LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEANS SUMMIT

World Business Angels Investment Forum
An affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)

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16 February 2021, Tuesday

 

Conference Chair
Israel Pons, President WBAF Angel Investment Fund & WBAF Senator Mexico

 

Time Zone: GMT
 

 

3pm

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Welcome Speech:
Israel Pons, 
Conference Chair & WBAF Senator Mexico
 

3.05pm

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Opening Remarks:
Baybars Altuntas,
Executive Chairman World Business Angels Investment Forum

3.10pm

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Keynote Speech: Fostering economic developments of Latin American countries in post-pandemic times through entrepreneurship and innovation

H.E. Manuel A.Gonzalez-Sanz, 
Foreign Affairs Minister (2014-2018) Costa Rica
 

3.20pm

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Keynote Speech: Digital Transformation Landscape in Latin America

H.E. German Rueada, 
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Colombia
 

3.30pm

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Keynote Speech: Empowering financial inclusion of women in Latin America by developing smart policies on women entrepreneurship

H.E. Martha Delgado, 
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mexico

 


 

3.40pm

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Roundtable:
Angel Investment and Innovation in Latin America


Moderator: Isabelle Chaquiriand, Board Member Latin American Angels Network (XCALA), Uruguay

 

Speakers:

Adan Bernal, General Partner Billioneurons, Mexico

Hernan Kazah, Co-Founder & Managing Partner Kaszek Ventures, Argentina

Ignacio Gaitán Villegas, President and CEO iNNpulsa, Colombia

Rocio Fonseca, Chief Innovation Officer Chilean Economic Development Agency CORFO, Chile

Tomás Lopes-Teixeira Scannavino Emendabili, Chief Investment Officer, IDB Lab - Inter-American Development Group, USA
 

4.50pm

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Roundtable:
Boosting Startups and Innovation in Latin America through Special Economic Development Zones


Moderator: Gabriel Hayon, Chairman Diplomatic Institute Israel

 

Speakers:

Daniel Berliner PhD, Research Fellow, Crowdfunding Research Center, University of Agder, Norway 
Doron Cohen, Chairman & CEO at CIAL Dun & Bradstreet (Latam)
Paulo Oliveira, Ex-CEO of Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, Brazil
H.C. Rosendo Alvarez III, Former Regional Chairman, World Federation of Consuls, FL & Dom. Rep.

Kobi (Jacob) Kalderon, President, Gold Ventures Investment, Austria

 

5.55am

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Closing Remarks of the Summit by the Conference Chair:
Israel Pons, Conference Chair & WBAF Senator Mexico

6pm

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ENDS

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