On May 20, 2015, the Peruvian International Cooperation Agency (APCI) organized a seminar on international trends in development cooperation for the post-Millennium Development Goals era. I made a presentation on changes from “aid” to development cooperation and to international public financing for development. To see
The Peruvian Education Minister, Dr. Jaime Saavedra, designated a commission to propose guidelines for ensuring the quality of higher education in Peru. I was a member of that commission, which delivered its final report in May 2015. To see the final report of the commission
The Center for Philosophical Studies of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru organized a series of exchanges on the future. Due to the unforeseen absence of one of the speakers, I was asked to participate in the colloquium that focused on technology and the future.
At the request of the organizers of the “Agenda” blog of the World Economic Forum (Davos), I prepared a note on the future prospects of Cuba. You can read this note clicking here.
Thirty years after I taught at the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, I returned to join the Graduate School as professor of innovation, strategy and futures. I will teach two courses on strategic planning and management, will organize courses and events on innovation, and am
As part of a series of conferences on climate change and public policy organized by the Central American Academy, I made a presentation on the future prospects for Latin America at the twilight of the Baconian age, a subject in which I have been working
An event to examine the impact of the STPI project on science and technology for development took place in 2013. This Project was carried out between 1973 and 1979, and gathered researchers and policy makers from ten developing countries, most of whom gathered in Lima
In October 2014 we launched the second edition of PERÚ: Agenda y Estrategia para el Siglo 21 (“Development Strategies for the 21st Century: The case of Peru”), the final report of the Agenda: PERÚ program. The event had two parts, the first devoted to examine
Looking at some old papers I found a summary note that I prepared on an event that took place in Beijing in 1984 to review science and technology policies in China. This report contains some ideas that may be interesting in light of the enormous
The first CD of Mónica Gastelumendi, To Play at Life, was launched on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the Cultural Center of the Catholic University in Lima, Peru. I was involved in the preparation of this CD as associate producer. Monica Gastelumendi is a young