8:00 - 9:30
Breakfast with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs 
Welcome remarks:
Ambassador John F. Maisto, United States Permanent Representative to the OAS
Keynote remarks: Dr. José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, OAS 

 Introduction: Dr. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Director, Office of Trade, Growth and Competitiveness, OAS
 
9:30-9:45

Remarks: José Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, ECLAC
 
Speaker introduced by: José Manuel Salazar, Director, Office of Trade, Growth and Competitiveness, OAS 
   

9:45-12:00

Simultaneous working groups:

Session 1:  Improving Competitiveness and Productivity via Education and Technology 
Chair: Carlos Jorquiera, President, Santiago Chamber of Commerce, Chile
 
Discussants: Mary Musacchia, Counsel to the CEO, SAS Global Government Affairs, United States 
Carlos Ernesto González Ramírez, Socio, Morgan y Morgan, Panamá 
Larry D. Rubin, CEO & Executive Vice President, American Chamber of Commerce, Mexico 
    

Session 2:  Promoting Good Governance and Transparency 
Chair: Everett Santos, CEO, Latin America Group of Emerging Markets Partnership  / Principal advisor of the AIG-GE Capital Latin American Infrastructure Fund, United States
 
Discussants: Oliver Clark, CEO, The Gleaner Company Limited, Jamaica 
Enrique de Obarrio, President, Panamanian Association of Business Executives, Panama 
Samuel Doria Medina, President, SOBOCE, Bolivia 
Jorge Hernán Cárdenas, Executive Director, Fundación Corona, Colombia 
    

Session 3:  Innovative Strategies for Job Creation 
Chair: Ernesto Gutiérrez Conte, President, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A., Argentina
 

Discussant: James Fendell, President of the Board, Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, U.S./ Costa Rica 
Fernando Bach, Executive Director, Fundación Tucumán, Argentina 
J. Barrie Farrington, Sr. Vice-president, Kerzner International Bahamas Limited, Bahamas 
   

12:15-1:45
Lunch 

Keynote Address: Dr. Enrique V. Iglesias, President, IDB 
Speaker introduced by: Amb. Luigi R. Einaudi, Assistant Secretary General, OAS 

 Introduction: Roberto Giannetti da Fonseca, Director of International Affairs and Foreign Trade, FIESP, Brazil 
   

2:00 - 3:00
Closing Plenary - Presentation of recommendations and draft message to Ministers 
Remarks by:
Working Group Chairs
 
Closing Remarks: Carlos M. Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Speaker introduced by: Brian Stevenson, Executive Secretary for Integral Development, OAS
Introduction: Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez, CEO, Multi Inversiones (Pollo Campero)  
   
Evening Events: 
Location:  Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center (.75 mile / 1.2 meters from Hyatt Pier 66 Hotel)  

5:30 pm
Inaugural Session of the OAS General Assembly 
     
7:30 pm
Reception hosted by the U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice