SPEAKERS

ALFREDO AGUILAR, GENERAL MOBILITY COORDINATOR, MUNICIPAL PUBLIC COMPANY FOR MOBILITY, TRANSIT AND TRANSPORT OF CUENCA, ECUADOR

Prosecretary of the Illustrious Municipality of Cuenca, since February 1, 2006, he spends on March 6, 2008.

Secretary General of the Illustrious Cantonal Council of Cuenca from March 7, 2008 to July 30, 2009.

Temporary Judge in labor matters from November 17, 2011 to February 2014.

General Manager of the Municipal Public Company for Land Transportation, Transit and Road Safety, from May 2014 to November 2016.

General Coordinator of Municipal Companies in the Municipal GAD of Cuenca, from April 2017 to December 2018.

Councilor of the Cuenca canton from May 2019 to May 2023.

President of the Mobility Commission from May 2019 to May 2023.

General Coordinator-Secretary of Mobility of the Cantonal GAD of Cuenca from May 2023 to date (August 2023).

MAURICIO BATALLA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ROAD COUNCIL - CONAVI, COSTA RICA

Academic information

Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Fidélitas University.
Master in Project Management, Latin University of Costa Rica.

Professional information

August 2022 to date: Executive Director. National Highway Council.
2018-2020: Manager of Vertical Construction Projects, Battle and Associates.
2005-2018: Project Manager: TRAESA Construction Company.
2001-2005: Head of Highway Projects in the design area, IMNSA, Consulting Engineers.
1999-2001: Engineering Assistant, Vieto y Asociados S.A.

Jose Javier Blanc, Senior Advisor Strategic Proj. Directorate, Ministry of Public Works and Communications, Paraguay

Jose Javier Blanc is an Industrial Engineer from the National University of Asunción and a Master in Economics from the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE) in Mexico City. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in the formulation of investment projects in both the public and private sectors.

Within his professional experience in the public sector, he worked as Director of Housing Projects of the Ministry of Urban Planning, Housing and Habitat (MUVH), and as Head of the Department of Debt Strategies of the Ministry of Finance (MH). He has also developed consultancies for multilateral organizations for the diagnosis of investment in different sectors, and for the definition of public-private management models in real estate projects.

He currently works as Senior Advisor in the Strategic Projects Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC).

Leonardo Daneri Jones, President, Association of Public Infrastructure Works Concessionaires (COPSA)

President of the Association of Public Infrastructure Works Concessionaires (Copsa). Leonardo assumed the presidency of Copsa in 2017 and has been re-elected four times since then, the last time in April 2023.

He is a civil engineer from the University of Chile, his areas of specialization being public infrastructure, public works concessions and construction of roads, tunnels and all types of civil works. In addition, he is a partner in Arrigoni Engineering and Construction, one of the most important Chilean engineering companies.

He previously served as president of the Public Works Committee and the Concessions Committee, both of the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC). Later he was appointed director of the Mutual de Seguridad de la CChC, of which he is currently also President.

RAMÓN DÍAZ VELAZCO, DIRECTOR, URUGUAY ROAD CORPORATION - CVU

Eng. Ramón Pablo Díaz Velazco (Montevideo, 1956). He graduated as a Civil Engineer from UDELAR almost 35 years ago. Among many postgraduate courses, he took the Public-Private Partnerships course at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He served as technical representative of Consorcio del Este (Montevideo – Punta del Este), Camino a las Sierras (Route 8 between Montevideo and Minas) and Puerta del Sur (Carrasco Airport).

Since 2020 he has been Director of the Corporación Vial del Uruguay S.A. (concession of more than 3,000km of highways).

He has participated in many projects in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay (where he participated in the creation of the PPP Law), Colombia and Venezuela, on issues related to border crossings and parking. He has presented for himself and for third parties numerous private infrastructure and public works initiatives. Along with two other colleagues, he participated in the Avenida Italia Expressway project (2001) (urban toll highway).

He was a Councilor of the Chamber of Construction of Uruguay representing road companies.

Luis Felipe Elton, Head Project Dev. Bidding Division General Directorate of Concessions, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS, CHILE

Industrial Civil Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and MBA from the University of Birmingham UK.

