Alberto Díaz-Cayeros Discusses Aim of Mexico Moving Forward Event
Twelve prominent Mexicans featured at UCSD symposium
02/08/2011
Sandra Dibble,
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Some of Mexico’s brightest lights will be on the University of California San Diego campus Thursday for a day-long symposium aimed at drawing attention to the country’s potential in a diversity of fields, from business to the environment to the arts.
Among the speakers are a chef, a sculptor, a botanist, a philanthropist and a corporate executive.
“We want to think and talk and express Mexico in a very different voice,” said Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, director of the university’s Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, which organized the event. “These are men and women who are remarkable in their respective fields. They have visions about what they think the country could look like.”
By inviting 12 high-achieving Mexicans, the university aims to focus on the country’s aspirations as it confronts daunting challenges with drug-related violence and a struggling economy.
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Alberto Díaz-Cayeros is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Pacific Studies and Director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX). Prior to coming to IR/PS, Alberto was an assistant professor in the Stanford University Department of Political Science. He is affiliated with the Center for Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law (CDDRL), the Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), and is a member of the board of the Center for Latin American Studies. Before taking a position at Stanford, he taught at UCLA and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México in Mexico City. He has also been a researcher at CIDAC, a think tank in Mexico City.
