2019 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

137 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2019 Romina Andrea Joris (Argentina) Coordinator of the UNLBio Program at the National University of the Littoral. Javier Lottersberger (Argentina) Secretary of Outreach and Technology Transfer at the National University of the Littoral. Christián Nemichenitzer (Argentina) Director of the Center for the Transfer of Research Results (CETRI Litoral) at the National University of the Littoral. Sebastián Ulises Rossin (Argentina) Director of Technology Outreach at the National University of the Littoral. Luciana Tottereau Díaz (Argentina) Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship Program at the National University of the Littoral. The delegation visited the university to learn about the CIE BIO Biotechnology Incubator. They were received by Enrique Topolansky, coordinator of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), who gave them a tour of the CIE and introduced them to the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Center (CBI+I) alongside Carlos Sanguinetti, academic coordinator of Biotechnology and director of CBI+I, on November 20. Carlos Sanguinetti, Academic Coordinator of Biotechnology and Director of the CBI+I, November 20. Armando Castillo (Chile) Technical Advisor at IBM Cloud, responsible for Blockchain for the Spanish-speaking South America region. He delivered the lecture “Blockchain Platforms” as part of the Blockchain Challenge, an event organized in collaboration with Thales LAB and IBM Uruguay, August 14. Yonathan Lapchik (United States) Chief Innovation Officer at Citizens Reserve, an international blockchain technology company. He delivered the lecture “The Potential of Blockchain” as part of the Blockchain Challenge, an event organized in partnership with Thales LAB and IBM Uruguay, August 14. Elizabeth Jones (United States) Latin America Regional Summit Manager, Seedstars. Juliane Butty (France) Regional Manager for Latin America & the Caribbean, Seedstars. They participated as presenters and judges at the Seedstars World Uruguay event, organized in partnership with Universidad ORT Uruguay, on August 27. Dr. Santiago Ini (Israel) Director of Business Development (Life Sciences) at T 3 - Technion Technology Transfer, the university-industry liaison and knowledge transfer division of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He visited the university accompanied by Sapir Efron, Consul and First Secretary of the Israeli Embassy in Uruguay, with the aim of touring the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the CIE BIO Biotechnology Incubator. He met with Julio Fernández, Vice Rector; Mario Fernández, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering; Carlos Sanguinetti, Academic Coordinator of Biotechnology and Director of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Center (CBI+I); Enrique Topolansky, Coordinator of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and Dr. Carlos Sanguinetti, academic coordinator of Biotechnology and director of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Center (CBI+I); Enrique Topolansky, coordinator of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and Dr. Laura Diaz Arnesto, coordinator of Academic Projects, on May 20.