Harvard-MIT Colombian Colloquium
November 18th and 19th 2005, Cambridge, MA
 

Friday, November 18th (MIT):
Kresge Auditorium (map)
8am-9:00am Registration

9am-9:15am Opening Remarks

9:15am– 12m
Panel I : Current state of Science and Technology in Colombia:

“Current state of Science and Technology in Colombia and future perspectives”
Maria del Rosario Guerra, General Director of Colciencias (Colombian NSF)

“Innovation in Latin America”
Guillermo Perry, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean for the World
Bank

“Challenges and possibilities for establishing a scientific career in Colombia”
Moisés Wasserman, Director, Colombian Academy of Sciences and dean of
Science, National University of Colombia

Science and Technology in the context of plan 2019
Santiago Montenegro, Director of National Planning Department

12m – 1pm Lunch

Wong Auditorium  (map)
1pm - 3:30pm
Current state of Science and Technology in Colombia (continuation):

Research at the University of the Andes.
Carlos Angulo, President of the Universidad de Los Andes

“Research at the University of Antioquia and the new challenges”
Pablo Patiño, Representative for the Dean of Research at the University of Antioquia

Research at the National University of Colombia.
Natalia Ruiz, Dean of Research of the National University of Colombia

Wong Auditorium  (map)
4pm - 6:30pm
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.

Saturday, November 19th (Harvard):
Sanders Theater (map)
8am-9am Registration

9am - 12:30pm
Panel III Areas of competitive advantage

Trade advantages for the Industry and the FTA
Juan Carlos Elorza, technological negotiator Ad-Hoc, ANDI

"Technological change and energy efficiency"
Karen R. Polenske, Head of the International Development and Regional Planning Group, MIT

Technological change in the pharmaceutical industry
Miguel G. Rueda, President of Epsifarma

Possibilities in the communications sector.
Gustavo A. Gómez, Director of the Connectivity Development Group at the Ministry of Communications

"Colombia in the Bioeconomy?"
Martha I. Bonilla, consultant, The Biotechnology Center of Excellence Corporation

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch

Lowell Lecture Hall (map)
1:30pm - 6:00pm
Panel IV Innovative solutions

Advancing innovation through the Business Incubators initiative
Dario Montoya, General Director of the National Education Service, SENA

New research possibilities from health care provider consolidation
Carlos Palacino, President of Saludcoop Group

“From competitive advantages to sustainable advantages ”
Andrés Lopez, Management Program at ICESI University

"MIT OpenCourseWare: a new model for open sharing"
Jon Paul Potts, Communications Manager of MIT OpenCourseWare

"SHARE Boston - A Tailor-Made Consulate for New England"
Remo Steinmetz, Program manager at the Swiss House for Academic Research and
Education

“Technological advance through offsets on military purchases”
Ricardo Ariza, Justice and Security Directorate at the National Planning Department

“Collection systems – Transmilenio mass transit system”
Jorge Cortázar, Member of the board at Angelcom

"Personal Fabrication and Online Sourcing"
Jorge Andrés Barrera, Engineering Director of Formulatrix

Technological Development Center for the Applied Sciences
Juan Manuel Lesmes, Executive Director for the Federation of Metalmechanics
Industries, ANDI

6pm Closing Remarks

Sponsored by the Harvard Graduate Student Council, Miguel Rueda, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard, InnoCentive Inc., BU, PorColombia, MIT's ARCADE fund and the MIT Undergraduate Association, with the support of the Colombian consulate at Boston, ColombianaMente and the Latinas Organization at Simmons College.