YGL Private Event at the World Economic Forum on Latin America (4/14/2008 - 4/16/2008) - Cancun
YGL Regional Programme: “New Leadership in the Americas”
Monday 14 April
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12.00 - 15.30 Hilton Cancún Golf & Spa Resort |
Learning Journey Field Visit to Compartamos Offices YGLs will go on a field visit to Compartamos, the largest microfinance institution in Latin America serving 835,000 low-income micro entrepreneurs. You will learn about microfinance services and pay visits to clients who will share their personal experiences on the economic and social benefits of this valuable service and how it has impacted their lives. For logistical purposes, please indicate your participation in advance. We will meet in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel at 12.00. Hosted by · Carlos Danel**, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Banco Compartamos, Mexico; Young Global Leader |
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16.00 - 18.15 Hilton Cancún Golf & Spa Resort - Miramar 1 |
Workshop Leading the Next Generation The community of Young Global Leaders is also engaged in identifying and understanding the environments and challenges of leadership over the coming decades. In 2007, the YGLs worked on an intellectual exercise entitled "Future Mapping for Shaping the Global Agenda" and produced "Trend Compendium 2030", a collection of future trends and weak signals. Based on this identification of trends and signals, the YGLs will work on aspects of future leadership. They will try to differentiate leadership styles around the world and in different types of organizations. The results of this session will be fed into the public session on "New Leadership in the Americas" on 16 March. Moreover, they will also provide content to similar YGL workshops at other World Economic Forum Regional meetings and at the YGL Summit in Tianjin in September 2008. The regional findings will be compared and integrated into an overall leadership study. Based on the insights of two charismatic leaders in particular fields, the following specific questions will be addressed: 1) What trends will influence leadership styles during the next decade? 2) Can a specific Latin American leadership style be identified and, if so, what are its characteristics? 3) Will the roles of leaders change by 2020? How? * This session is on the record Speaker · José Antonio Fernández Carbajal**, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, FEMSA, Mexico; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on Latin America · Sanjit (Bunker) Roy**, Director, Barefoot College, India; Social Entrepreneur |
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18.15 - 19.00 Hilton Cancún Golf & Spa Resort - Miramar 1 |
YGL Private Event Meet-the-Leader - A Conversation with José Sérgio Gabrielli de Azevedo In 2005, José Sérgio Gabrielli de Azevedo was appointed President of Petrobas, Brazil's largest oil and gas, petrochemicals and energy company. He is the recipient of several finance awards and the author of articles and books on productive restructuring, macroeconomics and regional development. In this session he will discuss what his biggest challenge in building a sustainable and transparent company has been and its strategic position in the energy sector. Conversation with · José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo**, Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on Latin America; President and Chief Executive Officer, Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras, Brazil Moderator · Idalia Cruz**, Director, Strategy, TV Azteca, Mexico; Young Global Leader |
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22.00 - 00.00 Hilton Cancún Golf & Spa Resort |
Private YGL Nightcap Launch of the "Book of Love" in Latin America The YGL task force on Climate Change seeks to engage society's leaders to help raise awareness by focusing on business opportunities, spread best practices to change consumer behaviour and reduce CO2 emissions. Today, the initiative is launching the "Book of Love" in Latin America, a manifesto for global decision-makers in industry and politics that outlines what has already been achieved by companies and individuals committed to low-carbon solutions. It is a blueprint to help other companies take advantage of the new low-carbon economy. You are invited to participate in this YGL initiative. Join us! |
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Tuesday 15 April | |
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08.00 - 09.00 Great Parnassus Resort & Spa Cancun - Acropolis 3 |
Breakfast Debate YGL Breakfast with Klaus Schwab - Planning the YGL Summit This is an opportunity for Young Global Leaders to hear from the World Economic Forum's founder, Klaus Schwab, in an informal breakfast gathering. YGLs will also express their interests and ideas on exciting topics and panellists in view of the next YGL Summit in Tianjin, China. Conversation with · Klaus Schwab*, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum |
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09.00 - 10.00 Great Parnassus Resort & Spa Cancun - Olympus |
Interactive Session Latin America's Strategies for Development Equality and social inclusion should go hand in hand with economic growth. Development strategies designed to include marginalized groups should be at the top of the agenda for policy-makers across Latin America. Although many successful initiatives have been launched there, the size and diversity of the region's population pose a big challenge to ensuring social inclusion, for example when providing adequate services to the poor, such as quality education and health services. 1) What bottlenecks inhibiting investment in key physical and social infrastructure exist? 2) How can business, civil society and government join together in efforts to favour priorities for action and the implementation of sound public policies? 3) How can development strategies be designed so as to include these marginalized groups? 4) What social, political and economic risks may emerge if the issue remains unaddressed? 5) What is the role of multilateral and local development banks? * This session is on the record Speaker · Luis A. Moreno**, President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC · Javier Santiso**, Director and Chief Development Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris Moderator · Luis Guillermo Plata**, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of Colombia; Young Global Leader |
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Wednesday 16 April | |
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09.00 - 10.30 Hilton Cancún Golf & Spa Resort - Miramar 1 |
Workshops in Parallel New Leadership in the Americas For many years, business leaders have claimed that their activities have social impact. Increased global mobility and the rapid pace of change suggest the need to explore how new business leaders are building new horizons and successfully evolving. These leaders also claim that their activities are more socially conscious than in the past. 1) Are the new business leaders different from those of the past? What has changed? Is the notion that new business leaders are more socially conscious viable? 2) Does the concept of double or triple bottom line compromise shareholder returns? Does this concept yield the short-term results demanded by public markets? 3) How can public and business leaders work together so businesses can have greater social impact? Should governments support social enterprises that create wealth for shareholders? * This session is on the record Speaker · Lorenzo A. Mendoza**, Chief Executive Officer, Empresas Polar, Venezuela; Young Global Leader · Patricia Menendez-Cambo**, Chair, International Group, Greenberg Traurig, USA; Young Global Leader · Alec Oxenford**, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, OLX.com, Argentina; Young Global Leader · Alejandro Ramírez**, Chief Executive Officer, Cinepolis, Mexico; Young Global Leader · Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui**, Founder, IGNIA Partners, Mexico; Young Global Leader Moderator · Carlos Loret de Mola**, Anchor and Director, News Programme, Televisa, Mexico; Young Global Leader |
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15.30 - 16.30 Hilton Cancún Golf & Spa Resort - Caesar 2 |
Roundtable Discussion Policy Roundtable: Mexico's Successes and Challenges With resurgent macroeconomic stability in Mexico and some other countries in the region, Mexico in particular and Latin America in general may be at the beginning of an upturn, if the current momentum can be sustained. This policy roundtable aims to understand Mexico's successes and challenges in terms of political stability, macroeconomic management and future economic growth. 1) What risks and challenges, if any, confront the region and what do they imply for Mexico? 2) Can Mexico's future economic trends be predicted? 3) What are the key features of the macroeconomic situation, and how can they be improved to make Mexico more competitive and generate higher growth rates? 4) What has been done to strengthen the rule of law, fight corruption, improve the property rights climate and, more generally, strengthen structural and institutional mechanisms? 5) Which public policies have served as a successful basis for this development and which areas of the public sector need restructuring to increase the efficiency of services delivered? With · Felipe Calderón**, President of Mexico Moderator · Alejandro Ramírez**, Chief Executive Officer, Cinepolis, Mexico; Young Global Leader |