2013 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

71 Universidad ORT Uruguay . Norma Pontet (Colombia) Professor of Management Accounting. She taught the course “Cost Management” as part of the Master’s in Finance and the MBA programs at ICESI University, Cali, on February 8, 9, 22, and 23. She gave the presentation “The Relevance of Bibliographic Sources: Cite? What to Cite? Style? Dos and Don’ts?” to the Accounting and Finance Research Group at the Autonomous University of the West, Cali, on February 21. He delivered the lecture “The Case Method in Teaching IFRS” at the “IV Symposium on International Financial Reporting Standards” organized by the Autonomous University of the West, Cali, on February 28 and March 1. Javier Bonilla Saus, B.A. (Costa Rica) Academic Coordinator of International Studies. He participated in the panel “Media Pluralism, Ownership, and Advertising” at “World Press Freedom Day—Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media,” organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), San José, May 2–4. Nicolás Gambetta (Spain), Academic Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Accounting and Taxation. He conducted a research stay at the University of Valencia as part of the “Santander Fellowship for Young Professors and Researchers,” Valencia, October 14–November 15. Leonardo Loureiro, M.Eng. (United States) Faculty Member in the Department of Innovation and Technology Management. Marcel Mordezki, M.Eng. (United States) Academic Coordinator of the Master’s in Technology Business Management. They traveled with 13 students from the Master’s in Technology Business Management program to Silicon Valley, where they visited venture capital firms, incubators, technology companies, international technology consulting firms, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley. The trip was organized by the academic coordination team of the Master’s in Technology Business Management program and took place from September 23 to 27. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2013