Condado, Puerto Rico
La Concha Hotel
2012 Economic Conference
Fri, February 17, 2012 8:00AM to 12:00PM (Eastern)
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Which are the most pressing challenges for sustainable economic development in Puerto Rico? What are the implications of the decline in our trust of social and economic institutions?

Join us at the Center for the New Economy's 2012 Economic Conference to discuss the challenges we face and the strategies we need to restore sustainable economic development in Puerto Rico.

Keynote Speaker:


Richard M. Locke
Class of 1922 Professor of Political Science and Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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AGENDA
 

8:00 - 8:45 am:          Registration

8:45 - 9:00 am:         Welcoming Remarks by Miguel A. Soto-Class
                                President, Center for the New Economy

9:00 - 9:45 am:         Keynote Remarks by Richard M. Locke
                                Class of 1922 Professor of Political Science and Management
                                Massachusetts Institute of Technology


9:45 - 10:15 am:        Coffee Break

10:15 - 10:45 am:      Economic Presentations

                               
Sergio Marxuach
                                Policy Director, CNE

                               
Inequality as a challenge to sustainable growth in Puerto Rico

                                Harold Toro, PhD
                                Research Director, CNE

                                Trust in economic and social institutions: Data from the Puerto
                                Rico Survey of Consumer Finances


10:45 - 11:45 am:      Panel Discussion
                                Implications for citizens and the private sector in Puerto Rico

                                 Panelists:

                                 Miguel A. Soto-Class, President, CNE
                                 Luis Álvarez, Vicepresident, Méndez & Co.
                                 Myrna Rivera, CEO & Chairperson, Consultiva, Inc.


11:45 - 12:00 pm:       Closing Remarks by Efrén Rivera Ramos
                                  Professor of Law & former Dean, University of Puerto Rico School of Law


 
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