Speaker Series  Science and Technology:
The Challenge for Mexico and Latin America

July 9,2008
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Weaver Conference Center
Institute of the Americas
Free to the public
Conducted in Spanish with simultaneous English interpretation
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Mario Molina, President, Mario Molina Center for Strategic Research on Energy and the Environment
Juan Francisco Molinar, General Director, Mexican Social Security
Institute (IMSS)
Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor of the State of Mexico
Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Governor of the State of Hidalgo
Rosaura Ruíz Gutiérrez, President, Mexican Academy of Sciences
Moderator: Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Council Member, United Nations University (UNU).

Join the IOA's prestigious panel for a discussion of Latin America’s challenges and opportunities in the fields of science and technology. Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina will be a panelist, along with the director of Mexico’s Social Security agency, the president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the governors of Hidalgo and Mexico state. Former UNAM Rector Juan Ramon de la Fuente will lead the session on the region's science and technology development

July 14, 2008
6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
Deutz Conference Room
Institute of the Americas
Free to the public
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Political analyst and economist Carlos Heredia is a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and served a three-year term in Mexico’s lower house of Congress. After leaving the Congress in 2000, he was one of the founders of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (Comexi) and served as the organization’s vice president. He has been a member of an independent task force launched by the Council on Foreign Relations to examine regional integration since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and now serves on the board of directors of the Foundation for Democracy, Alternatives and Debate, led by former presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Mexico Institute at the Washington DC-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. From 2003 to 2008 he was the Senior Foreign Policy Adviser for Governor Lázaro Cárdenas-Batel in the State of Michoacán. He is currently a Resident Fellow at the Center for Inter-American Studies and Programs(CEPI) at ITAM in Mexico City

August 9-11, 2008
The migration of HIV/AIDS: Reporting the human side from the
U.S-Mexico border
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They won’t be in Mexico City in August at the global HIV/AIDS meeting.

Those most vulnerable to AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted diseases -- the drug users and the prostitutes -- will be living in storm drains and on the streets of Tijuana, places reporters and policymakers rarely visit. 

Join us in Tijuana to cover the human side of the story during our three-day field reporting workshop with health care workers and investigators and meet those most vulnerable to these rapidly rising diseases in the
border region.

August 12 & 13, 2008
Southern Cone Energy & Carbon Market Roundtable
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Four Seasons Hotel
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Energy integration in the Southern Cone will be the focus of an Institute
of the Americas roundtable set for August 12 in Buenos Aires. LNG,
regional geopolitics, national energy policies and the role of private investment in energy development plans will be discussed at this high-level session co-sponsored by the Andean Development Corporation (CAF).
On August 13, the Institute will hold a half-day conference on the current status of carbon trading, lessons learned from other markets and the potential for carbon trading in the Southern Cone. Attendees at the
August 12 roundtable are invited to participate in the August 13
conference without charge.  Separate registration for the August 13
event is also available.

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August 17-23, 2008
Innovative Local Programs to Address Poverty
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Photo by Luis J. Jiménez

We all agree that poverty plagues our region, that the gap between rich and poor is widening despite globalization. But what can be done to improve the lives of millions in Latin America and the Caribbean?

We’ll meet with experts, government officials, business leaders and representatives of NGOs who have built successful anti-poverty programs. They’ll help us come up with new ideas for developing realistic community-level programs to create jobs and reduce poverty. We’ll talk with specialists about micro-credits and training programs and we'll have sessions with leaders who can explain how they’ve helped people in their communities take control of their economic lives.

September 8-12, 2008
The Latino Vote: Why it will Affect the Outcome of the U.S.
Presidential election
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