10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EDT

Opening: Mauricio Claver-Carone, IDB President.

Estonia: Improving the lives of citizens through digital government 

*Kersti Kaljulaid, Former President of Estonia.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT

The value of digital government

*Marcelo Guinovart, Director of Strategic Planning, AGESIC

*José Inostroza, Chief of Digital Government, Chile.

*Andrew Auerbach, Senior Tax Adviser at OECD.

*João Batista Barros da Silva Filho, Sub-Secretary for Inspection (SUFIS) of the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil

Moderator: Susana Cordeiro Guerra, Manager, Institutions for Development, IDB.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT

Opening: Carolina Serra, General Manager, Human Resources Department, IDB

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

IDB Value Proposition  - IDB HR Department experts

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EDT

How to make your resume shine - IDB Career Services

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT

Your digital resume and social media - IDB Career Services.

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EDT

Opening: Richard Martínez, Vice President for Countries, IDB

Regional value chains in the film industry: Encanto, the movie.

*Alejandra Espinosa Uribe, Writer and Cultural Consultant, Encanto.

*Verónica Echeverri, Export Manager/ 4.0 Industries, Procolombia.

*Nicolás Aznárez, Executive Producer, El Camino Films. Founding Partner of Punta del Este Studios

Moderator: Fabrizio Opertti, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, IDB.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT

New trends in the world economy: What changes for the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean?

*Lorenzo Caliendo, Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management, Yale University.

*Amb. Martha Bárcena Coqui Senior Adviser of the Americas Program Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator: Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Chief Economist, Integration and Trade Sector, IDB.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT

How to hack networking - David Burkus, Organizational Psychologist. Expert in network management. Author of the book: “Friend Of A Friend . . .: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career”

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

Career opportunities at the IDB - IDB Recruiters

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EDT

Impactful interviewing - IDB Career Services

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT

How to Maximize Social Media for Your Career

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EDT

Opening: Reina Irena Mejía, Executive Vice President, IDB

Men, masculinity, and gender equity.

*Michael Kaufman, author of The Time Has Come: Why Men Must Join the Gender Equality Revolution. Co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign.

*Amanda Nguyen, social entrepreneur CEO of Rise. 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.

Moderator: Cristina Pombo, Social Sector Senior Advisor, IDB 

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT

Superheroes of Development. Lessons learned in development projects.

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Labor markets through the gender lens: a new vision to an old problem

*Lori Beaman, Associate Professor, Northwestern University

*Ana María Díaz, Associate Professor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

*Karen García Rojas, Adviser in statistics for gender equality, general Direction of DANE, Colombia

*Natalia Cantet, Associate Professor, EAFIT University

Moderator: Maria del Pilar López-Uribe, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT

Innovate to reduce gender-based violence and increase access to sexual and reproductive health: What can we learn from behavioral science and the use of digital technologies?

*Paloma Bellatin Nieto - Senior Advisor at Behavioral Insights Team North America

*Rachel, Lehrer, former Associate Director of Innovation, Airbel Impact Lab at the International Rescue Committee 

*Marlene Molero – GenderLAB

*Ana Lucía Rodríguez de la Rosa, - Yale Human Research Lab

Moderator: Mariano Bosch, Sector Economic Advisor, IDB

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EDT

Journey to success - Opportunities for all

• Life inside the IDB Group 
• Get to know our Employee Resource Groups 
• Our approach toward building an inclusive workplace for all 

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EDT

Opening: James P. Scriven, CEO of IDB Invest.

*Martín Bellocq, Chief Marketing Officer at Ualá

Moderator: Benigno López, Vicepresident for Sectors and Knowledge, IDB.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT

Productive sector revolution. How to remove the barriers for innovation.

*Andrea Oconitrillo Rojas, Director of the Centro de Innovación Financiera (CIF), Costa Rica.

*Hugo Kantis, Director of the Entrepreneurial Development Program, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina.

*Kayla Grant, IDB Competitiveness, Innovation and Technology Senior Associate.

*Pau Puig, IDB Telecommunications Specialist.

*Diego Richard, Executive Director UP Skills.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT

Project management skills for the XXI Century. PM4R/PMI

*Agustín Sarría, Knowledge and Learning Specialist and PM4R Program Coordinator, IDB

*Ricardo Triana – Director, PMI Latin America

*Ricardo Sánchez – Counselor, Tec de Monterrey

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT

Productivity and Innovation for Development

*Marianna Sampaio, Senior Policy Analyst, Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration and Government at Fundação Getulio Vargas EAESP

*Maycon David Stahelin, Undersecretary ad interim of Innovation and Digital Transformation, Ministry of Economy, Brazil

*Rodrigo Pastl, Head Fraunhofer Liaison Office Brazil

*Moderator: Morgan Doyle – Country Representative IDB Brazil 

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT

An interactive workshop to prepare your CV with IDB Recruiters

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT

*Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team.

*Jessica Bedoya, Chief of Staff & Chief Strategy Officer, IDB

*Devi Lockwood, author of 1,001 Voices on Climate Change

*Melisa Capcha, Climate Activist

*Juan Carlos Monterrey-Gómez, Obama Foundation Scholar. Vice Chair for the Implementation of the UN Climate Convention

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EDT

How is LAC planning the implementation of the Paris Agreement? Lessons learned

*Luis Miguel Galindo – Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). 

*Tatiana Schor, Jefa IDB Amazon Unit Chief

*Laura Ortiz Montemayor - Chief Purpose Officer at SVX Mexico

*José Manuel Sandoval – Climate Change Speclialist, IDB

*Le-Anne Roper - Senior Technical Officer (Adaptation), Climate Change Division of the Jamaica’s Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT

How can be LAC a pioneer on sustainable infrastructure. 

Moderator: Agustina Calatayud – Transportation Specialists, IDB.

*Jorge Rivera Staff, National Energy Secretary of Panama.

*Laura Ulloa, Viceminister of Transportation and Road Safety, Cost Rica 

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT

Wrap up and highlights of the BIDAcademy Knowledge Week.