Participants and
Special Guests
Argentina
Undersecretary of Systems and Connectivity
Government of Cordoba, Argentina
ACE Ambassador
Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Government of Tucuman, Argentina
Barbados
Manager, Global Exports, Logistics and Corporate Communication
Barbados Investment and Development Corporation
Brazil
Advisor to the Innovation Board
Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (FINEP)
Canada
Colombia
Investment Director
Colombian Government Trade Bureau (ProColombia)
Costa Rica
Head – Center of Observatory of Foreign Trade
Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED)
Dominican Republic
Vice Minister of Industrial Development
Ministry of Industry, Trade and SMEs
Ecuador
Special Guest
Ambassador, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the Organization of American States
Vice Minister of Industries and Production
Ministry of Production, Trade, Investment, and Fisheries
Undersecretary of Industrial and Territorial Competitiveness
Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries
Dean
ESPAE Graduate School of Management Polytechnic University of Litoral (ESPOL)
El Salvador
Undersecretary of Commerce and Investment Presidency
Republic of El Salvador
Guatemala
Jamaica
Executive Director
Morris Entrepreneurship Centre Northern Caribbean University
Mexico
Employment and Promotion Director
Secretary of Economic Development of Monterrey
Foreign Trade and Jobs Market Coordinator
Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO)
Panama
St. Lucia
Director of Innovation at the Innovation Division
Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training
St. Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Assistant Director – International Commerce
Louisiana Economic Development
ACE Ambassador
Executive Director
Region Nine Development Commission in Minnesota
Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation
University of Illinois
Uruguay
OAS Permanent Observers
Germany
Expert for National and International Innovation and Technology Policy
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Saudi Arabia
Director of Public and Private Sectors Challenges
National Competitiveness Center
NGOs and other Institutions
ACE Ambassador & Special Guest
Executive Director
U.S. Mexico Foundation (USMF)
Program and Business Development Manager
Pan American Development Foundation (PADF)
