Cities Summit of the Americas Official Agenda

Location: Colorado Convention Center Concourse F

Time: Wednesday, April 26, 9:00-17:00

Description: Please bring identification.

Location: Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204

Time: Wednesday, April 26, 18:30-20:30

Description: Don’t miss the opportunity to visit the Denver Art Museum, one of Denver’s iconic cultural institutions and host venue for the Cities Summit of the Americas’ Opening Reception. Explore the Museum’s Indigenous Arts of North America, one of the most comprehensive collections of this art in the world. and the gallery of European and American Art before 1900. The Museum’s architecture is also a work of art, with buildings designed by Gio Ponto and Daniel Libeskind, and a beautiful renovation completed in 2021 which includes a Welcome Center with enhanced education space and a spectacular glass-paneled event venue overlooking the city. Closed to press.

Location: Colorado Convention Center Concourse F

Time: Thursday, April 27, 7:00-17:30

Please bring identification.

Location: Mile High Ballroom Main Stage

Time: Thursday, April 27, 8:00-9:30

Welcome: Michael B. Hancock, Mayor of Denver, Colorado

Keynote Address: Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay, and President of Mercociudades and UCLG

Keynote Address: Francis X. Suarez, Mayor of Miami, Florida, and President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Panel: Accelerating Investment for Climate Action, organized by C40 Cities, CDP, and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy

• Opening Keynote: Claudia Sheinbaum, Mayor of Mexico City, Mexico

• Panel:

• Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Rafael Greca, Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil

• Upasana Varma, Global Head of Municipal Finance, IFC

• Sarah Wilson, Managing Director, Head of ESG Integration, Nuveen

• Moderator: Mauricio Rodas, Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador

• Panel:

• Carolina Leitao Álvarez-Salamanca, Mayor of Peñalolén, Chile

• Errick Simmons, Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi, United States

• Jyoti Gondek, Mayor of Calgary, Canada

• Moderator: Mauricio Rodas, Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador

Keynote Address: Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank

Keynote Address: Brian Huseman, Vice President for Public Policy, Amazon

Organized by the Atlantic Council, Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Democracia (REDLAD)

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3B

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-12:00

Host Remarks: Robert Kenney, President of Colorado’s Operating Company, Xcel Energy

• Jose Fernandez, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State

• Tim Kelly, Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

• Maria Camila Uribe, Cities Network Coordinator for the Inter-American Development Bank

• Romel Gonzalez, Consejo Regional Popular Indígena de Xpujil, Mexico

• Jaime Pumarejo, Mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia

• Damian Bilbao, Vice President of US Low-Carbon Ventures, BP

• Errick Simmons, Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi, United States

• Ragnheidur Elin Arnadottir, OECD Development Centre

• Angela Aguilar Vargas, Mayor of Heredia, Costa Rica

• Claudio Castro, Mayor of Renca, Chile

Organized by the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3A

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-12:00

• Keynote: Bruce Harrell, Mayor of Seattle, Washington, United States

Panel:

• Moderator: Chelsea Collier, Editor of Smart Cities Connect

• David Holt, Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

• Hillary Schieve, Mayor of Reno, Nevada, United States

• Bruce Harrell, Mayor of Seattle, Washington, United States

• Lily Mei, Mayor of Fremont, California, United States

• Elizabeth Kautz, Mayor of Burnsville, Minnesota, United States

• Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, Mayor of Monterrey, Mexico

Panel:

• Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, United States

• Bonnie Crombie, Mayor of Mississauga, Canada

Organized by the World Resources Institute, CAF

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3C

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-12:00

• Opening Remarks: Nuria Fernandez, Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration

• Moderator: Felipe Ramirez, Urban Mobility Director, WRI

• Claudia Sheinbaum, Mayor of Mexico City, Mexico

• Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

• René Bedón, Councilman for Quito, Ecuador

• Marcela Laiz, General Coordinator of Planning from Secretariat of Traffic, Ministry of Transport, Government of Brazil

• Luis Antonio Lindau, Cities Program Director, WRI-Brasil

• Nicolás Estupiñan, Director of Sectoral Analysis, CAF

Organized by the Truman Center

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4A-B

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-12:00

Attendees should register here to attend this event. This session is a role playing simulation, so it will work differently than panel presentations. Because of this and the preparation required, participants should pre-register by Thursday, April 20. For any questions, please contact Camille Mackler at camille@trumanproject.org.

