April 30 - May 1, 2015
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Macario Schettino is a Chemical Engineer with an MA in Economics, a PhD in Business and ABD in History. He has been a professor, researcher and Dean in the academic arena, an entrepreneur in technology and services, an official and adviser in different levels of government, and a columnist, op-ed writer and director in Media. More information about Dr. Schettino.
Talk: 2014. Nueva Ruta (New Route)
We are living in a very changing world, and that anguishes us. That is true for the whole planet, but Mexico has a double source of uncertainty. Mexico is changing the way it took over the 20th century, which didn't work. These two sources of uncertainty, the changing world and the change in direction, are difficult to cope with. However, it seems that Mexico is taking the right road this time...
Invited Guest Speakers
Dr. Robert Kirkland, History/Latin American Studies (Lecturer, Humanities, CSU San Bernardino Central American Gangs: Changing Structure and Nature [Abstract] (Time: 9:00-10:00am)
Dr. Álvaro Ramírez (Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages Saint Mary's College of California) Dazed and Confused: Screening out Culture in Contemporary Mexico [Abstract] (Time: 4:00-5:00pm)
Dr. Xóchitl Chávez, Anthropology/Music (University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow, UCR) Booming Bandas of Los Angeles: Oaxacan Women and Youth as New Cultural Bearers of Philharmonic Brass Bands [Abstract] (Time: 10:15-11:15am)