February 7, 2025 | 7:30 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, 16th Floor, Miami, Florida 33135. Please check in early for registration. Breakfast items will be provide. Doors open at 7:30am. The program will begin promptly at 8:30 AM and conclude at 5:00 PM on February 7, 2025, with a cocktail reception to follow.
Please see the campus map for directions. The event will be held in Building 6 and on the 16th Floor.
All speakers listed below are confirmed.
7:30 AM
Registration Opens & Breakfast
8:30 AM
Breakfast ends
8:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Francisco Gonzalez, Executive Director, Economic Club of Miami
Jeremy Schwarz, Chair of the Board, Economic Club of Miami
Dr. Oscar Loynaz, Padron Campus President, Miami Dade College
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 and Geopolitical Outlook for Latin America
Ricardo Mora, Chairman of the Americas, HPS Investment Partners
Constance Hunter, Chief Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit
10:45 AM
U.S., Latin America, and China
Moderator: John Dawson, Founder, Acara Strategy, Former Bloomberg TV anchor
Mary Kissel, Stephens, Inc; former Senior Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State (2018-2021)
Tony Nash, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Data Scientist, Complete Intelligence
11:40 AM
AM BREAK / LUNCH SERVICE
12:00 PM
Lunch Keynote
The Honorable Adriana Kugler, Governor, Federal Reserve Board
Introduction by Jon Hartley, Founding Chairman, Economic Club of Miami
1:05 PM
Prosperity Through a Republic: The Greatest Export Latin America Needs from the USA
Rodrigo Arenas, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, República Guatemala
Rob Chatfield, President & CEO, Free to Choose Network
1:45 PM
Economic Opportunities and Risks in Latin America
Moderator: Ignancio Sapetnitzky, Vice President, Seaview Investment Managers
Fernando Pontaza, Invariantes Fund, Guatemala
Luis Huitron, Mercantil, Panama
2:25 PM
Protecting Your Financial Assets
Moderator: Antonio Lopez, Investment Director, KBIS Capital
Jorge Jraissati, Economic Inclusion Group
Jose Roberto Hernandez, Henley & Partners
3:00 PM
"305 Cafecito Break"
Enjoy a Cuban coffee over a fifteen minute break.
3:10 PM
Investing in the USA
David Blumberg, Blumberg Capital
James Fishback, Azoria Partners
Michael Morgenstern, Brex
3:45 PM
Miami As a Global Hub for Business
Moderator: Michaeljohn Green, MDDA
Jeff Maxon, CRO, Opalvest
Noah Williams, Professor of Economics, University of Miami
4:20 PM
Fueling Miami's VC and Tech Ecosystem
Moderator: Paul Szczepaniak, Executive Director, JP Morgan Private Bank
Jeff Ransdell, Founding Partner and Managing Director, Fuel Venture Capital
4:55 PM
Closing Remarks
Jeremy Schwarz, Chair of the Board, Economic Club of Miami
5:00 PM
Cocktail Reception
6:00 PM
EVENT CONCLUDES
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