First Meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum - Paris, 7-8 April 2003

Please note that participation at this event is by invitation only. It is restricted to government representatives of Latin American countries and competition officials from OECD member countries.

Preliminary Agenda

Opening Remarks, Mr. Enrique V. Iglesias, President of the Inter-American Development Bank

Opening Remarks, Mr. Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General of the OECD

Session 1 - Competition and Efficiency as Organising Principles of All Economic and Regulatory Policymaking

• Competition and Efficiency as Organising Principles of All Economic and Regulatory Policymaking

Session 2 - Competition in the LAC Banking Industry

• Banking Competition in Latin America
• Banking Competition in Latin America (presentation)

Session 3 - Competition in the LAC Power Sector

• Designing Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets for Latin American countries
• Comments on Paper "Designing competitive wholesele electricity markets for LAC countries"
• Designing Competition Wholesale Electricity Markets for Latin American Countries (presentation)

Session 4 - Peer Review of Chile's Competition Institutions

Session 5 - Competition in the LAC Telecommunications Sector

• Regulation and Competition in Mobile Telephony in Latin America

Session 6 - Roundtable Discussion: "Challenges in the Introduction of Competition in Latin America"

• Challenges in the Introduction of Competition in Latin America

Session 7 - Looking Ahead - Future Work

• Looking Ahead - Future Work

The background note provides further details on the Latin American Competition Forum.