Overview
- Organizers reported more than one thousand attendees at the Sheraton Mendoza, surpassing expectations for the one-day federal business forum.
- Mendoza production minister Rodolfo Vargas Arizu said the province’s exports per capita are half the national average, framing a clear growth opportunity.
- A financing panel detailed tools available to small and mid-sized firms through banks, capital markets, SGR guarantees and leasing, noting that high rates and uncertainty still limit credit uptake.
- Technology and digitalization sessions featured AI and innovation cases, while Carlos Melconian delivered an election-eve economic outlook and Carlos Pagni analyzed the political landscape; Emmanuel Álvarez Agis did not attend due to a family issue.
- Governor Alfredo Cornejo closed the event stressing fiscal balance and the need for tax and labor reforms, with provincial officials citing local tax relief efforts and collaboration but no new national measures announced.