The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs

Observatory on Latin America presents

Food, Energy, and Social Justice in Latin America

a conference 

Monday, November 10th
9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall 
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor 

Admission: Free
RSVP: ola@newschool.edu
For more information, visit www.observatorylatinamerica.org

In the context of the program "Latin America on the Move", a policy and research conference on Food, Energy, and Social Justice in Latin America will be held as a public event on November 10th 2008.

This event will be held in the Lang Student Center at the New School at 55 West 13th Street, starting at 9:30am and continue throughout the day. Simultaneous translation will be available.

Participants will include scholars from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico who will present commissioned papers as well as leaders from NGOs and international organizations.

Speakers:
Dr. Deepak Bhattasali, The World Bank
Dr. Michelle Chauvet-Sánchez, Professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México
Dr. Michael Cohen, The New School, Director of OLA
Dr. Sean Costigan, Director, Program on Environmental Security, Zurich Center for Security Studies & Adjunct Faculty, The New School
Prof. Alberto Croce, Director, Fundación SES, Argentina
Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, The New School, former director of the Human Development Reports of UNDP
Dr. Margarita Gutman, The New School, OLA, University of Buenos Aires
Dr. Bernardo Kliskberg, Senior Advisor for Latin America, UNDPProf. Alberto Minujin, The New School, OLA
Dr. Oscar Tangelson, former Secretary of Economic Policy, Ministry of Economy, Government of Argentina
Dr. Joseph Westphal, Provost and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs, The New School
Dr. John Wilkinson, Professor, Rural Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This program is supported by founding partners: The Alexander Family Foundation and Julien Studley.