| Panel # 2 Capitalizing on brain drain:
The lack of resources in Colombia compared to the developed countries
generates a temporary or permanent brain drain. This phenomenon creates
advantages and disadvantages for the country. This panel will address the
characteristics and the economic effects of the Diaspora.
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| Panel II
Capitalizing on Brain Drain: “Diasporas and Brain Drain: Challenges and promises for development” Lindsay Lowell, Director of Policy Studies at the Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University. Possibilities for collaboration between researchers in and outside Colombia Jose Rafael Toro, Academic Vice-president of the Universidad de Los Andes Colciencias’ plans for integration of Colombian researchers outside Colombia Juan Pablo Isaza, Director of the Division for the Internationalization of Science, Colciencias. “Brain Drain and Economic Development: Friends or foes?” Francisco L. Rivera - Batiz, Director of the Program in Economic Policy Management, Columbia University. “Impact of international research collaboration on the quality of research output in Colombia” Gonzalo Ordoñez-Matamoros, PhD candidate in Public Policy, Georgia Tech/GSU. |