Organized by Everytown for Gun Safety

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4C-D

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-12:00

Join Everytown for Gun Safety to discuss emerging practices on violence prevention strategies across the region.

• Moderator: Katie Appel Duda, Everytown for Gun Safety

• Richard Vernon, Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Jamaica

• Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Tracy Colunga, Civic Engagement Director for the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation

Organized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Interior

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4E

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-11:30

Organized by U.S. Department of State

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4F

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-11:30

Organized by Visit Denver, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Location: Room 401-2

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-12:00

Organized by CAF, Inter-American Dialogue

Location: Room 403-4

Time: Thursday, April 27, 11:00-12:00

• Opening Remarks: Rebecca Bill-Chavez, President and CEO, Inter-American Dialogue

• Moderator: Juan Pablo Salazar, Inclusion Coordinator, CAF Development Bank of Latin America

• Alfredo Carbonell, Manager of Social Development, City of Barranquilla, Colombia

• Erin Bromaghim, Deputy Mayor of International Affairs, Los Angeles, California

• Gianna Cunazza, Executive Director, Santiago 2023

• Ángel Cardenas Sosa,: Manager of Urban Development, Water and Creative Economies, CAF Development Bank of Latin America

• Michele Formonte, Project Manager, Americas Paralympic Committee

• Samuel Azout, Founder and President of Fútbol Con Corazón

Organized by the Centre for Sport and Human Rights, and the U.S. Department of State

Location: Room 403-4

Time: Thursday, April 27, 10:00-11:00

• Moderator: Mary Harvey, Chief Executive, Centre for Sport and Human Rights

• Ann Cody, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State

• Anita Ramasastry, Professor, University of Washington School of Law

Organized by U.S. Department of State, USAID

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4E

Time: Thursday, April 27, 12:00-13:30

Organized by U.S. Department of Transportation

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4F

Time: Thursday, April 27, 12:00-13:30

Organized by U.S. Department of State

Location: Room 401-2

Time: Thursday, April 27, 12:00-13:00

• Moderator: Raffi Balian, U.S. Department of State

• Jose Fernandez, U.S. Department of State Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

• Jennifer “J.R.” Littlejohn, U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

• Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

• Brigid Shea, Commissioner of Travis County, Texas, United States

• Angie Fyfe, Executive Director of ICLEI-USA

• Rodrigo Perpetuo, Executive Director of ICLEI South America

• Edgar Villasenor Franco, Regional Director of ICLEI Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

Organized by C40 Cities

Location: Location 403-4

Time: Thursday, April 27, 12:00-14:00

*Closed door, invite only from 1-2pm

Location: Mile High Ballroom Main Stage

Time: Thursday, April 27, 12:15-13:45

Introduction:

• Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global

Fireside Chat on Digital Connectivity

• John Stankey, CEO of AT&T

• Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, United States

The Role of Cities in Global Leadership and the Multilateral System, organized by the Brookings Institution and Metropolis

Fireside Chat: Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine; and Nina Hachigian, U.S. Ambassador and Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy

Panel: Exploring the role of cities and city networks within traditional multilateralism

• Montserrat Caballero Ramírez, Mayor of Tijuana, Mexico

• Jordi Vaquer, Secretary General, Metropolis

• Emilia Saiz, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments

• Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Panel: Elevating local leadership on global priorities

• Moderator: Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution

• Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations

• Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

Organized by U.S. Department of State

Location: Room 401-2

Time: Thursday, April 27, 13:00-14:00

• Moderator: Raffi Balian, U.S. Department of State

• Jose Fernandez, U.S. Department of State Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

• Jennifer “J.R.” Littlejohn, U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific AffairsOES/ENV, Raffi Balian

• Errick Simmons, Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi, United States

• Bob Gallgher, Mayor of Bettendorf, Iowa, United States

• Cody Marshall, The Recycling Partnership

Organized by the Organization of American States

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3A

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-16:00

Description:

• Moderator: Maria Fernanda Trigo, Director, Department for Effective Public Management, Organization of American States

• Maria Pappas, Treasurer for Cook County, Illinois, United States

• Ana Patricia Peralta de la Peña, Mayor of Benito Juárez, México

• Jaime Pumarejo, Mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia

• Joel Martinez, Mayor of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

• Delroy Williams, Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica

• Carlos Cuadrado Prats, Mayor of Huechuraba, Chile

• Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mayor of Monterrey, Mexico

Organized by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3B

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-16:00

• Moderator: Alejandro Moreno, Acting Assistant Secretary for Renewable Power, U.S. Department of Energy

• Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, United States

• Martha Symko-Davies, Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• Jennifer R. Littlejohn, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Oceans and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Panel:

• Dominique Gomez, Energy Office, State of Colorado, United States

• Elizabeth Babcock, Energy Office, City of Denver, Colorado, United States

• Hollie Rogin, Mayor of Lyons, Colorado, United States

• Sherry Stout, State, Local, and Tribal Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Panel

• Christian Clegg, City Manager of Bakersfield, California, United States

• John Ortega, Mayor of Questa, New Mexico, United States

• Kate Gordon, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy

• Claudio Radonich, Mayor of Punta Arenas, Chile

• Roberto Quiros, ICE, Costa Rica

Organized by the Institute of the Americas, CAF

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3C

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-16:00

• Jennifer Gress, Ph.D., Chief, Sustainable Transportation and Communities Division, California Air Quality Resources Board (CARB)

• Kurt Honold, Secretary of Economy & Innovation for the State of Baja California and former Mayor of Tijuana

• Silvia Rojas Soto, President, Asociación Latinoamericana de Movilidad Sostenible (ALAMOS) and Executive Director, Asociación Costarricense de Movilidad Eléctrica

• Grace Troccolo Rink, Executive Director, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency, City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States

• Angel Cárdenas, General Manager of Urban Development, Water and Creative Economies of CAF Development Bank of Latin America

• Antonio Astiazarán Gutiérrez, Mayor of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

• Moderator: Richard Kiy, President and CEO, Institute of the Americas

Organized by the Organization of American States, International Organization for Migration, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Pan American Development Foundation

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4A-B

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-16:00

• Moderator: Gabriela Frias, Mexico Bureau, CNN En Español

• Uzra Zeya, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, U.S. Department of State

• Luis Almagro, Secretary General, OAS

• Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director, Department of Social Inclusion, OAS

• Leonardo Pascoal, Mayor of Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Daniel Arango, Panama Project Director, PADF

• Monsterrat Caballero, Mayor of Tijuana, Mexico

• Rosa Irene Urbina Castañeda, Municipal President of Tapachula, Mexico

• Ubraj Narine, Mayor of Georgetown, Guyana

• Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

• Ileana Cruz-Marden, Deputy Director, Americas & Global Strategy, TENT Partnership for Refugees

• Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay

• Monique Tú Nguyen, Executive Director of the Office for Immigrant Advancement, City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Diego Beltrand, Special Envoy of the IOM Director General for the Regional Response to the Venezuela Situation

• Isabel Márquez, Deputy Director, UNHCR Americas

Organized by United Cities and Local Governments

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4C-D

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-16:00

Panel: Building on the Experience of the Cities for Adequate Housing Movement

• Emilia Saiz, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments

• Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay, and President of UCLG

• Leilani Farha, Global Director, the Shift, and Former UN Rapporteur on Adequate Housing

Panel: Connecting the Realities of Cities from North and South of the Western Hemisphere

• Martin Piaggio, Mayor of Gualeguaychú, Argentina

• Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener, Canada

• Mitch Roth, Mayor of Hawai’i County, Hawai’i, United States

• Victoria Woodards, Mayor of Tacoma, Washington, United States

• Charlie Clark, Mayor of Saskatoon, Canada

Panel: Calling for Ways Forward, Localizing the Housing Agenda in the Western Hemisphere

• Solomon Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States

• Jason Anthony Hobbs, Senior Housing and Urban Development Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank Urban Development Division, Colombia

• Rudi Borrmann, Open Government Partnership

• Shipra Narang, Chief of Urban Practices Branch, UN-Habitat

Organized by U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4E

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-15:30

Organized by U.S. Department of State

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4F

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-15:30

Organized by U.S. Department of State

Location: Room 401-2

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-15:30

Featuring:

• Martin Perschler,Program Director, U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation U.S. Department of State

• Shanon Miller, Director, San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation

• Kara Roopsingh, Senior Heritage Preservation and Research Officer, National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago

• Ryan Stubbs, Senior Director of Research, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

• Amy Cole, Chief of Cultural Resources, National Park Service (Regions 6, 7, and 8)