He has been the head of the Division since June 2018, being ratified in this position in October 2022. During the period between April 1 and October 20, 2022, he served as Deputy General Director of Concessions.

Previously, he held various positions in the public sector, being advisor to the Presidency for the Bicentennial Legacy infrastructure project portfolio (2013-2014), Deputy Director of Rural Drinking Water of the Hydraulic Works Directorate of Public Works (2011-2013). and Emergency and Reconstruction Manager of the General Directorate of Public Works (2010-2011).

In the private sphere, he has been Commercial Manager at the SKM-IRH consultancy, project engineer and executive at well-known national construction and service companies in the mining area.

LYDA MILENA ESQUIVEL ROA, Executive Vice President, NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY - ANI, COLOMBIA

Lyda Milena Esquivel Roa is a Transport and Road Engineer from the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, she has a Master's in Road and Transport Infrastructure from the Universidad de los Andes, with experience in the formulation, structuring, elaboration and execution of policies, plans, economic and social development programs and projects. She has more than 21 years of experience in the public and private sectors in the structuring, management, and direction of infrastructure projects in the sectors of defense, transportation, justice and security, drinking water, basic sanitation, agriculture, culture, and sports, among others. others.

She currently works as Executive Vice President at the National Infrastructure Agency-ANI. She worked as Deputy Director of Comprehensive Management of National Highways of the National Highway Institute-INVIAS, from 2017 to 2019 she worked at the National Development Finance Company-FDN as an advisor to the Vice Presidency of Structuring and Project Management. Since 2012, she has been linked to ENTERRITORIO as Unit Manager of the Technical Sub-Management. Between 2006 and 2012, she served as head of the INVIAS Planning Advisory Office. Since 2001, she has been linked to the Department of National Planning-DNP, where she served as Deputy Director of Transportation in the Directorate of Infrastructure and Energy.

She has experience as a teacher at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and at the Francisco José de Caldas District University, in postgraduate programs related to her training and professional experience.

MERCEDES GÓMEZ VILLAMARÍN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ROAD INSTITUTE - INVÍAS, COLOMBIA

The director of Invías is a Transportation and Roads Engineer from the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, with specializations in Pavement Engineering from the Catholic University; she in Construction and Infrastructure Project Management from the Universidad del Rosario, and in State Contracting from the Externado de Colombia University.

Before her appointment to the position, engineer Mercedes Elena Gómez Villamarín, served as General and Technical Manager of the company MG Engineering and Construction, where she worked for more than 12 years. Likewise, she was Technical and Construction Director of Chamba Blow NV and Project Manager in several national private sector companies.

Its main challenge is to promote the programs approved in the National Development Plan: “Colombia World Power of Life”, such as Community Paths of Total Peace, whose goal is to intervene 33,000 kilometers with an investment of $8 billion during the four-year period for improvement. of regional roads; and the “84 docks for Colombia” plan, which with an investment of $598,000 million will maintain 44 docks and build 40 new docks in the departments of: Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Guainía, Guaviare, Meta, Putumayo, Sucre and Vichada.

LUIS GONZALEZ, Project Technical Director, PROINVERSIÓN, PERU

Civil Engineer, Master in Building Technology and Management and Master in Renewable Energy Project Management (Spain).

With more than 20 years of professional experience in the preparation and execution of investment projects in the public and private sectors. Experience in legal physical sanitation at COFOPRI; and technical advice on Public Private Partnership projects in the Sanitation, Education and Transportation sectors. currently is

Technical Director of the Peripheral Road Ring Project.

ALBERTO ÑECCO, GENERAL MANAGER, CAF ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP.

Alberto Ñecco is a Peruvian economist from the University of Lima who has an MBA from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD for its French acronym). The CAF-AM manager has more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector and investment banking in entities such as ING Bank, Deutsche Bank, Credicorp Capital, Banco de Crédito del Perú; and more recently in the public sector as director of the Agency for the Promotion of Private Investment (Proinversión) and Vice Minister of Transportation.

