Mexico and the World
Vol. 5, No 3 (Summer 2000)
http://www.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume5/3summer00/mexico_publicpolicy.html
XI PROFMEX
CONFERENCE
MEXICO AND
PUBLIC POLICY
Sustainable Development
for the 21st Century
Held in Conjunction with
Government of Michoacan
UCLA Program on Mexico
UCLA School of Public Policy & Social Research
Universidad de Guadalajara
Contact Information
Schedule of Events
List of Acronyms
CONTACT INFORMATION:
MORELIA Convention Center PROFMEX Office:
J. Eric Lomelí (Program Director)
Josefina Orozco Sánchez (Conference Organizer)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Telephone: (52-43) 249-135
FAX: (52-43) 249-136 (ask for tone)
UCLA
Carlos Hernández Hernández
E-Mail: [email protected] and [email protected]
Telephone: (1-310) 206-8500
FAX: (1-310) 825-8421
MORELIA Hotel
Fiesta Inn Reservations
(only for attendees not participating in the Program)
Telephone: (52-43) 228-000
FAX: (52-43) 152 281
www.fiestainn.com.mx
PROFMEX Office at Airport
Marriot 5-230-0505
From the USA (52-5) 230-0505
SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS:
September
18
| 08:00 - 18:00 Hrs. |
Registration, Fiesta Inn Hotel
Book Exhibition |
| 17:00 - 19:00 Hrs. |
Tour of Morelia's Historic City Center |
| 19:00 - 21:00 Hrs. |
Welcome Cocktail by Secretary of Tourism
Musical Program by Los Niños Cantores, Palacio Clavijero |
September
19
| 10:00 - 10:45 Hrs |
INAUGURATION, Presidium, Teatro Morelos |
Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí,
Governor of Michoacán
James W. Wilkie, PROFMEX President & Director UCLA Program on Mexico
Juan Benito Coquet Ramos, Michoacán Secretary General of Government
Barbara J. Nelson, UCLA Dean of Public Policy and Social Research
David Alfaro Garcés, Secretary of Public Education, State of
Michoacán
Marco Antonio Aguilar Cortés, President, University of Michoacán
(UMSNH)
José Luis Bernal, Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles
Ruben Rivas Peña, Comandante de la 21a Zona Militar
Jorge Orozco Flores, Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia en
el Estado de Michoacán
Salvador Castillo Nuñez, Presidente de la Gran Comisión
del Congreso del Estado de Michoacán
Salvador Galván Infante, Morelia Mayor
Alfonso Galindo, PROFMEX Secretary General
Gabriel Camarena García, President, Global One Mexico and
General Manager Central America and Panama
Raúl Lomelí-Payán Jose, PROFMEX Worldwide Coordinator
Fernando Torres-Gil, UCLA Associate Dean of Public Policy and Social
Research
Benjamín Robles Montoya, CEO, Centro Estatal de Desarrollo Municipal
Martín Merino, Director del Centro de Investigación y
Desarrollo del Estado de Michoacán (CIDEM)
Allen J. Scott, UCLA Dean of Public Policy and Social Research
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Messages: |
Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí
James W. Wilkie
Juan Benito Coquet Ramos
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| 10:45 - 11:00 Hrs. |
Photo of all participants |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 Hrs. |
Opening Addresses
State of the Field
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James W. Wilkie (Mod.), PROFMEX and UCLA
Barbara J. Nelson, UCLA Dean of Public Policy and Social Research
Jesús Arroyo Alejandre, Former Rector, University of Guadalajara
School of Business and Economics
José Angel Canela Cacho, Earl Warren Legal Institute, UC Berkeley
School of Law
Fernando Bazúa, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco
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| 12:30 - 14:00 Hrs. |
Plenary Session -
Public Policy Education in the World
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Raúl Lomelí-Payán (Mod.), PROFMEX and UCLA
Richard Descoings, President, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
Marco Antonio Aguilar Cortés, President, University of Michoacán
Shin-Bok Kim, Dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul
National University
Andres Jiménez Montoya, Director, University of California Policy
Research Center
David Alfaro Garcés, Secretary of Public Education, State of
Michoacán
|
| 14:00 – 16:00 Hrs. |
Buffet Lunch for participants
Lobby EXPOCENTRO |
|
| 16:00 – 17:30 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Decentralizing Federal Tax Policy
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James W.Wilkie (Mod.), PROFMEX and UCLA
Fernando Sánchez Ugarte, President of Mexico’s Competition Commission
Gustavo Merino, Director del Centro de Estudios Públicos, Instituto
Tecnológico Autónoma de México
Miguel Rivera Ríos, UNAM
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, Secretary of Finance and Social Development,
State of Puebla
Rodrigo Morales, Transition Team for Taxes
Juan Benito Coquet Ramos, Michoacán Secretary General of Government
|
| 17:30 – 19:00 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Education as Public Policy in Mexico
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Edmundo Jacobo Molina (Mod.), Secretary General Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana, Former President, UAM-Azcapotzalco
Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, Transition Team Chief Advisor on Reform
of Government in Mexico
Rafael Rangel Sostmann, President, Instituto Tecnológico de
Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Guillermo Ramírez Hernández, Dean, UNAM School of Economics
Jorge Maciel Súarez, Secretario Académico, Instituto
Politécnico Nacional de México
Carlos Alberto Torres, Director, UCLA Latin American Center
Oscar González Cuevas, Former President Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana
Enrique Luengo, President, Universidad Latina-Morelia
Jaime Murillo Delgado, President, Universidad LaSalle
|
| 19:00 - 20:30 Hrs. |
Simultaneous Session 1
NAFTA Policies for Foundations,
NGOs, Enterprises, and Individuals
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James W. Wilkie (Mod.), PROFMEX & UCLA
Olga M. Lazin, Director PROFMEX Globalization Studies
James Carter & German Vega Barrientos, Ernst & Young
Alexandru Lazin, PROFMEX European Affairs
Luis Alberto Sánchez, SEDESOL Dirección General de Organización
Sociál
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Simultaneous Session 2
Public Policy Theory and Practice
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Leobardo Estrada (Mod.), UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Aldo Flores Quiroga, Claremont University Graduate School
Soichi Shinohara & Hiroki Kofuji, University of Kyoto
Juan Moreno Pérez, PROFMEX
Judith Herrera Montelongo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco
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| September
20 |
Mexican Development Issues
in the NAFTA Era |
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| 7:30 –10:30 Hrs. |
Breakfast Meeting
PROFMEX Board of Directors |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Economic Development Policy and Mexico
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Benjamín Robles Montoya (Mod.), Centro Estatal de Desarrollo
Municipal, State of Michoacán
Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, Fox Economic Transition Team
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce, Gobierno del Distrito Federal
Roberto M Salinas León, TV Azteca
Eugenio O. Valenciano, Universidad Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Adrian De León Arias, Universidad de Guadalajara
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| 10:45 - 12:00 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
New Telcommunications Policy and
Globalization |
Gabriel Camarena García (Mod.), President Global One Mexico
and General Manager Central America & Panama
Rodolfo García, President RSL Telecomuncaciones
David Long, Global One Director of International Affairs for the Americas
Lauro González, President SATMEX
Micael Cimet, President EDS Latin America (São Paulo)
Humberto Treviño, Transition Team For Telecommunications
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| 12:15 - 14:00 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
U.S. Social Security Policy and Mexico |
Fernando Torres Gil (Mod.), UCLA, School of Public Policy
Bernardino González, U.S. Social Security Administration, Washington
D.C. and Former Director for Latin America
Raúl Lomelí-Payán, UCLA, Program on Mexico
Francisco Acevedo Morga, Mexican Social Security System (IMSS)
Néstor Elizondo Martínez, Centro Interamericano de Estudios
de Seguridad Social
Augustíne Cásares, U.S. Social Security Administration,
New Mexico
James W. Wilkie, UCLA Program on Mexico & PROFMEX
|
| 14:15 - 15:30 Hrs. |
Buffet Lunch
Convention Center |
|
| 15:30 – 17:00 Hrs. |
Simultaneous Session 1
Policies for Evaluating Social Change
