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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: "Overall Logistics for the Greater Caribbean"

2:00 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Welcome of Participants

- Remarks by His Excellency Gregorio Canales Ramírez. Chairman of the Trade Committee of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

- Remarks by His Excellency Ricardo Durán, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama.

2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
“Trade Logistics in the Greater Caribbean”
Presenter: Edgar Urrutia,
Sales and Marketing Manager of PANALPINA. Panama.

3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
"Developing a competitive service sector"
Presenter: Doreen Conrad
Head of Business in the Services Section of the International Trade Centre of the World Trade Organisation.

3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
“Maritime routes and connections in the Greater Caribbean”
Presenter: Javier Ortiz
Secretary and Director of the Panama Maritime Chamber.

4:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.
“Investment and Business Opportunities in Curacao”
Presenter: Arthur Rosaria
Executive Director of the National Development Bank of Curacao

4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. BREAK

4:45 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.
“Colón Duty Free Zone, logistical alternative for the Greater Caribbean: Experiences”
Presenter: Severo Souza
President of the Association of Users of the Colón Duty Free Zone. Panama.

5:10 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
“Improving the competitiveness of the SME as a strategy toward its internationalisation”
Presenter: Gonzalo Capriles
Coordinator of the Iberoamerican Institutional Co-operation Programme for Small and Medium Enterprises (IBERPYME). Economic System for Latin America and the Caribbean (SELA)

5:35 p.m.- 5:55 p.m.
“How to do business with CARICOM”
Presenter: James Moss-Solomon
President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC). Jamaica.

6:00 p.m. - 6:20 p.m.
“How to do business in Central America”
Available only in Spanish
Presenter: Enrique Zamora
President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Exporters of Central America and the Dominican Republic. Nicaragua.

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