Outlook of the Americas 2015

11:30 a.m. – Registration 12:00 p.m. – Welcome remarks by Nicholas Galt, Chair, AACCLA

12:45 p.m. – Welcoming remarks by Jodi Bond, Vice President, Americas, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

12:50 p.m. – Luncheon Keynote by Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of State

1:20 p.m. – First Annual Intellectual Property Award presented by Nicholas Galt, Chair, AACCLA Highlighting American Chambers who are championing intellectual property (IP) as vital to creating jobs, advancing economic growth, and generating breakthrough solutions to challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean.

1:30 pm. – Networking Break 1:45 p.m. – Panel Discussion on the Software of Trade Integration The integration agenda needs to blend investment in integration software (policy and regulatory framework) and hardware (physical infrastructure). This panel will focus on the region needs to advance in the completion and convergence of trade agreements; policy action needs to tackle the growing costs caused by nontariff barriers; and the region needs to invest and build capacity in trade facilitation so as to progress towards the implementation of best practices that have already been identified and hold the potential to foster private sector internationalization.