Day 1

Monday

May 8, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

Armchair Conversation with Amb. Moctezuma and INEG-USMEX Relation

• 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 

• Graciela Márquez, President, INEGI