The Monarch Corridor: Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Resilience in North America convenes business leaders, policymakers, and investors to examine the future of cross-border trade, supply chains, and sustainable growth between Mexico and Texas. The summit, hosted in partnership with Asociacion de Empresarios Mexicanos (AEM), focuses on nearshoring, energy, infrastructure, workforce development, and bilateral partnerships critical to economic resilience and environmental progress in North America.

9:00 – 9:30 AM | OPENING REMARKS

• President of AEM-DFW Chapter, Fernando Marti
• Mayor of Dallas, Honorable Eric Johnson
• President of EarthX, Trammell Crow
• General Consul of Mexico, Luis Rodriguez Bucio
• President of AEM Binational, Mtra. Georgina Tello

9:30 – 10:30 AM | “Trade Under Pressure: Elections, Protectionism, and Supply Chains” — An Analysis of the 2026 USMCA Review and the Political-Electoral Landscape

• 63rd President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon

10:30 – 10:45 AM | COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:15 AM | INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUSINESS REMARKS

• Ross Perot Jr.

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | TRINATIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE

• Consul of Canada in Dallas, Susan Harper
• Minister of Foreign Affairs from Mexico, Luis Farid Hannan
• Moderator: EVP of IBC Bank, Mr. Gerry Schwebel

12:00 – 1:30 PM | LUNCH SPECIAL CONFERENCE BY EARTHX, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF SUPERHUMANS

• Highly skilled cello player with her feet, Adriana Macias

1:30 – 2:15 PM | “Talent Without Borders: Health, Engineering, and Sustainability for North American Competitiveness” — Education, Innovation, and Sustainability

Featuring binational universities:

• Kashif Ahmad, MBBS, MSc, MS (MEdL), PhD; Juan
• Carlos Leaño (Universidad Autónoma); and Rick Shangraw, President (University of
• California).
• CEO Cinepolis, Luis Olloqui
• CEO Vilore, Rodrigo Hijar

2:30 – 3:30 PM | Strategic Investment, Infrastructure, & Nearshoring Laredo & New Laredo – Logistic Capital of North America

• Mayor of Nuevo Laredo, Carmen Lilia Canturosas Villarreal
• Mayor of Laredo, Dr. Victor D. Trevino

3:30 – 4:30 PM | “What began as a movement of protest has evolved into a fully established organization, growing stronger every day.”

• Director of Selvame MX, Priscilla Alaniz
• Board Member, Jose “Pepe” Urbina
• Science Communicator, Roberto Rojo

4:30 – 5:30 PM | World Cup in Monterrey, Mexico & Investment Opportunities in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

• Governor of Nuevo Leon, Samuel Garcia

5:30 – 6:00 PM | OFICIAL CLOSING & NETWORKING

• Mariachi Singer, Javier Aguilar