2015 Yearbook -Universidad ORT Uruguay

131 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2015 Caitlin Capozzi (United States) Associate Dean for Student Engagement, Student Affairs. Prof. Joseph Ricciardi (United States) Associate Professor in the Economics Department. They visited the faculty accompanied by a group of 20 undergraduate students from Babson College, Massachusetts, from March 14 to 18. Dr. Leticia Britos (United States) Associate Director of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation, Stanford University. She taught the course Innovation in Business Models for the Master’s in Technology Business Management, April 13–17. Dr. John Branch (United States) Professor of Marketing at the University of Michigan. Taught the course Strategic Simulation in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, April 15–17. Dr. Marye Tharp (United States) Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. Taught the course Consumer Understanding in the Specialization Diploma in Marketing Management, June 22–July 2. Dr. John Geanakoplos (United States) Professor of Economics at Yale University. He delivered the lecture “Leverage, default, and forgiveness” as part of the lecture series for members of the Society of Economists of Uruguay, August 5. Dr. Robert Hoover (United States) Former Professor of Marketing at Idaho State University. Taught the course International Marketing in the Specialization Diploma in Marketing Management, September 28 to October 8. Dr. Robert J. Grey (United States) Executive Vice President of PPL Corporation, a company that provides energy to millions of Americans. Delivered the lecture “Transforming the U.S. Electricity Industry,” November 3. Dr. Robert J. Grey