To celebrate the Institute of the Americas‘ 25th anniversary an impressive panel of speakers will join us at a Nov. 15 conference for a thought-provoking journey into the future. On that evening, former President Ernesto Zedillo will keynote a gala anniversary dinner.

Latin America: The Next 25 Years will be the focus of the day-long conference with “Davos style” discussions by the following experts:

• Mack McLarty, Former U.S Special Envoy to the Western Hemisphere
• Enrique Garcia, President of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
• Roberto Suro, Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication
• Diego Arria, Former U.N. Security Council President
• Luis Rubio, Director of the Center of Research for Development (CIDAC) in Mexico City
• Donna Hrinak, Senior Director for Latin America Government Affairs, PepsiCo, and former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic
• Pamela Starr, Faculty Fellow, USC Center for Public Diplomacy
• Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University
• Paulo Sotero, Brazil Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution
• Ana Julia Jatar, Venezuelan human rights defender, Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
• Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Fellow, Center for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law, Stanford University
• Admiral James Stavridis, Commander, U.S. Southern Command

All the events and information on the Institute can be found on: www.iamericas.org