1. DRAFT AGENDA (06-03-2015)
FOURTH FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AZOREAN FORUM
“SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE AZORES”
Location: Whaling Museum, Pico Island, April 9 and 10, 2015
THURSDAY, April 9
09:30-
10:15
INAUGURAL SESSION
• Vasco Rato, President of the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)
• Robert Sherman, United States Ambassador to Portugal
• Vasco Cordeiro, President of the Regional Government of the Azores
10:30-
11:15
OPENING LECTURES
• INTRODUCTION BY Mário Mesquita, member of the Administrative Council of FLAD
• DAVID SIMAS, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, WHITE HOUSE (TBC)
• DAVID WOOLNER, SENIOR FELLOW, ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE
11:30-
13:00
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: LINKING THE TWO SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC
Moderator: Roberto Silva, Mayor of Lajes do Pico
Panel Speakers:
• Maria do Carmo Barreto, Associate-Rector for Science&Technology, University of Azores
• Paulo Ferrão, Instituto Superior Técnico & director of MIT Portugal Program
• Michael Baum, Exec Board, FLAD; Director of Study in Portugal Network (SiPN)
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-
16:00
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Moderator: Jorge Gabriel, member of the Executive Board of FLAD
Panel Speakers:
• Arnaldo Machado, Sociedade para o Desenvolvimento Empresarial dos Açores (SDEA)
• António Raposo de Lima, CEO, IBM Portugal
• Jeremy Backlar, Architect and Entrepreneur
• Nuno Brito, Ambassador of Portugal in the United States (TBC)
16:30 GUIDED TOUR OF THE WHALING MUSEUM
19:30 Official dinner hosted by the President of the Regional Government of the Azores
FRIDAY, April 10
09:30-
11:00
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND EXPORT TO THE US: DIFFICULTIES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Moderator: José Marcos Soares, Mayor of Madalena
Panel Speakers
• Renato Vieira, President, Farmers Association of Pico Island
• Jorge Rita, President, Farming Federation of the Azores
• Charles Nagle, President, John Nagle & Co. (tbc)
• Rachel Bickford, Agricultural Attaché, USDA, US Embassy in Madrid
11h30-
13:00
THE SEA BETWEEN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED
Moderator: Hélder Silva, Director, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (DOP),
University of the Azores
Panel Speakers:
• Ricardo Serrão Santos, Member of the European Parliament
• William White, Jr., Sen. Dir. Offshore Wind Sector Development, Mass Clean Energy
• José António Fernandes, President, Fisheries Association of the Azores
• Andy Lipsky, SeaPlan, Massachusetts
13:00 Lunch Break
14h45-
16:15
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: SCENARIOS AND PROPOSALS
Moderator: Mark Silveira, Mayor of São Roque do Pico
Panel Speakers:
• Representative of the Association for the Local Development of the Azores Islands
• Francisco Gil, member of the board of the Tourism Association of the Azores
• Brian T. Mullis, CEO & Founder, SustainableTravel.org, member of U.S. National Travel
and Tourism Advisory Board
16:30- Keynote: CONG. JOSEPH KENNEDY III (TBC)
17:15
18:00
CLOSING SESSION
• Michael Baum, member of the Executive Board, FLAD
• Rodrigo Oliveira, Reg. Under Sec. of the Presidency for External Relations, ARG
• Pedro Catarino, Former Portugal Amb. to the US. Representative of the Republic of
Portugal to the Autonomous Region of the Azores