The "Mexico Tomorrow: Ideas for the Future" conference is being streamed in Saturday 20th of April from 10:30-6:30pm (Chicago Mountain Time).

Conference organized by The Mexican Student Association at The University of Chicago. Livestreaming brought to you by De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera (@cmm_mx) . Coordinated by Alan Grabinsky (@alangrabinsky)

2:10pm-3:40pm

———————-Panel Session I: “Poverty, Economy and Development”———

Moderator: T.B.D

Speakers:

Fausto Hernández- Head of the Economics Deparment from the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Económico (CIDE), professor and full-time researcher.

Fernando Turner- CEO Katcon SA de C.V, Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University, President of the Mexican National Association of Independent Businessmen.

Gerardo Esquivel, Doctor in Economics by Harvard University. Professor and full-time researcher at the Colegio de México. Adviser to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

3:40 pm-3:55 pm

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3:55pm-5:25 pm

—————-Panel Session III: “Security, Organized Crime and Human Rights”—

Moderator: T.B.D

Speakers:

Jorge Chabat- Internationalist and full-time professor at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE), specialist in matters on Security and Drug Trafficking.

Luis de la Barreda- Former Director of the Citizen Institute on Studies about Insecurity and founder of the Human Rights Comission of Mexico City.

Olga Pellicer- Former ambassador of Mexico to Austria, Greece, and the United Nations . Professor and full-time researcher at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

5:25- 5:35 pm

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5:40-6:50 pm

——————————— Keynote Speaker —————————————–

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Former Mayor of Mexico City, former Governor of the State of Michoacán, founder of the P.R.D.

7:00-8:30pm