INTERNATIONALIZATION

OF

SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES)

ORGANIZED BY INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND

INSTITUT BARCELONA DESTUDIS INTERNACIONALS CO-SPONSORED BY CONSELLERIA DEMPRESA I OCUPACIO, GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF SPAIN

PALACIO PEDRALBES - AV DIAGONAL, 686 BARCELONA, SPAIN

OCTOBER 18, 2013 AGENDA

08:30 09:00 09:00 10:00

REGISTRATION WELCOMING REMARKS

Alejandro Alvarez von Gustedt Representative, Office in Europe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Narcs Serra President, Institut Barcelona dEtudis Internacionals (IBEI)

INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
Felip Puig, Conseller dEmpresa i Ocupaci, Generalitat de Catalunya Representative, Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain 10:00 11:15 SESSION I INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMES: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Moderator: Mara Perez Ribes Executive Director for Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Spain and Sweden, IDB Antoni Estevadeordal Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, IDB Signe Ratso Director, Trade Strategy and Analysis, Market Access, European Commission (EU) Fernando Torija, Head of Division, Directorate for Operations European Investment Bank (EIB) Sergio Arzeni Director, Centre Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Bernard Hoekman GGP Programme Director and Research Strand Director "Global Economics" European University Institute Former Director, Trade Department, World Bank

11:15 11:30

Coffee Break SMES

11:30 13:15 SESSION II PUBLIC POLICY TO SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONALIZATION Special Presentation: IDB Connect Americas Initiative Fabrizio Opertti Chief, Trade and Investment Unit, IDB Moderator: Antoni Bassas, Journalist, ARA, Barcelona, Spain

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Robert Punkenhofer Director, Advantage Austria Barcelona, Spain Lorena Sepulveda Representative, PROCHILE Madrid, Spain Josep Gonzalez, President, PIMEC Barcelona, Spain Claudia Uribe Director, LAC Division International Trade Centre (ITC) Jordi Gual, Executive Director and Chief Economist La Caixa, Spain 13:15 13:30

CONCLUSIONS
Joan Tarradellas, Delegate ACC1O

13:30 14:00

RECEPTION