After a long trip, the IIAS-ISAIA team, composed of Director General Rolet Loretan, Executive Secretary Johannes Irchik, Finance and Marketing Director Roxane Debus and Webmaster Mélissa Monaco, have arrived in beautiful Rio. The Windsor Barra Hotel will be our home away from home for the week to come. The team had the chance to enjoy their first taste of the Carioca life by strolling along Copacabana Beach before having their first meetings with the Local Organising team from the Fundaçao Getulio Vargas. We already had a chance to see all the rooms that will be used for the conference and the convenience of having them all on the same floor will probably make things smooth for participants and staff alike. This morning, we had the pleasure to meet some you yesterday and this morning and it already feels like the Conference is getting started as we are finalising the last details and working some kinks. From the looks of things and some happy faces, it seems that this Conference is off to a good start.
On behalf of Allan Rosenbaum, President of IASIA and Bianor Cavalcanti, FGV International Director and Head of the Organizing Committee:
Bem-vindos ao Rio de Janeiro!
From left to right: Ariane Ladeira Vidal (FGV), Fabiana Goncalves Mayrinck (FGV), Roxane Debus (IIAS), Mélissa Monaco (IIAS), Rolet Loretan (IIAS), Johannes Irchik (IASIA-IIAS) and Eduardo Marques (Sub Director of International Relations and Professor of FGV/EBAPE)
