Venezuela's reconstruction cannot happen without Venezuelans. With 8.4 million living abroad, disproportionately credentialed and connected, the diaspora is the most immediate and underutilized asset for recovery. The session will feature perspectives on how to maximize the impact of the diaspora to advance the transition.

Speakers Include:

• Dany Bahar, Senior Fellow and Director, Migration Program, Center for Global Development
• Diego Salas, Co-Founder & CFO, Yummy
• Gustav Brauckmeyer, Executive Director, Equilibrium
• Maria Alejandra Trujillo, Senior Partner, Kingsley Gate
• Veronica Ruiz del Vizo, CEO, Working on Solutions
• Victoria Nogueroles Director of International & Correspondent Banking, Banco Nacional de Crédito (BNC) (Moderator)

Venue: Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

The session will cover what governance conditions and institutional credibility must exist before capital commits with confidence, and what a credible political transition means for making those conditions durable.

Speakers Include:

• Andrew Rapp, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• AJ Mediratta, President, Greylock Capital Management
• Alex Cranberg, Chairman, Aspect Holdings
• Angel Cardenas, General Manager, Infrastructure for Development, CAF
• Gustavo Garcia, Senior International Consultant on Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy; Coordinator of the Macroeconomic and Financial Program of Maria Corina Machado
• Christopher A. Treanor, Partner, Akin Gump
• Alejandro Arreaza, Latin America Economist, Barclays (Moderator)

Venue: Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

The conversation will focus on three layers: getting goods, medicine, and capital flowing to a population that cannot wait; building the rule of law and contract enforcement that anchors long-term investment; and the harder question of what happens to multilateral engagement and business confidence if institutional momentum stalls.

Speakers Include:

• Alberto Blohm, CONAPRI; CEO, Solercia Capital; Senior Advisor, Global Americans
• Alberto Vollmer, Chairman, CONAPRI; CEO, Santa Teresa
• Nelson Acosta, President & CEO, Mercantil Banco Universal
• Prashanth Rajan, Government Engagement Head & Chief of Staff, Government Affairs and Policy, Mastercard
• Ramu Ramaswamy, Partner, Paris Sovereign Advisory Group, Dentons
• Guillermo Bolinaga, Partner, Opportunitas Advisors (Moderator)

Venue: Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

This working luncheon brings together the actors who build institutions, ministers from the region, the OAS, democracy and governance organizations, and private sector leaders, for a practical conversation. What will each actor in the room do in the next 12 months, and how can they coordinate so the outcome is greater than the sum of its parts?

Panel I: Energy, Institutions, and Recovery: What Venezuela Can Become

Not what Venezuela has to overcome, but what it can build. Paraguay converted sovereign energy into data centers, nearshoring, and capital confidence in five years without oil. Venezuela has the largest gas reserves in LAC. Honduras is rebuilding institutions and reconnecting with global capital mid-transition, proof that direction matters more than perfection. This panel is about the architecture of recovery, drawn from countries that are living it.

Speakers Include:

• The Hon. Marco Riquelme, Minister of Industry & Commerce, Paraguay
• The Hon. Kilvett Bertrand, Member of Congress, Defense and Sovereignty Committee, National Congress of Honduras
• Tulio Vera, Former Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist, J.P. Morgan, Latin America Private Bank (Moderator)

Panel II: Cuba's Unfinished Transition: What Happens When the Window Closes

Speakers Include:

• The Hon. Carrie Filippetti, Executive Director, Vandenberg Coalition; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cuba and Venezuela, U.S. Department of State
• The Hon. Ricardo Zúñiga, Former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Gustavo Arnavat, Founder & Executive Chairman, Cuba Foundation (Moderator)

Panel III: Implementing U.S. Policy on Venezuela: Consensus, Fault Lines, and the Domestic Constraint

Speakers Include:

• The Hon. Roger Noriega, Founder & Managing Director, Vision Americas LLC; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Tony Garrastazu, Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Republican Institute (IRI)
• The Hon. Liliana Ayalde, Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil and Paraguay; Board Member, Global Americans

Venue: State Room, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

A high-level public conversation co-hosted with Foreign Policy Magazine. A curated reflection on the future of U.S.–Venezuela relations, focused on the White House’s view, Congressional expectations, and the country’s new investment frontier.

Speakers include:

• The Hon. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Former Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee
• The Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Former Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee
• Alberto Vollmer, CEO, Santa Teresa
• Alex Cranberg, Chairman, Aspect Holdings
• Angel Cardenas, General Manager, Infrastructure for Development, CAF
• Anne Milne, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Research, Bank of America
• Diana Marrero, Chief Partnership Officer, Foreign Policy Magazine
• Marianne Scott Dwight, Director Institutional Investor Services, Strategic Insight Group (SIG)
• Tony Frangie, Director, Ecosistema
• Veronica Ruiz del Vizo, CEO, Working on Solutions

Venue: Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St NW, Washington, DC

A private dinner for the full Day 2 delegation following the Venezuela 2040 evening reception, bringing together ministers, diaspora leaders, private sector executives, and U.S. officials to close out the forum..

 Venue: Imperfecto, 1124 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037