Agenda

Monday

May 8, 2023

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Light Breakfast

8:30 – 9 a.m. Opening Ceremony

Elizabeth Simmons, Vice Chancellor, UC San Diego
Caroline Freund, Dean, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Silvio Gonzalez, Minister for Public Diplomacy, U.S. Embassy in Mexico
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director USMEX and Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor's Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

9 – 10 a.m. China and North America

Amb. Julián Ventura, Senior Advisor, Dentons Global Advisors, Albright Stonebridge Group Americas
Barry Naughton, So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Erin Baggott Carter, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California
- Moderator: Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Mexican Senator

10 – 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

10:20 – 11:20 a.m. The State of U.S. Democracy: Vigilante Groups in the U.S. and Misinformation

Thad Kousser, Co-Director, Yankelovich Center, UC San Diego
Kathleen Bruhn, Professor, Political Science, UC Santa Barbara
Garen Wintemute, Susan P. Baker-Stephen P. Teret Chair in Violence Prevention, and Director of the Violence Prevention Research Program, UC Davis
- Moderator: Ana Paula Ordorica, Journalist

11:20 – 11:45 a.m. Light Refreshment

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Primero los pobres? An Evaluation of AMLO's Social Policy

Sofía Ramírez, Director, México, Cómo Vamos?
Gonzalo Hernández Licona, Director, Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network
Máximo Jaramillo, Instituto de Estudios sobre Desigualdad, Universidad de Guadalajara
Mariana Campos, Program Director, Government Expenditure and Accountability Program, México Evalúa
- Commentator: José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Independent non-executive Director, HSBC
- Moderator: Gabriela Warkentin, Journalist, WRadio

1 – 2:15 p.m. Lunch

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Strengthening the CaliBaja Partnership

Ma. Isabel Studer, Directora, Alianza MX
Jorge Goytortúa, CEO, Cross Border Xpress
Maritza Díaz, CEO, ITijuana
Chairs:
- Thomas E. Reott, U.S. Consul in Tijuana
- Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of México in San Diego

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Exemplary Water Management: The Colorado River

Roberto Velasco, Chief Officer, North America Unit, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Adriana Reséndez Maldonado, Mexican Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico
Sally Spener, Foreign Affairs Officer for the U.S. Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico
- Moderator: Carlos de la Parra, Partner-Founder, Centro Luken de Estrategias en Agua y Medio Ambiente

4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Coffee Break

4:45 - 5:15 p.m. Armchair Conversation with Amb. Moctezuma

Amb. Esteban Moctezuma, Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S.
Catheryn Camacho, Associate Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director, USMEX and Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor's Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

5:15 - 5:30 p.m. INEGI-USMEX Relation

6 – 7 p.m. Cocktail & Networking

7 – 9 p.m. Formal Dinner: Presentation of the 2023 Jeffrey Davidow Good Neighbor Award

Tuesday

May 9, 2023

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Light Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Soccer the New Frontier of North American Integration

Alicia Lebrija, President, Fundación Televisa
Mikel Arriola, President, Liga MX
Mariana Sanz, CEO Latin America & General Manager México, Edelman
Mauricio Doehner, Executive Vicepresident of Corporate Affaors and Enterprise Management, CEMEX
- Moderator: Enrique Perret, Managing Director, U.S.-Mexico Foundation

9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Coffee Break

9:45 – 10:45 a.m. U.S. & Mexico: Reviving War on Drugs?

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Director, Initiative on Non-State Actors, The Brookings Institute
Jaime Arredondo, Canada Research Chair in Substance Use and Health Policy Research, University of Victoria
- Moderator: Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Head of Research, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Remarks by Roberto Velasco, Chief Officer of the North America Unit, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Nearshoring and the U.S. Emergent Industrial Policy

Luz María de la Mora, Non-resident Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council
Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexican Congressman
Sergio Gómez Lora, CEO, Business Council of Mexico Representation in the U.S.
María Ariza, CEO, Bolsa BIVA
Caroline Freund, Dean, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
- Moderator: Damián Martínez Tagüeña, Managing Director, Strategic Communications, FTI Consulting

12 – 1 p.m. U.S.-Mexico on the Threshold of 2024

Amb. Tom Shannon, Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter
Tania Ortiz Mena, Group President Mexico, Sempra Infrastructure
Amb. Arturo Sarukhan, President, Sarukhan and Associates LLC
Roberto Suro, Professor, University of Southern California
- Moderators: Pamela Starr, Professor, University of Southern California & Graciela Márquez, President, INEGI

1 - 2 p.m. Working Lunch

- Dionisio Pérez Jácome, Reputation, and Corporate Development Vice-President, Volaris
- Alejandra Palacios, Senior Fellow, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
- Juan Carlos Baker, Chief Executive Officer and Partner, Ansley Consultores Internacionales

2 - 2:15 p.m. Closing Remarks

Catheryn Camacho, Associate Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Rafael Fernández de Castro, Director USMEX and Aaron Feldman Family Chancellor's Endowed Chair in U.S.-Mexican Studies in Memory of David Feldman, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy