T20 Argentina Inception Workshop

Vision & Strategies for 2018

February 1 - 2
Palacio San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina

W ednesday, January 31
7:30 pm Cocktail at Museo Sívori
Welcome remarks by T20 authorities and representatives of the G20
Troika

Thursday, February 1
8:15 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am W elcom e Rem arks
- Ambassador Pedro Villagra Delgado, Argentina´s Sherpa for the G20
- Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini, President of the Argentine Council for
International Relations (CARI)
- Jorge Mandelbaum, President of the Center for the Implementation of
Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC)
9:30 am Keynote: Argentina’s G20 Presidency
Nicolás Dujovne, Treasury Minister of Argentina
9:45 am Argentine Priorities for the G20 Presidency
Laura Jaitman, Argentina’s G20 Finance Deputy
10:00 am Plenary Session: Global Governance Issues in Food Security
and Sustainable Agriculture
Moderator: Martín Piñeiro, Director of the Agricultural Committee,
Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)
Panelists:
- Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, Visiting Research Fellow and Head of the Latin
American & Caribbean Program, International Food Policy Research
Institute



- Jikun Huang, Founder and Director of the China Center for Agricultural
Policy, Peking University
- Jamie Morrison, Director and Strategic Programme Leader of the Food
Systems Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization
- Máximo Torero, Executive Director for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru,
Paraguay and Uruguay, World Bank Group
11:30 am Introduction to T20 Argentina 2018 and overview of the year
ahead
12:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Task Force Parallel W orking Session – by invitation only

First working session for all ten T20 Argentina 2018 task forces. Co-
chairs and members will define each task force´s priorities and work
agenda.
4:30 pm Coffee Break
5:00 pm Plenary Session: The Future of W ork and Education for the
Digital Age
Moderator: Dennis Görlich, Managing Director of the Global Economic
Symposium, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Panelists:
- Claudia Costin, Founder and Director of the Center for Excellence and
Innovation in Education Policies, Getulio Vargas Foundation
- Laura Ripani, Lead Labor Markets Specialist, Inter-American
Development Bank
- Samir Saran, Vice-President, Observer Research Foundation
- Blair Sheppard, Global Leader for Strategy and Leadership
Development, PricewaterhouseCoopers
6:30 pm Keynote Speaker
Jeffrey Sachs, Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable
Development, Columbia University

Day 1 activities will end at 7:30 pm

Friday, February 2
8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am Plenary Session: The challenges of social cohesion in uncertain
political scenarios and their im plications for global
governance
Moderator: Colin Bradford, Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Global
Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution
Panelists:
- Sergio Bitar, Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Project Director of Global
Trends and Future Scenarios, Inter-American Dialogue and President,
Fundación por la Democracia
- Ana María Mustapic, Professor, Torcuato Di Tella University
- Julia Pomares, Executive Director, Center for the Implementation of
Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC)
- Dennis Snower, President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research
Center
10:30 am Coffee Break
10:45 am Plenary Session: Clim ate Action & Infrastructure for
Developm ent
Moderator: Miguel Lozupone, Director of Climate Change, National
Defense University
Panelists:
- Amar Bhattacharya, Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and
Development Program, Brookings Institution
- Magdy Martínez-Solimán, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant
Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme
Support, United Nations Development Programme
- Salvador Rueda, Director, Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona
12:15 pm Keynote Speaker
Alfonso Vegara, Founder and Honorary President, Fundación Metrópoli
1:15 pm Lunch

2:30 pm G20 Argentina 2018 Engagem ent Groups: Brief presentation

and m ain objectives
3:00 pm Roundtable: W hat can the G20 achieve during 2018?
Challenges and expectations
Moderator: Silvia Naishtat, Journalist, Diario Clarín
Panelists:
- Jorge Argüello, President, Embajada Abierta Foundation
- Félix Peña, Director of International Trade, ICBC Foundation and Vice-
President, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)
- Fernando Straface, Secretary General and of Foreign Affairs,
Government of the City of Buenos Aires
- Joseph S. Tulchin, former Director of the Latin American Program,
Wilson Center
- Marilou Uy, Director, G24
4:30 pm Task Force Parallel W orking Session – by invitation only
Second working session for all ten task forces.
5:30 pm Task Force Concluding rem arks
A co-chair from each task force will brief the T20 community on task
forces’ priorities and work agenda.
6:30 pm Closure of T20 Inception W orkshop

The official Think20 (T20) language is English. During the event there will be
simultaneous translation into both Spanish and English, except during Task Force
Parallel Working Sessions.