• Elizabeth Lee, Vice President for Programs and Development, CyArk

• Melissa Castiano, Native American Affairs Liaison, National Park Service

• Merced Guimarães, Director, Institute of Research and New Black Memory (IPN)

Organized by: National Endowment for the Arts

Location: Fábrica de Arte Americas, 1250 Welton St, Denver, CO 80204

Time: Thursday, April 27, 3-4pm

Creative placemaking integrates arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social change. Join National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) staff and Denver-based Our Town grantee for a conversation on how the NEA supports creative placemaking in American communities and an examination of cross-sector partnerships and community engagement strategies exemplified by the Denver area Morrison Road Corridor project. Since 2011, the NEA has funded over 600 Our Town projects in all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands.

• Jen Hughes, Senior Advisor to the Chair on Partnerships, Expansion, and Innovation - NEA

• Maya Hering, Our Town Specialist | Design & Creative Placemaking, NEA

• Rachel Basye, Executive Director, Art Students League of Denver

• Jose Esparza, Executive Director, BuCu West

Organized by Millicom and the Biennial of the Americas

Location: Room 403-4

Time: Thursday, April 27, 14:00-15:30

Keynote: Christian Asinelli, Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF Development Bank of Latin America

Panel:

• Ramon Martinez de la Guardia, Ambassador of Panama to the United States

• Linda Adami, CEO, Quantum Temple

• Jason Marczak, Senior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council

• Luis Enrique Cruz, Corporate Affairs Director, Grupo Salinas

• Mark Lopes, President and COO, Partnership for Central America

• Moderator: Piero Bonadeo, Board Member, Biennial of the Americas

Organized by Aspen Institute, Walmart

Location: Location 403-4

Time: Thursday, April 27, 16:00-17:00

“Walmart PolicyLab’s goal is to bring together both external policy experts and grassroots practitioners from its stakeholder base to incubate public policy solutions together and to drive progress on big social challenges that need cross-sectoral collaboration.

This Special Session: Shark Tank Edition contributes to Walmart PolicyLab’s project focused on digital inclusion, identifying which public policies can build a more inclusive digital economy and ensure new digital tools drive progress on pre-existing inclusion gaps. Speakers in the Shark Tank Edition are participants from the Aspen Socrates Institute Side Event, which took place on Thursday, April 26th, where digital inclusion thought leaders and key aides to city mayors came together to brainstorm policy solutions to digital inclusion at a subnational level. These Special Session speakers have been chosen to present their ideas to city mayors, using an interactive “shark tank” format.”

Organized by: The Office of Art in Embassies

Location: Fábrica de Arte Americas, 1250 Welton St, Denver, CO 80204

Time: 4-5pm

This year, artists take center stage in the defense of democracy at U.S. Embassies around the globe. The Office of Art in Embassies’ Democracy Collection initiative is sending American artists to posts in every region and hemisphere for public diplomacy on freedom, equality, and justice. The very first Democracy Collection artist visit this year was in Guatemala City; one of the most iconic democracy themed Embassy exhibitions is in Mexico City.

• Carla Canales, Senior Advisor and Envoy for Cultural Exchange

• Megan Beyer, Executive Director, Office of Art in Embassies, State Dept

• Tony Abeyta, Art in Embassies partner artist

• Tiffany Williams, Art in Embassies Curator

Location: Mile High Ballroom Main Stage

Time: Thursday, April 27, 16:15- 17:45

Keynote: Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

Panel: Financing Subnational Action for Sustainable Development, organized by the Inter-American Development Bank

• Introductory remarks: Hazem Galal, Global Leader Cities and Local Government, PwC

Panel 1: Cities Perspective:

• Moderator: Juan Pablo Bonilla, Manager, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector, Inter-American Development Bank

• Carolina Mejía, Mayor of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Eduardo da Costa Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Panel 2: Funding Perspectives

• Moderator: Tatiana Gallego, Chief of Housing and Urban Development Division, Inter-American Development Bank

• Susan Goeransson, Director, Infrastructure Europe, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

• Mike Savage, Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, and Chair of the Big City Mayors' Caucus (BCMC) of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

• Camila Mileke Scucato, Executive Superintendent of Paranacidade

Closing remarks: Reta Jo Lewis, President, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Panel: Building Our Future Cities, Organized by the U.S. Mayoral Roundtable

