A conversation with Malin Burnham, James Clark, and Charles Shapiro
January 25, 2012
2:30 p.m – 4:00 p.m.
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The burgeoning San Diego-Tijuana border is "the most important corner of the continental United States," says San Diego developer and philanthropist Malin Burnham. This dynamic region is a center of innovation, biotech companies and prestigious research institutions, such as the Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, where scientists have been working for more than 30 years to develop drugs for Alzheimer's disease, heart disease and cancer.
Burnham, who is a member of the Institute of the Americas board of directors, says “Nobody should be 100% business. We should give back to the community.” Burnham and his wife, Roberta, are among the founding donors of the Rady School of Management. Burnham is also known for his sailing acumen. At 17, he became the youngest skipper to sail at the World Championship in the International Star Class of yacht racing. He later headed the Sail America Foundation, which organized Dennis Conner’s victory in Stars and Stripes in 1987, bringing yachting’s most coveted honor to the San Diego Yacht Club.
James Clark is the director of the Mexico Business Center at the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Center’s work focuses on easing border wait times through the Coalition Smart Border Committee, promoting the San Diego-Tijuana Region for investment and assisting California companies in marketing their products and services to Mexico. The Center also helps Mexican companies market their products and services in California. Clark was an official international observer in Mexico City during the 2006 Federal Elections. He also serves as the International Friendship Commissioner for the City of Chula Vista, and is on the advisory boards of Citizens Diplomacy Council of San Diego, the San Diego Padres Hispanic and Mexico Committee and XLNC1 Classical Radio for San Diego and Baja California.
Javier Mendieta, General Director, Mexican Space Agency
Carlos Duarte, Director for Security, Connectivity and Government Projects, Mexican Space Agency
Thursday Feb. 16, 2012 • 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
USMex Conference Room (first floor of the Institute of the Americas building)
The purpose of the meeting is to present the Mexican Space Agency to companies, scientists, engineers and government entities from both sides of the border that are working on space science and technology. During this first visit, all areas of space activities under consideration will be discussed, including launch vehicles, communications platforms, environmental monitoring and security applications.
Got an idea for collaboration? Come and brainstorm with AEM Director General Javier Mendieta. .
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May 8, 2012
2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Weaver Conference Center, Institute of the Americas
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City mayors are increasingly driving economic growth. Mayors Carlos Bustamante (Tijuana) and Jerry Sanders (San Diego) will share their vision of the binational region and its future and discuss:
• Where opportunities, challenges and priorities lie.
• What projects they are promoting and why.
• How they see the future of both cities and what worries them.
• Where we stands in terms of regional integration.
• Recommendations to future mayors on regional development and integration.
A conversation with Luis Maizel
February 15, 2011
6:30 p.m – 7:45 p.m.
(General Public: $10)
Institute members: FREE
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Luis Maizel, the co-founder and senior managing director of LM Capital Group, has been investing in the global fixed income markets since 1984. Born and raised in Mexico City, Maizel's experience includes serving as vice president of finance for Grupoventas, S.A. and as a faculty member at the Harvard Business School.
Maizel earned his degree in industrial engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1971 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1974, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar, the school’s highest academic honor.
Maizel serves on the board of Vibra Bank, the first Hispanic community bank in San Diego, and on the Foreign Board of Nacional Financiera (NAFIN), which is Mexico’s national development bank. He also serves on the Wells Fargo San Diego Community Board and as chairman of the Hispanic National Mortgage Association Board of Trustees. He is a member of the executive board at the University of San Diego, where he is president of the investment committee.
January 17, 2012
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Alberto Vollmer details how “Project Alcatraz” made a difference in Venezuela.
DEUTZ Conference Room, Institute of the Americas
Project Alcatraz is an initiative of the Santa Teresa Foundation, which addresses two of the most severe problems affecting the community -- delinquency and unemployment. Gang members in the Revenga Municipality of Aragua in Venezuela are recruited with the objective of helping them reintegrate into society. For three months, these youths are immersed in a program that includes education, work studies, community service, psychological evaluation and care, labor-intensive jobs – and rugby. While the name comes from Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, participants of Project Alcatraz face a tougher challenge: escaping from self-imprisonment. Alcatraz gives them the tools and the opportunity to turn their lives around.
