LatinFinance for the second year in a row gathered together business leaders, institutional investors, advisors, financiers and government officials from Japan and Latin America for a day of informative panel discussions, technical presentations and 1-1 meetings to identify investment opportunities and advance the process towards deal making and strengthening business relationships. Some of the important topics of discussion included:  Opportunities in Latin American Debt Securities, Partnering and Investing in Latin American Infrastructure Projects, Syndicated Lending and Manufacturing in Latin America. Focused presentations were made on Peru’s macroeconomic outlook & financial strategy and opportunities for investment in Honduran infrastructure and energy. Day 2 of the conference was dedicated to 1-1 business meetings. 

Speakers included: 
- Hugo Sarmiento, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Finance, CAF
- Kiyoto Ido, Vice Chairman, Institute for International Economic Studies
- Yasushi Takase, Director General – Latin American and Caribbean Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
- Koki Hirota, Chief Economist, JICA
- Alexandre Meira da Rosa, VP of Countries, Inter-American Development Bank
- Carlos Blanco, General Director of Public Indebtedness and Treasury, Ministry of Finance, Peru
- Carlos Vargas, Managing Director, Mizuho Securities USA
- Junsuke Koike, Regional Head for Latin America, MUFG – The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
- Carlos Martabit, Chief Financial Officer, BancoEstado
- Arthur Rubin, Head of Latin America DCM, SMBC Nikko Securities America
- Andre Carvalhal, Head of the London Office, BNDES
- Gabriel Felpeto, Corporate Director – Financial Policies & International Issues, CAF
- Masato Tachibana, President, Carrera Asset Management
- Kenichiro Koreeda, Deputy Director, Americas Division/Latin America and Caribbean Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
- Jorge Kogan, Senior Advisor Vicepresidency of Infrastructure, CAF
- David Gonzalez, Executive Director and Head of Infrastructure, Project Finance Latin America, SMBC
- Henry Acosta, Executive Secretary, Coalianza
- Toshitaka Takeuchi, Senior Advisor to the Director General, Director South American Division, JICA
- Ryuta Suzuki, Director, Infrastructure and Environment Finance Group, JBIC  
- Sara Pirzada, Executive Director, Mizuho Securities USA
- Rainer Bucher, Corporate Finance Executive Director, BCI
- Jozef Henriquez, Resource Mobilization Division Chief, Inter-American Investment Corporation 
- Javier (Richard) Cook, Managing Director, MUFG – The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
- Kristie Pellecchia, Executive Director, Head of Loan Syndications, Latin America and US Corporates, SMBC
- Yasunori Hirasako, General Manager – Latin America Operations, Mayekawa Ltd.