2018 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

97 Dinorah Margounato, B.A. (Brazil) Assistant Academic Coordinator of Marketing. Dr. Gustavo Rubinsztejn (Brazil) Academic Coordinator of Marketing. They presented the paper “The Engagement of Millennial Students in Higher Education: Differences Between Business and Engineering Programs” 21 at the 10th Ibero-American Congress on University Teaching – X CIDU, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, October 30–November 1. Dr. Luis Silva Domingo (Canada) Academic Coordinator of the Master of Business Administration (MBA). He accompanied Architect Elisa Marizcurrena, Engineer Gustavo Moreyra, Architect Camila Pérez Basso, and Daniel Segovia, MBA students who participated in the John Molson MBA International Case Competition, Montreal, January 1–6. Andrés Bancalari (China) Associate Academic Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies. He visited Jinan University, where he met with He Ruihong, Chief of the International Exchange Section; Peter Xu, Head of International Affairs; and Christian Shaw, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from Universidad ORT Uruguay the Master’s in International Business from Jinan University, Guangzhou, June 6. 21 Conducted alongside Dr. Ximena Fernández Delucchi, Academic Coordinator of Human Resources Programs at the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences at Universidad ORT Uruguay. Dr. Gaston J. Labadie (Costa Rica) Dean of the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences. Attended the 53rd Annual Assembly of the Latin American Council of Business Schools (CLADEA), whose theme was “Innovation and Knowledge: The Foundation of Countries’ Productivity and Prosperity,” San José, October 7–9. Dr. Norma Pontet (Ecuador) Professor of Management Accounting and Academic Coordinator of Finance Programs. She presented the paper “The Cost of Inaction in Obesity Prevention: A Prospective Analysis in Uruguay” at the 12th Ibero-American Congress on Management Accounting and the 14th Ibero-American Congress on Accounting and Business Administration, organized by the University of Valencia and the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, June 13–15. Dr. Néstor Gandelman (Ecuador) Academic Coordinator of Economics. He presented the paper “Household spending on transport in Latin America and the Caribbean: understanding transport expenditure patterns” 23 at the 23rd LACEA Annual Meeting, organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Guayaquil, November 8–10. 22 Conducted together with Dr. Ricardo Kaufmann, associate professor of General Administration at the School of Administration and Social Sciences, Universidad ORT Uruguay. 23 Conducted together with Dr. Tomás Serebrisky and Dr. Ancor Suárez-Alemán, economists at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2018