Dr. Trebat is the director of Columbia’s Global Center in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, and the former director of SIPA’s center for Latin American studies. He prior to joining SIPA, professor Trebat was managing director and head of the Latin American team in the economic and market analysis department of Citigroup. He is also the author of “Brazil’s State-owned Enterprises: A Case Study of the State as Entrepreneur”, published by Cambridge University Press. Professor Trebat will be talking about the factors that make cities competitive in today’s global and increasing interconnected economy.