2019 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

155 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2019 Prof. Wendy Umberger (Australia) Director, Centre for Global Food and Resources, Faculty of Professions, University of Adelaide. She delivered the lecture “Commercialization strategies of the Australian beef industry to access modern global value chains. “How is the industry adapting to changes in consumer demand? Insights from academia” as part of the Australia-Mercosur Leadership Forum, organized by the Center for Australian Studies (ASC) with the support of the Council on Australia-Latin America Relations (COALAR), June 24–26. School of Architecture Prof. Alfred Jacoby, Architect (Germany) Emeritus Professor at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. He met with Dr. Jorge Grünberg, rector , and Architect Gastón Boero, dean of the School of Architecture, to discuss current and future joint projects between the two institutions, June 17. Martin Hoelscher (Germany), Urban Planning, Urban and Regional Development, Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture, Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) University of Applied Sciences. Ing. Carsten Wiewiorra (Germany) Dean, Finishing Construction and Materials, Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture, OWL University of Applied Sciences. They visited the Faculty of Architecture as part of the existing agreement between the Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture at OWL University of Applied Sciences and Universidad ORT Uruguay. They participated for two weeks in academic activities in the Architecture and Bachelor’s in Interior Design programs, particularly in Project and Design workshop activities, joining the teaching teams from October 15 to 30. Prof. Wendy Umberger