World Economic Forum on Latin America 2009
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14-16 April
"Facing up to the Economic Slowdown and Rebuilding a Sustainable Future"

High commodity prices, favourable financial conditions and the hard-won economic reforms of the 1990s boosted regional economic growth to an average of 5% in the past years, with low inflation and strong current account surpluses.

Besides dealing with the international financial turbulence and possible volatility in commodity prices, the greatest challenge for Latin America is still to harmonize economic expansion and social progress.

With the full support of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Forum’s key Strategic Partners, the World Economic Forum will reconvene 500 of the most prominent leaders from Latin America and other parts of the world from 14 to 16 April 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to build on the success of the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cancún, Mexico, in 2008.

Co-Chairs

Timothy P. Flynn, Chairman, KPMG International and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KPMG, USA
Jim Goodnight, Chief Executive Officer, SAS, USA
Ricardo Villela Marino, Chief Executive Officer, Itaú Latin America, Banco Itaú SA
Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht, Chief Executive Officer, Odebrecht, Brazil

Contact

For more information about the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2009, please contact:
LatinAmerica@weforum.org