MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18^TH

Arrival of participants in Brasilia

Hotel check-in and registration

4:00 p.m.

City Tour (optional)

7:00 p.m.

Reception hosted by Rep. Marcos Cintra, Summit Coordinator and Rep. Heráclito Fortes, Chairman of the FTAA Special Committee (Hotel)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19^TH

9:00 a.m

Opening Session – House Floor

Welcome and Opening Remarks:

President of the Chamber of Deputies, Rep. Aécio Neves;

President of the Federal Senate, Senator Ramez Tebet;

President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Pier Ferdinando Casini;

Minister of Foreign Relations, Professor Celso Lafer (Brazil);

Minister of Development, Industry and Trade, Mr. Sergio Amaral (Brazil);

President of Parlatino, Rep. Ney Lopes (Brazil);

Deputy USTR, Ambassador Peter Allgeier

12:30 p.m.

LUNCH (Hotel)

Committee Rooms 1, 2, 3 e 4 – Chamber of Deputies

2:30 p.m – 6:30 p.m.

Committee Sessions

COMMITTEE I

OVERVIEW OF EXPERIENCES WITH INTEGRATION

Chairperson: Rep. Guillermo Alvarez Iriarte, President of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay;

Report: Rep. Luiz Carlos Hauly, Brazil;

Caricom: Ambassador Samuel Rudolph Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guiana;

SICa: Ms. Sara de Gloobe, Ambassador of Costa Rica in Brazil;

Andean Community of Nations: Mr. Jorge Enrique Garavito, Ambassador of Colombia in Brazil;

Mercosur: Ambassador Clodoaldo Hugueney, Ministry of Foreign relations, Brazil;

FIPA: Rep. Luiz Carlos Hauly, Brazil

COMMITTEE II

INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Chairperson: Rep. Willian Rafael Lara, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela;

Report:

COMMITTEE III

ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN SECURING THE PARTICIPATION OF INTEREST GROUPS AND THE MASS MEDIA IN THE DEBATE REGARDING HEMISPHERIC INTEGRATION

Chairperson: Mrs. Alix Boyd-Knights, Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica;

Report: Rep. Paulo Delgado, Brazil

COMMITTEE IV

NATIONAL LEGISLATURES AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING HEMISPHERIC INTEGRATION

Chairperson: Mr. Ramdien Sardjoe, Speaker of the National Assembly of Suriname;

Report: Senator Jefferson Peres

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20^TH

House Floor - Chamber of Deputies

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

"Economic Aspects of Integration"

Introduction: Rep. Marcos Cintra, Summit Coordinator, and Mr. Rubens Barbosa Brazilian Ambassador in Washington, D.C.

Participants: Prof. Jeffrey Schott, IIE;

Prof. Gilberto Dupas, IEEI-SP

10:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m.

BREAK

10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

Reports on Committee I; debate

11:45 a.m.-01:15 p.m.

Reports on Committee II; debate

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

LUNCH (Hotel)

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Reports on Committee III; debate

4:45 p.m.– 6:15 p.m.

Reports on Committee IV: debate

6:15 p.m.

Farewell Address – Rep. Aécio Neves