Program – Latin American Day: Business Challenges

October 15, 2021, 12:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., University of San Gallen, Main Building, Room 01-012. Guisanstrasse, 9010 St.Gallen

Concept

Today, the business world is facing new challenges, which, in the case of companies in Latin America, require a clear repositioning. Swiss companies, despite their prestige and leadership in multiple areas, are no exception. Multinationals and SMEs are forced to react to a situation that poses challenges that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, such as polarization and growing political mistrust, the accentuation of social inequality, the effects of climate change or migration.

The start-ups that emerge in this scenario inject a new dynamism, bringing different and innovative visions. The same applies in reverse to the strategy that certain Latin American companies deploy to take on these challenges in Switzerland.

To this end, the VI Podium brings together prominent members of academia and the business world, as well as leading figures from the political and diplomatic scene, whose multidisciplinary presentations will serve to delve deeper into the multiple aspects of the current situation.

Every year,  PuntoLatino  organises, together with a Swiss university, an interdisciplinary podium on a current Swiss-Latin American topic. After several consultations with its audience, its network of institutional and personal relations, as well as other diverse interest groups,  PuntoLatino  selects and prepares the topic one or two years in advance in order to present it with the broadest possible focus, as on this occasion.

 

Basic data

— 15 October 2021, 12:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., University of St. Gallen, Main Building, Room 01-012, Guisanstrasse, 9010 St.Gallen. The podium, as every year, will be held in Spanish (questions can also be asked in other languages).

— in person and also via live streaming

• To participate in person:  Please register as soon as possible (due to limited capacity), at the latest by October 10, 2021.  5p_anmeldung@puntolatino.ch

The current health regulations require the Covid Certificate (‘GGG’). Please arrive in advance. How to order a Covid Certificate? INFO in Spanish and Portuguese →  SEE  …

•  To participate via online streaming , please use this  Zoom link . The link is also located at the end of the downloadable PDF program at —>  this page

Please share this invitation with interested people. Attendance is free of charge.  Posters, program and list of speakers are downloadable from the —>  HSG website  …

Program

12:45:  Greetings and Welcome
Cecilia Jaber, Embassy of Mexico
Yvette Sánchez, University of St. Gallen (CLS HSG)
Luis Vélez Serrano, PuntoLatino

Section 1: Perspectives on the Swiss-Latin American business relationship

  • 13h00:  Hervé Lohr , SECO, Bilateral Economic Relations and Division of the Americas
  • 1:05 p.m.:  Benjamin Werenfels , Schwitzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE)
  • 1:10 p.m.:  Daniel Breitenmoser , Ongreso
  • 1:15 p.m.:  Vanina Farber , International Institute for Management Lausanne (IMD)
  • 13h20—13h45: Discussion moderated by Ambassador  Evandro Didonet  (Brazil)

Section 2: Business resilience, competitiveness and innovation

  • 1:45 p.m.:  Alexandra Pizzinini , Swiss Re
  • 1:50 p.m.:  Fabien  Spychiger , DreamLab Technologies
  • 13h55:  Davide Zampini , CEMEX
  • 2:00 p.m.:  Jaime Duarte , MyoSwiss
  • 14h05:  Erika Velázquez , ABB
  • 14h10:  Maria Hahn , Nutrix
  • 14h15—14h50: Discussion moderated by Ambassador  Cecilia Jaber  (Mexico)
  • 14h50—15h20:  BREAK 

Section 3: Dual training in Latin America

  • 15h20:  Mirko Giulietti , Mirko Giulietti, Undersecretary of State for the Americas, DFAE<
  • 15h25:  Philippe Schneuwly , Swisscontact
  • 15h30:  Emanuel Wüthrich , Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET)
  • 15h35:  Fini Otero , Venezuelan-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CVSCI)
  • 15h40:  Laurent Freixe , Nestlé
  • 15h45:  Pablo Denis , Swiss-Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce
  • 15h50—16h25: Discussion moderated by the Ambassador  José Roberto Sánchez Fung  (Dominican Republic)

