A Hemispheric Conference & Expo 2016
Prominent Speakers & Panelists
“Houston: Gateway to the Americas” featured top speakers and panelist that gave relevance and prestige to the conference. Among others:
- RENU KHATOR, President, University of Houston,Chancellor. University of Houston System
- Horacio Licón, Vice President, International Investment and Trade. Greater Houston Partnership
- Jorge Franz, Senior Vice President and Chief Economic Development Officer. Houston First
- Amb. Juan B. Sosa,General Consul. Consulate of Panama in Houston
- Andy Meyers. Fort Bend County
- Vince Ryan, Former Board Member. Panama Canal Commission
- David Robinson. City Council
- Edmundo Gonzalez. Pro Mexico
- Pam Plagens, Manufacturing Industry Director. U.S Commercial Service
- Percy Pelaez, President and Founder Central American Chamber of Commerce.
- Carlos Lara, Chairman. The Houston Technology Center (HTC Americas/ HTC Global)
- Jeffrey Wiley. Fort Bend Economic Development Corporation
- Pete Garcia, Executive Director. US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
- Elena Bustamante, Trade Representative. Pro Colombia
- Camilo Muñoz, President. Translation Source
- Jose Perez, Partner. Foster Global
- Carla Arimont. Amrop Seeliger & Condo
- Gladys Campero. Soul and Brain
- Rafael Alexandri, Vice President of Business Development. Estafeta
- Paul Frison, Executive Vice Chairman. Houston Technology Center
- Brad Burke,Managing Director. Rice Alliance
- David R. Hansen, Chairman. MIT Enterprise
- Braulio Perdigao, CEO & Founder.Petrolesson
- Jane Lea Hicks, Director, Client Acceleration. Houston Technology Center
- Erik M. Halvorsen, Director. Innovation Institute at Texas
- Jorge Franz, Senior Vice President and Chief Economic Development Officer.Houston First
- Kathy Anderson, Anderson Retail Tourism Marketing, River Oaks District
- Patti Voss, Account Director. Leisure Texas Area.Westin Galleria and Westin Oaks Galleria
- Rolf Meyer, Managing Director Sales – Mexico
- Jaime Ortiz, Vice Provost Global Strategies and Studies. University of Houston
- Reg Pecen, President and Professor. North American University (NAU)
- Julian Cardenas, Research Assistant Professor. The University of Houston L
- Gerry Lin, Senior Director of Graduate Programs, College of Engineering. Lamar University
- Daniel Perez, Department Chair, Economics and Finance. University of St. Thomas
- David Vassar, Associate Vice President for Global Affairs. Rice University
- Genaro Peña, Partner. Amrop Seeliger & Conde
- Luis Avilés, Senior Executive - Air Service Development. Houston Airport System (HAS)
- Silvia Marucci, Leader, International Trade Specialist. Panama Canal
- Jason Miura, Director of Business Economic Development. Port Freeport
- Kristian Scayola, Sr. Regional Manager Americas Cargo Operations. United Airlines
- Shane Williams, Trade Zone Administrator. Port of Houston Authority
- Claudia Rojas,Executive Director. Colombia-Texas Chamber of Commerce
- Felix Carles. ACOBIR
- Amb. Juan B. Sosa, General Consul. Consulate of Panama in Houston
- Nelly Mitford, Vice Chair, International Advisory Group. Houston Association of Realtors (HAR)
- Minor Taylor. Property Connections
- Richard Miranda. Miranda International Realty Advisors
- Michael Butler. Keller Williams Commercial
- Bill Diehl, President. Greater Houston Port Bureau
- Kevin Keller, Vice President. HDR Engineering, Inc
- Dave Weston, Vice President and Department Manager.HDR Engineering, Inc
- Mark Vincent, Director, Channel Development. Port of Houston Authority
- Luz Damaris, Vice President. Goya Foods Texas
- Damien Garza, Board Director. Greater Houston Manufacturer's Association (GHMA)
- Carlos Pacheco, Consul General. Costa Rica
- Gabriel Volpi, Consul General. Argentina
- Kenneth Smith, Head of the Trade and NAFTA Office. Ministry of Economy of Mexico
- Al Zapanta, President and CEO. US Mexico Chamber of Commerce
- Marcial Nava, Principal Economist. BBVA Compass
- Reagan Dukes, Research Director.Wood Mackenzie
- Juan Felipe Arjona. Corporate New Ventures and Technology Manager. Technip
- Tim Tirlia. International Exploration Drilling Manager. Anadarco
- John D. Furlow, Partner, Corporate & Securities practice. Mayer Brown
- Jorge G. Sanchez. Sana Energy
- Sebastián Borgarello. Vice President. Latin America Upstream Consulting. Wood Mackenzie
- Rodolfo Guzmán. Managing Partner. Arthur D. Little’s
- George Baker, Publisher.Mexico Energy Intelligence
- Angel F. Curet
- Dale Tibodeau, Assistant Professor & Director of Bauer Supply Chain Forum. University of Houston
- Julian Flores. One Point Logistics (OPL)
- Eric Andrews, Chairman.AMS&T
- Eric Van Hoorder. ACOBIR
- Ariel Sztern. President. Argentina-Texas Chamber of Commerce
- Ariel Bosio,Vice President. Argentina-Texas Chamber of Commerce
- Cid Silveira, Executive Director. Brasil-Texas Chamber of Commerce
- Gustavo Macha, President and CEO.Peruvian-American Chamber of Commerce of Houston
- Enrique Sosa. Executive Director.US-Panama Business Council
- Adriana González, President / CEO. Cámara de Empresarios Latinos de Houston
- John Cypher. Director, Americas. Greater Houston Partnership
- Jagdip Ahluwalia,Executive Director. Indo - American Chamber of Commerce
- Victoria Bryant, President. World Chamber of Commerce of Texas
- Rosendo (Ross) Villareal. President - The Woodlands Chapter. Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos (AEM)
- Gino Demeneghi. Canacintra
