(6:45 AM) Breakfast
Room Diamond I at the Westin San Diego Bayview Hotel

(8:25 AM)Buses Depart from the Westin Hotel to CECUT in Tijuana

DO NOT FORGET YOUR PASSPORTS

(9:45 AM) Opening Remarks at CECUT Tijuana
P.° de lo Heroes 9350, Zona Urbana Rio Tijuana

Peter Svarzbein Chair, Sister Cities International	Carlos González Gutiérrez Consul General of Mexico in San Diego	Thomas E. Reott Consul General of the United States in Tijuana
Mayor Montserrat Caballero Ramírez Mayor of Tijuana, Baja California

Tijuana

(10:15 AM) Mayor’s Panel | City-to-City Diplomacy:
The Role, Impact and Examples of Strong City-to-City Relationships

Javier Gomez Senior Advisor of Policy and Council Affairs, San Diego, California	Ignacio B. Campos Equiha Mayor, Uruapan, Michoacan	Oscar Leeser Mayor, El Paso, Texas
Peter Svarzbein Chair, Sister Cities International	Armando Ayala Robles Mayor, Ensenada, Baja California

(11:15 AM) Flash Talk | Real Time
Border Youth Collective

Andrea Rincon Cortes Founder, Border Youth Collective

(11:45 AM) PANEL | USMCA Today:
New Supply Chains and Value-Added Trade Between our Cities

Jerry Sanders President and CEO, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce	Ernesto Bravo President, TECMA’s West Division	Carlos Jaramillo President, Tijuana EDC
Tommy Gonzalez City Manager El Paso, Texas	Leroy Cavazos Vice President of Government and International Affairs, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

(12:45 AM) New Sister Cities
Agreement Signing Ceremony

Oscar Leeser Mayor, El Paso, Texas

Fernando Orozco Lara Mayor, City of Parras, Coahuila

(1:00 PM) Lunch

(1:30 PM) Interactive Real-time Exercise | Binational Perception Survey

Diana Cuevas Socia Fundadora, Legal Core

Rafael Fernández de Castro Director at UC San Diego’s Center for U.S. - Mexican Studies

(2:30 PM) Private Mayor’s Tour
Private activity for public officials only

(2:30 PM) Transfer to Quartz Hotel in Tijuana
P.° de lo Heroes 9350, Zona Urbana Rio Tijuana

(3:00 PM) PANEL | Design + Global Resiliency:
The Impacts of Collaboration on Redesigning Cities & Regions

Marcela Celorio Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles	José Galicot Behar Founder, Tijuana Innovadora	Carlos de la Mora CEO, World Design Capital
Kenia Zamarripa Executive Director of International Business Affairs, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

(4:00 PM) Flash Talk | Battle of the Women-Owned Craft Beers:
San Diego vs Tijuana

Carmen Favela CEO, Border X Brewing

Ximena Lopez Founder, Maxica Cerveceria Artesanal

(4:15 PM) PANEL | Artist Talk:
Working Between Countries, Beyond Borders

Enrique Chiu Artist	Christine Brady President, The Americas Foundation	Isaac Artenstein Producer and Director
James Brown Owner, Bread and Salt	Mario Torero Artist and Activist

(5:00 PM) Taste of Baja Gastronomy

(7:30 PM) Buses return to the Westin San Diego Bayview Hotel

(8:00 AM) Breakfast
Emerald Ballroom

(9:10 AM) Opening Remarks at The Westin Hotel

Leroy Allaya President and CEO, Sister Cities International	Mayor Todd Gloria Mayor of San Diego, California	Sherry Dowlatshahi Chief Diplomacy & Protocol Officer / Head of Global Engagement, City of San Antonio
Ivette Casillas VP Tijuana Chamber of Commerce

San Diego

(9:40 AM) PANEL | Immigration Today:
Understanding people and movement in a complicated world

Eva A. Millona Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement at U.S. Department of Homeland

Alejandro Luna A. Partner, Santamarina + Steta

Ariel Ruiz Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute

(10:30 AM) PANEL | Mayor’s Private Roundtable:
Private Activity for public officials only

(10:30 AM) PANEL | Powering Our Future:
A Discussion on the Future of the Energy Industry in North America

Mario Lopez Director of External Markets, Lenova and Sempra Energy	Jeff Riles Director of Energy Markets, Microsoft	Aren Turpening Director of Market Strategy, Bloom Energy
Manny Pelaez-Prada Councilmember, City of San Antonio

(11:35 AM) Flash Talk | Building Binational Peace

Dr. Everard Meade Director, Proceso Pacífico

(11:50 AM) PANEL | Youth Panel:
The Vision of the Future Generations in the U.S. – Mexico Relationship

Andy Carey Executive Director, U.S. - Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership	Aaron Combs SANDISCA Youth Ambassador and Youth Panelist Lead	Gloria Esparza Environmental and International Law Professor, Universidad Autónoma De Baja California–Tijuana Campus
Gracyn Hunt 2022 Grand Prize Winner of the Sister Cities International Young Artist and Authors Showcase	Sean Elo-Rivera Council President, City of San Diego, Discritc 9	Cecilia Elizabeth Bernal Murrieta
Sukheys Vazquez Ortiz

(12:45 PM) Flash Talk | Two Countries, Many Borders, One Technology

J.J. Childress Community Engagement Manager, Microsoft

(1:15 PM) Keynote Lunch | More Than a Game:
Sports Diplomacy Today Between the United States & Mexico

Mario Porras Director of Binational Affairs, El Paso Community Foundation + Summit Co-Chair	Bobby Perez Chief Legal officer, San Antonio Spurs	Diana Puetz Director of Public Affairs, San Diego Padres
Todd Clever American Rugby Player of the Decade for 2000-2009	Dr. Everard Meade Director of Proceso Pacífico

(2:30 PM) Panels Concludes

(5:30 PM) Closing Reception
Commemorating Eisenhower’s Legacy
San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101

San Diego