Argentina’s Challenge: Creating a Value Added Economy
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - Saturday, November 3, 2012
Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires, Sarmiento 299, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Argentina’s Challenge: Creating a Value Added Economy
Agenda
October 31, 2012 – Welcome Dinner
November 1, 2012 – Full Day Conference
8:15 AM- 8:45AM Registration & Coffee
8:45 AM Welcome
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments and GIC Deputy Program Chair
9:00AM -10:30AM Session I: Debt, Default and Revival: The Way Forward
- Eugenio Aleman, Director and Senior Economist, Wells Fargo
- Josh Rosner, Managing Director, Graham Fisher & Co.
- Juan Barboza, Chief Economist, Banco Itau Argentina
10:30AM – Coffee Break
11:00AM-12:30PM Session II: Argentina at a Crossroads: Opportunities and Threats
- Sergio Berensztein, President, Poliarquía Consultores
- Jorge Oviedo, La Nacion
12:30PM- 2:00PM Lunch – sponsored by the BCBA
2:00PM – 3:45PM – Session III: A Value Added Economy: Agriculture and Trade
- Daniel Miro, President of Novitas S.A.
- Mike Nichols, Director of Research, McVean Trading
3:30PM – 4:00PM – Coffee break
4:00PM – 5:00PM -Session IV: Economic and Financial Outlook
- Dan Sullivan, Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments and GIC Deputy Program Chair
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- Claudio Zuchovicki, Development Manager, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
5:00PM Closing Remarks
- Claudio Zuchovicki, Development Manager, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
November 2, 2012- Private Roundtable Discussion*
Topic: The U.S. Presidential Election and its Potential Impact for Argentina
Moderator: Michael Drury,Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments and GIC Deputy Program Chair
* Held under Chatham House Rule. The Chatham House Rule reads as follows: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed”.
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Speakers
Daniel Sullivan, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoDaniel G. Sullivan is director of research and an executive vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He oversees the Bank's research in monetary policy, banking and financial markets, microeconomics and regional economics.
Juan C. Barboza
Chief Economist, Banco Itaú Argentina S.A.Mr. Barboza holds a bachelor’s degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires and a master’s degree from Universidad del CEMA, and was in the executive finance program at the London Business School. With broad experience in government entities, he started his career at the Economics Ministry, where he worked in several positions, such as finance undersecretary […]
Eugenio J. Alemán, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Economist at Wells FargoEugenio J. Alemán is a director and senior economist at Wells Fargo. He forecasts national, regional, and international economic trends.
Jorge Oviedo
Opinion Columnist, Diario La NaciónAs a journalist specializing in economic issues, Mr. Jorge Oviedo has been in the reporting industry since 1979. Since 2001, he has been with the Diario La Nación, focusing primarily on economic topics. He currently serves as an opinion columnist for the newspapers.
Michael Drury
Chief Economist, McVean Trading & InvestmentsMichael Drury is the chief economist for McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He joined the firm in 1992, after serving for five years as senior economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers and its successor firms. Michael began his career in New York in 1982 as senior economist at A. Gary Shilling and Company. He received his B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Josh Rosner
Managing Director, Graham Fisher & Co.Josh Rosner is co-author of the New York Times Bestseller "Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon," and managing director at independent research consultancy Graham Fisher & Co.
Daniel Miró
President, Novitas S.A.Daniel Alberto Miró graduated from St. George’s College in Quilmes, Argentina. Later he went on to the Catholic University of Argentina where he became a certified public accountant. He started working as chief economist at the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange in 1977. Several years later, he became the manager of economic affairs at the Oilseed […]