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Keynote Speaker
December 2nd, 2015
 




Annise D. Parke
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Houston Mayor

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Speakers 2015

All speakers are subject to change.
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Annise D. Parker
Mayor of Houston
City of Houston
Ramanan Krishnamoorti Ph.D.
Chief Energy Officer 
University of Houston
Miguel Di Vicenzo
Director
Instituto Argentino del Petroleo y Gas (IAPG)

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Pablo C. Ferrante 
Partner 
Corporate & Securities practice 

Mayer Brown
James Row
Co-founder of OFSCap, LLC & CEO for Producers Energy, LLC
Sebastián Borgarello
Vice President 
Latin America Upstream Consulting 

Wood Mackenzie
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Kevin Keller
Vice President & Senior Professional Associate 
HDR Engineering
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Nick Tillmann
Director Energy Acceleration
Houston Technology Center
Bill Gottfried
CEO & Broker
Gottfried International Estates Inc
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James Baker
Vice President 
Supply Chain Western Hemisphere Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation
David Alexander
Director
Rice Space Institute
Deborah Mansfield
​Director Life Sciences Acceleration
Houston Technology Center (HTC)
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Julian Flores
Regional Head of Energy Solutions
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Panalpina
German Cubas
Assistant Professor Department of Economics
University of Houston
James Taylor
Co-founder and Director
CHR Solutions, Inc
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Mark Swift
Vice President
Weatherford
Pete Garcia
Executive Director
U.S. Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Outerbridge
CEO
Cybersoft North America
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Wade Adams
Director of the Center for Nanoscale Science
& Technology

Rice University
Arturo Machuca
Houston Airport System’s (HAS) General Manager
Ellington Airport
Rex Koontz
School of Art director
University of Houston 
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Guillermo de los Reyes
Associate Professor,
Latin American Culture and Literature
Department of Hispanic Studies 
​University of Houston
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Carlos Lara
Chairman
The Houston Technology Center (HTC Americas/ HTC Global)
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Jose Perez
Partner
Foster Global Immigration Solutions
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Walter Ulrich
President and CEO
Houston Technology Center
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Christian Bruns
​CEO
​Estafeta USA
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Luis Luarca
​President
Greater Houston Manufacturers Association (GHMA) 
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Bruce Godzina
Associate Attorney
Gonzalez Olivieri, LLC
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Keith Meyer
President and CEO
​LNG America
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Rafael Jaramillo
​VP and General Manager
Emerson
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Amb. Juan B. Sosa 
Consul General of Panama
Consulate of Panama in Houston
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David Anderson
Professor and Extension Economist
Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
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Francisco Robles
Assistant Professor and Master of Science Program Coordinator
University of Houston
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Luis Aviles
​Senior Executive - Air
Service Development
Houston Airport System
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Ray Brimble
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President & CEO
Lynxs Group, LLC
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Alex Metcalf, PhD
President 
​Transportation Economics & Management Systems, Inc.
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Jeff Moseley
Commisioner - Transportation Committee
​State of Texas
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​Horacio Licon
​Vice President of International Investment & Trade 
Greater Houston Partnership

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​Eric Andrews
Chairman
American Logistics Business Network
(ALBN)
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Honorable Alejandro Moreno Cardenas
Governor of Campeche, Mexico
Juan Felipe Arjona
Group Technology & New Ventures Manager
Offshore Segment
Technip
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Carla Arimont
Partner
Amrop Seeliger & Conde
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Roger Woolsey
CEO
Million Air
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Genaro Pena 
Partner
Amrop Seeliger y Conde
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Evelio Fernandez
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Vice President 
Goya Foods Texas
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Jason Miura
Director of Business Economic
​Development 
Port Freeport
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Claudia Rojas
Founder & Executive Director
The Colombia Texas Chamber of Commerce
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John Haba
Senior Associate
Gensler
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Reg Pecen
President and Professor
North American University (NAU)
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Al Zapanta
resident and CEO
U.S. Mexico Chamber Commerce
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Andy Meyers
Commissioner Fort Bend County
Highway 36A Coalition
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Michele LaNoue
CEO
Headworks International
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Michelle Godoy
Economic Integration Advisor
SIECA
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Walter Roberts
Commissioner of Agriculture
for Legislative Affairs
and External Relations
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Honorable Consul Roberto Furian Ardenghy
​Consul General ​
Federal Republic of Brazil
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Joseph Perez
Senior Vice President 
Goya Foods 

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Jorge Franz
​Senior Vice President of Tourism 
Visit Houston
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Arthur (Tim) Garson, Jr. MD, MPH
Director, Health Policy Institute
Texas Medical Center

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Ariel Sztern
President
​TISA Software

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T.J. Raguso
Executive Vice President, International Division Manager
Amegy Bank N.A.
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Steven Otillar
 Partner
 Akin Gump 
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Duaine Priestley
International Trade & Investment Consultant
Mc COY Global
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Gerald Seidl
Co-Founder and Senior Vice President Headworks International
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Patricia Herrera
Executive Director
Mexico Tourism 
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Daniel Palomo
Director, Global Sales
Houston First Corporation
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Manuel de Oyarzabal
Advisor, International Strategic Planning Southwest Airlines
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Shane Williams
Forein Trade Zone Administrator 
Port of Houston Authority
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Allyson Tjoelke
Executive Director
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
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Carlos Rodrigo Casillas 
Director & Founder
SBF Produce SA
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​Alfredo Mejia 

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Business Development Advisor
Americas Logistics Business Network

 (ABLN)
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Robert Veazie
Program Manager
Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC)
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Yolanda Parra
Commercial Manager Leasing Bolivar (Colombia)
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Honorable Consul Alberto E. Massa
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Consul General 
Republic of Perú
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Marisela Gonzalez 
Proinvex


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Camilo Muñoz
Founder & CEO
Translation Source
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​Jaime Ortiz
​Vice Provost Global Strategies and Studies
University of Houston

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