Latin Forum 2006

April 19-20, 2006
United Nations
Entrance: 46th St & 1st Avenue
Conference Room # 3
Manhattan, NY
Doors Open at 10:00 am
Conference Start Time: 10:45 am
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Hosted by Latin Economic, Forum, Inc.

Latin Economic Forum, Inc. It is my pleasure to announce the inaugural meeting of the 2006 Millennium Development Goals Conference to be held on April 19-20, 2006, at the United Nations. This event, which will bring together Latin American business, government and community leaders and an array of other distinguished and dedicated leaders, will coincide with and complement our 2007 "Financial Intergration in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean Summit". Our nonpartisan conference will concentrate a diverse and select group of business leaders, noteworthy academicians, and key U.S. Hispanic NGO representatives to identify immediate and pragmatic solutions to some of Latin Americas most pressing problems. Our panels will focus on how to reduce poverty; use corporate social responsibility as a business contribution to sustainable development, implement new business strategies and technologies to ensure a prosperous economy; and strengthen governance.

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Foto Presidente de la Republica Dominicana

2005 Keynote Speaker

Nebraska's senior United States Senator gave opening luncheon remarks. Kerrey became a candidate for the U.S. Senate. He was elected in 1988 and re-elected in 1994. He chose not to run for re-election a third time because of the offer to be President of New School University and his desire to return to private life.

Mr. Alvarez has an extensive background in advanced communications services focused on business markets, having held various executive positions with NYNEX and Bell Atlantic. He is, without challenge,
one of the most highly respected and inovative communications executives of our time. Felipe will be our business keynote speaker.

Akhtar brings to the conference extensive experience as an educator, researcher, and development expert. He has served as a consultant for such organization as The Asia Society, Rockefeller Foundation, UNDP, USAID, World Resources Institute, World Bank-EDI, and others in the US, Asia, and the Middle East and is an internationally recognized author, particularly in the field of urban planning and development. Akhtar will be the moderator of our Leave no child behind without a computer and access to broadband panel.

One of the busiest, most conscientious actors in Hollywood, Martin Sheen has put together a Herculean body of work, that places him to beg his mention among the great actors of his generation. He became established playing youths run amok, and though the resume boasts its share of villains, he has grown over the years into a patriarchal figure, whose rectitude and social responsibility is in keeping with his very liberal Catholic activism.

Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN and Chairman of the UN Ecosoc Working
Group on Informatics will participate on the E-Healthcare panel.

Nominated July 10, 2002; confirmed November 14, 2002; sworn in December 3, 2002. Before joining the FCC, Adelstein served for fifteen years as a staff member in the United States Senate. Please join Commissioner Adelstein as he represents the FCC at our 4th Media, IT and Telecommunications.

Anthony Komaroff, M.D., left, professor of medicine and editor and publisher of Harvard Medical Publications, with Dean Sanderson, general manager and publishing director. Dr. Komaroff is serving as an advisor to Communications Careers for Latinos, Inc. on our e-healthcare panel.

A former high-level Fox Administration official from Mexico will offer participants insight into Mexico's new media, regulation, reforms, market assessment, Internet governance, and digital access in Mexico and Central America.

Beatrice Rangel is Vice President and Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Cisneros Group of Companies. A featured speaker at the Global Summit of Women, Beatrice has been promoting women's participation in the global market. Morover, she has been a strong advocate of corporate social responsibility. Beatrice will join our distinguished CSR panel.

Antonia Novella, MD, MPH, DrPH, Commissioner of New York State Department of Health and former US Surgeon General will be a keynote speaker . In 1990, President George Bush appointed Antonia Novello to be Surgeon General of the United States. She was both the first woman and the first Latin American to be appointed to this post.

Dr. Jane Fountain is the Director for the National Center for Digital Government. The center is the focus at the John F. Kennedy School of Government for research on information technology, institutions, and governance. Jane will serve as an advisor to developing our Emerging Wireless and Broadband technologies panel.

Sharon serves as Executive Director of the MIT Program on Internet & Telecoms Convergence (ITC). She is also the Principal of Victory Research, a consultancy. Ms. Gillett's research lies at the intersection of Internet infrastructure technology and policy and has resulted in numerous publications. Her current work focuses on broadband first-mile issues, and industry structure for wireless Internet.Sharon
will join our panel discussion on broadband and emerging wireless technologies.