2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

111 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2020 Institutional Vladimir Dribinskiy (United Kingdom) Chief programme , World ORT. Dan Green (United Kingdom) Director General and CEO, World ORT. They held a videoconference meeting with Prof. Charlotte de Grünberg, Director General of Universidad ORT Uruguay, and with Jorge Grünberg, Ph.D., rector the university, on June 25. Department of Jewish Studies Dr. David Serrano Blanquer (Spain) Founder and Director of the Research Center for European Concentration Camp Literature. Member of the Research Group on Exile, Deportation, and the Holocaust (Democratic Memorial of the Government of Catalonia). He taught the virtual class “Return to Jedwabne: 1941–2020” as part of the course Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory, October 29. Dr. Alberto Spektorowski (Israel) Professor of Political Theory and Comparative Politics at Tel Aviv University and Columbia University. He taught the virtual class “Current State of Anti-Semitism in the World” for the course Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory, on October 8. Prof. Gustavo Perednik (Israel) Visiting Professor in the Department of Jewish Studies. He taught the virtual class “Holocaust Denial and How to Confront It” for the course Shoah: The Human Condition and Memory, October 15. Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Tomás Groos (Argentina) Executive Director of Crypto Resources, an information technology and blockchain company. He gave the lecture “Introduction to the Decred Blockchain,” March 12. Francisco José Anello (Argentina) Head of the Bachelor’s and Master’s Programs in Digital Business at the University of San Andrés. He delivered the talk “How to Train for Today’s Jobs?” as part of the Cognivalley virtual seminar on July 23. Pablo Aristizábal (Argentina) Founder of the Emprendedor 21 Chair at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He delivered the talk “Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Education” at the Cognivalley virtual seminar on July 23. Dr. Estanislao Bachrach (Argentina) Professor of Leadership and Innovation at Torcuato Di Tella University. He participated as a keynote speaker in the talk “Emotional Intelligence Applied to Education” at the Cognivalley virtual seminar on July 23. Dr. Daniel Aromí (Argentina) Research Professor at the School of Economic Sciences at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. He delivered the talk “BD, ML, and Macroeconomic Expectations” at the online seminar Artificial Intelligence Challenge on July 30.