Webinars
Mexico in a World of Electric Vehicles
April 19, 2023
PRESENTERS
Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago
Thomas Klier, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
"Electric Vehicles: How Are They Different?"Kristin Dziczek, Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
"Electric Vehicles: How Are They Different?"Miguel Montoya, CEO, Automotive Cluster of Nuevo Leon (CLAUT)
“The Automotive Industry in Mexico Today”Jose Zozaya, Executive President, Asociacion Mexiacana de la Industria Automotriz
“EV Development in Mexico“Lawrence M. Friedman, Partner, Barnes, Richardson & Colburn
“The Impact of the USMCA on Trade of Electric Vehicles and Components”
Mexico Legal, Tax, Fiscal, and Supply Chain Update
April 27, 2022
PRESENTERS
Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago
Hugo Dubovoy, Partner, Baker McKenzie
”Mexico Subcontracting Reform”Edgar Lopezlena, International Tax Senior Director, National Leader - Mexican Tax Practice, RSM US
International Tax Update: Overview of Mexico’s 2022 Tax ReformMayra Pena, International Tax Senior Director, Mexico Desk, RSM US
”International Tax Update: Recent Developments”Angel Ramirez, Mexico Market Leader, International Services Practice, Baker Tilly US
”Supply Chain Resilience, Risk Management and Supply Chain Viability”Omar Garcia, Tax Partner, MazarsUSA
”Mexican Economy”
Mexico in a World of Aerospace
October 13, 2021
PRESENTERS
Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago
Luis Lizcano, CEO of FEMIA, the Mexican Federation of the Aerospace Industry
”FEMIA - Aerospace Industry in Mexico”Alejandro Lara, Board Member, American Industries
”American Industries - Why Mexico?”Jorge Gutiérrez de Velasco, President, Mexican Council of Aerospace Education (COMEA); Secretary, Directive Council of State of Queretaro’s Aerocluster C.A.
”Developing higher level skills for the industry”Edgar Ciceño, Director of Strategy, Safran México
”Safran in Mexico”
Mexico in a World of Medical Devices
August 4, 2021
PRESENTERS
Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago
Gerardo Guerrero, Consul of Mexico in St. Paul
Angel de la Campa, President of the Baja California Medical Devices Cluster
”Baja’s Medical Device Cluster”Javier Gonzalez, General Manager, Hill-Rom de Mexico
”Hill Rom Presentation”Miguel Rochin, Vice President - Operations, Medtronic Mexico
”Medtronic Mexico Overview”Cinthia Ustariz, Director - Textile Operations, Medline Industries
”Medline Presentation”
Mexico in a World of Technology
March 17, 2021
PRESENTERS
Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago
Miguel Gomez, Senior Managing Director – Americas, Transom Group
”How Top Companies Are Driving Energy Efficiencies to the Bottom Line”Jorge Sandoval, Partner, Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados
Sergio Rios Martinez, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, State of Jalisco
”Jalisco: Your Partner for Growth”Flor de Maria Lopez, Director of HP Guadalajara and Director of IT Governance and Compliance
”This Is HP @ Guadalajara”Benjamin Huerta, Director of AMDOCS and President of the Jalisciense Institute of Technologies Information (IJALTI) Cluster Manager
”A Quick Look at the IT Industry in Jalisco”
The Mexican Auto Industry: Looking Forward
December 14, 2020
PRESENTATIONS
Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago
Fernando Gonzalez Saiffe, Consul of Mexico in Detroit
Manuel Montoya, Automotive Cluster of Nuevo Leon (CLAUT)
“The Automotive Industry in Mexico“
Daniel Ujczo, Dickinson Wright
“Key Segments of the USMCA Affecting Rules or Origin”
Paul Sutenbach, ASYST Technologies
“Considerations for US Automotive Parts Manufacturers Starting Operations in Mexico“
Ralph Biedermann, The MRB Group
“Market Value and Investment Opportunity in Mexico’s Auto Supply Chain“
The North American Trading Bloc in a World of Globalization
October 8, 2020
Expert Panelists:
Rufus Yerxa, National Foreign Trade Council
Valeria Moy, Institute for Mexican Competitiveness
Colin Robertson, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Eric Miller, Rideau Potomac Strategy Group
Annual Mexico Legal, Tax, and Fiscal Update
August 4, 2020
Presenters:
John Milner and Eliel Amaya, Baker Tilly Mexico
Hugo Dubovoy, Baker McKenzie
Margarita Escalante, Barnes & Thornburg
Scott Sneckenberger, Plante Moran, PLLC
The US-Mexico Business Relationship in a Post-Pandemic World
July 23, 2020
Presenter: Alberto Villarreal