Rural Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean – A Bridge to Sustainable Development During a Pandemic

Moderator: Pedro Damian, President of EFEAGRO.

Speakers: 

• Manuel Otero, Director General of the IICA.
• Akilah Byron-Nesbitt, Minister of Health, Information Technology, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship and Talent Development, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
• Luis Basterra, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina.
• Iván Mantilla, Vice Minister of Connectivity of Colombia.
• Luciano Braverman, Senior Education Director for Microsoft Latin America.
• Fernando Henrique Kohlmann Schwanke, Secretary of Family Farming and Cooperative Undertakings at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil.
• Nilo Pasquali, Superintendent of Planning and Regulation at the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) of Brazil.
• Marcelo Cabrol, Manager of the Social Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
• Rossana Polastri, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
• Sandra Ziegler, IICA.
• Joaquín Arias Segura, Technical Specialist at IICA’s Center of Strategic Analysis for Agriculture (CAESPA).
• Federico Villarreal, Director of Technical Cooperation at IICA.