{"id":27818,"date":"2017-03-27T09:49:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=27818"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:50:48","slug":"pardee-school-at-boston-university-latin-american-alumni-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2017\/03\/27\/pardee-school-at-boston-university-latin-american-alumni-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardee School at BU Latin American Alumni Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container latam-summit autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-27829\" data-slideshow-name=\"latam-summit\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-27829\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-27829_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2017\/03\/Gallagher1-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-27829_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2017\/03\/Gallagher2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-27829_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2017\/03\/Najam1-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-27829_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2017\/03\/Najam2-1-396x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-27829_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2017\/03\/Najam3-382x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-27829_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2017\/03\/Veronica1-1-516x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-27829_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2017\/03\/Veronica2-1-516x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-27829\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Faculty and students from the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies attended the Boston University Latin American Alumni Summit held from March 24-26, 2017 in Miami. The Summit was presented by the Boston University Alumni Association in partnership with the Pardee School, and f<span>eatured world-class faculty and accomplished alumni discussing issues including\u00a0global and Latin American health, smart cities, economics, investment, and media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pardee School Dean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/profile\/adil-najam\/\">Adil Najam<\/a>\u00a0delivered the keynote address at the Summit, entitled &#8220;Understanding This Global Moment.&#8221; Najam said between global events such as the Brexit referendum, a refugee crisis, unchecked climate change and the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, t<span>here is little that can be said with certainty or consensus about the world we live in, except that it is in flux. Najam outlined\u00a0the most important global trends currently\u00a0defining the world of today, and tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor of Global Development Policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/profile\/kevin-p-gallagher\/\">Kevin Gallagher<\/a>\u00a0moderated the opening panel at the Summit examining how\u00a0political leaders, business leaders, and investors can make sense of Latin American and world markets. Panelists included\u00a0Alfonso Baigorri Escand\u00f3n of\u00a0<span>J.P. Morgan Private Bank,\u00a0<\/span>Ana Maria Carrasquilla of<b>\u00a0<\/b><span>Fondo Latinoamericano de Reservas (FLAR), and <\/span>Serge Elkiner of<span>\u00a0Yellow Pepper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Veronica Lopez Gamboa (Pardee &#8217;19) spoke\u00a0at the Gala Dinner at the Summit, which also featured remarks by\u00a0<strong><\/strong>President Robert A. Brown and University and alumni leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Najam was also part of a panel at the Summit entitled &#8220;Building Global Citizenship \u2013 The Role of the University,&#8221; which featured\u00a0Dean Sandro Galea of the S<span>chool of Public Health and\u00a0Dean Ann Cudd of the College of Arts and Sciences as panelists and was moderated by Provost Jean Morrison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pardee School Dean Adil Najam delivered the keynote address at the Summit entitled &#8220;Understanding This Global Moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8811,8411],"tags":[9860,1720,8469,8859,1362,1810,10575,10118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27818"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27835,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions\/27835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}