2012 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

91 Universidad ORT Uruguay AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2012 Edgar Espín, B.A. (Venezuela) Director of Finance at Simón Bolívar University. He delivered the lecture "An Integrated Model for Budget Planning and Control." The lectures took place during the fourth “Training for Trainers” course as part of the SUMA project (Towards Sustainable Financial Management of Universities in Latin America), funded by the European Commission, whose objective is to share experiences and models to create knowledge strategies that improve the financial management of universities in each member country, May 15–18. Dr. Nicolás Bortolotti (Argentina), programme for the South Region at Google. He delivered the lecture “Developing the Future Web” on May 10. Dr. E. William Colglazier (United States), Science and Technology Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. He delivered the lecture “How Science and Technology Can Fuel the Fire of Innovation,” organized by the U.S. Embassy in Uruguay, on July 11. Dr. E. William Colglazier