Business Opportunities in Construction in Latin America April 27th – Hotel D. Pedro Palace 9:00 am – Participant Registration

9:30 am – Opening Fern ando Santo – President of the Order of Engineers Paulo Neves – President of the Institute for the Promotion and Development of Latin America (IPDAL) Asunción Valdez – General Secretary of the Euro America Foundation

10:15 am – Presentation of Investment Plans in Latin America Argentina – Ambassador Jorge Faurie Mexico – Ambassador Maurício Toussaint Panama – Ambassador Minerva Lara Batista Cuba – Ambassador Jorge Castro

11:10 am – Coffee break

11:30 am – Presentation of Investment Plans in Latin America Uruguay – Ambassador Gaston Lasarte Brazil – Ambassador Celso Marcos Vieira de Souza Dominican Republic – Ambassador Ana Silvia Reynoso de Abdul Paraguay – Chargé d’Affaires José Maria Ávila El Salvador – Chargé d’Affaires Isabel Sola Perú – Chargé d’Affaires Luis Solari

12:45 – Debate

1:00 pm – Lunch with speech by the Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications on investments in construction

15h00 – Investment Support Strategies in Latin America Yann Brenner – Private sector specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

3:15 pm – Cases of Investments by Portuguese Companies in Latin America Fern ando Faria de Oliveira – President of Caixa Geral de Depósitos José Maria Espírito Santo Ricciardi – President of the Executive Committee of Banco Espírito Santo de Investimento Jorge Coelho – President of the Executive Committee of Mota-Engil

4:15 pm – Coffee break

4:45 pm – Strategies for Internationalization and Financing António Bernardo – World Vice-President of Rol and Berger Germán Jaramillo – Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)

5:45 pm – Debate

6:30 pm – Closing Session