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Dominican Republic Energy Policy Forum: Toward A Brighter Energy Future February 3-4, 2011
Institute Wins State Department Central America Grant
20th Annual Latin American Energy Conference LA JOLLA – The Institute of the Americas will convene its 20th Annual Latin American Energy Conference, known as “The La Jolla Conference,” on May 16-18. Recognized as the most significant meeting of its kind, the international summit is the Institute’s signature event. This year’s participants at the three-day summit in La Jolla, Ca., will include company presidents, energy ministers, senior government officials and regulators, as well as bankers and representatives of NGOs from Latin America, the United States and Canada. PEMEX Director General Suárez Coppel outlines new plan to attract investment
MEXICO CITY – Just days before the Institute of the Americas’ Dec. 13 energy roundtable in Mexico City, the Mexican Supreme Court approved a new Pemex scheme for private sector oil contracts. The integrated E&P service contracts garnered much attention during the day-long roundtable discussions, as did a broader assessment of Pemex, the evolution of shale gas production and where renewable energy sources – especially wind and cogeneration – stand today in Mexico. Chile’s Energy Minister outlines plans for energy sector
SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile’s Minister of Energy, Ricardo Raineri, opened the Institute of the Americas’ Nov. 8 energy roundtable here with a concise outline of the Sebastian Piñera government’s plans for the nation’s energy sector. Raineri placed the government’s efforts vis-à-vis energy in line with the broader commitment to have Chile become a developed country by the end of the decade, which is largely predicated on the goal of 6% average annual economic growth. In emphasizing this target, the minister was quick to underscore that Chile, rocked in recent years by an energy crisis due to natural gas cuts, continues to employ lessons learned from that experience, particularly the need for energy diversification. |
Davidow to retire as president of Institute LA JOLLA – Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow will retire from his position as president of the Institute of the Americas at the end of his second four-year term in May 2011, David Weaver, chairman of the board of directors, said. In announcing Ambassador Davidow's decision, Weaver praised him for injecting new vitality into the Institute's programs, expanding its profile and credibility throughout the Americas and turning it into the premier center for Latin American-focused activities on the West Coast. Winners of ECLAC awards recognized during forum on Social Innovation
Each of the 25 winning projects was judged by ECLAC for innovation, cost-benefit ratio, impact on poverty, social responsibility, sustainability, potential for replication, potential to become public policy and potential to reduce discrimination and exclusion. The projects were selected from among 4,800 entries from across the region, in a wide variety of thematic areas including reduction of teen violence, improving maternal and child health and the creation of micro cooperatives to produce pasteurized milk. Representatives of the 25 projects shared their experiences during seminar sessions. More than 200 students, faculty members, and community organizers participated in the program, which featured the release of the new book from ECLAC, "From Social Innovation to Public Policy: Success Stories in Latin America and the Caribbean," written by Nohra Rey de Marulanda and Francisco Tancredi. Latin America’s role in confronting climate change discussed at China conference
As world leaders prepared for the next round of talks on climate change in Cancun, Mexico, in November, Chen noted that many countries in Latin America are turning to alternative energy sources such as hydropower, solar energy and wind power. Vazquez Mota mulling a bid for Mexico’s presidency
LA JOLLA – Josefina Vazquez Mota, a leading congressional representative from the conservative National Action Party (PAN), said during a Nov. 17 talk at the Institute of the Americas that she is considering a bid for the presidency in Mexico’s 2012 election. “I am absolutely convinced that Mexico is prepared to have a woman president,” Vazquez Mota told reporters at a news conference before the event. “Today, seven of every 10 Mexican women contribute to household income. “We have women in the business sector. We have 6 million women who are heads of household.
“This is not a question of gender,” she said. “The president of this country will be the woman or the man who presents the best project for this country, the best solutions, and who generates hope in the people of our country.” Bersin says strengthened trade is key to securing
Alan Bersin, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, believes it is not only possible but essential to promote a prosperous U.S.-Mexico economy as part of a strategy to strengthen security at the international border. “People typically have thought that security and trade are mutually exclusive elements. They subscribed to the notion that unless we have less security we cannot have more trade promotion,“ Bersin said during a Nov. 12 Tequila Talk at the Institute of the Americas. 8th Latin American Seminar on Science and Health Journalism held at Institute of the Americas
Click here for photos of the event Organized crime and drug trafficking are threatening democratic gains in Central America
“In Central America, crime both in its more trivial and its more sinister manifestations is putting at risk everything that the region has achieved in the past two decades -- particularly the triumph of reaching a negotiated solution to terrible civil wars and of having sown the seeds of lasting democratic systems,” said Casas-Zamora, who served as Costa Rica’s vice president from 2006-2007 and is now a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution. “Violence in Central America not only threatens the process of democratic consolidation but also endangers the very viability of the state as a regulator of social life.”
• Internationally renowned artists and intellectuals will discuss the impact of culture on society and how it has shaped the meaning of being Mexican • Scientists will share how science and technology can transform and improve Mexican society • Business leaders and philanthropists will describe their vision of a future of prosperity and development AGENDA • REGISTER: $175 (includes all sessions, lunch, closing keynote and reception. For further information, please contact Graciela Platero For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Brent Wakefield
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