Opening remarks (5 minutes)

Karin Costa Vazquez, Associate Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University. Executive Director, Center for African, Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Keynote (15 minutes)

In this session, Ambassador Suresh Reddy will review the main motivations and results of Minister Jaishankar’s visit to Latin America and what it means for India’sforeign policy strategy towards the region.

Suresh Reddy, Ambassador of India to Brazil (15 minutes)

Expert round table (45 minutes)

In this session, each expert will have up to 5 minutes to react / ask questions to the keynote speaker (total of 30 minutes)

Manuel Gonzalo, Co-coordinator of the India-Asia working group, Argentinean Council for International Relations.

Maria Cândida Mousinho, Professor, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology.

Fernando Masi, Director, Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economía Paraguaya.

Daniela Castro, Secretary of Research, Industrial Policy and Defense Production, Ministry of Defense of Argentina.

Ivan Oliveira, Advisor, Ministry of Economy of Brazil.

Raul Cano, Ambassador of Paraguay to the WTO.

Ambassador Suresh Reddy reactions (8 minutes)

Q&A (7 minutes)

Moderator: Umesh Mukhi, Associate Professor, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Future directions for India and Latin America (20 minutes)

Each commentator will have up to 5 minutes to share his/her perspectives on India’s relations with Latin America, specifically: (i) the opportunities for cooperation; (ii) how to promote them?

Lia Rodriguez, Professor and Researcher at the Argentinean Council on Foreign Relations.

Guilherme Casarões, Professor, Getúlio Vargas Foundation.

Gustavo Rojas, Program Officer, United Nations in Paraguay. .

Q&A (5 minutes) Moderator:

Sebastián Cutrona, Associate Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University. Fellow at the Center for African, Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Closing remarks (15 minutes)

Ambassador Bordón, President of the Argentinean Council for International Relations.