EU-LAC Economic Forum 2018

9.00-9.15

Welcome Remarks

Bert Hoffmann, Head of Berlin Office, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, President, Elcano

Guntram B. Wolff, Former Director

9.15-10.00

Session I – Opening speeches

Chair: Guntram B. Wolff, Former Director

Guillermo Fernández de Soto, Corporate Director for Europe, CAF

Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for Development and Cooperation

Followed by Q&A

10.00-11.15

Session II. Sectoral opportunities of EU-LAC relations : Telecom Infrastructure, connectivity and the effects of digitalisation on EU-LAC relations

Chair: Carlos Malamud, Senior analyst, Elcano

Juan Jung, Director of Public Policy, ASIET - Asociación Interamericana de Empresas de Telecomunicaciones

J. Scott Marcus, Senior Fellow

Fabio Nasarre de Letosa, Senior legal expert, European Commission, DG CONNECT

11.15-11.30

11.30-13.00

Session III. Cultural and academic ties: how to increase the economic and political benefits of exchange?

Chair: Bert Hoffmann, Head of Berlin Office, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Keynote

Sylvie Durán, Minister for Culture, Costa Rica

Panel

Angel Badillo, Senior Research Fellow, Real Instituto Elcano

Elisa Grafulla, Cluster Development Director, European Union of National Institutes of Culture – EUNIC

Anne Sperschneider, Head of Division Central and South America, Sponsorship and Network Department, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

13:00-13:45

13:45-15:30

Session IV. EU- LAC economic cooperation in a Global context: Trade, investment and the EU-CHINA race for Latin American markets

Chair: Maria Demertzis, Interim Director

Presentation

Alicia García-Herrero, Senior Fellow

Panel

Federico Bonaglia, Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre

Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Ambassador of Peru to the Kingdom of Belgium, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and to the EU

Detlef Nolte, Professor, GIGA Institute of Latin American