Panel 1: Roundtable Introduction

• Montserrat Caballero, Mayor of Tijuana, Mexico

• George Burciaga, Managing Partner, the U.S. Mayoral Roundtable

Panel 2 Building Our Future Cities:

• Michael B. Hancock, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, United States

• Andre Dickens, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Delroy Williams, Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica

• Victoria Woodards, Mayor of Tacoma, Washington, and President of the National League of Cities

• Frank Scott Jr., Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, and President of the African American Mayors Association

• George Burciaga, Managing Partner, the U.S. Mayoral Roundtable

Closing remarks: Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State, United States

Location: Colorado Convention Center Concourse F

Time: Friday, April 28, 7:00-17:00

Location: Mile High Ballroom Main Stage

Time: Friday, April 28, 8:00-8:45

Welcome:

• Dianne Primavera, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

Greeting:

• Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland

Panel: Strengthening Native American and Indigenous Partnerships, organized by the Inter-American Foundation

• Moderator: Jessa Rae Growing Thunder, Inter-American Foundation

• Sara Aviel, President & CEO of the Inter-American Foundation

• Stacia Morfin, Nez Perce Tourism in Idaho, United States

• Maggie Lorenz, Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi, Minnesota, United States

• Gilda Lopez Reynaldes, TIERRA, Bolivia

• Mama Ascención Velasco Montaño, Cabildo Indígena del Resguardo de Guambia, Colombia

Organized by CDP, CCFLA

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3A

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

• Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Tatiana Gallego Lizon, Chief, Housing and Urban Development Division, Climate Change and Sustainability Department, Inter-American Development Bank

• Mia Callenberg, Global Environmental Facility

• Mauricio Rodas, Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador

• Keith Eischeid, Acting Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Trade and Development Agency

• Rebecca Lima, Executive Director for Latin America, CDP

• John Michael LaSalle, Project Preparation Action Group Coordinator, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance

Organized by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3B

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

Opening Remarks: Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative

Panel:

• Karen Maguire, Head of Division, Local Employment and Economic Development Programme, OECD

• Dulce Baptista, Labor Markets Senior Specialist, Labor Markets Division, Inter-American Development Bank

Panel:

• Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Terri Taylor, Strategy Director for Innovation and Discovery, Lumina Foundation

• Geri Yang Johnson, Transformative Communities Director, Dream Corps – Green for All

• Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay, and OECD Champion Mayor for Inclusive Growth

• Harry Valencia, Vice Minister of Labor and Employment, Ecuador

Organized by the Open Government Partnership

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3C

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

• Fernando Straface, Secretary General, Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Carolina Leitao, Mayor of Peñalolén, Chile

• Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay

• Mara Lezama, Governor Quintana Roo, Mexico

• Nicole Anand, Deputy Director of Inclusive Action for the City Los Angeles

• Cynthia Dehesa, Executive Director of Ciudadanos por la Transparencia

Organized by the Pan American Health Organization

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4A-B

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

Opening Remarks: Gerry Eijekmans, Director of the Department of Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity, PAHO

Panel: Experiences in Managing Policies for Better Health and Wellbeing

• Moderator: Patricia Morsch, Regional Advisor for Healthy Aging, PAHO

• Yeimy Carolina Agudelo, Mayor of Kennedy Municipality, Bogota, Colombia

• Juan Valentin Serrano, Mayor of Ameca Municipality, Jalisco State, Mexico

• Isabella de Roldão, Vice Mayor of Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil

Session 2: Alliances for Health and Well-being at the Local Level

• Moderator: Pilar Campos Esteban, Regional Advisor for Health Promotion, PAHO

• Esteban Martín Piaggio, Mayor of Gualeguaychú, Argentina

• Lina Walker, Vice President Health Security, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

• Lori Freeman, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Closing Remarks: Gerry Eijekmans, Director of the Department of Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity, PAHO

Organized by CHANGE

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4C-D

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

• Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

• Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay

• Sara Serin-Christ, Health & Human Services Program Planner, City of Oakland, California, United States

• Rachel Locke, Director of the Violence, Inequality, and Power (VIP) Lab, Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego

• Ito Peng, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto and co-lead of Room 5, from the Brookings Institute & Rockefeller Foundation “17 Rooms Initiative”

• Erin Bromaghim, Deputy Mayor of International Affairs, City of Los Angeles

• Heidi Nichols Haddad, Associate Professor of Politics and Coordinator of International Relations, Pomona College

• Alejandra Mora Mora, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission of Women

