AUGUST 7TH
II Latin American Forum on Youth Employment
Policies, Partnerships and Programs for Entrepreneurship
August 7th and 8th
Convention Center, City of Knowledge
AGENDA IN ENGLISH
Day 1: Thursday, August 7th , 2008
T I M E SESSION PLACE ROOM
8:30 am – 9:00am
Registration Convention Center Hall
9:00 am – 10:00am OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome
*Rosemary Reyes, YES Leader in Panama
*Dacil Acevedo Riquelme, YES Global Coordinator-Networks Convention Center 108 y 109
*Samuel Gonzalez, Executive President, Fundacion E –regional host agency of YES-
*Poonam Ahluwalia, President, YES Inc.
*Jorge Arosemena, Director, City of Knowledge Foundation, Panama
Official inauguration
*Juan Carlos Córdoba, Youth Coordinator, First Lady Office, Panama.

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10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffe Break Convention Center
110
10:30am-12:00md Plenary 1
Education for Enterpreneurship
*Modaldo Tuñon, Chancellor, Universidad Latina, Panama Convention Center 108
*Freddy Alemán Zeledón, Coordinator, Program University Entepreneur, Universidad
Nacional Agraria, Nicaragua.
*Joel Nitzberg, Incoming President, National Community Education Association &
Director, Institute for Lifelong learningand Community Building, Cambridge College, USA.
12: 00 md – 12:30 pm Plenary 2
Corporate Social Responsability (CSR)
The case of TIGO and its committement with Honduras Convention Center 108
*Delia Chinchilla, Social Responsability Manager, Tigo Honduras
*Karla Coello, Process Enginner, Tigo People
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Convention Center
Lunch
110
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Parallel Sessions 1 -Study Cases on Programs
S1 S2 S3 S4
Business Incubators S2Renewable Social Cultural Industries
Energy Entepreneurship
* Case Fundacion E/ *Case YES *Case El Artístico, Convention Center
Fundacion E/Economy Panama/Shell, *Case Opcion Dominican Republic: (CC)
Secretary, Mexico: Panama: Nicaragua- José Ignacio Morales, S1: 102, CC
Samuel González, Rosemary Nicaragua: Isaac CEO, Decoraciones El & S2: 105, TBC
Executive President, Reyes, YES Rivera, Artístico S.A. S3: 302, TBC
Fundacion E. Leader Panama Vicepresident Training and Business S4: 105, TBC
& Luis Opcion Nicaragua Center (TBC)
Donderis, –Host Agency YES *Case Incuba, Building 105
Program Nicaragua- & Guatemala,
Director, Jaime Aguilar, Guatemala: Eduardo
Ingenia YES Leader, Saíz, Program
Foundation. Nicaragua. Coordinator.

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*Case VIDA, PLACE ROOM
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm *Case Fundes-El Peru: Arturo *Case Cambridge *Case Orquesta
Salvador: Miriam Alfaro, College, USA: Joel Survivor, Panama:
Urías, Coordinator President VIDA- Nitzberg, Felipe Ariel Rodriguez,
Program Promotion of host agency of Director, Institute Director.
Entepreneurial YES Peru., for Lifelong
Promotion. learning and *Case Megapublicidad,
Community Panama: Jorge
Building, Aleman, Creative Convention Center S1: 102, CC
*Case City of Cambridge Chief. (CC) S2: 105, TBC
Knowledge, Panama: College, USA. S3: 302, TBC
Eysel Chong, Program & S4: 105, TBC
Director, Business
Accelerator Program Training and Business
Center (TBC)
Building 105
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Coffe Break Convention Center
110

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3:30 pm – 4:3 0 pm
Plenary 3
Public Policies for Youth Employability and Enterpreneurship
Speakers
*Luis Mora, Program Advisor and Team Coordinator, Regional Direction for Latin America
and the Caribbean, UNFPA.
* Hortensia Zelaya Castro, Coordinator, Youth Social Network, Presidential Youth Convention Center 108
Program, Honduras.
*Fernando Panizza, Coordinator, PROJOVEN Program, Labor Minister, Uruguay.
*Violeta Laconich, PROLABOR Program, Education, Culture and Professional Training
Minister/YES Paraguay Network, Paraguay.
4:30-5:30pm Plenary 4
Leading Cases in Entepreneurship Promotion
* Rodrigo Alfaro, Regional Director, Bright Solutions, S.A. de CV.
Enrique Andrés Allende Rodríguez, Veracruz Creativo, Mexico.
*Raul Eduardo Rodriguez Guzmán, President, Corporación Emprendedores Colombia/YES Convention Center 108
Colombia Network, Colombia.
*Claudia Arvizu, General Director, Impulsa Sonora, Mexico.
5:30pm-6:00pm
Cultural Program-Closing Day Convention Center 108