PAST EVENTS

US Spain 2010 Annual Forum

July 24, 2010

Washington, DC

Friday July 23rd:

Welcome Dinner at the United States Department of State - The Benjamin Franklin Room, special guest, Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg


Saturday July 24th:

Inaugural Session of the XV Spain – United States Forum

Session I: Financial Market Reforms and Economic Recovery
Moderator: Senator Menendez, special guests, Spanish Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Elena Salgado, United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner

Session II: Trade and Innovation
Moderator: Under Secretary of Commerce Francisco Sanchez, special guest, United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke

Working Lunch at the Supreme Court of the United States
Special guest, United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar

Session III: The Hispanic Community in the United States, An Emerging Economic and Cultural Force
Moderator: Mr. Sergio Bendixen of Bendixen & Associates, guest speakers, Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary and current Executive Chairman of CityView Henry Cisneros, Senior Director of Strategy at Walmart/Sam’s Club Saul Cordero

Closing Dinner at the United States Capitol – Statuary Hall