2019 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

151 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2019 Dr. Jaime Alonso Gómez (United States) Professor of Strategy and International Management, University of San Diego. He taught the course “Global Business Models” for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program from July 1 to 5. He delivered the lecture “Active Hybrid Learning: Present and Future in Higher Education,” alongside Dr. Luis Silva Domingo, Academic Coordinator of the MBA and EMBA programs, and Santiago Machado, Assistant Academic Coordinator of the EMBA program, as part of the launch of the EMBA – Blended Executive MBA, October 30. Tracey Moore (France), International Relations Manager, Global BBA, ESSEC Business School. Corinne Peiffert (France), Director of Studies, Global BBA, ESSEC Business School. They visited the School of Management and Social Sciences and met with Dr. Gaston J. Labadie, dean of the school; Cr. Enrique Kramer, Academic Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Administration; Virginia Delisante, Assistant Academic Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies; and Dr. María Azpiroz, Director of International Relations at the university, on November 29. Dr. Alberto Spektorowski (Israel) Professor of Political Theory and Comparative Politics at Tel Aviv University. He delivered the lecture “The End of the Islamic State?” , co-organized by the Department of Jewish Studies and the Department of International Studies, June 27. Dr. Enrique Gerstl (Israel) Vice President of Engineering at Synamedia, a software development company for the television industry. He delivered the lecture “Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Technologies, and Their Impact on the Market,” July 31. Dr. Enrique Gerstl