FT Innovate Latin America 2015
March 17 - 18, 2015 | The Hilton Hotel, Panama #FTInnovate
 
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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8:30 am - 9:00 amRegistration
9:00 am - 9:05 amOpening Remarks
9:05 am - 9:45 amPresidential Address & Interview
9:45 am - 10:30 amKeynote Panel: Making Innovation Happen In Latin America
Leaders in business and government will discuss what is being done – and what more needs to be done - in the policy and corporate spheres to drive innovation and growth across one of the most dynamic regions of the world.

Tarek Farahat, President, Procter & Gamble Latin America
Nizan Guanaes, Founder & Partner, Grupo ABC
Catalina Ortiz, President, iNNPulsa
Moderated by: Jude Webber, Mexico and Central America Correspondent, Financial Times

10:30 am - 10:45 amHow Digital Enables Meaningful Innovation
The internet of things is turning into reality, industry is starting to deliver on its digital promise to consumers – but how to ensure innovation remains meaningful? What are the challenges for existing business and innovation models?

Dennis McEniry, President, Estee Lauder Online Division

10:45 am - 11:00 amHow to Create a Successful Start-up Culture: Ten Dos & Don'ts
Lessons from 'Chilecon Valley' - the Silicon Valley of Latin America
11:00 am - 11:30 amNetworking Break
11:30 am - 12:15 pmBig Data & The Cloud: Heralding a New Era of Innovation in Latin America
There is no doubt that cloud technology reduces IT costs, but its value to an organisation is potentially much greater than this. Companies across Latin America are migrating to the cloud in their hoards, enabling new technologies to be adopted, and radically changing the way they operate and serve customers. Our high-level panel of groundbreaking corporate cloud-users and cloud software experts will look at the pros and cons of the cloud, and the big data it houses, and the ways in these are being used to drive innovation.

Serge Elkiner, CEO, YellowPepper
 Arthur Mazzini, Director of Strategy and Innovation, AT&T
12:15 pm - 12:45 pmCorporate Keynote Address
Innovating across Latin America in an evolving digital age.

John Levis, Partner, Deloitte

12:45 pm - 2:00 pmLunch
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmFT Innovate Latin America Emerging Technology: Pitching Session
5 x 3-minute pitches to showcase potentially game-changing technologies from across the region, followed by an extended Q&A session with the audience and an expert panel of venture capitalists and senior corporate executives.

2:45 pm - 3:00 pmKeynote Address: Consumer-centric Innovation
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmCorporate Innovation Spotlight
3:15 pm - 5:15 pmInnovation Brainstorm
A dynamic, participant-led 2-hour session, hosted in small, mixed-sector groups with a maximum of 12 delegates per group. This is an opportunity for delegates to think freely around challenges, contribute to the debate, network and discuss the hottest, up-to-the minute topics of interest to those whose job it is to make innovation happen in their companies.

Suzana Pamplona Miranda, Strategic Insights Director, Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Brazil

Table topics to include:  
- How to achieve innovation breakthroughs
- Immersive, personalized experiences: innovating for the digital consumer
- The challenges of innovating in a regulated industry
- Understanding and reaching the mobile first consumer
- How to solve your most complex challenges through open innovation
- Using social media channels to supercharge your innovation pipeline

5:15 pm - 5:45 pmDay 1 Closing Talk
5:45 pm - 7:00 pmChair's Closing Remarks & Drinks Reception

Wednesday, March 18, 2015
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8:30 am - 9:00 amRegistration
9:00 am - 9:10 amOpening Remarks
9:10 am - 9:30 amOpening Keynote Address
Dr. Jorge A. Motta, National Secretary, National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation, Panama

9:30 am - 10:15 amPanel: Innovation: A Spotlight on Panama
Leading policy-makers, senior corporate executives and heads of MNCs head-quartered in Panama discuss what needs to happen next to turn Panama into a regional hub for innovation.

Dr. Jorge A. Motta, National Secretary, National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation, Panama

10:15 am - 10:30 amCorporate Keynote: Picking the Innovation Lock
Alan Krause, Chairman and CEO, MWH Global

10:30 am - 11:00 amPanel: The Mobile Consumer
Lower data prices, better infrastructure and telecom regulation reforms has meant smartphone use is exploding across Latin America (It is expected to reach 145.6 million this year). Around the globe, smartphones are transforming the way customers interact with companies and organisations. This panel discussion will take a close-up look at the mobile landscape in Latin America, give examples of the strategies companies are using to win customer engagement, the methods by which big data is being used to give customers what they want, and examine the best of the emerging mobile technologies.

Claudio Hidalgo, COO Caribe & Central America, Digicel Group

11:00 am - 11:15 amNetworking Break
11:15 am - 12:00 pmPanel: Innovation in the Financial Services Sector
How are the region’s financial services organisations responding to the changing demographic in Latin America, and the digital 'big bang'?

Roberto Brenes, CEO, Panama Stock Exchange

12:00 pm - 12:15 pmSocial Innovation Case Study
Through a strategic alliance with Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Nutrivida - the first social business in Central America - is finding innovative ways to eradicate under-nutrition in Central America and Haiti.

Gisela Sánchez Maroto, Corporate Affairs Director, FIFCO and Founder of NUTRIVIDA

12:15 pm - 1:00 pmPanel: Future Trends
FT Innovate Latin America 2015 will end discussions with an opening out into what futurists, trend analysts and senior corporate executives think will be coming next, and the impact this will have on innovation and business practices.

Suzana Pamplona Miranda, Strategic Insights Director, Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Brazil
Kenneth G. Herd, General Manager, Brazil Technology Center, GE Global Research

1:00 pmClosing Remarks