Alan Greenspan Keynotes PODER Forecast 2007.

Coverage of Leaders Discussing the Future of U.S. Economy and Global Business Climate

WASHINGTON -- Alan Greenspan will be the keynote speaker for the PODER Forecast 2007 to be held Wednesday, November 8, 2006 in Washington, D.C. The former Federal Reserve chairman headlines an illustrious group of confirmed speakers for the first annual event, organized by PODER Magazine and hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank.

PODER Forecast 2007 is a morning-long, invitation-only event Co presented by Grupo Televisa in partnership with Georgetown and Columbia Universities Co for high-level business executives, and political and academic leaders.

The event will begin at 8:30 am with opening remarks by IDB president Luis Alberto Moreno. Richard Levin, president of Yale University, will follow with a speech and a question and answer session on the global university.

The event consists of two interactive sessions: the Future of Media and Technology, moderated by Alberto Ibarguen, CEO and president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Session leaders are: Don Browne, president, Telemundo; Ralph de la Vega, COO, Cingular; Dan Rather, HDNet; Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief, Technology Review (M.I.T.); Alfonso de Angoitia, executive vice president, Grupo Televisa; and Enrique Senior, managing director, Allen & Co. Inc.

The second session is entitled The Business Climate in 2007, and will be moderated by the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, Moises Naim. Session leaders are: Emilio Azcarraga, chairman, president and CEO, Grupo Televisa; Roel Campos, commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission; Edward J. Mathias, managing director, The Carlyle Group; Alberto J. Verme, managing director and Global Co-Head of Investment Banking, Citigroup; and Jay S. Sidhu, non-executive chairman, Sovereign Bancorp.

The session format encourages a give and take between the panel and audience members as moderators lead the session leaders (panelists) towards an outcome-driven exchange of ideas. Participants will share their experiences and draw upon their collective knowledge to identify the trends, opportunities and new challenges the will shape the Americas and much of the rest of the world in the coming year.

The morning wraps up with an hour-long talk by Alan Greenspan on the U.S. Economy in 2007. Mr. Greenspan will also take questions from audience members in a session moderated by Alfonso de Angoitia, executive vice president, Grupo Televisa. This session is NOT OPEN TO THE PRESS.

The PODER Forecast 2007 is part of a series of events and conferences PODER magazine has developed as a complement to the monthly publication to further the discussion of industry trends and market opportunities presented to its readers. The event is sponsored by Citigroup in association with CNN and CNN en EspaEol, with the collaboration of Cingular Wireless, Akin Gump Attorneys at law, Lehman Brothers and Continental Airlines.

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