The Medical Professional Association of Peru (Colegio Médico del Perú) organized a set of conferences on the future of Peru during October-November 2016, and invited me to make a presentation on the subject of Peruvian Utopia and Nationa Project on October 25th. Based on my
The “Cámara de Comercio de Lima” (Lima Chamber of Commerce) invited me to deliver a keynote speech on October 12, 2016, as part of their INOTECH week on technological innovation, which it organizes every year. To see my presentation in Spanish please click here, and
The UNESCO Regional Office for Latin America organized a series of events to highlight the role of science in development. I participate in several of them, chairing a panel on science and sustainability; intervening in a debate on open access to scientific publications, and to
The Mexican publisher Fondo de Cultura Económica organized a presentation at the Lima Book Fair, which took place July 15-31, 2016, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the collection “Science for All.” Dr. Fabiola Leon Velarde, Rector of the Peruvian Cayetano Heredia University, and Dr.
President elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was inaugurated on July 28, 2016. I published an article in the magazine CARAS on what to expect in science and technology in the new government, to see the article (in Spanish) click here, and the electronic magazine SciDev included
On may 24, 2016, PlanCC, an environmental civil society organization, with the objective of stating proposals to mitigate the effects of climate change in Peru. I participated in a panel with government officials to review the current situation and the prospects for the commitments made
On July 7, 2016 Mónica GAstelumendi performed in a concert at the Cultural Center of the University Cayetano Heredia, in Miraflores, Lima, during which she interpreted for the first time in public six of the songs whose music and lyrics I have composed. These songs
CULTURAL AND CIENTIFIC CENTER OF THE UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA Thursday, July 7, 7:30pm Hugo Lumbreras Auditorium Av. Armendariz 445, Miraflores Singer, conductor, composer, arranger and educator, with a solid academic background in jazz and other musical styles, Monica Gastelumendi presents in this concert a
Starting in December 2015 and through March 2016 I had an active participation in the electoral campaign for the general elections of April 10, 2015. Accompanying presidential candidate Julio Guzmán and the political party Todos por el Perú (Everyone for Peru), I launched my candidacy
I have added articles, some rather old and others more recent, to the list of downloadable publications. You will find a note on industrialization in the Peruvian jungle written with Ignacy Sachs in 1972 (in Spanish) here; a 1975 article on industrial technology research here;