A public-private partnership has been established to ensure that the participants of Project Alcatraz have education and training that will offer them the opportunity of economic independence. The project has garnered wide international acclaim for its success and as an example of corporate social responsibility.
January 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
DEUTZ Conference Room
Institute of the Americas (on the UC San Diego campus)
Journalist and analyst Paulo Sotero talks about how President Dilma Rousseff is Building on Recent Successes and Managing Newfound Wealth
President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's first female chief executive, has inherited a tough job from her predecessors. She must consolidate Brazil's economic growth by developing a sustainable path to prosperity for millions of Brazilians while building on the country's global influence and its position as the sixth largest economy in the world.
Sotero is a member of the Institute of the Americas board of directors and the director of the Brazil Institute in the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
A native of the state of São Paulo, Sotero started his career in journalism at Veja weekly magazine in 1968 and held positions in Recife, Paris and Lisbon as well as being assigned to cover the Palácio do Planalto, the Brazilian President's office, in Brasília. Sotero was the Washington correspondent for leading Brazilian daily newspaper Estado de S. Paulo for 17 years and correspondent for Istoé weekly magazine as well as Gazeta Mercantil.
Sotero is a regular commentator on radio and television programs as well as adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University.
January 25, 2012
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Politics of Economic Reform in Cuba by Carlos Alzugaray Treto
A Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies event co-sponsored by the Institute of the Americas
Weaver Conference Center, Institute of the Americas
There is no cost to participate.
Dr. Carlos Alzugaray Treto is a professor at the Center for Hemispheric and United States Studies at the University of Havana. From 1961-1996, Treto served in the Cuban foreign service. His final diplomatic post was as Ambassador Head of Mission to the European Union. Treto, who has written three books and more than 60 academic essays, has received several awards for his writings and teaching. In 2010, he was selected Outstanding Researcher of the Year, the highest distinction in this category from the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education. He has been a Visiting Professor at universities in Spain, Canada, the United States, Italy and Mexico. He is a member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and a member of the executive committee of the Cuba Section of the Latin American Studies Association.
November 15, 2011
2:30 p.m.
Presentation open to the public on Brazil's Role in the Global Economy and Relations with the U.S.
Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium
Institute of the Americas (on the UC San Diego campus)
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Brazil:
• Is California's 15th largest trading partner importing $2.8 billion from California in 2010.
• Is poised to become the world's sixth largest economy in 2012, surpassing that of the UK (EIU - Economist Intelligence Unit forecast).
• The GDP for 2011 is expected to hit $2.44 trillion.
• The economy grew by 7.5 % last year after comfortably weathering the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.
• Has a growing consumer class and a booming trade relationship with China.
• Was the first and lengthiest stop on President Obama's March 2011 visit to Latin America – a testament to Brazil's growing global importance
• Will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016.
Brazil will host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016; the economy is growing at a rate of 7.5 % a year and is expected to become the world's sixth largest. There are both opportunities and serious challenges to overcome. What better way to learn about Brazil than to listen to the country's ambassador talk - on Republic Day (Proclamação da República) - about his country's role in the global economy and relations with the U.S.?
Come and dialogue with Ambassador Vieira!
Mauro Vieira has been Brazil's Ambassador to the United States since January 6, 2010. Prior to this post, he was Ambassador to Argentina (2004-2010) and served in Washington, D.C. as second secretary at the Brazilian Embassy (1978-1982), later holding diplomatic posts in Uruguay (1982-1985), Mexico (1990-1992), and France (1995-1999). At the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations, Ambassador Vieira has held several positions, including Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General (1999-2000), and Chief of Staff to the Minister of External Relations (2003-2004). From January 2003 to May 2006, he was the representative of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations to the Board of Directors of Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric power plant.
