Agenda 2026

First day of activities

Speakers:

• Ronald D. Johnson, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
• Pradeep Khosla, Chancellor, UC San Diego
• Caroline Freund, Dean, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
• Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director, USMEX and Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman

In Conversation with: 

• Robert B. Zoellick, Former U.S. Trade Representative & World Bank Presiden
• Rafael Fernandez de Castro, Director USMEX | Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman
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Keynote Speaker:

• Roberto Velasco, Undersecretary for North America, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs – invited

Speakers:

• Tania Ortiz Mena, President, Sempra Infrastructure
• Carlos Pascual, Senior Vice President, Head of Geopolitics and International Affairs, S&P

Moderator: 

• Amb. Nathalie Rayes, Former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Ret. | Distinguished Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Speakers:

• Stephanie Valencia, Co-Founder & CEO, Equis 
• Mary Ann Gómez Orta, President and CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI)

Moderator:

• Rafael Fernandez de Castro, Director USMEX | Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman

Speakers:

• Tom Shannon, Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• Kori Schake, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Keynote Speaker:

• Amb. Jesus Seade, Embassy of Mexico in China

Speakers:

• Joseph Torigian, Associate Professor, SIS | Global Inquiry, American University
• Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Co-Founder & CEO, Vantage Point Strategies
• Evan Medeiros, Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies and the Cling Family Senior Fellow in US-China Relations, Georgetown University

Speakers:

• Dino Patti Djalal, Former Ambassador of Indonesia to the United States
• Amb. Federico Salas Lotfe, Former Mexican Ambassador to India

• Fen Hampson, Chancellor’s Professor and; Professor of International Affairs, Carleton University

In Conversation with:

• Alicia Bárcena, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources 
• Agustín Coppel, CEO, Grupo Coppel

Awardee:

• • Daniel Servitje, Executive Chair, Grupo Bimbo

Speakers:

• Tom Shannon, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs 
• Roberto Velasco, Undersecretary for North America, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs – invited
• Rafael Fernandez de Castro, Director USMEX | Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman 
• Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and USMEX Board Member (virtual)
• Leonardo Lomeli, President, UNAM – invited