Morning

8:30 – 9:00 

REGISTRATION

OPENING SESSION

09:00 – 09:05

Speech by Mr José Palacios Jiménez, Secretary of Economic Development of Jalisco

09:05 – 09:10

Speech by Mr Jonathan Potter, Senior Economist of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

09:10 – 09:15

Speech by Mr Javier Gordon Ruiz (Spanish), Coordinator of Relations with Regional and Extra-regional Organizations of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

09:15 – 09:20

Speech by José Enoch Castellanos Férez, Treasurer of the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (CANACINTRA)

09:20 – 09:25

Speech by Sergio López de la Cerda, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Mexican Chambers of Industry (CONCAMIN)

Speech by Ricardo Navarro Benítez, Treasurer of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (CONCANACO SERVYTUR)  

Speech by Mr Enrique Jacob Rocha, President of the National Institute for the Entrepreneur (INADEM) of the Secretariat of Economy of Mexico  

Keynote speech by Mr Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz, Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco

MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDIUM

1. Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz, Governor of Jalisco
2. Enrique Jacob Rocha, President of the National Institute for the Entrepreneur (INADEM)
3. Sergio Arzeni, International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises (INSME)
4. Jose Palacios Jiménez, Secretary of Economic Development of Jalisco
5. Jose Domingo Berzunza Espínola, Vice-President of the Mexican Association of Secretaries of Economic Development (AMSDE)
6. Jonathan Potter, Senior Economist of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
7. Javier Gordon Ruiz, Coordinator of Relations with Regional and Extra-regional Organizations of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
8. Moira Paz Estenssoro, Director, Representative in Mexico of CAF-development bank of Latin America
9. Arturo Dávalos Peña, Puerto Vallarta’s Mayor
10. Ricardo Navarro Benitez, Treasurer of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (CONCANACO)
11. Sergio Lopez de la Cerda, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Mexican Chambers of Industry (CONCAMIN)
12. Jose Enoch Castellanos Férez, Treasurer of the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (CANACINTRA)
13. Daniel Curiel Rodríguez, President of the Council of Industrial Chambers of Jalisco (CCIJ)

SESSION 1: INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY IN SMALL TRADITIONAL ENTERPRISES: RESULTS OF THE OECD-INADEM PROJECT

Moderator: Hugo Javier Fuentes Castro, Professor-Researcher of the Business School of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

10:00 – 10:30

10:30 – 10:55

10:55 – 11:10

11:00 – 11:30

11:30 – 11:45

SESSION 2. EXPERIENCE OF MEXICO 
Moderator: Mr Marco Marchese, Economist, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Challenges and options for increasing productivity in small and medium-sized enterprises in Mexico. Alejandro González, General Coordinator of Strategic Planning, Evaluation and Monitoring of INADEM

Lessons from the experience of the National Productivity Committee (CPN) (Spanish). Eduardo Piedra, Director General for Economic Productivity, CPN

Description of MSMEs in Mexico  (Spanish). Rocio Abud, Director-General of the Programme for Micro-Enterprises, INADEM  

Questions and answers  

Lunch

SESSION 3. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Moderator:  Mr Jonathan Potter, senior economist, OECD

Malasia’s Policies to Support Productivity in Microenterprises. Mr Rizal Nainy, CEO, SME Corp. Malaysia

15:15 – 15:45

The MSME Sector in India: Initiatives for Development. Sushil Prasad, Head of Chancery and of the Commercial Section of the Embassy of India to Mexico  

Questions and answers  

Coffee break

Increasing Productivity in Traditional SMEs. Mr John Connell, Vice-President, Government Relations of the Business Development Bank of Canada

International Council for Small Business (ICSB). Ayman Eltarabishy, Executive Director, International Council for Small Business (ICSB).

Questions and answers  

Conclusions of the first day. Marco Marchese, Economist, OECD

Gala dinner

Friday, 04 November 2016

SESSION 4. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES (CONTINUATION)
Moderator: Javier Gordon Ruiz, Coordinator of Relations with Regional and Extra-Regional Organizations of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)  

European lessons from policies aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and small business in traditional sectors.  Sergio Arzeni, International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises, INSME

Questions and answers  

Innovative Instruments to support SMEs and Young Entrepreneurs in Germany and Europe. Rainer Ptok, Director of International Economic Affairs, BVMW - The German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Questions and answers  

Instruments to support SMEs in Uruguay (Spanish). Rafael Mendive, National Director of Crafts, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (DINAPYME) of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay

Questions and answers  

Coffee break

Fostering Startup Culture and Innovation for Small Enterprises: The Philippine Startup Ecosystem Development Program. Vichael Angelo Roaring, Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of Philippines to Mexico  

Questions and answers  

Experience of Peru in improving management practices in small traditional enterprises (Spanish). Mauricio Moscoso, Director-General of Productive Development, Ministry of Production of Peru

Questions and answers  

Lunch

SESSION 5: PANEL DISCUSSION: POLICY LESSONS AND STEPS TO FOLLOW

How to assemble the ecosystems of innovation and productivity for small traditional enterprises. Challenges and needs

Moderators: Mr Jonathan Potter and Mr Marco Marchese, OCDE  

Leonardo Lacovone, Senior Economist of the World Bank

All delegates are invited to discuss and make comments. 

Conclusions and recommendations. Jonathan Potter, Marco Marchese, Alejandro González and Jorge Mario Soto