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Pedro Luis Pinsón (Mod.), ProDemorcracia
Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social
Research
Brenda Ramírez Yañez, PROFMEX
María Arcelia González Butrón, Universidad Michoacana
San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Cristina Ríos, Indiana University, South Bend
John Farrell, UCLA Latin American Studies
Remulus Roman, Embassy of Romania in Mexico
Silvia B. González Brambila, UAM-A
Manuel Arciniega, CILACE
Jesús Ramírez, Universidad Autómoma de Nayarit
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Simultaneous Session 2
Municipal Finances
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Víctor Manuel Castillo Girón (Mod.), Universidad de Guadalajara
Salvador Galván Infante, Presidente Municipal de Morelia
David Zamudio, Mayor, Port of Lázaro Cárdenas
Antonio Sánchez Bernal, Universidad de Guadalajara
Antonio Zarzosa Escobedo, INDETEC
Maria Luisa García Bátiz, Universidad de Guadalajara
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| 17:00 – 18:30 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Public Policy and Regional Development
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Ramón A. Nuñez De La Mora (Mod.), UCLA School of Public
Policy and Social Research
Allen J. Scott, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Guillermo Vargas Uribe, Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de
Hidalgo
David Barkin, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco
Vasile Cârstea, Embassy of Romania in Mexico
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| 18:30 - 20:00 Hrs. |
Keynote Session
U.S.-Mexico Policy Issues
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James W. Wilkie (Mod.), PROFMEX and UCLA
Jeffrey Davidow, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
José Luis Bernal, Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles
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| 21:00 - 23:00 Hrs. |
Gala Dinner and Award of PROFMEX Prize
to Sergio Villarreal Guajardo Sicarsa
Conservatorio de las Rosas |
James W. Wilkie, PROFMEX President and UCLA Program on Mexico
Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí, Governor of the State of Michoacán
Jeffrey Davidow, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Juan Benito Coquet Ramos, Secretary General of the State of Michoacán
José Luis Bernal, Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles
Barbara J. Nelson, UCLA Dean of Public Policy
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| September
21 |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
The Mexican Health Crisis in California
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Raúl Lomelí-Payán (Mod.), PROFMEX
Jorge Mancebo Castillo (Commentator), Director, UMSNH Facultad de Medecina
David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA School of Medicine
Robert M. Stein, UCLA School of Medicine
Marco A. Firebaugh, Chair, California-Mexican Affairs Commission, California
State Assembly
|
| 10:45 - 12:15 Hrs. |
Simultaneous Session 1
Microfinance and Informal Credit
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Raúl Lomelí-Payán (Mod.), PROFMEX
Alfonso Galindo, Secretary General of PROFMEX
Salvador Berumen Sandoval, University of Guadalajara
Félix Villa Viveros, Caja Popular Morelia-Valladolid
Carlos Ortega Trejo, Sociedad Cooperativa Cupanda
Martin Merino, Director, CIDEM
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Simultaneous Session 2
Mexican Migrants Abroad
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Romeo Flores Caballero (Mod.), Instituto Nacional de Migración
de México
Leonardo French, Director General de Atención a Comunidades
Mexicanas en el Extranjero,
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
Fernando Solís Camara, Fundación para el Desarrollo
Rafael Fernández De Castro, ITAM
Raúl Lomelí-Payán, PROFMEX
Guadalupe María Bello Morín, Mexican Social Security
for Workers Abroad
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| 12:30 - 14:00 Hrs. |
Keynote Session
New Policy Options
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James W. Wilkie (Mod.), PROFMEX and UCLA
Juan Benito Coquet Ramos, Secretary of Interior, State of Michoacán
Cuauhtémoc Sánchez Osio, CILACE
María Del Carmen Díaz, Transition Team for Science &
Technology
Ricardo Govela, Filos, A.C.
