PARTICIPANTS
CITIES
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Participants
Sandra Joseph
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry
Antigua & Barbuda
Guillermo Acosta
Undersecretary of Federal and Sectorial Articulation
National Ministry of Production
Argentina
Bernardo Tinti
Assistant to the Subsecretary of Federal and Sectorial Articulation
National Ministry of Production, Argentina
Argentina
Nilda Riverol
Manager SBDC Belize
Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE)
Belize
Lejia Melanie Gideon
General Manager
Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE)
Belize
Luis Guillermo Pou Munt
Chairman
National Chamber of Exporters
Bolivia
Jorge Almeida
President
Embrapii (Brazilian company on research and industrial innovation)
Brazil
Marli Elizabeth Ritter
Director, Office of Technology Transfer
Pontifical Catholic University
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Mitch Davies
Assistant Deputy Minister
Strategic Policy Innovation,
Science and Economic Development
Government of Canada
Canada
William George Mantel
Assistant Deputy Minister
Research,Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Canada
Gerald Edward
Assistant Deputy Minister
Western Economic Diversification
Government of Canada
Canada
Lissa Bridget Matyas
Director, International Partnerships MITACS
not-for-profit organization that deliver research and training programs
Canada
Jennifer Miller
Director
Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing and Life Sciences Branch
Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Canada
Mark Warren Lehman
Executive Director
Strategic Policy Innovation (Ontario) Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Canada
Eric Hogeterp
Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Canada
Daniel Quintero
General Manager
iNNpulsa Colombia – Main Government Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Colombia
Alvaro Amaya
General Manager
Colombian Sugarcane Research Center, Cenicana
Colombia
Juan Carlos Alvarez
Strategic Advisor
iNNpulsa Colombia
Colombia
Carlos Mora
Vice Minister
Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade
Costa Rica
Carlos Miguel Peña
Founder Director
Costa Rica Emprende Foundation
Costa Rica
Esther M. Thomas
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Commerce, Enterprise and Small Business Development
Dominica
Sandra Marina
Executive Director
Investment Climate and Competitiveness
Ministry of Economy and Planning
Dominican Republic
Marlon Antonio Brevé
Academic Vice President
Technological University of Central America (UNITEC)
Honduras
Adriana Tortajada
General Manager
Entrepreneurship Program and Financing
National Entrepreneurship Institute (INADEM)
Mexico
Ricardo Ludlow
General Director
Hidalgo Institute of Competitiveness
Mexico
Liliana Cedillo Diaz
General Director
State of Aguascalientes, Competitiveness and Innovation Center
Mexico
Eugenio José Reyes
Director
World Trade Center Monterrey and Mexican Association of SBDCs (AMCDPE)
Mexico
Claire Marie Ségolene
Technical Secretariat Coordinator
The George E. Brown U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science (FUMEC)
Mexico
Mildreed Leines
Head, Hidalgo Business Network
(EMPRERED)
Ministry of Economy, Governmnet of Hidalgo
Mexico
Octavio Cabrera
Dean
Manufacturing Engineering Department
Polythechnic University of Queretaro
Mexico
Miguel Angel Esbrí
Executive Secretary
Secretariat of Competitiveness and Logistics
Ministry of the Presidency
Panamá
Jorge Alfredo Huarachi
Research Coordinator
Catholic University Saint Toribean of Mogrovejo
Peru
Emma Hippolyte
Minister of Commerce, Business Development
Investment and Consumer Affairs
St Lucia
Barbara Innocent
SBDC Director
Small Business Development Centre (SBDC)
Ministry of Commerce, Business Development,
Investment and Consumer Affairs
St Lucia
Fiona Leigh Hinkson
Executive Director
National Competitiveness and Productivity Council
St Lucia
Reina Tamara A.
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Suriname
Edison Leroy Sumner
Chief Executive Officer
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation
The Bahamas
Lisa Simone Herr
Executive Director
The 7 Rivers Alliance
United States
Patrick Charles
Executive Director
Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness
University of Texas at El Paso
United States
Tristan J. Fiedler
Vice President
Federal Government Relations
Florida Tech Office of Research
United States
Catherine Krauss
Director
Center for Competitiveness
Catholic University of Uruguay
Uruguay
Liisa Oviir
Minister of Entrepreneurship
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Estonia
Constantinos Petrides
Deputy Minister to the President
Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus
Cyprus
Elena Damianou
Head of the Office of the
Deputy
Minister Constantinos Petrides
Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus
Cyprus
Jeong Il Kim
Director
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea
MunKee Choi
Professor, Management Science, KAIST
Former Minister of Science, ICT, and Future Planning
Korea
Keon Yeong Jeong
Deputy Director
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Korea
Rakhim Oshakbayev
Vice Minister
Ministry for investment and development
Kazakhstan
Irakli Kashibadze
Chairman
Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency
Georgia
Organizers