Welcoming remarks:
Ambassador Martin Palous, Director of the Václav Havel Initiative for Human Rights and Diplomacy, Florida International University
Zdeněk Beránek, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic
Remarks: Carmelo Mesa, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Panelists:
Margaret Crahan, Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Cuba Program at the Institute of, Latin American Studies at Columbia University
Marcell Felipe, President, Inspire America Foundation
Ernesto Hernandez-Cata, Director of The Foundry, Inc.; Former Associate Director, International Monetary Fund
Ricardo V. Lago, Former Deputy Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Silvia Pedraza, Professor of Sociology and American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and President of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE)
Jose Luis Ycaza, Moscato Consulting Services LLC; Former President of the Board of the Central Bank of Ecuador
(moderator) Jan Svejnar, Director, Center on Global Economic Governance and Professor, Columbia University