Roberto E. Blum, CIDAC
Alfonso Galindo, Transition Team for Informal Economy
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| 14:00 – 15:00 Hrs. |
Buffet Lunch |
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| 15:00 - 16:00 Hrs. |
Keynote Session
The Evolution of Public Policy in the USA:
Lessons Learned
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Alfonso Galindo, PROFMEX and UCLA (Introduction)
Fernando Torres-Gil (Main Speaker), Associate Dean UCLA School of Public
Policy and Social Research
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| 16:00 – 17:30 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Civil Service as a Career
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Humberto Lomelí-Payán (Mod.), UCLA Latin American Studies
Chandler Stolp, University of Texas at Austin
Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, Former Secretary of Social Development
Fausto Vallejo Figueroa, Michoacán Chief Administrative Officer
Esther Dagio, Secretary of Education, State of Michoacán
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| 17:45– 19:15 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Restructuring Social and Health Policy
in Mexico
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Tomislav Lendo Fuentes (Mod.), Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Social
Roberto Carmona Barragán, PROFMEX
Enrique González Tiburcio, Secretaría de Desarrollo Social
(SEDESOL)
Daniel Hernández Franco, Director General de PROGRESA
John Scott, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas,
A.C. (CIDE)
Víctor Guerrero Mendieta, Fideicomiso para la Liquidación
de la Tortilla
André Van Commenée, Wellness International Network
Luis Alberto Sánchez, SEDESOL
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18:30-20:30 Hrs.
Working Group Mtg.
Fiesta Inn |
Public Policy Training
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MEXICAN TEAM:
Benjamín Robles Montoya, Centro Estatal de Desarrollo Municipal, Michoacán
Gustavo Merino, ITAM
Jesús Arroyo Alejandre, University of Guadalajara
Fernando Bazúa, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco
Sylvia Ortega-Salazar, PROFMEX Vice-President U.S. TEAM
Barbara J. Nelson, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Fernando Torres-Gil, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Bill Parent, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Allen J. Scott, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Nga Scott, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Andrés Jiménez Montoya, University of California, Policy Research Center |
| 21:00 Hrs. |
Organ Concert, Cathedral of Morelia |
Directed By Alfonso Vega Nuñez, Morelia |
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| September
22 |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 Hrs. |
Simultaneous Session 1
Tools for Making Policy:
Statistical Data Virtual
Library Services and Telecommunications
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César Carbajal (Co-Mod.), UCLA Department of Political Science
Edward F. Urenda (Co-Mod.), UCLA Telecommunications
Rafael Rodríguez Castañeda, Gobierno del Distrito Federal
Roberto Delgadillo, UCLA Library and Information Systems
Daniela Lazin, PROFMEX European Relations
William Martin, Ucla International Studies
Barbara Selwyn, UCLA Latin American Studies
Hillel Eyal, UCLA Latin American Studies
Julie Drucker, UCLA Latin American Studies
Viridiana Sughei Palma, ProDemocracia
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Simultaneous Session 2
Public Policy on Culture in Mexico
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José Eric Lomelí, PROFMEX and UCLA Program on Mexico
María Herrera-Sobek, PROFMEX & University of California,
Santa Bárbara
Hugo Enciso, La Opinión newspaper, Los Angeles
Héctor López Santiago, Universidad Autónoma de
Nayarit
Karin Frid, UCLA Department of History
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| 10:45 - 12:30 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Public Policy on Rural and
Agricultural Development
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James W. Wilkie (Mod.), PROFMEX and UCLA Program on Mexico
Javier Usabiaga, Fox Agricultural Transition Team
Mario Rechy, Centro de Estudios Estratégicos, A.C.
