Saturday, August 24, 2019
The II World Conference of University Researchers (WCUR)
Celeste Auditorium, The New York Public Library,
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
5 Av, between 41 St. and 42 St
Special Tributes:
Centenary of Sigma Delta Pi (1919-2019)
the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society
FIDAL
Foundation for the Integration and Development of Latin America
Coordinators:
Myriam de Arteni
Inés Mónica Sarmiento-Archer
9:45-10:00 am Press Photo, at main entrance steps
(between the lions, 5 Av, betw 41-42 St.)
10:00-10:30 am Breakfast
Session 1
10:30-10:35 am Welcoming Remarks by Myriam de Arteni
10:35-10:50 am H.E. Carmen R. Velásquez, Education and Justice,
introduced by Inés Mónica Sarmiento-Archer
10:50-11:05 am H.E. Rosalía Arteaga, Contribution of FIDAL, Education
11:05-11:10 am Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations
11:10-11:20 am Mark P. Del Mastro, The History of Sigma Delta Pi
11:10-11:20 am Marie-Lise Gazarian, Sigma Delta Pi as Promoter of Hispanic
Letters
Session 2
11:30-11:40 am Ignacio Ramonet, Politics and Education
12:05-12:15 pm Break
12:15-12:30 pm Pascal Mongne, Archeology and Education
12:30-12:40 pm María Antonieta García Meza, Latin Traditional Music
12:40-12:50 pm Paloma Celis Carbajal, Hispanic Culture of The NYPL
12:50-1:00 pm Raysa Amador, Ruth Richardson and Sigma Delta Pi
1:00-1:50 pm Appetizers
Session 3
1:50-2:00 pm Dolores Sánchez, Distant learning and Fernando Rielo
2:00-2:10 pm Nicolás Toscano, First Spaniards in North America
2:10-2:20 pm Ramón Abajo, Manuscript of the Virgin of Guadalupe
2:20-2:30 pm Vicente Alcaraz García, Economics and Business i
2:30-2:40 pm Afternoon Break
Session 3
2:40-2:50 pm Mark Del Mastro and Marie-Lise Gazarian,
presentation of Centennial Collage of Sigma Delta Pi and of
“Brush and Pen: Images and Words / Pluma y pincel: imagen y palabra.
¨ Embossed paper with color by Monica Sarmiento Castillo. Words and poetry by: Vannesa Montfort (Spain), Eduardo Mitre (Bolivia), Marie-Lise Gazarian (France), Rosalia Artega (Ecuador), Miguel Ángel Zapata (Peru), Elena Poniatowska (México), Daniel Shapiro (USA), Alex Lima (Ecuador), Carlos Aguasaco (Colombia), Ana Ceballos Carrión (Ecuador), Javier Rioyo (Spain), Jaime Manrique (Colombia), Yrene Santos (Dominican Republic), Gabriel Cisneros (Ecuador), Carmen Boullosa (México), Mercedes Roffe (Agentina), Margarita Drago (Argentina), Telmo Herrera (Ecuador), Jorge Justo Padrón (Spain), David Unger (Guatemala), Joyce Sánchez (Ecuador), Juana M. Ramos (El Salvador), Yolanda Blanco (Nicaragua). Lidia Falcón O´Neil (Spain), Marta López luaces (Spain).
2:50-3:00 pm Rosalia Arteaga and Vicente Alcaraz, FIDAL Foundation
presents the limited edition book Bicentenario de la Constitución del Tribunal Supremo del Reino de España to The NYPL. Iincludes the work of the following Ibero-American artists: José Luís Cuevas (Mexico), Fernando de Szyszlo (Peru), José María Yturralde (Spain), Rodolfo Abularach (Guatemala), Oswaldo Vigas (Venezuela), Carlos Colombino (Paraguay), Carlos Cañas (El Salvador), Alberto Carneiro (Portugal), Omar d’León (Nicaragua), Mónica Sarmiento-Castillo (Ecuador), Antonio Samudio (Colombia), Rosa Tavárez (Dominican Republic) Armando Lara (Honduras), Miguel Herrera Zorrilla (Uruguay), Luis Hernández Cruz (Puerto Rico), Enrique Ubieta (Cuba), Olga Sinclair (Panama), Rafaerl Felo García (Costa) Rica), Don Archer (USA), Leopoldo Maler (Argentina), Julio Villani (Brazil), Iván Contreras Brunet (Chile).
3:00-3:45 pm Poetry Readings:
Miguel Ángel Zapata, Marie-Lise Gararian, Alex Lima, Carlos Aguasaco, Rosalia Artega, Cesar Manrique, Yrene Santos, Mercedes Roffe, David Unger, Linda, Morales Caballero, Joyce Sánchez, Yolanda Blanco, Daniel Shapiro, Lea Diaz, Eduardo Mitre, Yolanda Blanco, Mark Russo, Marta López Luaces.
3:45-4:00 pm Guided tour: Slide Presentation by Myriam de Arteni
More information: https://www.bicoa.org/global-conference/conference-2019