Panama Week 2001
"Linking the World through Transportation,
Telecommunications & Friendship"
Washington, D.C.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS FORUM
Salon III, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1700 Tysons Blvd., VA.

Joaquín Jácome
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Inauguration of Forum and Introductory Remarks

Presentations by:
Fernando Villamizar
President CAPATEL
General vision of the telecommunications market


Indira Hayams
VP of Sales & Marketing - Services, Cable & Wireless
Telephony


Frank Urbany
VP Business Development, BellSouth
Wireless Communication

Nils Peterson
President of Telco Virtual
TechnoPark and its Opportunities

Roy Katz
President of Advanced Communication Network
Value Aggregated Services in Panama

Richard Firestone
Arnold & Porter
Forum Introduction

Gene Renzi
President of Mantech International
Business Model: National Crisis Communications Center


Eduardo Gandarilla
Vice President of the Americas, Teleglobe
Business Model: IP Services, an Integrated Business Model


Paul Kayatta
President Business Development, Global Government Solutions
Business Model: Bandwidth


Fred Peterson
Snr. VP, Govt. Affairs & Security Services, Xybernaut
Business Model: Mobil Work Stations


Oscar Bazoberry
President of Worldata, Inc.
Business Model: Enabling Electronic Business

D. Kaiser Bazan
Vice President of Panama
Closing

Consul General of Panama to New Orleans Gabriel Bazan-Kodat (left), 
Albert Angulo & Jeremy Martin, USTDA (middle)


Ambassador Ricardo Gonzalez de Mena, Ambassador Francisco Alvarez, 
Ambassador Nivia Rossana Castrellon,
H.E. Joaquin Jacome, Minister of Commerce & Industry


Guest, Phoebe McMillan, Robert McMillan, 
Vice President D. Kaiser Bazan & Felix Carles


Jimena Guizado, Margaret de Sosa, Congressman Tom Davis, 
Arlene Diamond, Mireya Leung & Jennifer Leung


Enrique Sosa & Congressman Tom Davis


Roberto Dominguez, Guests & Felix Carles

Telecommunications Lunch

Head Table



Guests at Head Table:  Vice President D. Kaiser Bazan;  Minister of Foreign Relations Jose Miguel Aleman; Victoria Dutari de Aleman; Oscar Bazoberry, WorldData; Felix Carles, USPA; Ambassador of Panama to the OAS Juan Manuel Castulovich; Congressman of Virginia Tom Davis; Eli Whitney Debevoise II, Arnold & Porter; Ambassador of Panama to U.S. Guillermo Ford; Minister of Commerce & Industry Joaquin Jacome; Paul Kayatta, Global Government Solutions; Robert Lisowski, Lockheed Martin Global Telecom; Robert & Phoebe McMillan, McMillan Rather Bennett & Rigano; George J. Pedersen, Mantech International, Ambassador Juan B. Sosa, USPA, Fernando Villamizar, CAPATEL, & Albert Zapanta, USMCOC

Remarks:
The Honorable Joaquin Jacome
Minister of Commerce & Industry


Keynote Speech & Recipient of "Friendship Award" 2001
The Honorable Tom Davis
The Honorable Tom Davis
United States Congressman of Virginia

(Click here for Congressman Tom Davis' speech)


Ambassador Nivia Rosanna Castrellon, Director, Free Trade Area of the Americas Office 
Hosted by Republic of Panama