• Moderator: Diana Alarcón González, Chief Advisor to the Mayor and Foreign Affairs Coordinator for Mexico City, Mexico

Organized by U.S. Department of State, USAID

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4E

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

Organized by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4F

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

Organized by Equis Institute, Arizona State University, U.S. Department of State

Location: Room 401-2

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-11:00

Opening + Introduction: Kerri Hannan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

Keynote: Gen. Laura J. Richardson, Commander, US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)

Panel: Governing in Times of Distrust: A Conversation with Leaders of the Americas

• Claudia López Hernández, Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

• Jena Griswold, Secretary of State, Colorado

• Moderator: Dan Restrepo, Board Chair, Equis Institute; Former Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council

Panel: Online at the Frontlines: Civil Society Perspectives on Countering Disinformation and Misinformation

• Dawn Gilpin, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Research, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University

• Cristina Tardáguila, Journalist and Senior Director, International Center for Journalists; Co-Founder, Agencia Lupa

• Esteban Ponce de León, Research Associate, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Atlantic Council

• Cynthia Picolo, Digital Communication Network; Executive Director, Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN)

• Moderator: Roberta Braga, Director, Counter-Disinformation Strategies, Equis Institute

Closing and Thank You

• Battinto Batts, Jr., Dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University

Organized by Peace Corps, Johns Hopkins University

Location: Room 403-4

Time: Friday, April 28, 9:00-10:30

The myriad of challenges facing communities from the secondary impacts of the pandemic, to climate change, to issues of inclusive economic opportunity, housing, and education, require innovative new partnerships across the Americas. Join Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn to discuss and learn promising practices and resources from Peace Corps, the Cities of Service Initiative at John Hopkins University/Bloomberg Foundation, and representatives from partnership models in the Americas such as Techo and Glasswing. The session will highlight how cities are and can expand models of community volunteering and service to meet local development priorities. It will also discuss how to scale up support for expanding promising practices in community and national service models working with cities, as well as expand a community of learning across the Americas.

• Moderator: Michael McCabe, Regional Director for the Inter-American and Pacific Region, Peace Corps

• Carol Spahn, Worldwide Director, Peace Corps

• Tracy Colunga, Director of Civic Engagement, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University

• Claudia Neumann, Director, Techo Paraguay

• Marcela Aquino, Director, Glasswing Guatemala

Organized by National Endowment for the Arts

Location: Fábrica de Arte Americas

Time: 10-11am

In an opinion piece on April 16th in the Washington Post titled “The U.S. needs to relearn how to tell its story to the world”, Robert Gates, former Defense Secretary from 2006 to 2001, said: “In the long contest ahead with Russia and China, U.S. military power will be of greatest importance, but non-military instruments of power will be essential to our ability to compete and win as well.” How can we think of the power of the arts as playing a role not only in advancing foreign policy objectives, but also in creating positive social impact both domestically and internationally? This panel will analyze this question from multiple perspectives.

• General Nolen V. Bivens, President & CEO Americans for the Arts

• Carla Canales, NEA Senior Advisor and Envoy for Cultural Exchange

• Kit Taintor, Welcome.us, Welcome.US is a new national initiative built to inspire, mobilize, and empower Americans from all corners of the country to welcome and support those seeking refuge here.

• Dr. Marie Berry, Professor Korbel School of International Affairs; Director Sie Cheou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy

Organized by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3A

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

• Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI

• Cam Guthrie, Mayor of Guelph, Canada

• Michael B. Hancock, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, United States

• Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

• Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, Mayor of Monterrey, Mexico, and President of the Board of Directors of ICLEI Mexico

• Oscar Leggs Castro, Mayor of Los Cabos, Mexico, and member of the Board of Directors of ICLEI Mexico

• Maddie Keating, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Jamie Harkins, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Claudio Castro, Mayor of Renca, Chile

• Maria Camila Uribe, Coordinator, Inter-American Development Bank’s Cities Network

• Juan David Palacio, Director, Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley, Colombia

• Mayor Axel Grael, Mayor of Niteroi, Brazil

• Isabella de Roldão, Deputy Mayor of Recife, Brazil

• Renan Barrera Concha, Mayor of Merida, Mexico

• René Bédon, Councilor, City of Quito, Ecuador

Organized by Meridian International Center

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3B

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

Opening Remarks: Dilawar Syed, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Panel:

