COMPETE Seminar Mexico

 

Date and Time:

1-7 March 2009

 

MONDAY 2nd MARCH 2009

09:20	Arrival at Botanic Garden (Biology Institute UNAM)
09:30-10:00	Welcome Speech Dr. Javier Caballero, Dr. Omar Masera, Dr. Gustavo Best, Dr. Rainer Janssen
10:00-11:30	Visit to the Botanic Garden and Herbarium
11:30-12:00	Coffee Break
12:00-13:00	Jatropha genus in Mexico M. en C. Jaime Jiménez Ramírez (Biology Institute UNAM)
13:00-14:00	Biofuels production in arid and semi-arid lands Dr. Alejandro Castellanos (Sonora University)
15:45-16:45	Land use and population in the Mexican Valley Antrop. José Rojas Loa (Anthropology and History National Institute)
16:45-17:45	Hydraulic and drainage building works in the Mexican Valley Dr. Ramón Domínguez (Engineering Institute UNAM)

TUESDAY 3rd MARCH 2009

10:00-14:00	Xochimilco - Chinampas (prehispanic sustainable agricultural system sitll practiced today)

WEDNESDAY 4th MARCH 2009

09:00-11:30	Visit to CEPROBI (Biotic Products Development Center - Instituto Politécnico Nacional)
12:00-14:30	Visit to sugar mill Zacatepec in Morelos
14:30-16:30	Lunch Break
17:30-18:30	Fuel Ethanol from Bagasse Dr. Alfredo Martínez Jiménez

 

THURSDAY 5th MARCH 2009

15:30-18:30	Visit to the Antropology Museum of Mexico City

 

FRIDAY 6th MARCH 2009

09:00-14:00	Valle del Mezquital