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Program

Sunday, April 26
07:00 pm Accreditation / Registration (main hotel)
All participants can ask for the material at the venue hotel as from 6:30 pm.
07:30 pm Welcome cocktail at The Syxth & Terrace meeting room of Hotel Riu Plaza Panamá (main hotel)
Recommended dress code: elegant casual; no tie is necessary.
Activity in a partially roofed place.
Estimated temperature ranges between 23 °C and 31 °C.
Since the weather is warm, light clothes are suggested.
09:30 pm End of activity

 

Monday, April 27
08:30 am Accreditation / Registration (main hotel)
09:00 am Opening ceremony (Barcelona meeting room of main hotel)
Accompanying persons invited
  • Representative of Host Committee
  • José Joaquín Riesen (Insurance and Reinsurance Superintendent, Panama)
  • Jorge Rodríguez Elorduy (PASA President)
09:30 am Opening conference
  • Néstor Gonzalez (Vice minister of foreign trade)
10:00 am Keynote conference
Speaker:
  • Tomas Sedlácek (leading Czech economist, macroeconomic strategist, government advisor, and best-seller writer)
10:45 am Coffee break
11:15 am Conference
An economic outlook of Panama
  • Dulcidio De la Guardia (Minister of Economy and Finance, Panama)
11:40 am Panel
Panama’s current issues. Insurance and infrastructure Coordinator:
  • Martín Delgado (Surety Vice President, Cía.Internacional de Seguros S.A., Panama)
Speakers:
12:20 pm Panel
The Panama Canal. A model of administration Coordinator:
  • Ian van Hoorde (Technical Executive Vice President, Assa Compañía de Seguros S.A., Panama)
Speakers:
01:00 pm End of academic sessions
Lunch and afternoon: own arrangements
05:30 pm Meeting at the lobby of the hotel for the evening activity
06:00 pm Cocktail and camaraderie dinner at the Hard Rock Hotel. Cocktail at the Terrace on 62nd floor and dinner at Fania meeting room
Recommended dress code: elegant casual; no tie is necessary.
Activity in a partially roofed place.
Estimated temperature ranges between 23 °C and 31 °C.
Since the weather is warm, light clothes are suggested.
10:30 pm End of activity
10:30 pm Return to the hotel

 

Tuesday, April 28
09:30 am Conference
Market Statistics
  • Juan Fernando Serrano (President of Latino Insurance, Ecuador)
10:15 am Questions and answers
10:30 am Coffee break
11:00 am Introductory conference / Round table
The role of government export promotion agencies. Links with the development of credit insurance Coordinator:
  • Paulo Morais (President, Credit Committee, Panamerican Surety Association / Regional Director, Crédito y Caución, Spain)
Main speaker: Speakers:
12:45 pm Questions and answers
01:00 pm End of the round table
01:15 pm Group photo
01:30 pm Lunch at Arts & Prisma Restaurant of main hotel
03:00 pm End of lunch
Afternoon and evening: own arrangements

 

Wednesday, April 29
10:20 am Conference
Impact of current reinsurance mergers on the primary credit and bond market
  • Peter Schmidt (CEO Catlin Re, Switzerland)
10:45 am Questions and answers
11:00 am Coffee break
11:30 am Conference
Law on Insurance and Surety Institutions (Mexico)
Presenter:
  • Marco Schiattone (President, PASA Surety Committee / Member of Senior Management, Partner Reinsurance Europe SE - Zurich Branch, Switzerland)
Speaker:
11:50 am Questions and answers
12:00 pm Reports of PASA Working Committees
  • Marco Schiattone (President of the Surety Committee)
  • Paulo Morais (President of the Credit Committee)
  • Gipsy Chafardet (President of the Training Committee)
  • Isidra Vásquez (President of the Legal Committee)
12:40 pm Closing ceremony of academic sessions
01:00 pm XXVII General Assembly
02:30 pm End of sessions
Lunch: own arrangements
06:00 pm Departure of buses from the main hotel to the American Trade Hall
06:30 pm Cocktail and closing dinner at the American Trade Hall offered by PASA followed by a dancing party at Tantalo Roof Bar
Recommended dress code: elegant casual; no tie is necessary.
Activity in a partially roofed place.
There is an outdoor walk to the activity place.
Estimated temperature ranges between 23 °C and 31 °C.
Since the weather is warm, light clothes are suggested.
Ladies are recommended to wear comfortable shoes; they will have to walk on a cobbled path.
10:00 pm First bus transfer back to the hotel
10:30 pm End of the activity
10:45 pm Last bus transfer to the hotel

 

Thursday, April 30
All day long:
Return of participants to their countries or post-event tours
 

 
XXVII General Assembly
Panamerican Surety Association
26 - 29 April, 2015
Panama City, Republic of Panama
25 de Mayo 81, Piso 7 · C1002ABA Buenos Aires - Argentina
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