Conference Day 2

We were hosted a different institution today, the CIDE Institute, which is just up the hill from Iberoamericana University.  Its quite a bit smaller than Ibero, but very attractive as well. It was another stimulating day of presentations and discussions, although I'm totally brain dead now.  Yesterday the presentations were mostly IR scholars, today it was Organizational Theorists.  It was really interesting to try to find the intersections of these two fields centered around International Organizations.  This was such a neat gathering of people from all over in a very collegial fashion.  Swedes, Mexicans, Canadians, Americans, an American at a Chinese institution, a Spaniard, a Dutchman working at a German institution.  Really interesting academic and non-academic conversations.

Our conference space

The ladies in the glassed in booth were translating for us.  They were amazing!  So quick and smooth I couldn't believe it.  Most of the presentations were in English, so I didn't have to listen much, but a few were in Spanish.  They translated all of the English to Spanish for members of the audience who wanted to use the headphones.

After our last session we had lunch (served at 3:30 pm!)  Sodexo can't top this!

Panoramic view from the patio where we had lunch at CIDE.  The orangey buildings across the highway are Iberoamericana.  In the distance to the left is a green space (with apartments on the horizon beyond).  This is a public park and I could just make out some play equipment on the top of the hill. Apparently its not fit for construction (because of the old landfill).  There is still a lot of outgassing of the waste below in this area.