Thes following events are sponsored by Colombia Nos Une, Ministry of Foreing Affairs, and Embassy of Colombia; and co-organized by the Harvard Colombian Student Society.

March 21
6:30-8:00pm, Panel 1:Integration of the Early Childhood System in Colombia: Successes, Challenges and Future Directions

Constanza Alarcón, Coordinator of the National Early Childhood Strategy - Colombian President Office; Adriana Camacho, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes; Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Academic Dean, HGSE; Felipe Barrera, Assistant Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE; and Diego Molano, Director, Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF - Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar).

Moderated by Natalia Mesa, Executive Director of the Carulla Foundation

Contact: Diana Leyva, diana_leyva@gse.harvard.edu 
 
March 22
12:30-2:30pm, Panel 2: Mining and Sustainable Development in Colombia

Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT, Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Chief Knowledge Officer and Founder of the Consensus Building Institute; Carlos Caballero Argáez, Director of the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government, Universidad de los Andes and former Minister of Mining and Energy of Colombia; Pablo Rueda Saiz, Colombian expert on State-Society Relations and Oil and Extractive Industries, University of California at Berkley.

Moderated by Maria Teresa Ronderos, Editorial Advisor at Colombia’s Semana and DRCLAS Visiting Scholar.

Contact: Felipe Quintero, fquinteroserrano@gmail.com

*Please note that Panel 2 will be held at: Austin North, Room 100, HLS, 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge*

This panel is organized by the Harvard Colombian Student Society and co-sponsored by LA ALIANZA and the Harvard Law and International Development Society.
 
6:00-8:00pm, Panel 3: Colombia: Challenges and Opportunities of an Emerging Economy

Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School; Alfonso Cuellar, Minister Counselor, Embassy of Colombia in Washington D.C.; Rodrigo Botero, Former Minister of Economy and Finance of Colombia.

Moderated by Peter Deshazo, Executive Director of LASPAU.

Contact: Maria Fernanda Forero, maria.forero@cancilleria.gov.co

Reception to follow final panel.