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U.S.-PANAMA
BUSINESS COUNCIL
Together
With
State of
Georgia & City of Atlanta
Office of
the Governor of Georgia / Office of the Mayor of
Atlanta / Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce /
Hemisphere Inc. / U.S. Department of Commerce /
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau / Georgia
State University / Georgia Tech / Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Republic of Panama
Office
of the Second Vice President of Panama / Ministry of
Commerce & Industry / Panama Chamber of
Commerce, Industry and Agriculture / American
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Panama /
Panamanian Embassy in the U.S. / Institute of
Tourism of Panama /
Panama Canal Authority / Interoceanic Region
Authority / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
/ City of Knowledge / AUSA - Isthmian Chapter
Corporate Members / Georgia Tech Alumni - Panama
Chapter
Sponsored
By:
Proudly Presented
Panama
Day Atlanta 2004
PROGRAM
MONDAY, JUNE 14
BUSINESS FORUM
Metro Chamber of Commerce
9:00
a.m.-12:00 Noon
Welcoming
Remarks - Rafael Maldonado, Rep. of Metro
Chamber of Commerce
Opening Remarks - Linda Watt, U.S.
Ambassador to Panama
Session I: Panama as a place to do business
Remarks - Juan Carlos Navarro,
Mayor of Panama
Panama and Its Vision -Ricardo Eskildsen,
USPA (Panama)
Panama as a Place for Investment - Raul
Delvalle, Panama Chamber of Commerce
Panama as a Welcome Place for American Companies
- David Hunt, American Chamber of Commerce
Panama
Support by U.S. Dept. of Commerce - Lincoln
Martinez, U.S. Depart. of Commerce
Panama - Center of the Hemisphere - H.E.
Roberto Alfaro, Panamanian Amb. to U.S.
Session II: Experiences of U.S. companies in
Panama
U.S.-Panama Business Relations - Amb.
Juan B. Sosa, USPA
Presentation of Delta Air Lines -
Victor Battini
Presentation of Miramar Intercontinental
& Gamboa Tours
Glen Champion & Herman Bern, Jr.
Presentation of BellSouth - Calvin S.
Monson
Ricardo Eskildsen, Pres., USPA (Panama) / H.E.
Roberto Alfaro, Amb. of Panama to US
Glen Champion, Miramar Intercontinental &
Herman Bern, Gamboa Tours
Panel I & Panel II
BUSINESS LUNCH
12:30-2:00
p.m.
Keynote
Speaker
H.E.
Kaiser Bazan
Vice President of Panama
Ambassador Juan B. Sosa, President, USPA (USA) /
U.S. Ambassador Linda Watt
Audience / Presentation to Rafael Maldonado,
Representative of MACOC made by Amb. Juan Sosa, Vice
President Kaiser Bazan, Raul Delvalle and Ricardo
Eskildsen
SCIENTIFIC FORUM
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute &
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
2:30-5:00 p.m.
The Rise of the Isthmus of Panama: The Beginning of
Two Great Experiments
Eldredge Bermingham, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist and Deputy Director, Smithsonian
Tropical Reseach Institute
Bad cop-good cop: The evoluation of parasite
virulence and the role of endophytic fungi in
defending plants against pathogens
Edward Allen Herre, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute
Drug discovery for tropical disease and cencer in
Panama: the Internationa Cooperative Biodiviersity
Groups Program
Todd Capson, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute
Eduardo Ortega Barria, M.D.
Institute of Advanced Scientific Study and High
Technology Services: Research Associates,
Smithsonian Tropical Research
TOURISM MARKETPLACE, PRESENTATION & FORUM
Panama: The Path Less Traveled
6:00-6:45 p.m. Market Place
6:45-7:30 p.m. Presentation
7:30-9:00 p.m. Reception
Raffle donated by Delta Air Lines
TUESDAY, JUNE 15TH
ACADEMIC FORUM / PANAMA CANAL MODERNIZATION
2:30-5:00 p.m.
A Unique Learning Opportunity
Dr. Rodrigo Tarté, Academic Director, City
of Knowledge
History and Future of the Panama Canal
Eng. Roberto Roy, Board Member, Panama Canal
Authority
BASEBALL GAME
ATLANTA BRAVES vs. KANSAS CITY ROYALS
7:00-11:00 p.m.
(See article - Spanish)
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