08:00 – 08:30

Registration

08:30 – 08:50

OPENING SESSION 

• Francisco Díaz, Superintendent, Superintendency of Competition of El Salvador
• Merlin Barrera, Vice-Minister of Trade and Industry of El Salvador
• Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA. 
• Juan Luis Crucelegui, Chief of Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD

08:50 – 09:50

SESSION I: Trade and competition in the era of the digital economy in Latin America and the Caribbean 

This session will focus on the relevant aspects and challenges posed by the digital economy: the state of the art of e-commerce in the region, its prospects for improvement in the medium and long terms, regulatory aspects, technological innovations, proposals and strategies to cope with the changes in technology that occur in the global economy.

Moderator: Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA 

• Presentation (spanish) of the working document Trade and competition in the era of the digital economy ((SP/VIIRAGTCCALC/DT N° 2-17). Luis Ascencio, SELA’s Consultant.
• El comercio y la competencia en la era de la economía digital de América Latina y el Caribe. Eduardo Mauricio Agudelo, Chief Economist, Corporate Vice-Presidency of infrastructure of CAF-development bank of Latin America Representative of CAF-development bank of Latin America.

09:50 – 10:10

Debate 

10:10 – 10:25

Coffee break

10:25 – 12:15

SESSION II: Opportunities and challenges for regional integration mechanisms in the field of digital economy 

This session will include presentations on prospects for Latin American and Caribbean integration mechanisms in the creation and use of e-commerce and mass consumption tools through the network. 

Moderator: Luis Ascencio, SELA’s Consultant 

• Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Integration Mechanisms in the field of Digital Economy In the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Philip McClauren, Deputy Programme Manager, Single Market and Economy, Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
• Red Centroamericana de Comercio. Catalina Galdámez, Head of the Research and Analysis Department, Secretariat for Central American Integration (SIECA).
• Telecomunicaciones y competencia en la Comunidad Andina. Jean Paul Van Brackel, International Official, Andean Community (CAN)
• Agenda digital de la Alianza del Pacífico. Carmen Rocío Echevarría, Head of the Department of Information Technologies and Internet Governance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, Pacific Alliance (PA). 
• Mecanismos de integración regional en materia de economía digital en el MERCOSUR. Pablo Riera, Technical Advisor, Technical Consulting Sector, Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR).

12:15 – 12:45

12:45 – 14:15

14:15 – 16:15

SESSION III: Trade and competition in the era of digital economy. Best practices, opportunities and challenges for national authorities in charge of trade and competition in Latin America and the Caribbean 

Presentations by authorities in charge of trade and competition 

In this session, authorities in charge of trade and competition in the region are expected to talk about issues of competition in the digital economy, issues and challenges for the development of the digital economy in trade, the main elements of impact of the digital economy in trade relations of countries in the region, impact on competitiveness of marketing chains, and how strategies are displayed to cope with ongoing technological changes. 

Moderator: Marlene Tovar, Economic Intendant, Superintendency of Competition of El Salvador 

• Mercados de tarjeta de pago y libre competencia. Víctor Santelices,  Deputy Director of the Division of Litigation, National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile
• Retos de las autoridades de competencia frente a la economía digital. Paola Carrillo, Advisor to the Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC), Colombia
• Comercio digital: desafíos para el desarrollo. Luiz Maurício Navarro, General Coordinator of Foreign Market, Secretariat of Commerce and  Services, Brazil
• El comercio y la competencia en la era de la economía digital. Christian Ruiz, Superintendent a.i., Superintendency of Control of Market Power, Ecuador
• Net Neutrality in a Digital Economy. Verlis Morris, Competition Analyst, Fair Trading Commission, Jamaica
• FINTECH en México: el reto de una regulación pro‐competencia. María José Contreras de Velasco, Assistant Director-General for Promotion of Competition, Federal Competition Commission, Mexico. 
• Competencia en la era de la economía digital. Luciana Macedo, Commissioner, Commission for the Promotion and Defense of Competition, Uruguay

16:15 – 16:30

Debate

16:30 - 16:45

Coffee break 

16:45 – 17:30

SESSION IV: Digital Information of the economy and businesses 

Moderator: Luis Ascencio, SELA’s Consultant 

• Transformación digital. Heidy Vargas, Senior Manager - IT Advisory Services, responsible for the development of the initiative of Data & Analytics. KPMG Panama

17:30 – 17:45

Debate

19:00

Friday 13 October 2017

09:00 – 10:30

SESSION V: Treatment of non-tariff barriers and their impact on competition 

In this plenary session, a presentation will be made of the study recently prepared by UNCTAD on the treatment of non-tariff barriers and their impact on competition in Latin America. This document considers the behaviour of economic agents from the perspective of different legislative frameworks in the region. Several areas of opportunity arise from the systemic analysis of the legal framework to harmonize laws and improve the mechanisms for communication and exchange of information. 

• MNA más comunes y restrictivas (UNCTAD). Fernando M. Furlán, Member of the Advisory Group of Experts, UNCTAD 

Moderator: Juan Luis Crucelegui, Chief of Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD 

The introduction will be followed by presentations on the subject. 

• Medidas no arancelarias: Integración regional y competencia. Christian Knebel, Official of Economic Affairs, UNCTAD.
• Tratamiento de las medidas no arancelarias en la República Dominicana. Nilka Jansen Solano, Executive Director, Procompetencia, Dominican Republic.
• Barreras técnicas: la experiencia brasileña. Paulo Burnier Da Silveira, Commissioner, CADE, Brazil.
• Barreras no arancelarias y su impacto en la competencia. Regina Vargas, Intendant for Competition Advocacy, Competition Superintendence of El Salvador.
• Tratamiento de las barreras comerciales no arancelarias por parte del Indecopi. José Carlos Gómez Carrasco, Chief Economist at the Tribunal of Defense of Competition of INDECOPI, Peru.

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

Debate

Lunch 

DISCUSSION GROUPS 

The different groups will discuss the conclusions and recommendations arising from the report on the treatment of non-tariff barriers by trade and competition laws in Latin America. 

Discussion group 1:

Moderator: Arnau Izaguerri Vila, Associate Legal Officer, COMPAL Programme, UNCTAD 

Discussion group 2:

Moderator: Christian Knebel, Official of Economic Affairs, UNCTAD 

Discussion group 3:

Moderator: Fernando M. Furlán, Advisory Group of Experts, UNCTAD

Coffee break

15:15 – 15:30 

SESSION VI: CONCLUSION AND SHARING OF THEMATIC SESSIONS 

Introduction: Juan Luis Crucelegui, Chief of Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD. 

• Group Debate 1
• Group Debate 2
• Group Debate 3 
• Consultants of SELA and UNCTAD

Debate

FUTURE OF THE WGTC: Work Programme 

In this session, various options will be submitted for consideration of members, such as: thematic areas, joint studies, ad hoc groups, and venue for the next meeting. 

Moderator: Superintendency of Competition 

• Arnau Izaguerri Vila, Associate Legal Officer, COMPAL Programme, UNCTAD
• Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA
• Representative of the host country for the Meeting of the WGTC in 2018

Debate

CLOSING SESSION 

• Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA
• Arnau Izaguerri Vila, Associate Legal Officer, COMPAL Programme, UNCTAD
• Francisco Díaz, Superintendent, SC, El Salvador

Dinner offered by the Superintendency of Competition