Carlos Fuentes and Carlos Slim are in Rio for an international conference.
A genius of science and a genius of business, both are in town for the Americas Congress on International Education, which will be opened by the Head of State of Canada, David Johnston, this Thursday in Barra da Tijuca, in the western zone.
247 - Rio de Janeiro will host, between April 25 and 27, the Congress of the Americas on International Education, which will take place in Barra da Tijuca, in the west of the city. More than 600 representatives from different higher education and research institutions from North, South, Central America and the Caribbean will be present at the meeting; China will participate as guest of honor. This Thursday (26), the congress welcomes two different worlds to discuss education, at the Congress of the Americas on International Education. The writer Carlos Fuentes, who has more than 30 published books and is a professor at the best universities in the world, and Carlos Slim, Mexican billionaire, owner of one of the largest telecommunications companies on the planet.
Fuentes will speak to participants at the international meeting this Friday and receive an award from the scientific community of the Americas, after inaugurating the Inter-American Chair that bears his name. Slim will participate in a panel discussion on private sector involvement in distance higher education, along with fellow entrepreneur Miguel Alemán and Americans Eduardo Padrón and John Lippincott. The opening ceremony will be conducted by the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston.
On Wednesday (25), the first day of the congress, an agreement was signed that initiates the cooperation project between Chinese and American universities, for scientific and technological exchange at the higher education level.
The Secretary-General of the Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) of China, Yang Meng, and the President of the Inter-American University Organization (OUI), Marcial Rubio Correa, representing approximately 300 universities from the Americas, took the first step towards enabling universities interested in this exchange to sign their own agreements, according to their specific interests.
The agreement is broad and based on five fundamental points: university management and leadership; education and culture; scientific and technological innovation; economics, business and law; and recognition and validation.
The meeting takes place at the Windsor Barra Hotel, at Avenida Lúcio Costa, 2.630, Barra da Tijuca, from 9 am to 18 pm, until next Friday (27).