CYNTHIA RUAS, Chief of Staff of the Superintendence of Infrastructure Concessions, National Road Transport Agency - ANTT, Brazil

Cynthia Ruas Vieira Brayer is an expert in regulation, at the National Land Transport Agency, since 2013. Currently, she is the Chief of Staff of the Superintendence of Infrastructure Concessions, since 2020. Graduated in Law (UniCEUB, 2009). She has a postgraduate degree in State Law (Anhanguera, 2013) and in Behavioral Economics (ESPM, 2020). Within her professional experiences, she stands out as Manager of International Market Relations and Interim Executive Superintendent, at ANTT; Competition Law Attorney at Trench Rossi Watanabe (Baker and Mackenzie); Coordinator of Analysis of International Cartels in the Council for the Defense of Competition.

Rafael Sabonge, Minister, Ministry of Public Works, Panama

He was born in Panama, civil engineer from the University of Texas at Austin, United States. He has a postgraduate degree in Metallic Structures from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and a Master's in Economic Analysis and Financial Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid.

He has held management positions in the real estate and construction sector, founding partner of Grupo Urbe, more than 15 years of experience.

Since July 2019, he has been the head of the MOP. In the first 90 days of it, he promoted the approval of the Regime for Public-Private Associations, regulated in December 2020.

Under this Regime, a program of 10 contracts is being structured and the first one has already been tendered, the maintenance project of the East Pan-American Highway, a contract for the rehabilitation and maintenance of 246km with a duration of 18 years. The second contract of this program, under the same modality for 206km of the Western Pan-American Highway, is in the prequalification process.

Under his management, he has developed a program of projects that include private financing, more than 1,600 km of roads and bridges, for US $1,160 million.

Sabonge is married; he is the father of two boys and all three are passionate about soccer.

Pedro Soethe Cursino , technical manager, Autodesk

Currently working as a technical manager at Autodesk, he has been working in highway projects and infrastructure in general since 1996. Graduated in Civil Engineering and post-graduated in Highway Engineering, Urban Planning, and Geodesy. He worked in engineering companies, as a Planning Eng. and as a Production Manager in works all over Brazil; he worked in road design and urban planning companies, in addition to being the owner of his own project company, where he was responsible for several projects. He is enthusiastic about applying technology to infrastructure projects and has been helping companies and government agencies on their way to digital transformation.

ANGEL TEJEDA, Vice Minister of Planning and Technical Regulation, Ministry of Public Works and Communications

He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He appointed as Vice Minister of Planning and Technical Regulation of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC).

Graduated in Civil Engineering from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, he has a Master's Degree in Construction Administration, a Diploma in Urban Planning and Construction for countries in the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, endorsed by Shanghai Business School, Shanghai, China.

He has a specialty in Public Private PPP Partnership and certified CP³P Level I Foundation with K-INFRA with APMG International. He is an expert in Formulation and Evaluation of Public Investment Projects, and Postgraduate in Public Management.

He has more than a decade of experience in planning, supervising and inspecting road works and buildings.

His main commitment is to contribute his knowledge and experiences to carry out projects that improve the quality of life of people in Dominican society and contribute to the economic growth of the country.

ALEX WIHILER, ROAD MANAGER, VICE PRESIDENCY OF STRUCTURATION, NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY - ANI, COLOMBIA

Alex Samuel Wihiler Bautista, has a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering in the Project Management Area from the Universidad de los Andes and a specialist in Design and Construction of Roads and Airfields from the School of Military Engineers, he has more than 17 years of professional experience as an expert and contractor of various public sector entities, exercising functions aimed at planning and structuring public-private partnership projects and private initiatives in the highway mode. He has led the structuring of the highway public-private association projects of the fourth and fifth generation of 4G and 5G concessions. Highlighting his time at INVÍAS, UNGRD and IDEA. He currently works as Road Manager in the Vice Presidency of Structuring of the National Infrastructure Agency.

Daniel Zuluaga-Holguín, Business Development Manager - LATAM, VITRONIC

Daniel Zuluaga-Holguín is an engineer, with a specialization in technical systems design and a master's degree in engineering sciences.

He has dedicated his working life to the management and implementation of ITS projects, especially monitoring and automatic violations enforcement in Central America, South America and Africa, as well as leading road innovation projects with different public and private entities.

Since 2020 Daniel is the representative of the German multinational Vitronic in South America, dedicated to transport projects that support the vision of zero deaths from road accidents, he knows the sector and the current challenges of transport planning.