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​AGENDA
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​FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2023

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Gateway of the Americas
​8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

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Amb. Juan B. Sosa 
Chairman of the Conference Gateway of the Americas & Dean Emeritus
Consular Corps Of Houston

​SEA & LAND TRANSPORTATION
Overview - Sea Transportation - Land Transportation - Economic Development
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

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Kevin Keller
Senior VP 
HDR,  Inc.
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Ty C. Reasonover
Senior Manager
​Trade Development

Port of Houston
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Margaret Kidd
Program Director
Supply Chain & Logistics Tech.

University of Houston
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Catherine McCreight
Senior transportation Planner
Texas Department of Transportation
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Arielle Giordano
Assistant Vice president USA Government Affairs
CPKC

​AVIATION / TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
Moderator -  Aviation- Travel & Hospitality
10:30
 AM – 11:15 AM

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Amb. Juan B. Sosa 
Chairman of the Conference Gateway of the Americas & Dean Emeritus
Consular Corps Of Houston
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Agustin Arellano
President & CEO
Houston Airport System Development Corporation
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Pete Garcia
President
​USA Mexico Chamber of Commerce

​COFFEE BREAK
11:15 AM – 11:20 AM


​BUSINESS SERVICES
 Immigration - Sports - Artificial Intelligence
11:25 AM – 12:15 PM

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Joe Perez
Partner
FOSTER GLOBAL, LLP
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Chris Canetti
President
​World Cup 2026
Harris County-Houston Sports Authority
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Claudia Rojas
Partner, CEO 
Real Time Analytics

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
City of Houston - GHP - Casa Cultural de las Americas
​12:15 PM – 12:45 PM

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Christopher Olson
Director of Trade & International Affairs 
City of Houston
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Martha Cruz
Senior Director Americas
​ International Investment & Trade
Greater Houston Partnership


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Jenny Fula
Chief Development Officer
Casa Cultural de las Americas

TEXAS' AMERICAS EXPANSION - PANAMA
​12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

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Amb. Carmen Gisela Vergara
General Administrator
PROPANAMA​

LUNCH
Remarks 
Updates
Global Engagement Int. Aspire UH - Port Freeport - DN Commercial - Port of the Future Conference
Discussion
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

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      Hon. Herbert Espinoza
Consul General of Costa Rica & Dean of the Consular Corps of Houston


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Michael Pelletier
Founding Executive Director, Institute for Global Engagement 
University of Houston
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Jason Miura
Director of Business and Economic Development
Port Freeport
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Danny Nguyen
President
DN International, LLC
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Kevin Clement
Executive Director 2023
Port of the Future Conference



Thank you to our Sponsors
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