2011 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

86 2011 Yearbook Rodolfo Seminario, Esq. (Argentina) President and founder of SYASA. Member of the American Association of Cost Engineers, the Society of American Value Engineers, and the Construction Management Association of America. Activity: delivered the lectures “Construction Management” and “Value Engineering in Construction Projects” as part of the lecture series on “Construction Management: A Way to Build,” October 4 and 5. Architect Yves Besançon (Chile) Director of the Board of Directors at the University of Arts, Sciences, and Communication. Vice President and Director of Publications of the Association of Architectural Firms of Chile. Activity: delivered the lecture “New Technologies: Green Facades,” October 24. Architect Rodrigo Gana (Chile) Professor of the Competition Workshop at the University of the Americas. Former Coordinator of the Chilean College of Architects. Activity: gave the lecture “New Technologies: Ventilated Facades/Healthy Buildings,” May 17. Architect Guillermo Alonzo (Colombia) LEED Certification Instructor at the University of the Andes. Activity: gave the lecture “LEED Building Certification,” September 26. Arch. Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra (Spain) Director of the Vázquez Consuegra International Architecture Workshop at the University of Seville. Activity: delivered the lecture “Works and Projects,” October 11. Dr. Roine Leiringer (Sweden) Reader in Construction Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology. Activity: conducted an academic visit as part of a cooperation project between Chalmers University of Technology and Universidad ORT Uruguay, aimed at developing research lines related to the Ceibal Plan and the design of educational buildings, which he leads alongside Architect Paula Cardellino, a research professor at the School of Architecture, May 23 to June 12. Architect Yves Besançon Architect Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2011