Section: Presentation of doctoral thesis

  • 16h25:  Sara Bühler , University of St. Gallen
  • 16h30:  Sabrina Tabares , University of Neuchâtel
  • 16h35:  Leticia Vargas , University of St. Gallen
  • 16h40—16h55: Discussion moderated by the Ambassador  José Roberto Sánchez Fung  (Dominican Republic)

Section 4: Convergence of economy 4.0, digitalization, environment and value chains

  • 4:55 p.m.:  Martina Céline de Kaenel , Swiss Embassy in Uruguay
  • 17h00:  Christian Hauser , Graubünden University of Applied Sciences (FHGR)
  • 17h05:  Urs Gujan , Bühler Group
  • 17h10:  Alvaro Castro,  ABB Peru
  • 17h15:  Jan Marco Leimeister , University of St. Gallen
  • 17h15—17:45 Discussion moderated by Ambassador Alberto Pedro D’Alotto  (Argentina)
  • 17h45—17h55:  Philippe Nell,  Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland. Conclusions.
  • 18h00:  RECEPTION

Committees

October 15, 2021, 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | VI PODIUM | 2021 | UNIVERSITY OF SAN GALLEN

On this page we will publish the names of the panelists, the titles of their interventions, the schedule and a small photo gallery.

Comité de Honor

Cecilia Jaber Breceda, Embajadora de México

EMBAJADORA DE MÉXICO – PRESIDENTA DEL COMITÉ DE HONOR

Evandro Didonet

EMBAJADOR DEL BRASIL

Alberto Pedro D’Alotto

EMBAJADOR DE LA ARGENTINA

Ramón Esteve

PRES. DE LA CÁMARA LATINOAMERICANA DE COMERCIO EN SUIZA

Thomas Först

DEPUTY CEO UND HEAD OF GLOBAL NETWORK, S-GE

Alejandro Garofali

EMBAJADOR DEL URUGUAY

Francisco Gormáz Lira

EMBAJADOR DE CHILE

Johannes Kabatek

CO-DIRECTOR DEL LZZ DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ZÚRICH

Marcelo Kohen

PROFESOR DE REL. INT. DEL GRADUATE INSTITUTE GENEVA

Liliane Lebron de Wenger

EMBAJADORA DE PARAGUAY

Anne Le Duc

REPRESENTANTE DE LA DIRECCIÓN DE LIFEFAIR FORUM SCHWEIZ

Hervé Lohr

MINISTRO JEFE DEL SECTOR AMÉRICA DE SECO (MIN. ECONOMÍA)

Philippe Nell

EX-MINISTRO JEFE DEL SECTOR AMÉRICA DE SECO

Yvette Sánchez

DIRECTORA CLS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN GALLEN

José R. Sánchez-Fung

EMBAJADOR DE LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA

Ana Rosa Valdivieso

EMBAJADORA DE PERÚ

Comité de Organización

Cecilia Jaber Breceda

EMBAJADORA DE MÉXICO

Gabriela Cortés

PRES. DE LA CÁMARA LATINOAMERICANA DE COMERCIO EN SUIZA

Francisco Gormáz Lira

EMBAJADOR DE CHILE

Alejandro Garofali

EMBAJADOR DEL URUGUAY

Tatjana Gaspar

DIR. DE LA CÁMARA LATINOAMERICANA DE COMERCIO EN SUIZA

Luz Caballero

MINISTRA DE LA EMBAJADA DEL PERÚ

Juan Manuel Mongelos

REPRESENTANTE DE LA EMBAJADA DEL PARAGUAY

Yvette Sánchez

PROFESORA EN LA HSG

Benjamin Werenfels

EJECUTIVO DE SWITZERLAND GLOBAL ENTERPRISE

Luis Vélez Serrano

COORDINADOR DE PUNTOLATINO

Comité de Apoyo

 

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