Articles
- Can Latin America Feed China (Brazil accounts for 34 percent of China's soybean imports)
latinbusinesschronicle.com - Brasil, el gigante despierta
elpais.com - Brasil lucha por ganar peso ante la arrolladora maquinaria china
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Contact: Isabel Escalle
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Retablo-making workshop with Claudio Jiménez Quispe.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
6:30 -8:30 p.m.
Conversation with and exhibit of Peruvian Retablos by Claudio Jiménez Quispe, celebrated and world-renowned Peruvian retablista. Photographs of Ayacucho and poems by Monique Pineda. Retablos will be for sale and Peruvian food and drinks will be provided.
In collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University and the House of Peru in Balboa Park. Special thanks to Professor Sharon Taylor.
Retablos originated as altarpieces in eighteenth-century Catholic churches, but are no longer purely religious and have become a distinctly Peruvian art form. Retablos incorporate several artistic elements, and are typically formed by a painted and carved wooden backdrop with panels hinged and folded as in a triptych. Individual statuettes adorn the foreground in a scene that tells a story. Each retablo can take between two and four weeks to complete.
The best retablos come from Ayacucho, and it was in the small, neighboring town of Alccamenca that Claudio Jiménez Quispe was born onto a long line of retablistas. He began learning the art at his father don Florentino's side, at the age of six, producing his own pieces at the age of 12.
Claudio and his family moved to Lima in 1989 yet are deeply tied to their home region, preferring to speak Quechua at home. Claudio’s retablos often include scenes typical of Ayacucho, drawing inspiration from history and his people's traditions and legends. He adds his own twist to pieces ranging thematically from old-fashioned religious scenes to fanciful portrayals of life in the Sierra and depicting childhood acquaintances and mythic figures and monsters, many of his own creation. Claudio studied fine arts and anthropology at university level in Ayacucho (then known as Huamanga), eventually completing a degree in mathematics education, but he is devoted completely to his art.
Of his formal education, he remarks “I think knowledge of anthropology is essential to my work, which explores how the people live and how their daily lives are affected by their stories and folk beliefs.”
Claudio's retablos have been exhibited throughout Peru and South America as well as in the United States, Mexico, Spain and Israel. For them Claudio has won several awards and distinctions. They have inspired a number of scholarly monographs and a documentary shown on the Discovery Channel. In 2006 Claudio won a prize offered by the Spanish Embassy in the U.S. to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha for the best artistic representation of Don Quijote.
Claudio's studio and workshop, known as La Voz del Retablo, is located in Zárate, the area of San Juan de Lurigancho closest to the center of Lima.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
(IN SPANISH | En Español)
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UC San Diego campus
Beatriz Paredes was elected to Mexico’s lower House of Congress in 2009 and presides over the National Executive Committee of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
Ms. Paredes has been a member of numerous PRI commissions and was president of the Colosio Foundation. She was the first female governor of her home state of Tlaxcala and the second woman in Mexico’s history to serve as a state governor. She has been a federal congressional representative and senator during four legislative periods and served as was president of the lower House of Congress.
She also served as undersecretary of political development in the Ministry of the Interior (Gobernación) and as undersecretary of the Ministry of Agrarian Reform. Ms. Paredes has also served in various international missions including Mexico's ambassador to Cuba and president of the Latin American Parliament (PARLANTINO). Currently, she is vice president of Socialist International, a worldwide organization of social democratic, socialist and labor parties.
Beatriz Paredes is the author of two books: “Acaso la Palabra” and “Con la Cabeza Descubierta.” She also writes for the Mexico’s largest newspaper, El Universal.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
(IN SPANISH | En Español)
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UC San Diego campus
Beatriz Paredes was elected to Mexico’s lower House of Congress in 2009 and presides over the National Executive Committee of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
Ms. Paredes has been a member of numerous PRI commissions and was president of the Colosio Foundation. She was the first female governor of her home state of Tlaxcala and the second woman in Mexico’s history to serve as a state governor. She has been a federal congressional representative and senator during four legislative periods and served as was president of the lower House of Congress.
