Speaker Series
Science and Technology: The Challenge for Mexico and Latin America
July 9, 2008 • 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Weaver Conference Center
Institute of the Americas
Free to the public
Conducted in Spanish with simultaneous English interpretation

Mario Molina, President, Mario Molina Center for Strategic Research on Energy and the Environment
Juan Francisco Molinar, General Director, Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)
Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor of the State of Mexico
Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Governor of the State of Hidalgo
Rosaura Ruíz Gutiérrez, President, Mexican Academy of Sciences
Moderator: Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Council Member, United Nations University (UNU)

Join the IOA’s prestigious panel for a discussion of Latin America’s challenges and opportunities in the fields of science and technology. Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina will be a panelist, along with the director of Mexico’s Social Security agency, the president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the governors of Hidalgo and Mexico state. Former UNAM Rector Juan Ramon de la Fuente will lead the session on the region’s science and technology development.

Further information: www.iamericas.org