Monday, May 7
8:30 a.m. 
Inauguration / The Maritime Sector
The Honorable Mary E. Peters, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
S.E. Carmen Gisela Vergara, Vice-Minister of Commerce & Industry of Panama
Carlos Urriola, MIT
“Leading the Way”
Alejandro Kouruklis, Panama Ports Company
“Panama Ports Expansion Plans for Balboa and Cristóbal into Megaports”
Bert Van Grieken, Maersk
“Panama, logistics hub for the Americas”
Mario Vlieg, Mossack & Fonseca
“Panama’s Merchant Marine”
Capt. Orlando Allard, UMIP
"Vision of Panama Maritime International University"

12:00 n. 
Inauguration of the Expo and Lunch
H.E. Vice President Samuel Lewis Navarro
The Honorable U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters
Lunch. Keynote Speaker: 
VP Samuel Lewis Navarro
“Friendship Award” presented to: 
Alberto Alemán Zubieta, Administrator, Panama Canal Authority

2:00 p.m. 
Panama Canal
Enrique Sanchez and Jorge de la Guardia, Panama Canal Authority
Vision and Details of the Expansion
Procurement & Contracting
Calendar

3:30 p.m. 
Aviation Sector
Jorge García, Copa Airlines
“Contributions to the Multi-modal System of Panama”
Ana Lorena Araya, Continental Airlines
“Into the Future with Panama”
Yvette Moses, American Airlines

7:00 p.m. 
Reception at the Panama Canal
Miraflores Visitors Center

Tuesday, May 8
8:00 a.m. 
Power Breakfast
Featuring:
Honorable Mary E. Peters, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

9:00 a.m. 
Land Transportation  /  Services
Luis M. Hernandez, (Public Works) Infrastructure Roads
“Land Connectivity of Panama”
Luis Fidel Macías, Colon Free Zone
Scudder Smith & Brendan McCahill, PB Consult and Piers
“Unveiling U.S. Market Pathways”
Gilberto Ferrari, Special Economic Area of Panama-Pacific
Bruce Frallic and Alfredo Mejía, Gulfport Biloxi International Airport – The Alliance

12:15 p.m. 
Luncheon

2:00 p.m. 
Field Trip
Field trip to the Pacific-Panama Special Economic Area (Former Howard Air Force Base) and to Panama International Maritime University (UMIP).

  6:30 p.m. 
Reception and Closing Dinner
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:30 p.m. Gala Dinner
Signing of UMIP and Pro UMIP Foundation Accord         
USPA “Hall of Heroes” (Alberto Motta and Kaiser Bazan)
Friendship Awards: Copa Airlines / Panama Port Company
Keynote Speaker: 
H.E. Martin Torrijos, President of Panama represented by Vice
Minister of Commerce & Industry Manuel José Paredes,
Toast by:
Panama Minister of Public Works Benjamín Colamarco and 
U.S. Maritime Administrator, Sean Cannaughton.

Wednesday, May 9
Fieldtrip to the Colon on Atlantic Coast

(General Information)
(Program  & Pictorial)
(Sponsors Recognition)