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Day 1: Wednesday, 14 March
09:15 Opening remarks
09:45 Keynote: Gary Gereffi (Duke University) / Chair: Hugo Beteta (ECLAC)
11:00 Sessión 1: Global Value Chains: A Global Perspective
Organizer: OECD / Chair: Dirk Pilat (OECD) / Discussant : William Powers (US Trade Commission)
15:00 Session 2: Domestic Factor Markets in light of Global Value Chains
Organizer: World Bank / Chair: Daniel Lederman (World Bank) / Discussant: Gerardo Esquivel (Colegio de Mexico)
17:30 Policy Panel
Chair: Rene Hernández (ECLAC)
Day 2: Thursday, 15 March
09:30 Session 3: Challenges, Policies and Programs for Global Value Chains in Latin America.
Organizer: IADB / Chair: Mercedes Araoz F (IADB) / Discussant: Carlos Montalvo (TNO)
12:00 Session 4: Global Value Chains in Latin America: Promoting Trade with Inclusion or Exclusion?
Organizers: ECLAC and GIZ / Chair: Juan Carlos Moreno Brid (ECLAC) / Discussant: Maria de los Angeles Pozas (Colegio de Mexico)
14:00 Closing Remarks
15:30 Introduction: The objetives
Anabel Gonzalez (Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica)
15:50 1. The basic needs
Chair: Nanno Mulder (ECLAC)
16:40 2. What is available in the region?
18:00 3. The way forward
Chair: Hubert Escaith (WTO)
19:00 Concluding remarks