Conference Welcome Remarks
9:00 - 10:30
WTC Theater, Level C
Panel 1: GROWTH PROSPECTS IN LATIN AMERICA
Uncertainty in emerging economies, risks of deflation in
advanced ones, and fluctuating commodities prices are just a few of the
challenges facing Latin America as it looks to increase growth rates and
compete in the global economy.
Presenters:
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Roberto Rigobon
Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of
Management and Economics
MIT Sloan School of Management
10:30 - 10:45
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Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15
WTC Theater, Level C
Panel 2: GROWTH PROSPECTS IN CHINA
Sustained growth in China is critical both domestically and
internationally. Slowing growth and lending rates combined with high debt have
raised questions, but how concerned should business and policy leaders be?
Presenters:
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Yasheng Huang
Associate Dean and Professor of
International Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
•
Sun Pei
Associate Professor of Industrial Economics
Fudan
University, School of Management - China
•
Chong-en Bai
Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor in
Economics, Associate Dean
School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua
University
12:15 - 12:45
WTC Theater Lobby, Level C
Lunch
Attendees should pick out a lunch box, and make their way back
to the WTC Theater for the Lunchtime Keynote Session
12:45 - 13:45
WTC Theater, Level C
LUNCH KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Presenters:
13:45 - 14:00
WTC Theater Lobby, Level C
Break
14:00 - 15:30
WTC Theater, Level C
Panel 3: DEEP DIVE with MIT SLOAN
MIT Sloan's faculty analyze today's business challenges and
solutions through their research. In this session, MIT Sloan faculty with
expertise in Latin America, China, Energy and Global Economy engage in an
interactive discussion about the key issues as identified by the conference
attendees:
Presenters:
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Roberto Rigobon
Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of
Management and Economics
MIT Sloan School of Management
•
Valerie J. Karplus
Assistant Professor
in the Global Economics and Management Group
MIT Sloan School of Management
•
Yasheng Huang
Associate Dean and Professor of
International Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
•
Donald R. Lessard
Epoch Foundation
Professor of International Management, Emeritus
MIT Sloan School of Management
15:30 - 15:45
WTC Theater Lobby, Level C
Break
- See more at:
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/international/conferences/mit-sloan-latin-america-china-conference/overview/#sthash.TEo3kUPi.dpuf
5:45 - 17:15
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Panel 4: DOING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA AND CHINA -
COMPARISONS, CONTRASTS & COMPETITION
Latin America and China are close trading partners, but also
competitors in the global marketplace. How each does business internally and
externally has critical implications for their future economy growth? Don
Lessard, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management at MIT Sloan,
will lead a panel of business leaders who will share their experience of
working in these regions as a way of exploring the similarities and differences
between the two and what it might mean for global economy.
Presenters:
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Donald R. Lessard
Epoch Foundation
Professor of International Management, Emeritus
MIT Sloan School of Management
•
Fernando Reyes Matta
Director, Center for
Latin American Studies on China
Universidad Andrés Bello
17:15 - 17:30
WTC Theater, Level C
Closing Remarks
