NOVEMBER MONTHLY MEETING November 26, 2008
Topic: Current International Trends
Speakers: Victoria Hurtado and Alejandro Ferreiro
What are the important "international trends" that we should watch out for as professionals? How are current economic and political trends affecting Chile and what is Chile's influence on the rest of the globalized world? Victoria Hurtado and Alejandro Ferreiro, two international experts in their respective fields of public policy and economics, will inform us about the current trends shaping our quickly changing world, especially during the last year. They will also tell us about their own experiences as relevant actors shaping the national landscape here in Chile.
A lawyer from the University of Chile, Victoria Hurtado currently works as a full time professor in the School of Government at Adolfo Ibañez University. Previously she worked as assistant to the Chilean Treasury Secretary in matters related to International Negotiations. She also served as Acting Vice Chair for the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She obtained her Master's Degree in Public Management from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2000 and is a Consultative member of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Alejandro Ferreiro was recently named to the directive board of the newly established Transparency Council for the Chilean Government. He previously served as Economic Minister under President Bachelet, Superintendent of Securities and Exchange and of Isapres (Chile's private health insurance companies), to highlight just a few of the offices he has held as a public servant. He studied Law at the University of Chile and holds an M.A. from the University of Notre Dame.