2011 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

85 Universidad ORT Uruguay AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2011 Dr. Jaime Alonso Gómez (Mexico) National Director of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. Activity: Taught the course “Innovation in Business Models” for the Master’s in ICT Technology Business Management, December 12–16. Yanira Petrides, CPA (Mexico) Professor of Accounting at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. Activity: Taught the Ethics Seminar for the Master’s in Accounting and Taxation, the Specialization Diploma in Accounting, the Master’s in Financial Management, and the Specialization Diploma in Finance, December 12–16. Dr. Marcos Farias (Portugal) Professor of Contemporary Political Thought at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon. Activity: delivered the lecture “The European Union and the Mediterranean: What Do Europeans Want from Their Neighbors?”, April 1; taught classes in the course Analysis of the International Situation for the Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies, March 28–April 4. Faculty of Architecture Architect Mariano Clusellas (Argentina) Professor of Construction at the School of Architecture of Torcuato Di Tella University. Activity: delivered the lecture “Works and Projects,” April 11. Interior Designer Alfred Fellinger (Argentina) Former President of DArA (Argentine Decorators Association). Professor in the Department of Interior Design at the Faculty of Design and Communication, University of Palermo. Activities: gave the lecture “The Work of Alfred Fellinger,” November 7; led a seminar as part of the curricular activities of the Interior Design and Bachelor’s in Interior Design programs, November 7–10; participated in the “After Office with Fellinger” event for faculty graduates, November 9. Arch. Luis Angel Ficco Santamaría (Argentina) Architect at SYASA, a firm specializing in Construction Management (CM), awarded by the Construction Management Association of America as the best international CM project in 2010 for the Teatro Colón project. Activity: delivered the lecture “Renovation and Enhancement of Buildings” as part of the lecture series on “Construction Management: A Way to Build,” October 3. Architect Luis Angel Ficco Santamaría