UCSD to hold forum on Mexican economy
Written by Pat Flynn April 24, 2012
"UC San Diego has scheduled a daylong symposium on Mexico's economic development for May 3.
Top Mexican business leaders will be among the speakers at the event titled "Mexico Moving Forward."
Tickets for the symposium, which will run from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of International Relations
and Pacific Studies (IR/PS,) are $95. A limited number of free tickets are available for UC San Diego students and faculty.
" 'Mexico Moving Forward' clearly underscores UC San Diego's expertise in U.S.-Mexico relations," said Peter Cowhey, dean of the School of
International Relations and Pacific Studies. "The university's proximity to the border and the internationally renowned faculty at IR/PS, perfectly
positions us ... "
Speakers will include Joel Suárez Aldana, CEO of GRUMA, a leader in corn flour and tortilla production; Victor Legorreta, partner in an international
architecture firm; Francesco Piazzesi, founder and CEO of a firm that does sustainable community development and winner of the entrepreneur of the
year award from the Latin America World Economic Forum; Margarita Barney Almeida, founder and director of GRUPEDSAC, a nongovernmental organization
that has been honored for its work promoting education and the development of sustainable communities; Carlos Danel, founder and CEO of Banco
Compartamos, Latin America's largest for-profit microfinance bank; Gabriela Enrigue González, founder of Prospera, a company helps female-led
microenterprises; Gordon Hanson, director of the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies at UC San Diego; Gabriel Lagos, general director of
Fundación GEO, a company that develops sustainable communities; Santiago Levy Algazi, a vice president at the Inter-American Development Bank; Mónica
Tapia, founder of Alternativas y Capacidades, an organization that aims to improve ties between civil society organizations and their private donors."
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