Edmundo Hernandez Claro, Universidad de Guadalajara
José De Jesús Gama Ramírez, CILACE
Humberto González, Universidad de Guadalajara
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| 12:45 - 14:15 Hrs. |
Simultaneous Session 1
University Social Service
for Local Development
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Alejandro Mungaray-Lagarda (Mod.), PROFMEX and Universidad Autónoma
de Baja California
Francisco Javier Castellón Fonseca, President, Universidad Autónoma
de Nayarit
Dolores Sánchez Soler, ANUIES
Patricia Moctezuma, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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Simultaneous Session 2
Primary Public Education Policy in Mexico |
Sylvia Ortega Salazar (Mod.), Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Carlos Mancera, Under Secretary Of Public Education
Concepción Valadez, Ucla School Of Education
Laura Randall, City University of New York (CUNY)
Octavio Pescador Hernández, UCLA School of Education
Richard Navarro, California State University, Pamona
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| 14:15 - 15:00 Hrs. |
Buffet Lunch |
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| 15:00 - 16:30 Hrs. |
Simultaneous Session 1
Environment and Sustainable Development |
Alejandro Encinas (Mod.), Ex-Secretary of Environmental Affairs, Mexico's
Federal District
Susanna B. Hecht, UCLA School of Public Policy and UCLA Latin American
Center
Oscar Arizpe, UABC Sur
William Kornblum, IACERE-CUNY
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Simultaneous Session 2
Bribery, Public Safety and Human Rights
in Mexico and at the Border |
Jose Z. García (Mod.), New Mexico State University
Edurardo Ibarrola Nicolín, Mexico’s Deputy Attorney General
for Legal & International Affairs
Federico Reyes Heroles, Transparency International in Mexico
Juan Manuel Benítez, UCLA Department of History
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| 16:30 – 18:00 Hrs. |
PROFMEX Initiative on Ecosystems and
Economic Policy |
Ronald G. Hellman (Mod.), IACERE - CUNY
Joseph W. Rachlin, IACERE - CUNY
Martin Schreibman, IACERE - CUNY
Janis A. Roze, IACERE - CUNY
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| 18:45 - 20:00 Hrs. |
Plenary Session
Public Policy for Restructuring the Energy
Sector in Mexico
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George Baker (Mod.), President, Mexico Energy Intelligence
Fausto Alzati, Executive President, CILACE-
Lisa Pearl, Cambridge Energy Research Associates,
Angel De La Vega Navarro, UNAM Center for Energy Studies
Aldo Flores Quiroga, Claremont University Graduate School
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| September
23 |
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| 9:30 - 11:30 Hrs. |
Special Keynote Session
Democracy and Political Transition in Mexico
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James W. Wilkie (Co-Mod.), PROFMEX and UCLA Program on Mexico
Juan Benito Coquet, (Co-Mod), Michoacán Secretary General of
Government
Roberto Madrazo Pintado, Governor of Tabasco
Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, Governor-Elect of Guanajuato
Irma Méndez De Hoyos, Mexican Federal Electoral Institute
José Ángel Pescador Osuña, Mexico’s Under-Secretary
of Interior
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| 11:15 - 11:45 Hrs. |
Summaries and Findings
|
Juan Benito Coquet Ramos, Secretary of Interior, State of Michoacán
Raúl Lomelí-Payán, PROFMEX and UCLA Program on
Mexico
Benjamín Robles Montoya, CEO Of CEDEMICH
Ramón Núñez De La Mora, UCLA School of Public
Policy & Social Research
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Closing Event |
James W. Wilkie, PROFMEX & UCLA Program on Mexico Chair
Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí, Governor of Michoacán
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| September
24 |
Departures |
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
| ACSS |
Americas Center on Science and Society |
| ANUIES |
Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación
Superior |
| AREAC |
Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center at the City University
of New York |
| CILACE |
Centro Internacional Lucas Alamán para el Crecimiento Económico,
A.C. |
| CICAC |
Centro de Investigactión para el Desarrollo, A.C. |
| CIDE |
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica |
| CIDEM |
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Michoacán |
| COLEF |
Colegio de la Frontera Norte de México |
| CONAPO |
Consejo Nacional de Población |
| CUNY |
City University of New York |
| IACERE |
Inter-American Comparative Ecosystems & Regional Economies at the
City University of New York |
| INESER |
Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Regionales at the Universidad
de Guadaljara |
| IFE |
Instituto Federal Electoral |
| INDETEC |
Instituto para el Desarrollo Técnico de las Haciendas Públicas |
| ITAM |
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México |
| NPPOs |
Not-For-Private-Profit Organizations |
| PRI |
Partido Revolucionario Institucional |
| PAN |
Partido Acción Nacional |
| PRD |
Partido de la Revolución Demócratica |
| PROFMEX |
Worldwide Network for Mexico Policy Research |
| SEDESOL |
Secretaría de Desarrollo Social |
| UAM |
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City |
| UCLA |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| U de G |
Universidad de Guadalajara |
| UMSNH |
Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo |
| UNAM |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| UPN |
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional |
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