The Creative and Cultural Industries and the Future of Latin America’s Economy
November 25, 2013
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University
Please join participants from across academic, policy, and practitioner communities, as well as from the private sector, concerned with the creative economy, in a symposium to address the relevance of Latin America’s creative and cultural industries to the region’s economy as a whole.
Filming in Chile / Photo credit: Patt V / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA
Opening Remarks, 9:00-9:15 AM
Iván Duque Márquez , IDB
Eric Hershberg , American University
Panel 1: Latin America’s Creative Economy: From Data to Analysis,
9:15- 10:45 AM
Angel Moreno, Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia
Anahí Moyano Larrea, Ministerio de Cultura de Costa Rica
Ana Carla Fonseca Reis, Garimpo de Soluções, Brazil
Ximena Varela, American University
Sunil Iyengar, U.S. National Endowment for the Arts (moderator)
Panel 2: Connecting Data to Broader Trends, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Arlene Dávila, New York University
George Yudice, Miami University
Ana Wortman, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Juan Miguel Kanai, Miami University
Robert Albro, American University (moderator)
For more information and to RSVP please contact Marcela
Torres at mt6112b@student.american.edu
or call 202-885-
6178.
This symposium is co-sponsored by the Inter-American
Development Bank’s Culture, Creativity, and Solidarity
Affairs Division and Culture Center.