8:30 – 9:00

OPENING SESSION 

• Silvia Hernández, Analyst of Relations, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA.
• Juan Luis Crucelegui, Jefe de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades y Servicios Consultivos del Departamento de Políticas de Competencia y Consumidor, UNCTAD.
• Fabrizio Castiglioni, Presidente de la Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CONACOM) del Paraguay.
• Pedro Mancuello, Viceministro de Comercio, Ministerio de Industria y Comercio

SESSION I: PRESENTATION OF STUDY PREPARED BY SELA: “TRADE AND COMPETITION POLICIES TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN”

Moderator: Oscar Hernández, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA 

The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. 

• Prof. Valentina Delich, SELA’s Consultant. Las políticas de comercio y competencia para impulsar la innovación y la transformación productiva.

Official photo

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:40

SESSION II: PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION, COMMERCIAL POLICY AND COMPETITION. SECTORAL EXPERIENCES. 

Moderator: Lautaro Ramírez, National University of La Plata, WTO Chair    

The presentation by speakers will be followed by a question and answer session. 

• Paula Szenkman, Secretary of Productive Transformation, Ministry of Production and Labour of Argentina.
• Richard Peña Burgos, Assistant Director, Free Competition Programme, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
• Pedro Rojas, Vice-President of Manufacturing, Colombia Productiva 

12:40 – 14:00

Lunch

Afternoon

14:00 - 15:40

SESSION III: INSTITUTIONAL AND PRACTICAL WAYS OF TRADE AND COMPETITION AGENCIES TO PROMOTE AND ACHIEVE PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION

Moderator: Representative of the CONACOM 

The presentation by speakers will be followed by a question and answer session. 

• María Emilia Alvarez Lezcano, Head of Information Systems, Directorate of Competitive Intelligence, National Directorate of the Investment and Export Network (REDIEX), Paraguay.
• Andrea Pedrera, Market Studies Analyst, Superintendency of Control of Market Power (SCPM), Ecuador.
• Jaime Baires, Coordinator of Sector Studies and Reports, Superintendency of Competition, El Salvador.
• Lourdes M. Pérez, Export Manager, Agency for the Attraction of Investments and Export Promotion (PROPANAMÁ), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama.

15:40 – 15:50

Coffee break

15:50 – 17:00

SESSION IV: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION. THE ROLE OF INTEGRATION IN LAC PROJECTS

Moderator: Prof. Valentina Delich, SELA’s Consultant                       

The presentation by speakers will be followed by a question and answer session. 

• Andrés Paniagua, Legal Specialist and Administrator of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism (MSC), Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA).
• Viviana Araneda, Head of the Global Value Chains Division, Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations of Chile (SUBREI).
• Sergio Iván Balderas Rodríguez, Deputy Director, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico.

Friday, 4 October 2019

9:00 – 09:30

SESSION V:PRESENTATION OF STUDY PREPARED BY UNCTAD: "INTERACTION BETWEEN COMPETITION AND INNOVATION POLICIES”

Moderator: Representative of UNCTAD 

The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. 

• Juan Luis Crucelegui, Chief of Capacity-building and Advisory Services of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch of UNCTAD

09:30 – 11:00

SESSION VI. INNOVATION, A NECESSARY ACTIVITY FOR DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS OF ECONOMIES: IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICIES FOR ITS PROMOTION

Moderator: Representative of UNCTAD 

• Jasmine Gustale, Director, Management Unit of the Presidency of the Republic, Paraguay.
• Jaime Eguez, member of the Steering Committee of the Club de Ejecutivos del Paraguay and member of the team driving the National Innovation Plan.
• Representative of ECLAC.

The presentation by speakers will be followed by a question and answer session.

11:00 – 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 – 13:00

SESSION VII.  “COMPETITION POLICY: DRIVER OF INNOVATION”

Moderator:  Representative of the CONACOM 

• Enrique Vergara, President, Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC), Chile
• Esteban Greco, President, National Commission for the Defense of Competition (CNDC), Argentina
• Jesús Espinoza, Technical Secretary, Commission for the Defense of Free Competition, National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), Peru
• Aura Elena Rincón, Competition Lawyers Coordinator, Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, Colombia

The presentation by speakers will be followed by a question and answer session.

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

Afternoon

14:30 – 15:15

DISCUSSION GROUPS

Three discussion groups will be organized to discuss a case study and draw conclusions from issues raised around it.

15:30 – 16:00

16:00 – 16:45

Presentation of conclusions and exchange of results among discussion groups 

16:45 – 17:30

FUTURE OF THE WGTC

Selection of topics and venue for the meeting of the WGTC for 2020.

17:30

CLOSING SESSION 

• Representative of SELA
• Representative of UNCTAD
• Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Paraguay
• Representative of the National Commission for Protection of Competition (CONACOM) of Paraguay