8:00 – 8:30

REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE 

8:30 – 9:00

OPENING SESSION

• Ambassador Paulo Estivallet, Undersecretary General for South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Representative of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Chairmanship of the Latin American Council of SELA
• Professor Vera Thorstensen, Representative of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
• Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA

SESSION I: Analysis of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP)
Moderator: Representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

• Dr Carlos Juan Moneta, SELA’s Consultant. Presentation of the study “Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership(TPP). Challenges and opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean.”
• Lucas Ferraz - Professor of the São Paulo School of Economy of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation  (EESP – FGV), Coordinator of the Centre for Modelagem of the Centre for Studies on International Trade and Investment (GCGI).

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00

SESSION II: “Latin America and the Caribbean and the TPP: the view of the insiders”
Moderator: Ambassador Rubens Barbosa, President of the International Relations and Foreign Trade Institute (IRICE) of the Federative Republic of Brazil 

• Alejandro de la Peña, Alternate Representative of Mexico to the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), Secretariat of Economy of the United Mexican States
• Andrés Rebolledo, Director-General for International Economic Relations (DIRECON) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile
• José Luis Castillo, Chief Negotiator of the TPP, Director for Asia, Oceania and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of the Republic of Peru.
• Ricardo Zuniga, General Consul of the United States of America in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

13:00 – 13:30

Debate General

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch – Brunch 

14:30 – 16:00

SESSION III: “Latin America and the Caribbean and the TPP: the view of the outsiders”
Moderador: Rafael Benke, President of the Brazilian Centre for International Relations (CEBRI)

• Francisco Mango, Advisor to the Presidency, National Foreign Trade Commission of Argentina
• Carlos Abijaodi, Director of Industrial Development of Brazil, National Confederation of Industries (CNI)
• Alinne Oliveira, Secretary of International Relations, Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA)
• Felix Peña, Counsellor and Member of the Argentinean Council for International Relation (CARI)
• Adrian Kaufmann Brea, President , UIA (to be confirmed)

16:00 - 17:30

General debate

17:30 – 17:45

COFFEE BREAK

CONCLUSIONS

• Professor Vera Thorstensen, Representative of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
• Dr Carlos Juan Moneta, SELA’s Consultant

18:00

CLOSING SESSION

• Representative of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Chairmanship of the Latin American Council of SELA
• Professor Vera Thorstensen, Representative of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
• Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA