2014 Latin American Cities Conferences – Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street
2014 Latin American Cities Conferences – Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street
AS/COA's June 11 conference will analyze the country's economic outlook and growth prospects as well as the next presidential administration's challenges.
New York, June 2, 2014—Colombia is outpacing many of its Latin American counterparts in terms of economic growth. According to Colombia’s Central Bank, the country grew an estimated 4.8 percent in the first quarter of this year while the government projects a 5 percent expansion for 2014 overall. Job creation was vigorous and unemployment declined to 9.7 percent in 2013—the lowest level in a decade, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Join Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA), ANIF, and Fedesarrollo at the eighteenth edition of their annual Bogota conference “Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street” on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The conference will be broadcast live. Convening a group of high-level public- and -private sector leaders, the event will analyze Colombia’s economic outlook, growth prospects, and trade agenda as well as the challenges facing the next presidential administration.
The list of local and international speakers at the conference include: Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit; Santiago Rojas, Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism; Sergio Clavijo, President, ANIF; Leonardo Villar, Executive Director, Fedesarrollo; Susan Segal, President and CEO, AS/COA; Javier Diaz, President of Analdex; Mauro Leos, Vice President and Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service; Laura Lochman, Economic Advisor, Embassy of the United States, Colombia; Víctor Traverso, Director and Representative, CAF Colombia; Marcos Buscaglia, Head of Latin America Economics, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; and Miriam Garcia Ferrer, Commercial Counsellor, European Union Delegation in Colombia.
Visit www.as-coa.org/Bogota2014 for the complete agenda, blog, and live webcast of the conference.
The webcast begins Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 8:00 a.m. local time, 9:00 a.m. EDT.
Get live updates on Twitter via @ASCOA and #COLWallSt
Tune into the live webcast here.
2014 Latin American Cities Conferences — Bogota
Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Registration: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Conference: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogota
Carrera 10 No. 26-21
Bogota, Colombia
Press Inquiries: Please contact Adriana La Rotta at alarotta@as-coa.org or 1-212-277-8384.