She also served as undersecretary of political development in the Ministry of the Interior (Gobernación) and as undersecretary of the Ministry of Agrarian Reform. Ms. Paredes has also served in various international missions including Mexico's ambassador to Cuba and president of the Latin American Parliament (PARLANTINO). Currently, she is vice president of Socialist International, a worldwide organization of social democratic, socialist and labor parties.
Beatriz Paredes is the author of two books: “Acaso la Palabra” and “Con la Cabeza Descubierta.” She also writes for the Mexico’s largest newspaper, El Universal.
LA JOLLA – Alma Rosa Moreno, senior adviser to the CEO of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), said dwindling reserves are pushing the national oil company to look for new ways to finance exploration off Mexico’s Gulf Coast.
During an Oct. 28 Tequila Talk at the Institute of the Americas, Moreno said Mexico’s Cantarell field in the Gulf – one of the world’s largest oil fields – is drying up. By 2012, PEMEX needs to increase the production from new reserves at the same pace that existing reserves are currently being depleted, she said.
Oil production in the Cantarell field has plummeted since 2004, when a record 2.4 million barrels a day were extracted from Mexico’s vast offshore field. Last year, Mexico produced 1.5 million barrels a day.
Industry experts believe other fields in the Gulf could replace the decline in Cantarell production. But PEMEX, which is barred by the Mexican Constitution from seeking private investment, lacks the financing for costly deepwater exploration.
Come prepared to engage in lively conversation. No guest speaker. Open to all who want to discuss Mexico, South America, U.,S. policy, etc. The focus will be on important developments
of 2010 and what they portend for Latin America in 2011.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UCSD campus
You are cordially invited to attend an end-of-year community discussion with Amb. Jeffrey Davidow, President of the Institute of the Americas.
Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow is President of the Institute of the Americas.Prior to assuming the Institute's presidency in 2003, he served in the United States Foreign Service for 33 years and held presidential appointments under four U.S. presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Davidow served, among other posts, as U.S. ambassador to Zambia, Venezuela and Mexico as well as Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere. In early 2008, he was asked by President Obama to serve as his special advisor for the Summit of the Americas, the first occasion that the new U.S. president met with his hemispheric counterparts. Davidow will be leaving his position as President of the Institute in June, 2011.
Josefina Vázquez Mota, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the National Action Party / Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 pm
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UCSD campus
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REGISTRATION: General public: $10 per person
Complimentary registrations extended to:
• IOA current contributing members
• Students, Press, UCSD faculty and staff, register here. Please indicate your affiliation and bring current ID to the event.
Josefina Vázquez Mota is one of the PAN’s leading politicians whose name is frequently mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. Ms. Vázquez Mota has led a successful and distinguished career as a journalist and in public office. She has twice been Federal Deputy and is now Coordinator of the PAN Parliamentary Group in the Chamber of Deputies.
Between 2000 and 2006, she served as President Fox’s Secretary for Social Development (SEDESOL in Spanish), resigning from this post to join Felipe Calderon's presidential campaign team as Chief Coordinator, and later integrating the presidential transition team as Political Liaison.
In December 2006, Ms. Vázquez Mota was appointed by Calderón as Secretary for Public Education. In this capacity, she strengthened mechanisms for evaluating public education, began the largest scholarships program for baccalaureates, signed and launched The Alliance for Quality Education, and strengthened support for universities and other institutions of higher learning throughout the country.
Ms. Vázquez Mota is a graduate of the National Polytechnic Institute and studied Economics at the Ibero-American University. She has been a journalist, focusing on economic and social issues, a radio commentator, and the author of the best-seller book "Dear God, make me a widow please."
Alan Bersin, Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Friday, November 12, 2010
6:30 - 7:45 PM
Institute of the Americas, Deutz Conference Room, UCSD campus
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Conversation themes:
• Recent events at the border;
• Policy enhancements, improved surveillance and screening;
• Plans to further secure the border using technologies and tools to balance immigration and commerce;
• Immigration trends;
• Update on Arizona’s controversial SB 1070.
