UFMG hosts the 3rd National Meeting of Brazilian Institutes for Advanced Studies
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The 3rd National Meeting of Brazilian Institutes for Advanced Studies will be held on August 11 and 12 in Belo Horizonte, with organization of the Institute of Transdisciplinary Advanced Studies (IEAT) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
The meeting will be attended by the most important leaders of the main IASs based in universities of the Federal District, and of the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco and Ceará. It will resume the discussions that took place in 2011 (São Paulo) and in 2013 (Porto Alegre). The mechanisms of interaction and integration between IASs (including the feasibility of creating a permanent entity), the promotion of initiatives to inter- and transdisciplinarity and the proposals to expand the international presence of the institutes will be addressed.
The participating IASs are:
- IEA-USP
- IEAT-UFMG
- Center of Multidisciplinary Advanced Studies (CEAM) - University of Brasília
- Brazilian Advanced Studies College (CBAE) - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Forum for Strategic Thinking (PENSES) - UNICAMP
- College of Advanced Studies (being established) - Federal University of Ceará
- Institute of Latin American Studies - Federal University of Pernambuco
- Latin American Institute for Advanced Studies (ILEA) - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Mercosur Institute of Advanced Studies (IMEA) - Federal University of Latin American Integration
| PROGRAMME | |
| August 11 | |
|---|---|
| 10.30 am | Opening Jaime Arturo Ramirez, President at UFMG, and Steering Committee of IEAT |
| 12.00 pm | Break |
| 2.00 pm | Presentation of the Institutes for Advanced Studies |
| 4.30 pm | Interaction mechanisms, and integration and creation of a permanent forum |
| August 12 | |
| 9.00 am | Initiatives and development projects for inter- and transdisciplinarity |
| 10.30 am | Proposals for greater international integration of the institutes |