Economic Integration and Migration: Mexico and the US

Thursday-Saturday, January 9-11, 2003
Conference Schedule

Lodging
Empress Hotel of La Jolla,
7766 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, California 92037
Phone: (858) 454-3001 or (888) 369-9900,
Fax: (858) 454-6387
www.empress-hotel.com/map.html

Meeting Room
Deutz Seminar Room, Copley International Conference Center, Institute of theamericas Complex, UCSD campus
www.ccis-ucsd.org

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

Arrival Day in San Diego (SAN)

7:30pm - Dinner, Karl Strauss Brewery & Grill, 1044 Wall Street, (858) 551-2739

Thursday, January 9, 2003

6:30-9am - Breakfast at the hotel and at UCSD

9am - Meeting: Deutz Seminar room, UCSD
Welcome and Introductions: Philip Martin, University of California, Davis and Michael Teitelbaum, Sloan Foundation

9:20am - "Migration and Development: US and Mexican Perspectives." Philip Martin, UC Davis; Agustin Escobar, Ciesas Occidente

10:30am - Break

10:45am - "Maquiladoras, Development and Migration."
Gordon Hanson, UCSD; Jorge Carrillo, COLEF, Baja; California economic development rep

12:15pm - Lunch

1:30pm - "Case Studies: Bi-national Development and the Border." Chair: Diane Lindquist, San Diego Union Tribune; Wayne Cornelius, UC San Diego; Joel Millman, Wall Street Journal; Kathy Kopina, University of Western Ontario

3:00pm - Break

3:15pm - Discussion

4pm - Adjourn and return to hotel

5pm - Depart for US Border Patrol, 2411 Boswell Road, Chula Vista, Ralph Thomas, telephone: (619) 216-4021

5:45-8pm - Briefing and border tour

8pm - Dinner with Border Patrol near border; return to hotel at 9 or 9:30pm

Friday, January 10, 2003: Field Trip

6:30-8am - Breakfast

8am - Depart by bus to Tijuana, cross at Otay Mesa

9:15am - Tour of Maquiladora

10:30am - Plantronics, Alex Bustamante, tour and lunch with workers

12:30pm - Depart for tour of Tijuana, including housing and markets, stop at Casa de Migrante (Gilberto Martinez), COLEF (Jorge Santibanez-Romellon)

2:30pm - Return to US at San Ysidro, POE tour and post 9-11 issues

4pm - Depart for hotel, arrive 5pm

7:30pm - Dinner, Tapanade Restaurant, 7612 Fay Ave, La Jolla, (858) 622-6600

Saturday, January 11, 2002

6:30-9am - Breakfast

9am - "US migration management policy goals and strategies on the Mexican border in the 21st century." Johnny Williams, INS Chief of Operations

10am - Break

10:15pm - "Migration and Development: Comparative Perspectives." Chair: Susan Martin, ISIM, Georgetown Uni; Kay Hailbronner, Uni Konstanz; Patrick Weil, Uni Sorbonne; Joaquin Arango, Fundacion Ortega y Gasset; Rafael Fernandez de Castro, ITam, Mexico

12pm - Adjourn

12:15pm - Lunch

7:30pm - Dinner