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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
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www.regionalstudies.org/networks/network/latin-america
Daniela Carl
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