The congress took place on the premises of the University of Bío Bío, and allowed the Chilean Costs Association to be formed.

The Director of the Audit School, Mg. Patricia Cortés Iturrieta, from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the University of La Serena, participated in the First Chilean Costs Congress, organized by the University of Bío Bío and the International Costs Institute.

The congress took place on June 27 and 28 at the premises of the University of Bío Bío, and allowed the formation of the Chilean Costs Association, in which 10 national universities participated, represented by more than 50 Chilean participants and with the presence of specialists from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The main objective of the Chilean Costs Association is to investigate and disseminate knowledge on costs and management. In addition, it seeks to establish national and international relations with different institutions that share common objectives.

The Director of the ULS Audit School said that “it was very valuable to participate in this event and above all to verify that we share the same interest with academics in the cost area from other national and international universities, and at the same time, confirm that we are in complete harmony. with the learning and work that is developed in other universities that take on the challenge of training auditors.”

"On the other hand, regarding the Chilean Institute of Costs, of which I am part of the Board of Directors, in the immediate future, we have the challenge of developing the strategic plan and defining future activities, in pursuit of what will be the second version of the Chilean Costs Congress. Costs and Management to be carried out in April 2020 in Santiago, organized by the Diego Portales University,” said Mg. Patricia Cortes.

In this way, the first Board of Directors was made up of:

President: Estela Rodríguez Quezada (Bío-Bío University)

Vice President: Cristian Torres Riquelme (Catholic University of Temuco)

Treasurer: Hernán Rocha Pavez (University of Magallanes)

Secretary: José Tello Ávilda (University of Talca)

Director 1: Sandra Alvear Vega (University of Talca)

Director 2: Mario Araneda Rodríguez (Diego Portales University)

Director 3: Patricia Cortés Iturrieta (La Serena University)

More information and details of this historic process in http://congresodecostos.ubiobio.cl/