The Latin American Investment Summit will be held during the first GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas, at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
The Latin American entrepreneurial scene will convene in San Francisco for the Latin America Investment Summit, the premier event for the regional digital ecosystem held during the first Mobile World Congress Americas, on from 12 to 14 September 2017 at the Moscone Center. On Tuesday 12 September, top-level startups and venture capital investors from Latin America and Silicon Valley will meet for discussions, aiming to identify areas of collaboration with executives from the region’s mobile ecosystem and representatives from government investment promotion agencies to promote the Latin American digital ecosystem.
“Latin America is a major source of talent, and this talent must be stimulated through investments that are aware of its context and idiosyncrasies so the region can contribute through its diversity, adding value to the increasingly attractive regional digital ecosystem,” said Sebastián Cabello, Head of GSMA Latin America. “Latin America Investment Summit will provide a space in San Francisco for exchange of experiences to learn from the successes and failures of Latin American entrepreneurs, and will be essential for encouraging the networking and the connections among ecosystem players that could produce the region’s next unicorns”.
The summit will include panels and presentations about investors and venture capitalists from the Latin American perspective, the role of the mobile platform as an innovation facilitator, and investment in the local ecosystem. Presentations will be given about success stories and startup and accelerator experiences in Latin America. Other topics include startup incubation and the role of government investment promotion agencies in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.
Some of the speakers confirmed for Latin America Investment Summit are:
- Rodrigo Diehl, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Millicom
- Eduardo Henrique, Co-founder & Partner, International Business Development, Movile
- Gabriela Ruggeri, Founding Partner, Patagonia Ventures
- Alejandro Botero, Foreign investment Representative, ProColombia
- Azúl Ogazón, Deputy Trade & Investment Commissioner, ProMéxico
- Jackie Hyland, Director, Latin America, Silicon Valley Bank
- Fabiola Bonelli, Strategy, Innovation and Business Development Director, Telecom Argentina
- Ana Segurado, Global Manager, Telefónica Open Future
- Juan José Roesel, Founder and CEO, COMBI
- Renato Pasquini, LATAM ICT Research Director and Brazil Country Manager, Frost & Sullivan
- July Ruvolo, Director, Venture Capital, LAVCA
Latin American startups will also be showcased as part of 4YFN AMERICAS – San Francisco Edition, the world’s premier startup exhibition and meeting, with stands by Brazil IT+ / SOFTEX, PROColombia and more. The 4YFN agenda includes the panel “LATAM Innovation: Championing Growth of the Next 1 Billion”, with leading figures from Telefónica Open Future, APEX Brazil, Latino Startup Alliance and LEAP Global Innovation.
This year, for the inaugural event, MWCA is being held in San Francisco. It will bring together more than 1,000 companies and 30,000 representatives from the mobile industry and its ecosystem. Keynote speakers at the event include Carlos Slim Domit, CEO and Chairman, América Móvil, and Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO, Business Solutions and International, AT&T.
For more information about Latin America Investment Summit, please visit: www.mwcamericas.com/start-here/agenda/latin-america-investment-summit/.
For more information about Mobile World Congress Americas, please visit www.mwcamericas.com.
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