9:00 – 9:30 Coffee Reception and Welcome
9:30 – 10:00 Introduction to Elemental, Alejandro Aravena, Executive Director
10:00 – 1:00 Visit to Elemental Project Site, Alejandro Aravena, Executive Director
Pablo Allard, Founding Partner

1:00 – 2:00 Introductory Remarks & Luncheon, Merilee Grindle
Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
2:00 – 3:00 Recent Economic Successes and Persistent Disparities: Implications for Business
Panel Chair: Merilee Grindle, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Oscar Landerretche Moreno, Assistant Professor of Economics, Universidad de Chile
Felipe Larraín, Professor of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Discussion
3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:15 Latin America’s Most Pressing Vital Sign: Quality and Access in Education
Panel Chair: Steve Reifenberg, Chile Regional Office Program Director,
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Emiliana Vegas, Sr. Education Economist, The World Bank
Andrea Rolla, Research Director, Centro de Estudios Educar
Hiro Yoshikawa, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Discussion 4:15 – 4:30 Coffee Break

4:30 – 5:30 New Leaders, New Voices in Latin American Politics
Panel Chair: Merilee Grindle, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Patricio Navia, Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, NYU, and
columnist for La Tercera
Cristóbal Aninat, Assistant Professor of Government, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Raúl Aragón, Director, Program on the Study of Public Opinion, Universidad Abierta
Interamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Discussion 5:30 – 6:30

Keynote Address & Closing Remarks
Introduction: Merilee Grindle, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Andrés Velasco, Finance Minister of Chile
Q&A Session

6:30 – 7:30 Closing Reception / Cocktail