Professional Development Seminar on modeling strategies and decision-support tools for the management of complex socio-ecological systems
24 to 28 March 2014, Antigua, Guatemala
18 to 22 August 2014, Panama City, Panama
Presentations Photos Program Participants Speakers Announcement Suggested readings Venue
Presentations
GUATEMALA
23 March
Seminario de Desarrollo Profesional sobre Estrategias de Modelado y Herramientas de Apoyo a la Toma de Decisiones en la Gestión de Sistemas Socio-ecológicos Complejos – Marcella Ohira
24 de marzo
Lago de Atitlán – Problemas Institucionales, Sociales y Ambientales – Edwin Castellanos
Interdisciplinary Science Teamwork Skills – Kathleen E. Halvorsen
Problem conceptualization: A case of agricultural production in the Argentine Pampas – Daniel Castillo
Life Cycle Assessment – Valentina Prado and Thomas P. Seager
Interdisciplinary research with stakeholders involvement for policy relevant management – Claudia E. Natenzon
25 March
Problemas Ambientales – Lago Atitlán – Margaret Dix
26 March
@Pisces The Game – Thomas P. Seager and Valentina Prado
Sustainability Ethics – Thomas P. Seager
Sustainability Ethics slides – Thomas P. Seager
Dinámica de Sistemas – Sesión 1 – Daniel Castillo
27 March
Agent-based modeling – Moira Zellner
Biofuels story
Dinámica de Sistemas – Sesión 2 – Daniel Castillo
PANAMÁ
18 August
General Proposal Development: Lessons for you – Kathleen Halvorsen
Organizing Teams for Integrative, X-disciplinary Reseach – Thomas P. Seager
19 August
Lago de Atitlán: Problemas Institucionales, Sociales y Ambientales – Edwin Castellanos
Lago CLD: Hipotesis dinámica – Edwin Castellanos
Life Cycle Assessment: Environmental Evaluation of a Technology – Valentina Prado
20 August
Marco conceptual para el análisis de SSE – Edwin Castellanos
Manejo de recursos naturales por comunidades indígenas – Edwin Castellanos
Panel Science Policy
Ciencia y política – MSc. Herrera
Ciencia y política – Dra. Rivera
Integración de Ciencia y Políticas – Dr. Motta
Proyecto Saneamiento de la Ciudad y la Bahía de Panamá – Ing. Janon
21 de agosto
Proyectos UBACyT Interdisciplinarios – Claudia E. Natenzon
Presentation – Guillermo Podestá
22 August
Questions for IAI Science Programs – Group discussion
Photos
Guatemala
Group – Photo by Edwin Castellanos
Guatemala – Photo by Tom Seager
Field trip – Photo by Glauco Umbelino
Field Trip – Photo by Jesus Arias
Guatemala – Photo by Tom Seager
Panama
Presentation – Panama
Panel
Group – Photo by Mariana Toledo
Field Trip – Photo by Jesus Arias
Work group
Participants
ANDREA IZQUIERDO
ANSELMO MC DONALD
ELCY CORRALES
ELIA MACHADO
EVELYN GREGO
EZEQUIEL ARAOZ
FERNANDO MÉNDEZ
GABRIELA ALONSO
GLAUCO UMBELINO
GRICELDA HERRERA
HÉCTOR TUYUniversidad Rafael Landívar (URL) / Instituto de Agricultura, Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (IARNA) – Guatemala
Bio profile
IGNACIO LORENZO (solo Guatemala)Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente
Uruguay
Bio profile
IRVIN CALDERÓN (solo Guatemala)
JESÚS ERNESTO ARIAS
JOSE SEGUINOT BARBOSA
LILY HOUSE-PETERS
LUIS BLACUTT
MARCOS EASDALE
MARTÍN GARCÍA
MERVIN BECERRA
MICHELLE FARFÁNCentro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental/ Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico – Mexico
Bio profile
PABLO YAX
PAULA ZULUAGA (solo Guatemala)Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Alexander Von Humbolt
Colombia
Bio profile
RACHEL BARDY PRADO
SEBASTIAN BONELLISpeakers
CLAUDIA NATENZON
DANIEL CASTILLO
EDWIN CASTELLANOS
GUILLERMO PODESTÁ
KATHLEEN HALVORSEN
MARCELLA OHIRA
MARGA GUAL SOLER (solo Panamá)American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
USA
Bio profile
MOIRA ZELLNER
THOMAS SEAGER
VALENTINA PRADOAnnouncement
Full Announcement (English)
Full Announcement (Spanish)
The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, and the University of Illinois at Chicago were pleased to organize this event which was funded by the IAI with resources from the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
Objectives
1. Further encourage network building
2. Promote the application of the training provided on pressing real-world issues that have both a global and a local environmental change dimension
3. Foster the understanding of the institutional factors shaping risk management and adaptation responses
4. Foster multinational and multidisciplinary collaboration
5. Develop and strengthen proposal writing skills
6. Develop and strengthen management capacity for international grants
7. Increase the participation of small countries in IAI research program
Venue
Guatemala
Hotel Soleil – La Antigua
9 Calle Poniente | Carretera a Ciudad Vieja, Antigua, Guatemala
Teléfono: 502 7879-4444 ext. 4425/4466
http://www.hotelessoleilguatemala.com/la-antigua/default-en.html
Panama
Continental Hotel and Casino Panama City
Via España and Ricardo Arias Street
P.O. Box 0823-05890
Panama, Republic of Panama
Phone: + (507) 366-7700
http://www.continentalhotel.com/default-pt.html