• Ambassador Stuart Holliday, CEO of Meridian

• Reta Jo Lewis, Chair, Export-Import Bank of the United States

• Robert A. Peck, Principal, Government + Defense Practice Area Leader, Gensler

• Karim Lesina, Executive Vice President, Chief External Affairs Officer, Millicom

Organized by the Carter Center and the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3C

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

• Moderators: Laura Neuman, The Carter Center, and Abby Miller, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation

• Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay

• Carolina Mejia, Mayor of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Carlos Soberanis, City Manager, Guatemala City

• Leah Tivoli, Director of Innovation and Performance, Seattle Washington

Organized by the Carolina Farm Trust

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4A-B

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

• Zack Wyatt, President and CEO of the Carolina Farm Trust

• Dena Diroio, County Manager, Mecklenburg County, NC

• Katie Kaney, Author, BOTH/AND Medicine and Public Health Together

• Andrew McCue, Commercial and Partnerships, Metabolic

• Christian Gomez, Director, Global Government Affairs for Latin America, Walmart

Organized by the University of Colorado-Denver, Imaginator Academy, Brain Capital Alliance

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4C-D

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

• Theo Edmonds, Imaginator Academy

• Harris Eyre, OECD/Brain Capital Alliance, Neuroscience-inspired Policy Initiative

• Rym Ayadi, President, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association

• Jessica von Farkas, Regional Network Organizer, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt

• Upali Nanda, Global Practice Director HKS Architects

• Kristina Newman-Scot, Artist and Policy Maker, National Arts and Culture Leader

• Julio Salazar, Co-founder, Cirklo, Mexico City

Organized by USAID

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4E

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

Organized by U.S. Department of Energy

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4F

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

Organized by the World Economic Forum

Location: Room 403-4

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:00-12:30

• Moderator: Matt Strahan, Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems, World Economic Forum

• William Dau, Mayor of Cartagena, Colombia

• Aaron Brockett, Mayor of Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Amarjeet Sohi, Mayor of Edmonton, Canada

• Allie Stein, Director, Hines Interests Limited Partnership

Organized by TelevisaUnivision

Location: Room 401-2

Time: Friday, April 28, 11:30-13:00

• Moderator: León Krauze, Co-Anchor of Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna

• Vitaliy Klychko, Mayor of Kyiv

• Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv

• Ivan Fedorov, Mayor of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

• Yuriy Bova, Mayor of Trostyanets, Sumy Oblast

• Oleksandr Kodola, Mayor of Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast

Location: Mile High Ballroom Main Stage

Time: Friday, April 28, 12:45-13:45

• Panel: Rising Leaders of the Americas, organized by the Biennial of the Americas

  • Moderator: Alejandra Reynoso Sanchez, Senator, Mexico

  • Alex Walker-Griffin, Mayor of Hercules, California, USA

  • Omar Jossue Pineda, Mayor of El Carmen, El Salvador

• Keynote: Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor to the President, White House

• Closing: Senator Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for the State of Colorado

Organized by the World Resources Institute and the UN Environment Programme

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3A

Time: Friday, April 28, 14:00-15:30

• Pablo Lazo, Acting Director, Urban Development, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

• Axel Schmidt Grael, Mayor of Niterói, Brazil

• Santiago Bermudez Barrientos, Deputy Mayor of Desamparados, Metropolitan Area of San José, Costa Rica

• Jaime Pumarejo, Mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia

• Robin King, Director of Knowledge Capture and Collaboration, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

• Eugénie L. Birch, Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania

• Carlos Eduardo Correa, Former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia; Former Mayor, Montería, and IOA Non-resident Fellow

• Tatiana Gallego Lizon, Chief of the Housing and Urban Development Division, Inter-American Development Bank

• Mauricio Rodas, Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador, and Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania

• Todd Gartner, Director, Cities4Forests, WRI

• Mia Callenberg, Environmental Specialist, Sustainable Cities Impact Program, Global Environment Facility

Organized by the George W. Bush Institute

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3B

Time: Friday, April 28, 14:00-15:30

Opening Remarks: Dilawar Syed, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Panel:

• Moderator: Cullum Clark, Director of Economic Growth Initiative, Bush Institute

• Yung Wu, CEO of the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Canada

• Carlos Andrés Jaramillo Velásquez, Executive Director of Ruta N in Medellín, Colombia

