Dr. John B. Taylor, former U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs will headline the fifth event of the Lecture Series of the Americas on Tuesday May 17. In the Organization of American States sponsored lecture, Dr. Taylor will offer his views on “Latin America: From Economic Crisis to Economic Growth”.

The Lecture Series of the Americas was created by the OAS Permanent Council, acting on a Peruvian government initiative aimed at promoting democratic principles and values in the countries of the hemisphere. The monthly conferences feature internationally renowned speakers who address key hemispheric agenda issues such as the strengthening of democracy, human rights, social development, hemispheric security and the fight against poverty. The 12 conferences scheduled for 2005 are being held thanks to a financial contribution from Peru’s San Martín de Porres University and support from the Government of People’s Republic of China.

The previous lecturers were former United States President Jimmy Carter (January); the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Enrique Iglesias (February); the President of the International Criminal Court, Philippe Kirsch (March) and Nobel Literature Laureate, Derek Walcott (April).

After his lecture, Dr. Taylor will take questions from the media and the general audience. Immediately after the conference there will be a roundtable discussion on Dr. Taylor’s presentation, with panelists Eduardo Lora, Chief Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank and Peter Hakim, President of the Inter-American Dialogue. The session will be moderated by Irene Klinger, Coordinator of the Lecture Series of the Americas and Director of the OAS Department of Communications and External Relations.


What: Fifth Conference of the Lecture Series of the Americas

Who: Dr. John B. Taylor, former U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs

When: Tuesday, 17 of May 2005
3 p.m. EST

Where: Hall of the Americas
OAS Headquarters
17th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC


There will be a photo opportunity immediately before the start of the program.

The conference will be transmitted live by Internet, radio and television. For technical details about satellite transmission of this event, please see attached details, and consult the OAS Web page (www.oas.org) or contact Mario Martínez y Palacios (202-458-3984, mmartinez@oas.org) or Gabriel Gross (202-458-3752, ggross@oas.org).

LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS
Technical Information

TECHNICAL BULLETIN


A) LIVE BROADCAST

TELEVISION *
To down-link the signal from satellite:
NEWSKIES 806
319.5 Degrees East
DL Freq: 4123.25 MHz
L Band DL Freq: 1026.75 MHz
FEC: 3/4
Symbol Rate: 8.90 MS/sNetwork ID: 2
Virtual Channel 322
* Satellite feed provided by Voice of America Television


RADIO
To down-link the signal from satellite:
NEWSKIES
40.5 deg W, 319.5 deg E. LA NET, WHA Region
Band: C/Downlink Freq. Network ID: 2
FEC Rate: ¾ Video Standard:
525, NTSC
Symbol Rate: 8.90 ms/S C Band L.O. 5150 MHz
Polarity H, Receive polarity is RHC.



WEBCAST
The OAS will webcast the Lecture Series of the Americas live on the internet, at www.oas.org by clicking at Live Transmission.

The webcast will be provided in the four official OAS languages (English, French, Portuguese and Spanish).


VIDEOS (on demand) will also be available through: http://www.oas.org/OASpage/videosondemand/home_spa/videos.asp


B) RE-BROADCAST

At a later date, the lecture will be re-broadcast through a number of cable and satellite networks; among them the Hispanic International Television Network (HITN-TV) and EDUSAT.


For more information please contact:
Mario Martinez y Palacios Mmartinez@oas.org
Tel. (202) 458-3984

Gabriel Gross GGross@oas.org
Tel. (202) 458-3752

Reference: AVI-059/05