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Agenda 2022

  • Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director, Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Elizabeth Simmons, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Physics, UC San Diego
  • Isabel Studer, Director, University of California Alianza MX
  • Caroline Freund, Dean, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

Moderator:

  • Caroline Freund, Dean, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

Speakers:

  • Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Christina Schneider, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, UC San Diego
  • Meredith Lilly, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the MA program, Carleton University
  • Alejandro Werner, Director, Georgetown Americas Institute

MIGRATION

Moderator:

  • Theresa Brown, Managing Director of Immigration and Cross-border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center

Members:

  • Silvia Giorguli, President, El Colegio de México (Colmex)
  • Rodolfo Cruz, Professor, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef)
  • Giovanni Peri, Professor of Economics, UC Davis
  • Ariel Ruiz, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute
  • Ana Mercedes Saiz, Executive Director, Sin Fronteras IAP
  • Claudia Masferrer, Professor, El Colegio de México (Colmex)
  • Marcela Orvañanos, Founder, Qualitas of Life Foundation
  • Rene Zenteno, Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • David Fitzgerald, Professor, UC San Diego
  • Luciana Gandini, MPI Nonresident Fellow and Senior Researcher
  • Beatriz Zepeda, Professor, El Colegio de México (Colmex)
  • Allert Brown-Gort, Professor, ITAM

ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION

Moderator:

  • Samantha Gross, Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative, Brookings Institution

Members – Energy:

  • Tania Ortiz Mena, President for Mexico, Sempra Infrastructure
  • David Victor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Abraham Zamora, Sr. Vice President for Corporate and Public Affairs, Sempra Infrastructure

Members – Sustainable Development:

  • Isabel Studer, Director, University of California Alianza MX

Members – Climate Change Cooperation:

  • Richard Kiy, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of the Americas
  • Soffía Alarcón, Associate Director, Americas, Schneider Electric Sustainability Business
  • Verónica Irastorza, Principal, Brattle
    Sergio Alcocer, President, COMEXI
  • Beatriz Leycegui, Partner, SAI Derecho & Economía
  • Jeremy Martin, Vice President, Energy & Sustainability, Institute of the Americas
  • John McNeece, Senior Fellow for Energy and Trade, Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Fluvio Ruiz Alarcon, Independent Analyst
    Al Sweedler, Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

Introduction by:

  • Julio Portales, Vice President Director, Constellation Brands

Moderator:

  • Ana Paula Ordorica, Journalist

Presenter:

  • Barbara F. Walter, Rohr Chair in Pacific International Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

Commenter:

  • Earl Anthony Wayne, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center; former career Ambassador to Afghanistan, Argentina, and Mexico

Introduction by:

  • Isabel Studer, Director, University of California Alianza MX Keynote

Speaker:

  • Roberto Velasco, Chief Officer for the North America Unit, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Lunch

Moderator:

  • Gabriela Warkentin, Journalist, WRadio

Presenter:

  • Javier Tello, Mexican Political Analyst and Journalist

Commenters:

  • Beatriz Paredes, Mexican Senator
  • Viridiana Ríos, Professor at Harvard University and Political Analyst

Moderator:

  • Isabel Studer, Director, University of California Alianza MX

Topics and Speakers:

  • Electrification of Transport – Gil Tal, Director, the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis
  • Water and Climate Agriculture – Josué Medellín Azuara, Associate Director, UC Agricultural Issues Center, UC Merced
  • Economics of Migration – Giovanni Peri, Professor of Economics, UC Davis

Break

TRADE, ECONOMY, AND WORK

Moderator:

  • José Antonio Meade, Independent non-executive Director, HSBC

Members:

  • Alvaro Santos, Professor, Georgetown University Earl Anthony Wayne, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center; former career Ambassador to Afghanistan, Argentina, and Mexico
  • Juan Carlos Baker, Founder, Ansley Consultores Internacionales
    Enrique Dussel, Professor, UNAM
  • Sergio Gómez Lora, General Director, IQOM Inteligencia Comercial
  • Beatriz Leycegui, Partner, SAI Derecho & Economía
  • Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Mexican Senator
  • Antonio Ortiz Mena, Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group
  • Sergio Silva Castañeda, Researcher, Banco de México
  • Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Valeria Moy, General Director, IMCO
  • Sergio Alcocer, President, COMEXI
  • Vidal Garza Cantú, Director, Global Public Affairs, FEMSA
  • Julio Portales, Vice President Director, Constellation Brands

SECURITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Moderator:

  • Cecilia Farfán, Head of Security Research Programs, Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

Members:

  • Vanda Felbab-Brown, Senior Fellow in the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program, The Brookings Institution
  • Mariana Cordera, Partner, Publika
  • Imer Flores, Professor-Researcher, IIJ-UNAM
  • Luis Herrera Lasso, General Director, Grupo COPPAN
  • Michael Lettieri, Senior Fellow for Human Rights, Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Francisco Rivas, General Director, Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano
  • Jorge Tello Peón, Director, Madison Intelligence
  • Gudelia Rangel, Professor, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef)
  • Eunice Vargas, Professor, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef)

Free Time

Cocktail Reception

Master of Ceremonies:

  • Patricia Fernández

Speakers:

  • Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director, Center for U.S -Mexican Studies, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
  • Jeffrey Davidow, Senior Counselor, Cohen Group

Jeffrey Davidow Good Neighbor Award Videos

Awards:

  • Public Policy Award presented by Mariana Cordera and Catheryn Camacho
  • Lifetime Achievement Award presented by José Antonio Meade, Gaston Luken Sr., Gabriela Warkentin and Kurt Honold

Thank You Remarks by:

  • Caroline Freund, Dean, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego