2010 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

78 2010 Yearbook CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2010 Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Guillermina Lázzaro, B.A. (Argentina) Executive Director of Ashoka for the Southern Cone. Activity: gave a talk titled “Ashoka and the Social Entrepreneurship Model” as part of the “First Seminar on Social Entrepreneurship in Uruguay,” April 28. Alex Pryor (Argentina) Entrepreneur at the AVINA Foundation (a foundation whose mission is to contribute to sustainable development in Latin America by fostering partnerships between social and business leaders). Co-founder of the company Guayakí (a company that works with producers of certified organic yerba mate). Activity: gave the talk “Models of Sustainable Social Enterprises - Yerba Mate Guayaki” as part of the “First Seminar on Social Entrepreneurship in Uruguay,” April 29. Gabriel Bellomusto (Spain) Professor of the Chair of Responsible Strategic Communication at IE Business School. Activity: delivered the lecture “The Current European Situation in Social Entrepreneurship and Paths Forward” as part of the “First Seminar on Social Entrepreneurship in Uruguay,” April 28. Dr. Pascual Montañés (Spain) Director of the Chair of Strategic Communication at IE Business School. Activity: delivered the lecture “The Business Plan” as part of the Ibero-American Venture Day + R, September 13. Dr. Alan Davis (United States) Professor at the College of Business, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Activity: delivered the lecture “Two Big Successes, One Big Failure, and Now Trying Again: Some Lessons Learned in Entrepreneurship,” November 22; served as a judge at the Ibero-American Venture Day + R, November 23. Cr. Gabriel Bellomusto