President Barack Obama appointed Alan Bersin as the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 27, 2010, from where he oversees the operations of CBP’s 57,000 employees and manages a budget of more than $11 billion. He can serve through 2011.
Commissioner Bersin's public service includes these positions: Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs in the Department of Homeland Security (April 2009 - March 2010); Chairman of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (December 2006 - April 2009); California’s Secretary of Education (July 2005 - December 2006); Member of the State Board of Education (until 2009); Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego (1998-2005); and member, later Chairman of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (2000-2003); United States Attorney, appointed by Bill Clinton, for the Southern District of California (1993-1998), and serving as the Attorney General’s Southwest Border Representative responsible for coordinating federal law enforcement on the border from South Texas to Southern California.
In private practice, Mr. Bersin was a senior partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson (he is a member of the California and Alaska bars); has been Special Counsel to the Los Angeles Police Commission, Visiting Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, adjunct professor of law at Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, and at the University of Southern California Law Center and a Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education.
Mr. Bersin serves as a member of the Board of Overseers for Harvard University (2004-2010) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He received his A.B. in Government from Harvard University (magna cum laude, 1968), being inducted to the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame (1995). He attended Balliol College at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar (1969-1971), and received his J.D. degree from the Yale Law School (1974). Mr. Bersin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws (Honorary) by the University of San Diego (1994), California Western School of Law (1996), and by the Thomas Jefferson School of Law (2000). He is fluent in Spanish.
LA JOLLA – Ask people living along the 2,000-mile border this simple question and sit back and listen to the complex answers: What is the U.S.-Mexico border? For some, the border is long, snarled lines of traffic and searches for weapons and drugs.
For others, the border is Minutemen and fences and National Guard. But for author Tyche Hendricks, the border is a vibrant, dynamic region of interwoven lives.
In collaboration with the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), UCSD
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
6:30 p.m. — 7:45 p.m.
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UCSD campus
Guest speaker: Kevin Casas-Zamora, Former Vice President of Costa Rica and Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution
The event has no cost and registrations are not necessary.
Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Kevin Casas-Zamora is a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. In 2006-2007, he was Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy and Second Vice-President of Costa Rica. He holds a Law degree from the University of Costa Rica, as well as Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science from the universities of Essex and Oxford, respectively. He has authored several studies on political finance, elections, citizen security and civil-military relations in Latin America. He was selected as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007.
In collaboration with the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), UCSD
Thursday, October 28, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UCSD campus
Guest speaker: Alma Rosa Moreno, Senior Advisor to the CEO, PEMEX
Moderator: Jeremy Martin, Energy Program Director, Institute of the Americas
The event has no cost and registrations are not necessary.
Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Pemex’s adoption of important measures based upon the nation’s energy reform signed into law in 2008 is ongoing, and Mexico’s notably successful oil price hedges of recent years has boosted the industry. But, the company and nation are also dealing with the fallout from the Deepwater Horizon accident in the US Gulf and the ever-present oil production challenges and the dwindling output of the Cantarell field.
Alma Rosa Moreno, a senior advisor to Pemex CEO Juan José Suárez Coppel, is uniquely qualified to provide an assessment of the intersection between oil and finance in Mexico, and what the current reality is for the state oil company and what the future may hold. She is the former Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom (2001-2004 under President Vicente Fox's administration). Following her time as Ambassador, Moreno served as a financial adviser to Grupo Financiero Banorte, one of Mexico's largest and oldest financial institutions. Prior to her term as Ambassador, Moreno served Mexico's Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit in several capacities, including Director General of Income Policy, Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, and President of the Tax Administration System.
Moreno holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and a master's degree from Colegio de Mexico, and she completed her doctoral studies at New York University.
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LA JOLLA - Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, said that Mexico is making major errors in its battle against the drug lords at a June 28 presentation part of the Institute of the America’s Tequila Talk series.
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