31
March
2011
Informal Reception
Venue: Black Sheep Restaurant, Kendall Hotel
| 6:00 to 9:00 pm | Drinks and appetizers will be served. A $20 contribution is kindly requested. |
1
April
2011
Morning
Panel Sessions
Venue: The MIT Faculty Club
| 8:30 to 9:00 AM | Continental breakfast. | |
| 9:00 to 9:30 AM | Welcome: Adele Santos , Dean, School of Architecture and Planning. Richard Locke, Head, Political Science Department. Amy Glasmeier, Head, Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Bish Sanyal, Director, Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies. | |
| 9:30 to 10:45 AM | Panel I: Labor. Chair: Richard Locke, MIT. Rosemary Batt, Cornell University. Alberto Fuentes, MIT. Roberto Pires, Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brazil. | |
| 11:00 to 12:15 PM | Panel II: Local Economic Development. Chair: Meenu Tewari, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mansueto Almeida, Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brazil. Salo Coslovsky, New York University. Anuradha Joshi, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. | |
| 12:30 to 1:30 PM | Buffet lunch | |
| "Bringing State Capability Back In" Lant Pritchett, Professor of Practice, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. | ||
| 1:45 to 3:00 PM | Panel III: Learning from Evaluation. Chair: Bish Sanyal, MIT. Raquel Gomes, Oxfam, Washington. Monica Romis, Inter-American Development Bank. Gabrielle Watson, Oxfam, Boston. | |
| 3:00 to 3:20 PM | Port, sherry and coffee. | |
| 3:30 to 4:45 PM | Panel IV: International Development. Chair: Merilee Grindle, Harvard Kennedy School. Tito Bianchi, Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Genevieve Connors, World Bank. Sylvia Dohnert, Department of Economic Development, Sucre, Venezuela. Judith Morrison, Inter-American Development Bank. |
Evening
Dinner and Dancing
Venue: Royal Sonesta Hotel
| 6:30 to 7:15 PM | Cocktail Reception | |
| 7:15 to 7:30 PM | Buffet Dinner served | |
| 7:30 to 8:30 PM | Conversation with Tasso Jereissati, Senator and three-term Governor of Ceará, Brazil Facilitator: Judith Tendler | |
| 8:30 to 9:15 PM | Champagne and toasts: Hugo Beteta, Merilee Grindle Gary Hack, Susan Eckstein Lang Keyes, Richard Locke Bish Sanyal | |
| 9:30 to 9:35 PM | Departmental Gift: Amy Glasmeier | |
| 9:35 to 9:45 PM | Prologue to dancing: Judith Tendler | |
| 9:45 to 11:00 PM | Dancing | |
| Cash Bar available after dinner |