Latin American governments have possessed multiple businesses, ranging from commodities such as oil refineries or copper mining to utilities such as telecommunications or water distribution.  Over the last couple of decades many of these enterprises have been privatized. A large debate over whether remaining public companies should become privately owned has set forward a widespread debate on the virtues and evils of privatization.
This panel will focus on experiences both from the private and public sector viewpoints, trying to dissect the positive and negative experiences, to share the lessons and takeaways their experience has yielded and submit a point of view on the probability of privatization of the remaining state-owned enterprises.

• Moderator: Prof. Armeane M. Choksi, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rubicon Capital Investments - USA
• Ricardo Bisordi de Oliveira Lima, Camargo Corrêa Group - Brazil
• Jose Ignacio Morales, Grupo Iusacell, TV Azteca - Mexico
• Ian Vasquez, The Cato Institute - USA

Panel 2: Latin American Multinationals

The norm within developing regions and particularly in Latin America is to have multinational foreign companies establishing themselves within the region. However, a select group of Latin American companies have dared to transcend their own country and have established themselves in multiple countries both within and outside of Latin America.
Question such as what’s next for these Latin American companies and what other companies that want to follow in their footsteps and grow internationally have to do will be posed. This panel wishes to explore the stories behind these companies, the path they took in their international expansion and the current challenges they face in their battle to become successful global companies.

• Moderator: Violy McCausland, President & Chief Executive Officer, Violy & Co.
• Jorge Arturo Martínez - González, Cemex - Mexico
• Joao Alfredo Paiva , Embraer – USA , Canada and Caribbean

Panel 3: Latin American Business; an ethical and historical perspective - Co-organized with the Inter-American Development Bank 

A lot has been said and written about recent corporate scandals in the United States . Latin America is not immune from questionable business practices and in fact has a unique story in this regard. Reflection on the reasons that lead companies and individuals to reach such a corrupt state and alternatives to overcome this environment will be the focus of the discussion.
This panel will also explore the historical and ethical perspective on both the private and public sectors regarding the very unique way business has been conducted in Latin America .  Our panel of experts will share their opinions and insights and how they see our governments and business practices impacting economic and social development and evolving towards the future.

With:

• Moderator:  Prof. William Lauffer, Director, Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics
• Roy Thomasson, Young Americas Business Trust - OAS
• Alan Wagenberg, Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital Ethics, and Development - IADB
• Carlos Viteri - IADB