• Rebecca Robinson, CEO of Kansas State Innovation Partners in Manhattan, Kansas

Closing Remarks: Isabella de Roldão, Vice Mayor of Recife, Brazil

Organized by the Strong Cities Network, National League of Cities

Location: Mile High Ballroom 3C

Time: Friday, April 28, 14:00-15:30

• Michael Hancock, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, United States

• Paula Mascarenhas, Mayor of Pelotas, Brazil

• Victoria Woodards, Mayor of Tacoma, Washington, United States, and President of the National League of Cities

• Clarence E. Anthony, Former Mayor of South Bay, Florida, United States, and Executive Director of the National League of Cities

• Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

• Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

• Oscar Escobar, Mayor of Palmira, Colombia

• Amarjeet Sohi, Mayor of Edmonton, Canada

• Jacob Frey, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Tim Kelly, Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

• Faiq Mohammed, Mayor of Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago

• Rafael Ramirez Colinat, Mayor of Maracaibo, Venezuela

Organized by the Washington Office on Latin America

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4A-B

Time: Friday, April 28, 14:00-15:30

• Lisa Sanchez, México Unido Contra la Delincuencia

• Ilze Brands Gehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, United Nations

• Pedro Arenas, Viso Mutop, Colombia

• Cat Brooks, Mental Health First, Oakland, USA

• Ernesto Cortés, Latin American and Caribbean Network of People Who Use Drugs, Costa Rica

• Svante Myrick, People for the American Way, and Former Mayor of Ithaca, New York, United States

• Railda Silva, Association of Friends and Families of Incarcerated Persons (AMPARAR), Brazil

• Mario Moreno, Chief of Staff, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, United States

Organized by the City of Denver

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4C-D

Time: Friday, April 28, 14:00-15:30

• Laura Aldrete, Deputy Mayor and Community Planning and Development Executive Director, City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States

• Jennifer Hughes, Senior Advisor to the Chair on Partnerships, Expansion, and Innovation, National Endowment for the Arts

• Diana Fernandez, Deputy Chief of Urban Design, City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Daniela Chacon, Executive Director at Fundación Tandem, Quito, Ecuador

• Paula Soto Villagrán, Faculty Member, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico

Organized by U.S. Department of State

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4E

Time: Friday, April 28, 14:00-15:30

Organized by National Telecommunications and Information Administration, USAID

Location: Mile High Ballroom 4F

Time: Friday, April 28, 14:00-15:30

Organized by: National Endowment for the Arts

Location: Fábrica de Arte Americas

Time: 3-4pm

The United States of America has been selected as the country of honor for the Festival Internacional Cervantino. Taking place each year in Guanajuato, Mexico, Cervantino is the largest performing arts festival in Latin America, attracting over 400,000 visitors from around the world in 3 weeks. Join Carla Canales, Senior Advisor & Envoy for Cultural Exchange for the NEA in conversation with Aisha Ahmad-Post and Cristina Vázquez, the curators for the US delegation to Cervantino, for a wide-ranging conversation about curatorial goals for international festivals and the critical role international arts exchange plays in diplomatic relations.

• Carla Canales, NEA Senior Advisor and Envoy for Cultural Exchange

• Aisha Ahmad-Post, Executive Director of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver

• Cristina Vazquez, Founder and Director, Contenidos Artísticos INC

Location: Mile High Ballroom Main Stage

Time: Friday, April 28, 15:45-17:15

• Introduction: Mike Fries, Chair of the Biennial of the Americas and CEO of Liberty Global

• Keynote: Antony J. Blinken, United States Secretary of State

• Remarks: Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper

Panel Introduction:

Panel: Human Mobility in the Americas: City-led Solutions, organized by CAF, Emerson Collective, Inter-American Dialogue, and the Mayors Migration Council

• Moderator: Lilia Luciano, CBS News

• Jaime Pumarejo, Mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia

• Yamileth López, Mayor of Upala, Costa Rica

• Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

• Bruce Harrell, Mayor of Seattle, Washington, United States

• Brigid Shea, Commissioner, Travis County, Texas, United States

• Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America

Adjournment:

• Kevin O’Reilly, U.S. National Coordinator for the Summits of the Americas

• Maria Garcia Berry, Board Member, Biennial of the Americas

Location: Cultural Warehouse at the Slate Hotel

Time: Friday, April 28, 17:00-19:00

*Plenary credentials grant you free admission to the cultural warehouse. Learn more here.