Among those attending the event will be Venezuela's Gustavo Cisneros, Emilio Azcarraga of Televisa, Mexican investor Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala, SEC Commissioner Roel Campos, Architect Richard Meier, Bill Emmott, editor-in-chief of the Economist, and Jorge Perez of the Related Group of Florida.

The Forum is a set of off-the-record roundtable conversations held in the main gallery of the University's Lowe Art Museum. During the course of the two-day event, participants and experts will discuss such diverse topics as the U.S. Hispanic Market, the threats and opportunities from China, and the international security situation.The sessions are closed to the media.

The event, organized by PODER magazine and the University of Miami, is sponsored by Banamex, and has as its partners Georgetown University, Columbia University, The Boston Consulting Group and Kissinger-McLarty Associates. Additional sponsors include The Beach House, Editorial Televisa, and Nexos Capital Partners.

PODER is a monthly magazine that targets the business elite of the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets. Through an exclusive agreement with The Economist, the publication carries its content for the US and Mexico editions.

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