JUNE 17 2025
 Latin America Health and Food Security Symposium arrow_downward Hosted By:
Kyle House Group
Florida International University
 With Special Guest:
U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart Miami, Florida

2025 International Symposium, featuring special guest Ed Royce, former House Foreign Affairs Chair

This annual event will bring together Republican and Democratic leaders from Congress and the Executive Branch to lay out a vision for how the U.S. Government can best design and implement assistance programs that empower our partners and that advance U.S. national interests while maintaining America’s unique leadership role in the world.

 

Featured speakers include:

 

  • Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA-39) Chair, House East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
  • Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA-06) Ranking Member, House East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
  • Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) Chair, House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
  • Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA-48) Vice Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Congresswoman Lois Frankel  (D-FL-21) Ranking Member, National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee
  • Chris Stewart, Former Member of Congress Utah’s 2nd District, 2013-2023
8:30 am
BREAKFAST RECEPTION
 
Congressman Mike Lawler
9:00 am
INTRODUCTORY AND CONGRESSIONAL REMARKS
 
Former Congressman Ed Royce
Congressman Darrell Issa
Congressman Ami Bera
9:20 am
PANEL: US LEADERSHIP IN COMBATTING GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY AND CHILD MALNUTRITION
 
Former Congressman Chris Stewart
Mark Moore, CEO, MANA Nutrition
Amit Paley, Executive Director, Malnutrition Advocacy Fund and Senior Advisor, Eleanor Crook Foundation
10:00 am
CONGRESSIONAL REMARKS
Congresswoman Lois Frankel
10:30 am
PANEL: OPTIMIZING US FOREIGN ASSISTANCE THROUGH INCREASED COST EFFECTIVENESS AND INNOVATION

 

Dean Karlan, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance, Northwestern University and Former USAID Chief Economist
Alex Cohen, Principal Researcher, GiveWell
Alix Peterson Zwane, Director of Research and Engagement Strategy, Duke University Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
11:10 am
FIRESIDE CHAT: US-KOREA COOPERATION IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
Congresswoman Young Kim
Former Congressman Ed Royce

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