It was a quiet day on the registration front... almost all the deleguates have now arrived and our main task was simply to help lost souls find their way between which Segovia and which El Pardo rooms they had to go to attend their respective workshops, the most noticeable event of the day being the awards that were given away during the morning's plenary session.
The Pierre De Celles Award for best Conference paper of last year's conference in Kampala was attributed to Prof. Terrell Manyak from Nova Southeastern University for his paper written with Belaywith Seyoum on "The Impact of Public and Private Sector Transparency on Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries"
Guido Bertucci, who had won the O.P. Dwivedi Award in 2008 and the award's namesake not having been able to join us last year, the occasion was too good to re-enact the give-away ceremony.
After the workshops, the deleguates were then free to enjoy the evening... and what Rio has to offer. And they will need their energy as Thursday will be another day filled with workshops and the Regional Panels, followed by the famed Gala dinner.
I heard there will be samba...
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From which country is Prof. Terrell Manyak? It is mentionned that he is from Nova Southeastern University. I gusess it is from US but it not sure...
Veronique