative

Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the Organization of American States

Undersecretary General of the Cabinet

Presidency of the Republic

Government of Ecuador

Vice Minister of Production and Industries

Ministry of Production, Trade, Foreign Affairs and Fisheries

Government of Ecuador

Vice Minister of Trade

Ministry of Production, Trade, Foreign Affairs and Fisheries

Government of Ecuador

Vice Minister of Export Promotion

Ministry of Production, Trade, Foreign Affairs and Fisheries

Government of Ecuador

Vice Minister of Fisheries

Ministry of Production, Trade, Foreign Affairs and Fisheries

Government of Ecuador

Undersecretary of Competitiveness

Ministry of Production, Trade, Foreign Affairs and Fisheries

Government of Ecuador

Special Guests

Ambassador of the United States to Ecuador

United States of America, Department of State U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Ecuador

Assistant Secretary for Economic Development

Department of Commerce

Government of the United States

Interim Representative

Permanent Mission of the United States to the Organization of American States U.S. State Department

Executive Secretary for Integral Development

Organization of American States

Seattle Regional Director

Economic Development Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

Acting Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the DAS/COO

Economic Development Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

Interim Representative

Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Senior Advisor to the Secretary

U.S. Department of Commerce

Director of External Affairs

Economic Development Administration (EDA)

U.S. Department of Commerce

Germany

Deputy Director General

External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, Representative for Latin America

Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Germany

Head of Division Latin America

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Participants

OAS Member States

Argentina

Director

Córdoba Acelera, Municipality of Córdoba

Barbados

Executive Director

Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI)

Belize

Honorary Consul of Ecuador to Belize

Consulate of Ecuador in Belize

Brazil

Strategic Advisor for Green Investments

Investminas (Government of the State of Minas Gerais – Brazil)

Canada

His Excellency Stephen Potter

Ambassador of Canada to Ecuador

Canada

Jason Tolland

Director General of the South America and Inter-American Affairs Bureau

Canada

Kaveh Dashti

Commercial Counsellor

Embassy of Canada to Ecuado

Chile

Director of Tech Transfer

University of Development

Colombia

CEO

FEDESOFT

Colombia

Vice President Digital Transformation Executive Director Chamber of Industrial and Digital Industry

National Association of Enterprises of Colombia (ANDI)

Colombia

Vice President of competitiveness

Chamber of Commerce of Bogota

Colombia

Commercial attache in Ecuador

PROCOLOMBIA

Colombia

Strategy Manager

Invest in Bogota

Dominican Republic

Director of Industrial Economics

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and SME´s of the Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Vice Minister of Exports and Investments Promotion

Gobierno del Ecuador

Ecuador

Secretary of Productive Development and Competitiveness of Quito Municipality

Ecuador

Director, City of Quito

CORPEI

Ecuador

Angel Investor - Ex Founding COO Kushki

(First Ecuadorian Unicorn)

Ecuador

Vice President

Manta Business Chamber

Ecuador

Deputy Director

Ecuador’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alliance (AEI)

Ecuador

Carmen de la Cerda

BuenTrip Ventures

Ecuador

Co-founder

IMPAQTO

Ecuador

BDM

WORLDLOGISTIC S.A.

Ecuador

Manager of Projects

Public Municipality Enterprise to Promote Innovation and Competitiveness in Guayaquil (EPICO)

Ecuador

Coordinator, Center for Digital Transformation

Public Municipality Enterprise to Promote Innovation and Competitiveness in Guayaquil (EPICO)

Ecuador

Dean, ESPAE Graduate School of Management

Polytechnic University of Litoral (ESPOL)

Ecuador

Director, HUB and Research Coordinator

Santiago Guayaquil Catholic University Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil

El Salvador

Ambassador

Embassy of the Republic of El Salvador

El Salvador

Minister-Counsellor

Embassy of the Republic of El Salvador

Guatemala

Director

Business Chamber of Commerce and Services

Guyana

Dean, School of Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation

University of Guyana

Haiti

Director

Ayiti Analytics

Haiti

Manager

Centre d’Entrepreneurship et de Leadership

Honduras

Educational Innovation and Faculty Director

UNITEC University

Mexico

Chief of Staff

Secretary of Economic Development

Paraguay

Public Affairs Advisor

National University of the East

Saint Lucia

Minister for commerce

Ministry of Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs

Saint Lucia

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Commerce, Manufacturing, Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs

Trinidad and Tobago

Managing Director

GISCAD Limited

United States

Secretary

Louisiana Economic Development

United States

Executive Director, International Commerce

Louisiana Economic Development

United States

President & CEO

University of the West Indies

United States

Deputy Assistant Director

Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness (OEDC)

State of Washington

United States

Maritime Industry Lead

State of Washington

United States

Commercial Attaché

U.S. Embassy to Ecuador

United States

Economist Specialist

U.S. Embassy

United States

Division Manager, Economic Development

City of Houston

United States

Director - Louisiana Entrepreneurship & Economic Development Center; Moody Company Endowed Chair in Regional Business Development

University of Louisiana, Lafayette

United States

Professor, Chair of Business Administration, Director of MBA

University of Arkansas Pine Bluff

United States

Senior Vice President for New Economies

Bitwise Industries

United States

Associate Vicepresident

Workforce Development and Community Engagement University of Illinois System Illinois Innovation Network

United States

Economic Development Program Manager

Puget Sound Regional Council
Seattle Region, Washington State

United States

Managing Partner

Lasting Machine Ventures

United States

Director of Research and Strategy

Invest Puerto Rico

United States

Director of Impact Partnerships

CAMBIUM Carbon - Building Circular Economies for Urban Wood

United States

Research Associate - Geographer

Region Nine Development Commission

Uruguay

President

National Agency for Development (ANDE)

Uruguay

Senior Research

Catholic University of Uruguay

OAS Permanent Observers - Participants

Former Member of European Parliament and Policy Advisor for Regional Innovation Projects

European Union

Germany

Coordinator

AiF Project GmbH

Multilateral Organizations, Companies, and NGOs

President & CEO

International Economic Development Council

Country Director for Ecuador

Pan American Development Foundation

Institutional Relations and New Business Consultant

Pan American Development Foundation

Ecuador Office

President & CEO

International Economic Development Council

Fellow

U.S. Mexico Foundation

ACE Committee Members

Government of the United States

Senior Engagement Administrator

U.S. Department of Commerce

Economic Development Administration (EDA)

Alternate Representative

Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the OAS

U.S. Department of State

Organization of American States

Chief, Section of Competitiveness, Innovation and Technology

Department of Economic Development

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

Coordinator, Americas Competitiveness Exchange

Department of Economic Development

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

Coordinator, Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)

Department of Economic Development

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development

Support Staff - Web and Multimedia Designer Americas Competitiveness Exchange

Department of Economic Development

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development