Welcome Remarks/Opening Ceremony

Antonio R. Flores, Ph.D.
President and CEO, HACU

Shirley Calvo
Executive Director, Camara Nacional de Turismo, Costa Rica

Zeneida María Chávez Fernández
Mayor of San Antonio de Belén, Alcaldía de Belén, Costa Rica

Mario Sáenz
Export Manager, PROCOMER, Costa Rica

Juan Ricardo Wong Ruiz
Executive Director, Consejo Nacional de Enseñanza Superior Universitaria Privada, Costa Rica

Elizabeth Rodriguez
President, GlobalEdu Consortium, Costa Rica

Luis Felipe Dobles Junqueira
Vice President of the Governing Board, GlobalEdu Consortium, Costa Rica

Break

Session #1 – “Strengthening Research and Academic Partnerships Among the U.S., Latin American, and Spanish Institutions”

Moderator:

Daniel López, Jr., Ph.D.
President, Harold Washington College, USA

Presenters:

Cuauhtémoc Godoy, Ed.D.
Associate Dean – School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, USA

Dr. Luis Fernando Pantoja Amaro
Rector, Universidad Tecnológica de Querétaro, Mexico

Britt Rios-Ellis, Ph.D.
President, California State University, Stanislaus, USA

Break

Session #2 – “Private-Public Partnerships in International Education: New Models for Sustainability”

Moderator:

Luis Felipe Dobles Junqueira
Vice President of the Governing Board, GlobalEdu Consortium, Costa Rica

Presenters:

Guillermo Díaz, Jr.
Founder and CEO, Conectado, Inc., USA

Mario Sáenz Alfaro
Export Manager, PROCOMER, Costa Rica

Leonardo Andrés Urrego Cubillos
Member of the Board of Directors, FODESEP and Director of
Strategic Planning, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), Colombia

Lunch at the Hotel

Session #3 – “Global Collaboration in Climate Research and Disaster Recovery: Universities as Catalysts for Innovation, Policy Change, and Community Support”

Moderator:

Emma Grace Hernández Flores, Ph.D.
President, Universidad de Iberoamérica

Presenters:

Kathy Halvorsen, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research Integrity and Facilities, Michigan Technological University, USA

María Vicenta Mestre Escrivá, Ph.D.
President, Universitat de Valencia, Spain

Carlos Padín Bibiloni, Ph.D.
President, Universidad Metropolitana, USA

Closing Remarks

Antonio R. Flores, Ph.D.
President and CEO, HACU

Dinner and La Academia de Liderazgo Graduation Ceremony