Thursday, November 8th XXVI Border Legislative Conference November 8-10, 2012 Chihuahua, Chihuahua AGENDA All Day: Arrival, Check-in & Registration: Soberano Hotel and Resort Barranca del Cobre 3211 Fraccionamiento Barrancas Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico 31125 Tel: 1 (800) 363-5997 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception Location: Soberano Hotel and Resort, Los Candiles Bar, Lower Level Friday, November 9th *BLC appreciates the generous sponsorship for tonight s reception by Mead Johnson Nutrition* Representative Andy Nuñez Chair, Border Legislative Conference New Mexico House of Representatives Diputado Elias Gabriel Flores Viramontes Vice Chair, Border Legislative Conference Chihuahua State Legislature 6:00-9:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet at Hotel Soberano 1
9:45 a.m. Ground Transportation to the Governor s Palace Location: Meet at Hotel Lobby 10:30 a.m. Arrival at Governor s Palace and Group Photograph Location: Governor s Palace, Governors Ballroom 11:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Ceremony of the 26 th Border Legislative Conference 12:00 Noon Break Marco Adan Quezada Martinez Mayor of Chihuahua Diputado Jorge Abraham Ramirez Alvidrez President, Chihuahua State Legislature Representative Andy Nuñez Chair, Border Legislative Conference New Mexico House of Representatives Governor Cesar Horacio Duarte Jaquez State of Chihuahua Diputado Elias Gabriel Flores Viramontes Vice Chair, Border Legislative Conference Chihuahua State Legislature 12:30 p.m. BLC Activities Report Martha Castañeda Director, International Programs Council of State Governments-WEST 12:45 p.m. Justice Reforms in Mexico and Border Security Rommel Moreno Manjarrez Attorney General State of Baja California Carlos Manuel Salas Attorney General State of Chihuahua 2
Christopher Wilson Associate Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Mexico Institute Diputado Jose Ignacio Duarte Murillo Member, National Defence Committee 2:15 p.m. Working Lunch Economic Development for the Border Region Location: Governor s Palace, Salon Rojo Erik Lee Associate Director North America Center for Transborder Studies, Arizona State University Jorge Luis Varela Salgado General Director, Delicias Plant Mead Johnson Nutrition Diputada Adriana Fuentes Tellez Member, Competitiveness Committee 3:45 p.m. Border Enviroment Location: Governor s Palace, Salon Rojo Dr. Carlos Rincon Region 6 Border Office Director, El Paso, Texas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mario Vazquez Director for Planning Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) 4:30 p.m. Break - Transportation to Hotel 5:00 p.m. Arrive at Hotel Break 5:30 p.m. Selection of BLC Vice Chair (U.S. BLC Members Only) Location: Soberano Hotel and Resort, Salon Rubi 3
6:00 p.m. Ground transportation to the Chihuahua State Legislature Location: Meet at Hotel Lobby 6:15 p.m. Cultural Exposition and Formal Toast Location: Chihuahua State Legislature, Mezanine Room Miguel Angel Berumen Mexican Revolution Historian Announcement of Newly Elected Vice Chair 7:45 p.m. Short walk to City Hall Tour of Chihuahua State Legislative Building 8:00 p.m. Formal Dinner Location: Chihuahua City Hall Salon 12 de Octubre Hosted by: Lic. Marco Adán Quezada Martínez Mayor of the City of Chihuahua 10:00 p.m. Post-Dinner Reception Location: Chihuahua State Legislative Building 18 th Floor Suite Hosted by: Chihuahua State Legislature. Continous Ground Transportation to Hotel Soberano Saturday, November 10th 7:00 a.m. Breakfast Buffet at Hotel Soberano 8:00 a.m. Migration/Immigration Location: Hotel Soberano, Salon Diamante Diputado Luis Alfredo Murguia Lardizabal Member, Northern Border Affairs Diputada Rosa Maria Alvarado Monroy Tamaulipas State Legislature 4
Saturday, November 10 th (cont d) 9:00 a.m. General BLC business: Action Items State of the States Report Announcements 10:00 a.m. Adjournment of the XXVI Border Legislative Conference 10:30 a.m. Airport Transfers or Optional Two-Day Excursion to Copper Canyon Location: Meet in Hotel Lobby for Departure Sunday, November 11 th TBD Return from Optional Copper Canyon Excursion Arrive at Soberano Hotel and Resort 5