Cross-border access: insurance  •  medical services  •  medical tourism

Institute of the Americas complex On campus at UCSD

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The Institute of the Americas is pleased to announce that it will host an important conference on April 21 at its headquarters on the campus of the University of California, San Diego to discuss the important policy issues relating to the provision of health care for Americans in Mexico.

Americans are increasingly looking southward for both health care and retirement living. Mexico, and especially Baja California, are capable of providing quality care and have embraced health tourism as a viable economic development option.

But more must be done on both sides of the border in terms of government policy and other practices to make what is now a reality for a few into a possibility for many.

While cross-border health care is not new, there are several trends pointing to this being a good moment in time to bring together the principal actors to discuss the facts, recognize the challenges that must be overcome, and prepare for the opportunities to be realized given the changing marketplace.

Health care reform in the United States, were it to becomes a reality - and some form of health reform will -  points to the likelihood of increased demand for differentiated, good, and affordable health care options. We believe that this conference will awaken interest in the possibilities and will serve to inform about what is already happening in Baja California, who the players are, and what the state of Baja California is doing to promote health care tourism.

This conference will explore the answers and is meant for health insurers, brokers, health care providers (hospitals, clinics), health care administrators, labor unions, the hospitality industry, government agencies, and anyone wishing to learn more about what services are currently available in Baja California and what the future holds.

For more information about this event, including sponsorship opportunities, please contact: Isabel Escalle, Program Director, T: (1/858) 453-5560 x 122.

April 15 & 16, 2010

This event is by invitation only. For further information, please contact Rita Oliveira.

Where: April 15 at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
1300 New York Avenue, N.W.  Washington, D.C. 20577

Where: April 16: Organization of American States (OAS)
17th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006

In April 2009, leaders from across the Western Hemisphere met in Trinidad & Tobago for the Fifth Summit of the Americas. During the course of the Summit, hemispheric leaders agreed that ensuring energy security, promoting alternative energy resources and acting in unison to confront the effects of global climate change are among the greatest challenges facing our community of nations. One of the proposals that was set forth in Port of Spain focused on ways to increase cooperation in the hemisphere; a framework for an “Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas” or ECPA.

This meeting of hemispheric energy ministers in Washington, DC further supports the ECPA process and has been called by Energy Secretary Steven Chu in an effort to deepen regional participation and commitment to ECPA and to advance the goals laid out in Trinidad & Tobago for the initiative.

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XIX Annual Latin American Energy Conference The La Jolla Conference

May 10- 12, 2010, La Jolla, CA
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Recognized as the most significant meeting of its kind, the La Jolla Conference annually convenes the most influential players from across the hemisphere and globe. Last year's conference included presentations by the CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, as well as senior executives from Chevron, CAF, Ecopetrol, PEMEX, AES, GDF SUEZ, Gran Tierra, among others.

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