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After  three successful Conventions were held in the following cities:  Santiago, Chile (2005), Montevideo, Uruguay (2006) and Sao Paulo, Brazil (2008), the Iberoamerican Association of Regulatory Studies (ASIER), along with BLP Abogados, decided to organize the 4th Iberoamerican  Regulatory Studies Convention which will be held on  November 24th and 25th of 2009, this time, in San José, Costa Rica.

This year, economic regulation  offers very dense and interesting tones. On one side, the global financial crisis is playing a protagonic role in the regulatory banking field; on the other side, some areas like infrastructure, telecommunications and audiovisual matters are  the object of specific behaviors, very much motivated by the crisis itself.  We can also add that some of the classic problems related to economic regulations, such as the independence of  regulators and the internationalization of regulation itself, have been reformulated after analizing the behavior of the financial sector altogether. Now more than ever, it is evident that  water and energy  resources are scarce,  and this generates very dangerous tensions in their regulation, as does the globalization of most transportation systems, and the foundation of the Information Society era could create a “Digital Fracture” in society. Consequently, every one of the strategic sectors, one after the other, is now entering an important structural process reform. There is no doubt that we are living in “very interesting times”.

To successfully get through this period that awaits us, which Costa Rica is barely initiating, we need to broaden our knowledge in the area, and that is exactly what ASIER and BLP Abogados intend to do by means of this Convention, communicating ideas related to this field and sharing them with complete honesty with those who can make them useful, as a modest, but invigorating contribution to the general well-being of our society.

This Convention includes two full days  of presentations and debates and, furthermore, it has been declared an event of public and national interest by the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica. An extraordinary selection of Iberoamerican experts will gather in order to share their  experience as regulators and regulated entities, jurists and economists.
 

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