Past Events

LATCAM was delighted to invite you to join us for our 2021 Latin America Day, which was held as a webinar with a sequence of afternoon sessions. Our outstanding guest speakers and moderators touched on a variety of topics, such as economic and financial outlook for Latin America, the impact of COVID-19 on economic and political relations between Switzerland and Latin America, success stories of companies already established in the region, social responsibility through the endorsement of safety, education, equality…

The 44th AGM was the first virtual one ever held by LATCAM. After welcoming the 33 members and guests, President Ramon Esteve acknowledged the fact that LATCAM had quite a good year despite the difficult and changed work environment due to COVID-19, which led us to introduce our digital program with a number of compelling webinars and an increased international audience. Treasurer Manfred Ebling presented the audited financial statements, which for the first time in many years were positive, indicating…

LATCAM was delighted to invite its members, partners and friends to the first physical event in a long time, offered jointly with FIFA on the occasion of the visit to Switzerland by Mauricio Macri, Executive Chairman of the FIFA Foundation and Former President of Argentina. The moderator of the dialogue with Mr Macri was Dr. Philippe Nell, Honorary Ambassador of LATCAM (LINK to CV's). Mr Macri impressed our participants with great openness and clarity when he spoke about a variety…

September 14, 2021 5.00-6.00 pm (Swiss time) LATCAM is delighted to invite you to a webinar focusing on “IFC in Latin America: Economic Outlook and Opportunities for the Private Sector”. IFC is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We are honored to welcome as our distinguished guests Georgina Baker, IFC’s Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia; Beatrice Maser, IFC's Special Representative for Western Europe; and Martin Spicer, IFC's Regional Director…

Smart Agriculture - A Lever To Solve Acute Challenges LATCAM was delighted to invite you to a webinar offered by our Patron Credit Suisse and featuring as speaker Eugène Klerk, Head of Credit Suisse's Global ESG and Thematic Research. If we focus solely on developing renewable energy (solar – hydrogen - wind turbine - E/V) we will never tackle the global warming issue. We also need to address the food system. The farm to fork, taking everything into consideration, accounts…

  TALKING BUSINESS: LATIN AMERICA October 20, 2021, 5.15-6.45 pm (Swiss time) The Talking Business sessions are four interactive events for representatives of the private sector in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and Middle East & North Africa. The sessions are organized in the context of the 7th World Investment Forum, which will take place online October 18-22, 2021. The session on Latin America, for which UNCTAD has invited LATCAM to collaborate, will provide the opportunity to private…

Megatrend Investing and why it could provide Growth in your Portfolio LATCAM is delighted to invite you to a webinar offered by our Patron Bank Vontobel and featuring as speaker Dan Scott, Chief Investment Officer Wealth Management and Head of Impact & Thematics, Asset Management, at Bank Vontobel. In contrast to a hype or a crash, Megatrends do not come about because the markets happen to be in a particular “mood”. That is why the Megatrends of 2020 will be the same as…

Conference and International Business Networking Event Invitation by LATCAM, a member of the AICC Program: Welcome and Registration          18.00 Presentation followed by Q&A     18.45 Apero and Networking                 19.30 Admission fees: LATCAM Members      CHF 40 Non-Members              CHF 60 Registration: Please register by Reply Email to latcam@latcam.ch indicating your full name, title, company/organization and mobile phone. Deadline for registration is November 15, 2021.…