Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno Tecnológico de Monterrey

Plan México and the Green Transition: Beyond the USMCA

Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública

Av. Revolución 756, Nonoalco, Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México

Tecnológico de Monterrey – Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno
Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
Global Development Policy Center – Boston University
Co-Lab de Política Industrial Oxford-México
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Open Society Foundations

Agenda

Day 1. Thursday

January 29

8:00 - 8:30

Registration

8:30 - 10:00

Inauguration

Dialogue with Altagracia Gómez, Coordinator of the Advisory Council for Regional Economic Development and Nearshoring.

10:00 - 11:30

Panel 1. Global Trends in Industrial Policy and Plan Mexico

Ernesto Stein (Distinguished Professor, Tec de Monterrey)
Fuad Hasanov (Senior Economist, IMF)
Rachel Thrasher (Researcher, Boston University)
Vidal Llerenas (Ministry of Economy, Undersecretary for Industry and Commerce)

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:30

Panel 2. The Macroeconomics of Plan Mexico and Green Industrial Policy

Carlos Serrano (Chief Economist, BBVA)
Gabriel Rosas (Researcher, Co-Lab Industrial Policy Oxford-Mexico)
Héctor Villarreal (Research Professor, Tec de Monterrey)
Regina Rosales (International Forums and Sustainable Finance Director, Ministry of Finance)*

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch

The Mexican Green Industrial Policy Observatory, Tec de Mty-JHU Presentation

15:00 - 16:30

Panel 3. Subnational and Sectoral Industrial Policies for Sustainable Development

Betsabé Rocha (Secretary of Economic Development, Nuevo León)
Carlos López (Head, Policy Links Unit Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy)
Marco Antonio del Prete (Secretary of Economic Development, Querétaro)
Miguel Santos (Dean of the School of Government and Public Transformation, Tec de Monterrey)
Cindy Blanco (Secretary of Economic Development, Jalisco)*

* To be confirmed

Day 2. Friday

January 30

8:00 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 10:30

Panel 4. Financial Resources: Domestic and International Funding for Greening Initiatives

Diana Alarcón (Alt. Executive Director for Mexico, World Bank)
Luiz Daniel Wilcox (Chief of Economic Research, BNDES)
Roberto Lazzeri (General Director, NAFIN)*
Esaúl Ramírez (Associate Director of Infrastructure Financing, NADBANK)*

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Panel 5. Trade and Investment in USMCA and Beyond: New Sectors and Partnerships

Eric Verhoogen (Co-Director, Center for Development Economics and Policy, Columbia University)
Gilberto García (Chief Economist, Datawheel)
Jorge Mario Martínez Piva (Director a i., ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico)
Renato Balderrama (Chair, Development Studies, CIDE)
Sandra Polaski (Non-resident Senior Fellow, Boston University)*
Rosendo Gutiérrez (Undersecretary of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy)*

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Panel 6. Governance for Development: Public-Private Relations

Ana Fernanda Hierro (Executive Director, Consejo NL)
Diego Alberto Aviles (Coordinator, Consejo de Desarrollo de Sonora)
Gabriela Dutrénit (Distinguished Professor, UAM)
José Medina (President, CCE)*
José María Valenzuela (Professor, COLMEX)
Pedro Casas (Executive VP and CEO, AMCHAM)

15:00 - 15:15

Closing remarks

* To be confirmed