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SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS

February 7, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The Economic Club of Miami is proud to present our second annual Miami Economic Forum. It will be held at the Miami Dade College Padron Campus in Little Havana, 627 SW 27th Avenue, Building 6, 15th Floor, Miami, Florida 33135. The program will begin promptly at 8:00 AM and conclude at 6:00 PM on February 7, 2025.

All speakers listed below are confirmed. 

8:00 AM 

Registration Opens

8:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Francisco Gonzalez, Executive Director, Economic Club of Miami

Jeremy Schwarz, Board Member, Economic Club of Miami

Representative from Miami Dade College TBA

9:00 AM

Fireside Chat: Three Dangerous P's: Price Controls, Prosecution, and Protectionism: A Historical Perspective

Amity Shlaes, National Review Institute Fellow

Dan Gropper, Dean, Florida Atlantic University School of Business

9:50 AM

Economic Opportunities and Risks in Latin America

Moderator: Ricardo Mora, HPS Investment Partners

The Honorable Mauricio Cardenas, Former Economic Minister, Colombia

Fernando Pontaza, Invariantes Fund, Guatemala

Luis Huitron, Mercantil, Panama​

10:40 AM

U.S., Latin America, and China

Mary Kissel, Stephens, Inc; former Senior Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State (2017-2021)

11:40 AM

AM BREAK / LUNCH SERVICE

12:00 PM

Lunch Keynote

The Honorable Adriana Kugler, Governor, Federal Reserve Board

Introduction by Jon Hartley, Economic Club of Miami 

1:05 PM

Protecting Your Financial Assets

Moderator: TBD

Jorge Jraissati, Economic Inclusion Group

Jose Roberto Hernandez, Henley & Partners

1:40 PM

Investing in the USA

James Fishback, Azoria Partners

Joe Malchow, Investor, Hanover Technology Investment Management

2:25 PM

Miami As a Global Hub for Business

Moderator: Michaeljohn Green, MDDA

Robert Kenyon, CEO, Opalvest

3:05 PM

"305 Cafecito Break"

Enjoy a Cuban coffee over a fifteen minute break.

3:20 PM

Fueling Miami's VC and Tech Ecosystem

Moderator: TBA

Jeff Ransdell, Founding Partner and Managing Director, Fuel Venture Capital

4:00 PM

Fireside Chat TBA

4:50 PM 

Closing Remarks

Jeremy Schwarz, Board Member, Economic Club of Miami

5:00 PM

Reception

6:00 PM

EVENT CONCLUDES

© 2024 MIAMI ECONOMIC FORUM

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