Argentina Summit 2018 | The Economist | 15 March 2018 | Alvear Icon, Aimé Painé 1130. Puerto Madero - Buenos Aires

The Economist’s Argentina Summit 2018 will bring together more than 200 government and business leaders to evaluate Argentina's progress over the last year and to discuss the country's social, political and economic future in the year ahead.

At The Economist’s Inaugural Argentina Summit in March 2017, we analyzed the country’s social, political and economic progress since the election of Mauricio Macri as president.

The 2018 iteration of the event, taking place on March 15th in Buenos Aires, will examine how Argentina continues to balance its economy and make its way out onto the global stage. While issues such as inflation, high interest rates, unemployment and poverty still loom large, the outcome of the October legislative elections -- which will either erode or enhance President Macri’s position of leadership – will have a significant impact on the country’s path forward.

2018 Speakers:

Gabriela Michetti
Vice President, Argentina

Nicolas Dujovne
Minister of the Treasury, Argentina

Juan José Aranguren
Minister of energy and mining, Argentina

Luis Miguel Etchevehere
Minister of agribusiness, Argentina

José Gustavo Santos
Minister of tourism, Argentina

Emily Sinnott
Lead Economist for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, World Bank

Horacio Reyser
Secretary , International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Argentina

Martín Umaran
Co-founder and chief of staff, Globant

David Tinel
Country Manager Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay), IFC

Nicolas Berenfeld
Founder, Trideo and WeBio

Miguel Kozuszok
Head, Unilever for Latin America and Southern Cone

Sebastian Serrano
Founder, Ripio

Cecilia Retegui
Co-founder and chief executive, Zolvers.com and ZolversPagos.com

Mariano Bosch
Co-founder and chief executive, Adecoagro

Tamar Hahn
Director, United Nations Information Centre, Buenos Aires

Daniel Funes de Rioja
Head, B20

Jesús Serrano Landeros
Commissioner, Energy Regulatory Commission

Jorge Lawson
Director, Banco Nación

Alejandra Cáu Cattán
Director, Jujuy Province Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Mora Kantor
Undersecretary of Integrity and Transparency, National Anticorruption Office (Argentina)

Gustavo Beliz
Director, Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL)

Federico Seineldin
Co-founder and director, Njambre and Arbusta

Jennifer Dahlgren
Olympic athlete

Pablo de Speluzzi
Co-Founder, MOLe Sculptural Playgrounds

Isela Costantini
General Manager, Grupo ST

Giselle Della Mea
Founder, 3Vectores

Gabriela Korovsky
Co-Founder, Urban Communication Group

Antonio García Zaballos
Lead specialist, telecommunications and connectivity, IDB

Andrea Grobocopatel
Founder and president, Responsible Leaderships and Organizations Foundation (F.L.O.R.) and Co-chair, W20

Alejandro Cosentino
Founder and chief executive, Afluenta

Jack Aldwinckle
Argentina and Uruguay correspondent, The Economist

Michael Reid
Columnist and senior editor Latin America and Spain, The Economist

Fiona Mackie
Regional director, Latin America, Economist Intelligence Unit

Lucas Llach
Vice president, Banco Central De La Republica Argentina

Martin Eurnekian
Chairman, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000

Federico Eisner
Managing partner, Bain & Company, Argentina

Melina Furman
Professor, Universidad de San Andrés

Pedro Arnt
Chief financial officer, Mercado Libre

Ramon Mendez Galain
Former Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Uruguay

Juan Ernesto Curutchet
Director , Prisma S.A. and President, Provincia Microempresas S.A.

Mariano Battista
Co-founder, AgIdea

2018 Sponsors:

PLATINUM sponsor:
• Corporacion America

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Banco Provincia

HOST SPONSOR:
• Banco de la Nacion Argentina