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Dear list members, You are invited to attend the Regional Studies Association's (RSA) forthcoming event on Regional Development in Latin America which also marks the launch of the RSA's Latin America Division. We have a stellar list of speakers and hope you will be able to attend this free event in Minas Gerais, Brazil. For more details, please see below. With best wishes, Daniela Regional Development in Latin America - Launch event of the RSA Latin America Division 24th June 2015, Development Bank of Minas Gerais (BDMG), Minas Gerais, Brazil Organised by Regional Studies Association, the Centre for Regional Development and Planning (Cedeplar-UFMG) and the Development Bank of Minas Gerais (BDMG), this one day event will bring together high profile academics, practitioners and policymakers working in or with an interest in regional development in Latin America. Programme 9:00 - 9:30: Opening 9:30 - 12:00: Regional Development in Latin America Professor Jose Borello Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento/ researcher CONICET, Argentina Professor Amado Villarreal Director of Instituto para el Desarrollo Regional (IDR), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico Professor Sérgio Castro PUC Goiás, former National Secretary of Regional Development, Brazil Renaud Guillonnet Manager, Venture Programme, EU-LAC FOUNDATION, Germany 12:00 - 13:30: Lunch break 13:30 - 16:00: Funding Regional Development Professor Marco Crocco President of BDMG and professor at Cedeplar-UFMG, Brazil Professor Gary Dimsky Chair in Applied Economics, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK Elkin Velasquez Director of the Regional Office for the Caribbean and Latin America - The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Brazil German Granda European Commission, DG REGIO, Belgium 16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break 16:30 - 17:00: Regional Studies Association Latin America Division Sally Hardy CEO, Regional Studies Association Dr Pedro Amaral Departamento de Economia (Cedeplar/FACE), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Attendance is free, but there is a limited number of seats. To register for the event, please send your full name, institution and e-mail address to [log in to unmask] For more information on the event, please email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or go to www.regionalstudies.org/networks/network/latin-america<http://www.regionalstudies.org/networks/network/latin-america> Daniela Carl Deputy Chief Executive Regional Studies Association<http://www.regionalstudies.org/> 25 Clinton Place|Seaford BN25 1NP|United Kingdom tel: +44(0)1323-899 698|mobile: +44(0)78 6697 8418 Company No 4116288|Charity No 1084165