Events

Mexico Week 2018

Hosted by the Department of Government

London School of Economics and Political Science

Mexico Week 2018: Key Challenges for the Next Administration

Monday 12 March
18.00 - 18.30 | OLD 4.10, Old Building, LSE
Opening Remarks: Mexico-UK Relations: Building a forward-looking agenda
Speaker:
HE Mr Julian Ventura Valero, Ambassador of Mexico to the UK 

18.30 - 20.00 | OLD 4.10, Old Building, LSE
Building Knowledge for Public Change: Statistics and Credibility
Speakers:
Julio Santaella, Mexico, INEGI
Mario Palma, Mexico INEGI
John Pullinger, UK Statistics Authority
Kathyn Hochsteller, LSe Professor of International Development

20.00 | Atrium Gallery, Old Building, LSE
Welcome Cocktail


Tuesday 13 March
17.30 - 19.00 | Vera Anstey Room, Old Building, LSE
The Challenge of Measuring Poverty and Income
Speakers:
Julio Santaella, Mexico INEGI
Ricardo Aparcio, Mexico CONEVAL
Roberto De La Torre, Mexico CEEY
Geoffrey Goodwin, LSE Professor of International Development


Wednesday 14 March
17.00 - 18.00 | NAB 2.04, New Academic Building, LSE
Cooperation, Security and Intelligence
Speakers:
Ivan Pliego, Mexico LSE Alumni
Javier Olivia Posada, Mexico UNAM
Francisco Gil Leyva Zambada, Mexico SAT

18.00 - 19.30 | NAB 2.04, New Academic Building, LSE
Mexican Health System: Proposals and Challenges
Speakers:
Angela Carreido, Mexico LHTM
David Lugo, Mexico, University of Manchester
Justin Parkhurst, LSE Department of Social Policy

19.40 - 21.00 | CLM 2.04, Clement House, LSE
Lightening Talks
Speakers:
Alejandro De Coss, LSE
Eduardo Ibarra, LSE
Diego de la Fuente, Sussex
Cecilia Berlanga, LSE
Monica Castaneda, LSE
Rafael Garcia Aceves, LSE
Diego Cuesy, LSE


Thursday 15 March
18.00 - 19.30 | Graham Wallas Room, Old Building, LSE
Frida Kahlo: Legacy of an Icon
Speakers:
Susana Pliego, Embajada de Mexico in Madrid
Luis Rebaza-Soraluz, KCL, Department of Spanish & Portuguese & Latin American Studies
Claire Wilcox, V&A Museum
Leticia Sabsay, LSE Department of Gender Studies

19.30 - 20.30 | Graham Wallas Room, Old Building, LSE
Social Mobility for Wellbeing
Speakers:
Roberto De la Torre, Mexico, CEEY
Enrique Diaz-Infante, Mexico, CEEY
Sunil Kummar, LSE Department of Social Policy

 Mexico Week 2018 is hosted by the LSESU Mexican Society and the LSE Department of Government.

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