Schedule
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Salón de Actos
Facultad de Derecho
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2263
| 5:30 p.m. | Registration | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Welcome Remarks Atilio Aníbal Alterini, Universidad de Buenos Aires | |
| 6:15 p.m. | Session 1: Regulatory Reforms for Entrepreneurships | |
| Chairperson: Juan Vicente Sola, Universidad de Buenos Aires | ||
| “Reforming and Regulating Finance while Preserving Innovation and Entrepreneurship” | ||
| Edmund Phelps, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University | ||
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| “Entrepreneurship and the Law and Economics of Securities Markets” | ||
| Merritt Fox, Columbia Law School | ||
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| Q&A with Professor Phelps and Professor Fox | ||
| 7:10 p.m. | Break | |
| 7:25 p.m. | Session 2: Growth and Entrepreneurship | |
| Chairperson: Norberto Morita ’75, Southern Cross Group | ||
| “Business, Knowledge and Global Growth” | ||
| Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School | ||
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| “NINE Suggestions for the Great Entrepreneur” | ||
| Alberto J. Verme ’84, Citigroup Inc. | ||
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| Q&A with Professor Hubbard and Mr. Verme | ||
| 8:20 p.m. | Panel: Implications for Latin America | |
| Chairperson: Nelson Fraiman ’71, Columbia Business School | ||
| “Implications for Latin America” | ||
| Luis Bastida ’70, Telefónica, S.A. | ||
| Jorge Becerra, The Boston Consulting Group Inc. | ||
| Juan Pablo Nicolini, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella | ||
| Gabriel Rozman, Tata Consulting Services | ||
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| Simultaneous translation will be available during the Thursday sessions. | ||
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Friday, March 27, 2009 | ||
| 5:30 p.m. | Registration | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Welcome Remarks | |
| Nicolás Stier, Columbia Business School | ||
| 6:10 p.m. | Session 3: Strategies for Growth | |
| Chairperson: Dr. Graciana del Castillo, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University | ||
| “Access to Credit, Land Titling and Development” | ||
| Ernesto Schargrodsky, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella | ||
| “Innovation in Law and Finance” | ||
| Douglas Elespe, Universidad de Buenos Aires | ||
| “Operations Strategy” | ||
| Nelson Fraiman ’71, Columbia Business School | ||
| 7:10 p.m. | Break | |
| 7:25 p.m. | Panel: Experiences of Entrepreneurship in the Southern Cone | |
| Chairperson: Laura Esnaola, Endeavor Global, USA | ||
| “Experiences of Entrepreneurship in the Southern Cone” | ||
| Michel Cohen, Lolita | ||
| Andy Freire, Axialent and Officenet | ||
| Gustavo Grobocopatel, Grupo Los Grobo | ||
| Paulina Peñaloza, Chileangourmet | ||
| Juan Martin de la Serna, Mercado Libre | ||
| 8:50 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
| Juan Vicente Sola, Universidad de Buenos Aires | ||
