Adriana Cisneros, CEO of Cisneros, leads a privately-owned enterprise with a rich 95 -year legacy in global business operations. Under her strategic vision, Adriana has led Cisneros into a new era of innovation and diversification through its three divisions: Cisneros Real Estate, Cisneros Interactive and Cisneros Media.
Francisco Barbosa is a lawyer from the Sergio Arboleda University (1999), with a postgraduate specialization in international relations from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (2000) and in regulation and management of telecommunications and new technologies from the Externado University of Colombia (2007). He obtained a master’s degree in history from the Javeriana University of Colombia (2006) and in Public Law from the Externado University of Colombia (2007). In 2010 he obtained his doctorate degree (PhD) in Public Law from the University of Nantes in France.
A seasoned financial professional with a distinguished tenure at Morgan Stanley, James Allen has over 28 years of experience in investment banking. A former US Navy Lieutenant, Allen holds an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA in Finance from UCLA-Anderson. In his six years in the US Navy, Allen served in surface combatant units across the globe.
Natalia Scaliter is the Managing Director of Google Cloud Multi-Country Organization Sur. She joined Google Cloud Argentina in 2019 and has since played a pivotal role in the company's growth in the region. Before assuming her current position, Scaliter served as the Sales Director for Google Cloud Argentina. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, she has held significant roles at leading companies such as HP, EMC, and Oracle.
Paula Vargas is the director of privacy policy for Latin America & Canada at Meta. With over 10 years of experience in the tech ecosystem, she has developed regulatory positions and advised product teams on Internet Governance and Human Rights, Privacy and Data Protection, AI, Metaverse, digital goods, and payments. At Meta/Facebook, she leads a team that interacts internally with global policy, legal, and product privacy teams and engages externally with Data Protection Authorities across Latin America.
Hernán Giacoboni es Gerente Senior de Finanzas para la Región Andina y el Cono Sur en FedEx, la empresa de transporte exprés más grande del mundo, que conecta más de 220 países y territorios alrededor del mundo.
Guillermo Meyer is the vice president of Technology at Globant. He is a consultant and technologist focused on digital transformation strategies, innovation roadmaps, and technology applications with emerging technologies. In his role, he provides leadership to enable digital transformations and drive innovation across clients and their businesses. With over 24 years of IT experience in multiple industries and more than 18 years in enterprise and systems architecture, Guillermo has held roles such as chief architect and chief technologist.
Sergio Díaz-Granados is the Executive President of CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. He is a lawyer from the Externado University of Colombia with postgraduate studies in Public Management for social development from INAP (Spain) and higher studies in Constitutional Law from the University of Salamanca (Spain). His extensive career includes roles such as Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism of Colombia, Vice Minister of Business Development, and President of the Boards of Directors of Bancoldex and ProColombia.
Federico Sturzenegger is the Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation of Argentina. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Sturzenegger has held various significant roles, including President of the Central Bank of Argentina, National Deputy, Chief Economist at YPF, and Chairman of Banco Ciudad. He has also served as a professor at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and has published extensively on economic policy, finance, and macroeconomics.