2015 Yearbook -Universidad ORT Uruguay

133 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2015 Yanira Petrides, B.A. (Mexico) Director of the Master’s Program in Accounting at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. She taught the course “Ethics” in the Master’s Program in Accounting and Finance, December 14–18. She delivered the lecture “The Evolution of Research on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),” on December 17. Dr. Carlos Gutiérrez (Netherlands) Senior Research Fellow at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, Amsterdam. Taught the course “Anti-Abuse Measures and Double Taxation Agreements” in the Master’s in Taxation and Accounting Standards-IFRS, February 24–25 and March 2–4. Dr. Filipe Vasconcelos Romão (Portugal) Researcher at the Observatory of Foreign Relations at the Autonomous University of Lisbon. He led the seminar “Energy Resources, Challenges, and Opportunities,” April 27–30. He delivered the lecture “The Emergence of New Political Parties in Europe: Populism or Deepening of Democracy?” on April 29. Dr. Roland Pfister (Switzerland) Attorney at the firm Badertscher Attorneys At Law, Zurich. He delivered the lecture “Recent legislative developments regarding cross-border business and legal tax planning with particular emphasis on BEPS and the exchange of information from the Swiss and Liechtenstein perspectives” at the III Uruguay Tax Conference 2015 “Tax planning strategies for South American residents,” February 27. Faculty of Architecture Miguel Ángel D’eboli (Argentina) Chair of the Executive Committee of the National Institute of Industrial Technology. He delivered the lecture “New Construction Systems and Durlock Products,” June 18. Architect Miguel Demkoff (Argentina) Professor of Structural Design and Technology at the National University of Quilmes. Eng. Mario Wagner Muñoz (Chile) Technical Manager of the company INGE-WAG - Engineering Services. Arch. Nancy Romero (Colombia) Director of the company Dicom Arquitectos. They delivered the lectures “State of the Art in Argentina,” “State of the Art in Chile,” and “State of the Art in Colombia,” respectively, at LATU as part of the Innovagro project - “Study of the structural properties of glued laminated timber beams made from Eucalyptus grandis produced in Uruguay for their assignment to strength classes,” funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and coordinated by the faculty, July 24.