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City of Knowledge 


Gilson Schwartz


Academic Director, City of Knowledge, Institute of Advanced Studies, U. of São Paulo


Graduated in Economics and Social Sciences, holds a PhD in Economic Theory on the philosophical foundations of John Maynard Keynes
political economy of time and value (from the Institute of Economics at the State University of Campinas). Professor of Economics at the Business School of São Paulo (EAESP-FGV-SP) in 1983, at the Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) from 1984 to 1986, at the Institute of Economics of the StateUniversity of Campinas from 1985 to 1995 and at the Research Center on International Relations of the University of São Paulo from 1995 to 2000.

Appointed Visiting Professor at the Information and Communications Study Group of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Visiting Professor, in 2003, at the Cinema, Radio and TV department of the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo. Technical assistant to the university's administration in the field of extension and special projects (CECAE). Designed and produced a simulation of digital television that won the National Innovation Prize in 2003 (the "city" acted as content advisor to the Technological Research Institute of the State of São Paulo, IPT, a 103-years old organization that showed its future digital network through the dramatic live simulation of a public research interface).

Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Science and Technology Department (Knowledge Management Chamber). Advisor to the National Information Technology Institute at the Civil Office of the Presidency of Brazil. Advisor to the Special Secretary of the National Economic and Social Development Council.

Member of the Organizing Committee of the international conference "Global Wisdom: Center and Periphery in the Society of Knowledge", jointly organized by the Council and the Ministries of Communication and of Foreign Affairs. Moderator at the workshop of the Open Source Implementation Chamber of the federal government of Brazil. Editorial Advisor and regular contributor to the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo since 1983. Former Chief Economist, advisor to the Economic Research Unit of BankBoston, Brazil.

Author of books on international economics (focus on Asian experiences) and history of economic thought. Research fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo, 1987), Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of California, San Diego (1990-1995), World Policy Institute at the New School University of New York, Emerging Powers Program (1997). Has done consulting for the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations (UNDP, Cepal), SELA (Latin American Economic System), Ministry of Planning (Applied Economic Research Institute, IPEA), Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, American Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, National Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE), Ethos Institute, Ministry of Science and Technology, Prefecture of São Paulo, State Government of São Paulo. Member of the Brazil Transparency chapter.

Redemoinhos

2nd Kyoto Meeting on Digital Cities Report.

Digital São Paulo.

  More

· See the position paper "Knowledge City: a Digital Knowware" presented in the workshop "development by design", MIT/ThinkCycle project.

· Know USP history and read more details about the City of Knowledge.

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