Conference Agenda

Brief Schedule - Plenary Sessions and Panels - details on speakers and sessions will be posted as available

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

08:15                           Bus transportation to UAI from Hotel

08:40 – 09:00              Accreditation

09:00 – 09:30              Opening Ceremony
                                          Alfonso Gómez, Dean Business Scholl, UAI
                                          Prof. Esteban Brenes, BALAS President
                                          Prof. Mauricio G Villena, Conference Chair, UAI

09:30 – 10:20              Plenary Session
                                  Theme: “Value Creation through Innovation: Latin
                                  America's Unavoidable Challenge”

10:20 – 10:40              Coffee Break

10:40 – 12:00              Paper Sessions

12:10 – 13:30              Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 1

13:30 – 15:00              Lunch

15:00 – 16:20              Paper Sessions

16:20 – 17:50              Plenary Session
                                  Theme: “Meet the Editors”

18:00 – 19:15              BALAS Welcome Cocktail

19:15                           Bus transportation to conference hotels

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

08:30                           Bus transportation to UAI from Hotel

09:00 – 10:20              Plenary Session
                                  Theme: “Company Innovation in Latin America:
                                  The challenges agenda”
 
10:20 – 10:40              Coffee break

10:40 – 12:00              Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 2

12:10 – 13:30              Paper Sessions

13:30 – 15:00              Lunch

15:00 – 16:20              Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 3

16:20 – 17:50              Plenary Session
                                          Theme: “Innovation: Can it be taught?: The
                                  Role of Business Schools”

18:00                           Bus transportation to conference hotels

20:00                           Bus transportation to the Gala Dinner

20:30 – 23:00              Gala Dinner

23:00                           Bus transportation to conference hotels

Friday, April 15th, 2010

08:30                           Bus transportation to UAI from Hotel

09:00 – 10:20              Plenary Session
                                                Theme: “Government and Private Sector:
                                  Dancing Together”

10:20 – 10:40              Coffee break

10:40 – 12:00              Paper Sessions and Invited Panel 4

12:10 – 13:30              Paper Sessions

13:30 – 15:30              Awards Luncheon and Closing Ceremony

15:30                           Bus transportation to conference hotels

                                    Optional activity(*)

15:30 – 16:30              Bus transportation to a Central Valley Vineyard

16:30 – 18:30              Visit to Vineyard

18:30 - 19:30              Bus transportation to hotels

Invited Panels

Wednesday, 13th April, 2011

12:10 – 13:30             Panel 1: “Research Methods and Open Innovation”
 

Thursday, 14th April, 2011

10:40 – 12:00             Panel 2: Science and Business the Role of
                                  Innovation Platforms an Incubators”
  

15:00 – 16:20             Panel 3: “Developing new competitive spaces”
    

Friday, 15th April, 2011

10:40 – 12:00             Panel 4: “Changing the firm's culture”