2015 Yearbook -Universidad ORT Uruguay

91 ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2015 Dr. Norma Pontet (Peru) Professor of Management Accounting. She delivered the lecture “Financial Risks, Accounting Information, and Decision-Making” as part of the Second Latin American Congress of Accounting and Management Students (Alafec 2015), organized by the School of Accounting Sciences at the National University of San Marcos, Lima, October 15. She taught the executive course “Accounting Planning and the Identification of Strategic Costs” at the School of Accounting Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, October 16 and 17. Dr. Nicolás Gambetta (Dominican Republic) Academic Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Accounting and Taxation. Dr. Norma Pontet (Dominican Republic) Professor of Management Accounting. Cra. Lourdes Volpi (Dominican Republic) Professor of Administrative Processes and Information Systems and Academic Coordinator of the Public Accountant program. They presented the papers "The Use of Audit Quality Indicators in Monitoring Professional Practice in Latin America" 28 , "Analysis of Impairment: Causes and Consequences for Intangible Assets and Goodwill" 29 and “Management Challenges of Innovation: A Practical Approach” 30 at the 31st Inter-American Accounting Conference: “Toward a Standardized Profession with Quality and Ethical Values,” organized by the Inter-American Accounting Association, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the Dominican Republic, and the International Federation of Accountants, Punta Cana, September 17–20. 28 Presented by Dr. Gambetta together with Dr. Carlos Leguizamón, partner at Contadores & Auditores Asociados, Paraguay. 29 Presented by Dr. Pontet together with Dr. Francisco Pintos, member of the Accounting Research Commission of the Inter-American Accounting Association, Bolivia. 30 Presented by Cra. Volpi together with Soledad Silvera, independent consultant. Dr. Norma Pontet at the Second Latin American Congress of Accounting and Management Students (Alafec 2015)