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Agenda

Monday, October 4 2010

9:00 a.m.
Opening Adresses:

Tatiana Lopez Ayala
connosco-consulting

Prof. Dr. Angelika Nußberger
Pro-rector for International Matters, University of Cologne

Manfred Wolf
Mayor of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Federico Foders
University of Cologne and Kiel Institute for World Economics

9:45 a.m.
Keynote Speech:

The German Government's Latin America Policy
Dorothea Groth
Deputy Head, Latin America Department | Head, South America Division
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bonn/Berlin

11:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
I. Latin America’s international relations in the New Age of Energy:

Sub Keynote Speech: Promoting Latin American integration through energy cooperation?
Dr. Rolf Linkohr
Former Director of the Centre for European Energy Strategy - C.E.R.E.S.
Member of the European Parliament, Brussels

Slot 1: Latin America’s position in the global system: Energy and resources as strategic assets?
Prof. Dr. Andrés González
Professor of International Relations, University San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Discussant: María Cristina Silva Parejas , Former Subdirector of the Latin American Centre for Relations with Europe, Santiago de Chile

Slot 2: China and Latin America A strategic partnership?
Jörg Husar
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Discussant: Dr. Christian von Haldenwang, German Development Institute (DIE) (Presentation)

Slot 3: EU – Latinamerica and Caribbean Summit 2010: Remarks after a decade of the proposed strategic partnership
María Cristina Silva Parejas
Former Subdirector of the Latin American Centre for Relations with Europe, Santiago de Chile
Discussant: Dr. Karl Buck, Former Head of Unit "Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean" in the General Secretary of the Council of the European Union

Workshop: Intergenerational Dialogue – Latin America and the U.S. under President Obama: A new relationship?
Moderator: Arnd Henze, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Speaker:
Francisco N. González Díaz, Embassador of Mexico in Germany

Bettina Schorr, University of Cologne
Prof. Dr. Andrés González, University San Francisco de Quito
Evelyn Carhuas, University of Cologne

II. Social and cultural development in Latin America

Sub Keynote Speech: Paving roads towards sustainable consumption and production in Latin American societies
Julio Andrés Rozo Grisales
UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)

Slot 1: Favela and marginality in the Brazilian literature and media from the 19th century until today.
Prof. Dr. Claudius Armbruster
Portuguese-Brazilian Institute, University of Cologne

Slot 2: Working in countries with high bribery and corruption risk - Are students sufficiently prepared?
Prof. Dr. Christian Hauser
University of Applied Sciences Chur, Switzerland

Slot 3: Infrastructure, mobility and social development: Railway construction in Panama in the 19th century
Prof. Dr. Holger Meding
IHILA (Institute of Iberian and Latin American History), University of Cologne

Workshop: Intergenerational Dialogue – The challenges of urban growth: Reducing social gaps in Latin American Mega-Cities
Moderator: Barbara Weig, Institute for Economic Geography, University of Cologne
Speaker:
Enrique Pérez Campuzano, Insituto Politécnico Nacional México D.F.
Michael Eichholz, University of Cologne

Tuesday, October 5 2010

Plenary Session - Workshop: Latin America's role in the international climate change debate
Moderator: Dr. Christian von Haldenwang , German Development Institue (DIE)
Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Ing. Mario Pacas, University of Siegen
Dr. Imme Scholz, DIE
Christine Gutekunst, Technical University of Karlsruhe

Aura Robayo C., University of Applied Sciences Cologne

III. Implementing the "Green New Deal" in Latin America

Slot 1: Biofuels as the energy of the future? Perspectives of the ethanol market in Brazil
Ana Caroline Aguiar
Communications Officer, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Organization
Discussant: Jens Giersdorf , German Reserach Center for Biomass, Leipzig

Slot 2: Fighting deforestation the economic way - Ecological risks in government bonds and CO2 emission certificates for forests
Ivo Mulder
United Nations Environment Programme - Finance Initiative
Discussant: Dr. Imme Scholz, German Development Insitute (DIE)

Slot 3: The impact of the energy challenge in the technical education in Latin America
Prof. Dr. Ing. Mario Pacas
University of Siegen
Discussant: Carsten Linnenberg, Anaerobic Digestions Solutions

Slot 4: A Green New Deal in Ecuador? The ongoing struggle over indigenous territories, lands, and natural resources
Juan Fernando Terán
Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador

IV. Economic Prospects and Challenges for Latin America in the 21st century

Slot 1: The impact of the global economic crisis in Latin America
Maria Laura Lanzeni
Head of Emerging Markets, DB Research
Discussant: Dr. Silvia Marengo, Executive Director Asset Management, Falcon Private Bank (Presentation)

Slot 2: Future market-perspectives for oil in Latin America
Antonio José da Silva Barbosa
Petrobas
Discussant: Annegret Mähler, GIGA Institute Hamburg

Slot 3: The World Cup in the Olympic Games - Generating economic growth through infrastructure investments?
Dieter Garlik , Director
Deloitte and Touch GmbH
Discussant: Anatol Adam, University of Cologne (Presentation)

Slot 4: Panel: Upgrading Latin America's position in the global labour share system
Prof. Martina Fuchs
Institute for Economic Geography, University of Cologne
Panelists:
Christiane Corves, connosco consulting (Presentation)
Dorothea Netz, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (Presentation)

3:15 p.m.
Plenary Session - Wrap-up Panel: Latin America in the new age of energy - Prospects of sustainable development
Moderator: Johannes Beck
Deutsch Welle
Panelists:
Juan Fernando Terán, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador
María Cristina Silva Parejas, Former Subdirector of the Latin American Centre for Relations with Europe, Santiago de Chile
Dr. Karl Buck, Former Head of Unit "Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean" in the General Secretare of the Council of the European Union
Enrique Pérez Campuzano, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D.F.
Prof. Andrés González, Professor of International Relations at University San Francisco de Quito Ecuador

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