14th Annual Harvard Latino Law, Policy and Business Conference
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Please visit this page regularly for updates.
This agenda is from last year's conference.
Agenda for The Rising Latino will be updated soon.

Friday, April 1 (Harvard Kennedy School)

10:00-11:15am         Brunch with The Honorable Bill Richardson*
7:00-9:00pm             Networking Dinners with Speakers*
9:00-11:00pm           Conference Mingling at Queen's Head Pub

*By lottery only.  Please see the registration tab for details.

Saturday, April 2 (Harvard Law School)

8:00-9:00am            Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:30am            Welcoming Remarks (Kirkland & Ellis Classroom, Langdell South 272)
9:30-10:00am          Power, Perceptions and the Role of Business (Kirkland & Ellis)
                                                          Solomon Trujillo - former CEO of Telstra
10:00-10:45am           "National Latino Leader?  The Job is Open" (Kirkland & Ellis)        
                                     Mark Hugo Lopez - Pew Hispanic Center
11:00-12:30pm         Panel 1:  Personal Reflections on Leadership 
(Kirkland & Ellis)
                                     Aida Alvarez - 20th Administrator, Small Business Administration, Clinton Administration
                                              Louis Caldera - Vice President of Programs, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
                                              Edith Ramirez - Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
                                              David Waller - Senior Partner, Bain & Co., Boston
12:30-1:45pm           Coalescing Around Priorities or Personalities?  (Vorenberg Classroom, Langdell North 225)

                                      Ceclia Muñoz - Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House
2:00-3:15pm             Panel 2:  Addressing Latino Leadership Challenges Systemically 
(Kirkland & Ellis)
                                            Judith Canales - Administrator, Rural Business and Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
                                                Elizabeth Montoya - Chief Staff and Director of External Affairs, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
                                               Ambassador Jose Villarreal - United States of America Commissioner General, World Expo 2010 Shanghai
3:30-4:45pm             Breakout Sessions (Pound Hall 108, 204, 332, 335)
4:45-6:00pm             Keynote Address & Closing Remarks (Ropes Gray, Pound 212)
                                               Roberto Ramirez - Partner at MirRam Group LLC, former New York State Assemblyman
9:00pm                          Salsa Party, hosted by La Alianza of Harvard Law School (Ropes Gray, Pound 212)



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