INTERVENDRE CON UNA EXPOSICION DE 10 MINUTOS EN EL PANEL 2 SOBRE EDUCACIÓN.

CONGRESO de ATLANTA, USA. Programa. “Present and Future Relations between the Americas”

Atlanta Marquis Marriott Hotel
and
Carter Center

Program

Thursday, November 29th

8:30 am Arrivals and registration at the Carter Center

9:00 am Opening Plenary
Speakers:
Senator Jason Carter, Georgia State Senate (invited)
Dr. Jose Altamirano, Director of IDPPS; former member of Supreme Court, Paraguay
H.E. Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Former President of Paraguay
US representative (to be decided)
H.E. Marco Vinicio Cerezo, Former President of Guatemala
Dr. Preston Moon, Founder, Global Peace Foundation, USA

Moderator: Thomas Field, President of Instituto de Desarrollo del Pensamiento Patria Sonada (IDPPS), Paraguay

10:30 am Break

11:00 am Panel Session One - “Toward an Ethics of Responsibility in International Relations”
Discussants:
H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former President of Uruguay
H.E. Carlos Meza, Former President of Bolivia
H.E. Marco Vinicio Cerezo, Former President of Guatemala
H.E. Martin Erasto Torrijos Espino, Former President of Panama
H.E. Jorge Fernando Quiroga, Former President of Bolivia (invited)
Dr. Leonardo Guzman, Former Minister of Education and Culture, Uruguay
Dr. Jennifer McCoy, Ph.D. Director, Carter Center’s Americas Program, USA

Moderator: Olinda Salguero, Director, Esquipulas Foundation, Guatemala

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Tour of presidential library (optional)

3:00 pm Return to the hotel

6:30 pmGlobal Peace Convention Welcoming Dinner

Friday, November 30th

9:00 am Global Peace Convention Opening Plenary

10:30 am Break

11:00 am GPC High Level Forum

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Panel Session 2 - “Education: The Key to Achieving General Welfare”
Discussants:
H.E. Alvaro Colom Caballeros, Former President of Guatemala
H.E. Jaime Paz Zamora, Former President of Bolivia
H.E. Gustavo Noboa Bejarano, Former President of Ecuador
Maria Ester Jimenez, Former Minister of Education, Paraguay
Carlos Alvarez Cozzi, Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, University professor, Uruguay
Matthew N. Clausen, Vice President, Partners of the Americas, USA
Mark Hyatt, CEO, Character Education Partnership, USA

Moderator: Benajamin Fernandez Bogado, Doctor in Law and Social Sciences; visiting
scholar at Harvard University, Paraguay (invited)

3:30 pm Break

4:00 pm Latin American Presidential Mission (Founding Meeting)
Speakers:
H.E. Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Former President of Paraguay
Thomas Field, President, IDPPS, Paraguay
H.E. Marco Vinicio Cerezo, Former President of Guatemala
Olinda Salguero, Director, Esquipulas Foundation, Guatemala
H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former President of Uruguay
Nelson Marquezelli, 6-term Congressman, Brazil
US representative (to be decided)

Moderator: Jorge Guldenzoph, President, National Leadership Conference, Uruguay

Participants:
H.E. Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, Former President of Guatemala
H.E. Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Former President of Paraguay
H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former President of Uruguay
H.E. Alvaro Colom Caballeros, Former President of Guatemala
H.E. Jaime Paz Zamora, Former President of Bolivia
H.E. Gustavo Noboa Bejarano, Former President of Ecuador
H.E. Carlos Meza, Former President of Bolivia
H.E. Nicolas Ardito Barletta, Former President of Panama
H.E. Rafael Hipólito Mejía, Former President of Dominican Republic
H.E. Martin Erasto Torrijos Espino, Former President of Panama
H.E. Jorge Fernando Quiroga, Former President of Bolivia (invited)
H.E. Elias Antonio Saca, Former President of El Salvador (invited)
H.E. Ricardo Maduro, Former President of Honduras (invited)

Video Messages:
H.E. Vicente Fox Quesada, Former President of Mexico
H.E. Ernesto Samper Pisano, Former President of Colombia
H.E. Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen, Former President of Guatemala
H.E. Jose Sarney, Former President of Brazil (expected)
H.E. Raul Cubas, Former President of Paraguay (expected)
H.E. Rafael Leonardo Callejas, Former President of Honduras (expected)
H.E. Armando Calderon Sol, Former President of El Salvador (expected)

6:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm: Celebration of Exemplary Youth in Leadership

Saturday, December 1st

9:00 am GPFF Special Plenary

10:30 am Break

11:00 amPanel Session 3 - “The Americas Summit and Global Peace Business Forum: Commerce
and Investment Opportunities and Shared Benefits in Latin America”
Discussants:
H.E. Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Former President of Paraguay
H.E. Nicolas Ardito Barletta, Former President of Panama
H.E. Rafael Hipólito Mejía, Former President of Dominican Republic
H.E. Elias Antonio Saca, Former President of El Salvador (to be confirmed)
(Latin / US side, to be decided)
(US side, to be decided)
(US side, to be decided)

Moderator: Prof. Nelson Pilosof, President of World Trade Center in Uruguay

12:30 pmSpecial lunch with former heads of state and business participants

2:00 pmAmericas Summit Closing Session
Speakers:
H.E. Marco Vinicio Cerezo, Former President of Guatemala
H.E. Jaime Paz Zamora, Former President of Bolivia
H.E. Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former President of Uruguay
Jose Altamirano, Director of IDPPS; former member of Supreme Court, Paraguay
Oscar Alvaro, Former Ambassador, Costa Rica
Dr. Preston Moon, Founder, Global Peace Foundation, USA

Moderator: Dr. Bernardino Cano Radil, Political Analyst, Paraguay

3:30 pm Break

4:00 pmGlobal Peace Convention Closing Plenary

7:00 pm Global Peace Awards Gala