
                    High Level Government Officials Attending the ACF
                    Confirmed
                    Argentina
                    Beatriz  Nofal, President of the  National Investment and Development Agency
                    Barbados
                      Bentley  Gibbs, Permanent  Secretary of Industry and Commerce
                    Brazil
                    Luciano  Coutinho, President of Brazilian Development Bank
                                        Claudio  Leite Gastal, President of the Brazil Competitiveness Movement
                    Chile
                    Michelle  Bachelet, President of Chile
                      Hugo  Lavados, Minister of Economy
                      Marcelo  Tokman, Minister of Energy
                      Marigen  Hornkohl, Minister of Agriculture
                      Santiago  Gonzalez, Minister of the Mining
                      Romy  Shmidt, Minister of National Property
                      Jean  Jacques Duhart, Vice Minister of Economy
                      Jose  De Gregorio, Governor of the Central Bank
                    Jose  Goni, Ambassador to the United States
                    Colombia
                      Ricardo  Duarte Duarte, Vice Minister of Business Development
                      Dr.  Hernando Jose Gomez Restrepo, President  of the Competitiveness Council
                    Dr.  Esteban Penaloza Barrientos, Presidential Advisor for Competitiveness
                    Costa Rica
                    Eduardo  Sibaja Arias, Minister of Economy, Industry & Trade
                    Jorge  Woodbridge, Minister of Competitiveness 
                    Dominican Republic
                      Juan  Temistocles Montas, Secretary of the State of Economy, Planning, and  Development
                    Andres  Van der Horst, Minister Executive Director of the National Competitiveness  Council
                    Ecuador
                      Maria  Elsa Viteri Acaiturri, Minister of Economy and Finances
                    Nathalie  Cely Suarez, Minister of Production, Competitiveness, and Commercialization
                    El Salvador
                    
                    Hector  Dada Hirezi, Minister of Economy
                    Guatemala
                      Alvaro  Colom, President of Guatemala
                      Ruben  Morales Monroy, Minister of Economy
                    Haroldo  Rodas, Minister of Foreign Relations
                    Mexico
                      Felipe  Duarte Olvera, Under Secretary of Competitiveness (Department of Economy)
                      Roberto  Newell, Director General of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness
                    Nicaragua
                    Orlando  Solorzano Delgadillo, Minister of Industry and Trade
                    Panama
                    
                      Jose  Domingo Arias Villalaz, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade
                    Nicolas  Ardito Barletta, Director General of the National Competitiveness Center of  Panama
                    Paraguay
                      Dionisio  Borda, Minister of Finance
                    Jose  Felix Bogado, Director of the Paraguay Competitiveness Project
                    Peru
                    Mercedes  Rosalba Araoz Fernandez, Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism
                    Agnes  Franco Temple, Executive Director of the National Competitiveness Council
                    Saint Lucia
                    Charlotte  Mangal, Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Consumer Affairs
                    Trinidad and Tobago
                    Carl  Francis, Permanent Secretary of Labor and Small Enterprise Development 
                    United States
                      Gary  Locke, Secretary of Commerce
                      Michelle  O’Neill, Acting Under Secretary for Trade
                    Francisco  Sanchez, Senior Advisor to the Secretary
                    Uruguay
                      Roberto  Kreimerman, Vice Minister of Industry, Energy, and Mining
                      Dr.  Rodolfo Silveira, President of the National Research and Innovation Agency
                    Pablo  Darscht, Director General of the Support Program for Competitiveness and  Promotion of Exports for Small and Medium-Sized Companies
                    Venezuela
                    Dunia  de Bartola, Executive Director of Venezuelan Competitiveness