PARTICIPANTS
Guillermo Acosta
Undersecretary of Federal and Sectorial Articulation,
National Ministry of Production
Argentina
Tomas Roldán
Regional Executive
National Institute of Industrial Technology
Argentina
Romina Gayá
Argentina
Director of Monitoring of Technological and Productive Services, Ministry of Production
Donatela Orsi
Main Coordinator of the Cities for Entrepreneurs Programme
Ministry of Production
Argentina
Shawn Martin Tudor
Chief Executive Officer Barbados
Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation
Barbados
Lejia Melanie Gideon
General Manager of the Enterprise and Innovation Division
Belize Trade & Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE)
Belize
Shahera Diane McKoy
Belize
Manager of the Business Facilitation Unit, Belize Trade and
Investment Development Service
Juan Camilo Quintero
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
National Association of Industry - ANDI
Colombia
Ana María Muñoz
Founder and Director, 1/4Tech Lab
Colombia
Fernando Sierra
Colombia
General Partner of Invictum Capital
President Kairos of Society Latin America
Liliana Pinilla
Manager, Office of Transfer of Results of Strategic Research
Chamber of Commerce of Bucaramanga
Colombia
Alejandro López
Colombia
President
Medellin Startup City
Soraya Alejandra Borja
Ecuador
Project Specialist for Strategic Projects of the Productive
and Tax Advisory Council, Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness
Lissette Cristalina Canales
Business Faculty Dean, Technological University of El Salvador
El Salvador
Juan Carlos Paiz
Member of the Board of the Private Competitiveness Council
President of Panifresh Corporation
Guatemala
Lucía María del Rosario Barreda
Guatemala
Director General of the Small Business Development Center (PROMIPYME) and the Institution of Tourism Development (PRODETUR)
Lorena Quiñones
International Project Relations Specialist
Chamber of Industry of Guatemala
Guatemala
Fabiola Antoine
Technical Assistant for Innovation and Incubator Project
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Haiti
Rock André
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership in Haiti
Haiti
María Teresa Morazán
President UNITEC University in Honduras
Honduras
Delaine Patricia Morgan
Jamaica
Manager of the Business Information Services Department
Jamaica’s National Investment and Export Promotion Agency (JAMPRO)
José Alonso Huerta Cruz
Mexico
Chief Executive Officer
Council of Science, Technology and Innovation in Hidalgo State (CITNOVA)
Itzel Villa
Director General of Entrepreneurship and Financing Programs
National Entrepreneurship Institute (INADEM)
Secretariat of Economy
Mexico
Liliana Araceli Reyes-Castrejón
Venture Capital Director
National Entrepreneurship Institute (INADEM)
Secretariat of Economy
Mexico
Eugenio José Reyes
Mexico
Executive Director
World Trade Center Monterrey
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
Paola Ferrario
Vice President of the Global Entrepreneurship Network in Paraguay
Paraguay
María Liz Palacios
Paraguay
Technical Cabinet Director
Viceministry of Education
Jorge Alfredo Huarachi
Principal Professor and Director of Innovation
Catholic University of Saint Toribean of Mogrovejo
Peru
Jacqueline Caroline Emmanuel-Flood
Chief Executive Officer
Trade Export Promotion Agency (TEPA)
St Lucia
Indera Sagewan-Alli
Executive Director
Caribbean Competitiveness Forum
Trinidad & Tobago
Sara Beatriz Goldberg
Uruguay
Manager of Operations
National Agency for Research and Innovation – ANII
María Magdalena Giuria
Director Center of Innovation
Catholic University of Uruguay
Uruguay
Gabriel D. Youtsey
Chief Innovation Officer
University of California
United States
L. Kevin Johns
Director of Economic Development
City of Austin, Texas
United States
Erika María Medina
Chief Business Development Officer
Department of Economic Development and Commerce
Puerto Rico
United States
Sebastián Vidal
Executive Director of Parallel18
Puerto Rico
United States
Ole Johann Janssen
Deputy Director General
Innovation and Technology Policy
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
Germany
Nikolai Ziegler
Policy Officer, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Germany
Alan Uriel Hofman
Director Latin America Desk
Israel Innovation Authority
Israel
Lisa Michelle Harding
Coordinator, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Technical Cooperation Division
Caribbean Development Bank
Fernando López
President
Latin American Industrial Association (LAIA)
Lance Leverenz
Senior Director of Business Development
Pan American Development Foundation (PADF)
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