Selected interviews

Miguel Angel Yadarola, president of the National Advisory Council of the World Congress and Exhibition “ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA: Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development”, is a Civil Engineer, graduated from the National University of Cordoba. In recognition of his 40-year teaching experience, he was distinguished as Consulting Professor of this University. He is Plenary Professor at the University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires. He was member of the Advisory Ministerial Committee that prepared (1997-1998) the Evaluation and Accreditation Standards for all Argentine engineering curricula.

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Engineer Antonio Federico, Chairman of the Chapter: “Megacities and their Infrastructure (MI)” of the World Congress and Exhibition: ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA: Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development”, is a Civil and Hydraulic Engineer, graduated from the National University of Cordoba (Argentina). He was General Director of Hydraulics of the Province of Santa Fe and President of the Provincial Water Services and founder of the College of Water Sciences, of the National University of the Litoral in Santa Fe. In the private sector, he has worked as executive manager of the boards of oil corporations, industrial and civil facilities, most of which working in temporary consortiums of national and international leading corporations. He was the General Administrator of Water and Sewage Services in Argentina, with jurisdiction all over the country. He was also founder and President of the National Institute of Water Science and Techniques, at present called “National Water Institute (in Spanish, INA). He co-ordinates the project “Freplata”, with the participation of the Global Environment Fund (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He is a member of the Advisory Council of AIDIS: Inter-American Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Association. He is the President of the Technical Committee on Water Resources of the Argentine Center of Engineers (CAI).

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Daniel Favrat graduated from EPFL with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 and a PhD in 1976. He then spent twelve years more in industrial energy research centers in Canada and in Switzerland. Since 1988, he has been a professor at EPFL and director of the Laboratory for industrial energy systems. Since 2001, he has also been successively director of the Institute of Energy Sciences and of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering. His primary fields of research and teaching include thermodynamics, the optimization of energy systems, and the design of advanced energy conversion technologies. He is a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, of the French academy of technologies, and the Vice-chair of the Standing Energy Committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations. He is also a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals, including Energy and the International Journal of Thermodynamics.

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Engineer Juan Carlos Giménez is President of the Water Subchapter of the Chapter “Large Metropolises and their Infrastructure (LMI)” of the World Congress and Exhibition ENGINEERING 2010 –ARGENTINA: “Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development”. He is a specialist in the planning of electrical and water systems. He was co-author in the topic of water resources of the Latin American region for the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, UNEP-WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, honored with the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Engineer Nurit Weitz is Vice President of the Forum “Young People in Engineering and Business” of the World Congress and Exhibition of ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA: “Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development”. Engineer Weitz is a Resource Planning Analyst at the firm Supply Chain Tenaris, Buenos Aires, and works in the planning of the plant load of production units and in the management of delivery dates and global assignment of production orders.
In this Newsletter, she gives her opinion on the participation of young professionals in topics related to the active contribution of engineering to the development of the global society.

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Engineer Sandra Fernandez is the Vice President of the Chapter “Innovation in Primary Production and Agro-Alimentary Industries (IPPAI)” of the World Congress and Exhibition ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA and also chairs the Committee of Agrifood Engineering and Biotechnology of UPADI. In this newsletter, she gives us her opinion on engineering contributions in relation to the important innovations in the agro-alimentary industry.

Read more: Interview to Engineer Sandra Fernandez

Engineer Olga Cavalli is the President of the Forum "Women in Engineering and Business" of the World Congress and Exhibition: ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA gives her opinion about the obstacles that women engineers face in the development of their careers.

Read more: Interview to Eng. Olga Cavalli

Engineer Gronda, president of Subchapter “Urban Settlements” of Chapter: LARGE METROPOLISES AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE – LMI of the World Congress and Exhibition: ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA, gives his opinion about the sustainability of large cities and social inclusion.

Read more: Interview to Eng. Luciano Gronda

Engineer Gustavo Darín is the president of the Chapter “Professional practice of engineering – PPE” of the World Congress and Exhibition ENGINEERING 2010 – ARGENTINA and, in this interview, he anticipates some details about this chapter.

Read more: Interview to Eng. Gustavo Darín

Question: From your capacity as president of the Subchapter “Transport” of ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA, which should be the most relevant topics to be dealt with in the meeting of this Subchapter next 2010?

Read more: Interview to Eng. Máximo Fioravanti

The vice-president of ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA and president of the Chapter: Energy and Climate Change, comments on which the main topics to be developed are and offers some insight on the current problem situation that the energy sector is going through.

Read more: Interview to Eng. Mario Wiegers

Engineer Bereciartúa, who is the president of the Forum “Young people in Engineering and Business” of the World Congress and Exhibition: ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA anticipates details about the forum and mentions how to actively participate in it.

Read more: Interview to Eng. Pablo Bereciartúa

Engineer Bauer, who is a member of the Central Executive Committee that manages the Academic Program of the World Congress and Exhibition: "ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA: Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development" tells us why there have been changes in the technical program of the Congress and which the main changes are.

Read more: Interview to Eng.Conrado Bauer

The president of the Specific Thematic Congress “Engineering Education for Sustainable Development” of the World Congress and Exhibition: "ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA", speaks about his participation in this event and gives an overview of the situation of engineering education in our country and possible solutions for the lack of vocation.

Read more: Interview to Eng. Luis Vaca Arenaza

The president of the Specific Chapter “Outlook for ITs and Communications” of the World Congress and Exhibition: "ENGINEERING 2010-ARGENTINA", speaks about the meaning of his participation in this event and anticipates the importance of the topics to be dealt with in the chapter he presides.

Read more: Interview to Eng. Luis Perazo