9.00 a 9.30

Opening session

• Márcio Luiz de Albuquerque Oliveira, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and the Budget of Brazil
• Thiago Augusto Dias Carvalho Braz, Executive Manager of the Government Business Division at Banco do Brasil
• José Luiz Rossi, Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Carmen Diego Fonseca, Coordinator of the Spanish Cooperation Office for the Southern Cone, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
• Javier Medina Vásquez, Deputy Executive Secretary a.i. of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Officer in Charge of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

9.30 a 10.15

Keynote address: Strategic foresight, international experiences and implications for the future

• Catarina Zuzarte Tully, Managing Director, School of International Futures, United Kingdom

10.15 a 11.30

Panel 1 - Cutting-edge foresight systems – implications for Latin America and the Caribbean

Moderator: Fabiano Chaves da Silva, Undersecretary for Long-Term Planning, National Secretariat of Planning of Brazil

• Francisco Gaetani, Special Secretary for State Transformation, Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services of Brazil
• Giuseppe Porcaro, Policy Adviser, European External Action Service (virtual)
• Maryna Sviatenko Project Specialist at the World Economic Forum (virtual)
• Almir Lima Nascimento, Director of the International Relations Research Institute (IPRI) of the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG)

Statements by participants

11.30 a 11.45

11.45 a 13.00

Panel 2 - Foresight and anticipatory governance – experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean

Moderator: Rodrigo Arim, Director of the Office for Planning and Budget in the Office of the President of the Republic of Uruguay

• Giofianni Peirano Torriani, Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Centre for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN) of Peru
• Estefania Laterza de los Rios, Representative of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF)
• Camila Gramkow, Officer in Charge of the ECLAC office in Brasília

13.00 a 14.00

14.00 a 15.15

Panel 3 - Brazil 2050: implementation of the Pact for the Future and intergenerational commitments to sustainable development

Moderator: Javier Medina Vásquez, Deputy Executive Secretary a.i. of ECLAC and Officer in Charge of ILPES

• Presentation of the Brazil 2050 Strategy by Virgínia de Ângelis Oliveira de Paula, National Secretary for Planning, Ministry of Planning and the Budget of Brazil
• Luciana Mendes Santos Servo, President of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) of Brazil
• Joaquín González-Alemán, Representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Brazil
• André Martínez Fritscher, Senior Specialist in the Fiscal Management Division of IDB

15.15 a 16.00

Panel 4 - Lessons and key factors for foresight implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Moderator: Valeria Torres, Chief of the Public Management and Open Government Area of ILPES

• Presentation of the outcomes of the survey on the institutionalization of foresight in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Javier Medina Vásquez, Deputy Executive Secretary a.i. of ECLAC and Officer in Charge of ILPES

Remarks by:

• Carlos Mendoza Alvarado, Secretary of Planning and Programming of the Office of the President of Guatemala
• Wayne Henry, Chairman and Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica
• Martín Francos, Deputy Minister of Planning and Public Investment in the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Dominican Republic
• Carolina Paredes, Chief of the Sustainable Development Department in the General Planning Directorate, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of Paraguay
• Ana Karen Vallecillo, Undersecretary of State, Secretariat for Strategic Planning of Honduras (virtual)

16.00 a 16.30

16.30 a 17.00

Conclusions and closing remarks

• Javier Medina Vásquez, Deputy Executive Secretary a.i. of ECLAC and Officer in Charge of ILPES
• Virgínia de Ângelis Oliveira de Paula, National Secretary for Planning, Ministry of Planning and the Budget of Brazil