FELABAN 2008

Agenda

Preliminary Program

Sunday, November 16th
09:00 - 18:00 Registration and badge claiming at designated Hotels and the Panama Marriott Hotel
14:00 – 18:30 Business Meetings and Networking at thePanama Marriott Hotel, Campo Alegre Room and private meeting rooms (see directory)
18:30 - 20:00 Opening Session
Anayansi Theater, Atlapa Convention Center
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Luis Alberto Moreno
President of the Inter American Development Bank – IDB
20:00 - 23:30 Opening Reception Reception Hall of the Anayansi Theater Hosted by HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A.
 
Monday, November 17th
07:30 Continuation of registration at the Panamá Marriott Hotel
08:30 - 10:30
Conference Session I, Panamá Marriott Hotel
Campo Alegre Room

Keynote Live Videoconference:
“The current financial crisis; avoiding a global meltdown”
Dr. Noriel Roubini

Professor de Economics of the Stern School of Business, New York University, former senior advisor to the White House Council of Economic Advisors and the US Treasury Department, Cofounder and Chairman of RGE Monitor,an innovative economic and geo-strategic information service.

Panel of Economists:
“Impact of the recent financial crisis in the US and the rest of the World on the financial systems and the economies of Latin America”

Moderator:
Alberto Padilla, Conductor of economic and financial news programs at CNN in Spanish

  Panelists:
Alberto Bernal (Director of Macroeconomic Strategies, BullTick Capital Markets LLC, New York, USA)
Marco Fernández (Director, Investigación y Desarrollo, S. A., Panama)
Jorge Suárez-Vélez (Director of Patrimonial Investment, Global Plus, New York, USA)
10:45 - 12:30 Business Meetings and Networking at thePanama Marriott Hotel, Campo Alegre Room and private meeting rooms (see directory)
12:45 - 14:30 Luncheon - Panamá Marriott Hotel – Campo Alegre Room
Hosted by BANESCO
14:30 - 17:30 Business Meetings and Networking at thePanama Marriott Hotel, Campo Alegre Room and private meeting rooms (see directory)
   
Tuesday, November 18th
08:30 - 10:30 Conference Session II - Panamá Marriott Hotel
Campo Alegre Room

Panel of Supervisors:
“Actions to be taken by the Bank and Financial Supervision Authorities of Latin America as a consequence of the recent events in the financial systems of the US and the rest of the World”

  Moderator:
Alvir Alberto Hoffman
Director of Supervision, Banco Central do Brasil President of the Association of Bank Supervisors of the Americas – ASBA

Panelists:
César Prado Villegas, Financial Superintendent of Colombia.
Felipe Tam Fox, Superintendent of Banks, Insurance and Private Pension Funds Administrators of Peru.
10:45 - 12:30 Business Meetings and Networking at thePanama Marriott Hotel, Campo Alegre Room and private meeting rooms (see directory)
12:45 - 14:30 Luncheon - Panamá Marriott Hotel – Campo Alegre Room
Hosted by the Panama Banking Association

Presentation by the Panama Canal Authority:

“The Panama Canal widening construction Megaproject and its financing schemes”
Alberto Aleman Zubieta,
Administrator of the Panama Canal
14:30 - 17:30 Business Meetings and Networking at thePanama Marriott Hotel, Campo Alegre Room and private meeting rooms (see directory)
20:00 - 23:30 Closing Gala Dinner - Club Unión
Hosted by Banco Aliado S. A., Multibank Inc. and Towerbank International Inc.

Spouses Program and Optional Tourism
A program of tours and visits to sites of historic and cultural interest will be available for accompanying spouses.  Those who would like to take advantage of the trip and enjoy a restful vacation may buy convenient pre or post tour packages offered by the official tour operator.

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