Agenda Toronto

Monday, May 11th

The Fairmont Royal York
100 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5J 1E3, Canada

Convention (C) Floor, Ballroom Foyer 08:00 – 08:30 Registration and welcome coffee
Plenary Session Ballroom 08:30 – 09:00 Welcome - ChileDay Toronto 2026

Cristóbal Torres Chairman InBest, ChileDay

Yasir Naqvi Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, Canada

Scott Thomson President and Chief Executive Officer, Scotiabank

09:00 – 10:00 Presentation by the Minister of Finance of Chile

Jorge Quiroz Minister of Finance of Chile

Plenary Session 10:00 – 11:00 Panel: Chilean Politics
Speakers

Javier Macaya Senator of the Republic of Chile

Paulina Vodanovic Senator of the Republic of Chile

Moderator: Kenneth N Frankel, President, Canadian Council for the Americas. Law Professor. Consultant
Ballroom Foyer 11:00 – 12:00 Coffee break
Plenary Session Ballroom 12:00 – 12:15 Presentation by the Minister of the Environment of Chile

Francisca Toledo Minister of the Environment of Chile

12:15 – 13:00 Panel: Why invest in Chile?
Speakers

Francisca Toledo Minister of the Environment of Chile

Álvaro González Undersecretary of Mining of Chile

Theo Argitis Senior Vice President, Policy, Business Council of Canada

Susana Jiménez President, Confederación de la Producción y del Comercio (CPC)

Moderator

Jaime Besa Director, ChileDay

Ballroom Foyer 13:00 – 14:00 Networking lunch
Plenary Session Ballroom 14:00 – 15:00 Panel Infrastructure: Analysis and Opportunities Speakers:

Nicolás Balmaceda Undersecretary of Public Works, Ministry of Public Works, Chile

Igor Romitelli Managing Director, Infrastructure & Natural Resources, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Ricardo Szlejf Head of Real Assets Latin America, CPP Investments

Moderator: Nicole Keller, Partner EK
15:00 – 16:00 Panel Geopolitics & Capital: Navigating Risks and Opportunities in Chile and Latin America Speakers:
Speakers

Benjamín Souza Managing Director Fixed Income Strategy for Latin America, BlackRock

Alberto Ramos Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Moderator

Marta C. Blackwell Executive Vice President, Canadian Council for the Americas

18:00 – 20:00 ChileDay Reception Queens Harbour
245 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5J 2K9
Tuesday, May 12th

The Fairmont Royal York
100 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5J 1E3, Canada

Convention (C) Floor, Ballroom Foyer 08:15 – 08:45 Registration and welcome coffee
Plenary Session Ballroom 08:45 – 09:00 Welcome - ChileDay Toronto 2026

Karolina Guay Ambassador of Canada to Chile

Diego Masola EVP & Country Head of Scotiabank Chile and Uruguay

09:00 – 09:30 Presentation by the Undersecretary of Mining of Chile

Álvaro González Undersecretary of Mining of Chile

09:30 – 10:45 Panel: The Future of the Mining Industry in Chile
Speakers

Álvaro González Undersecretary of Mining of Chile

Patricio Hidalgo Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American Chile

Amparo Cornejo Chief Sustainability Officer, Teck

Mario Larenas Country Manager Chile, Freeport-McMoRan

Orest Wowkodaw Equity Analyst - Mining Industry, Scotiabank GBM

Moderator

Guillermo Tagle Director, ChileDay

Ballroom Foyer 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
Plenary Session Ballroom 11:00 – 11:15 Presentation by the Undersecretary of Energy, Ministry of Energy of Chile

Hugo Briones Undersecretary of Energy, Ministry of Energy of Chile

11:15 – 12:00 Panel Energy: Analysis and Opportunities
Speakers

Hugo Briones Undersecretary of Energy, Ministry of Energy of Chile

Nicolas de Narvaez Managing Director Investments, Infrastructure, Brookfield Asset Management

Arturo Le Blanc CEO, Transelec S.A.

Francisco Javier Hernandez Senior Director, Infrastructure Investments, Latin America at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, CDPQ

12:00 – 13:00 Panel: TAX
Speakers

Astrid Schudeck Partner, PwC Chile

Alex Fischer Partner, Fischer y Cía.

Theresa Murakami VP of Tax and Treasury, Lundin Mining

Nicolás Brancoli Partner, EY

Moderator

Macarena Navarrete Director Inbest, ChileDay

13:00 – 14:00 Panel IA in Practice: A Canadian Perspective for Chile
Speakers

Patricio Cofré Partner LATAM AI & Data Consulting Leader, EY

Michael Pelosi Country Manager, Canada at Cohere

Jorge Alessandri Representative of the Republic of Chile

14:00 Closing remarks
14:15 - 15:00 Lunch
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