Robert Ogburn joined the Foreign Service in 1987 and currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary of state for Global Media in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs. As a career Senior Foreign Service officer with the rank of Minister Counselor, Robert has served overseas in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Egypt. In Washington, DC, Robert was director of the office of mainland Southeast Asia in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and earlier served as director of the office of citizen exchanges in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Kristin M. Kane serves as the principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs. She is a career Senior Foreign Service officer with the rank of Minister Counselor. Ms. Kane most recently served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at Embassy Lisbon from 2019-2022. Her earlier foreign service tours include policy and public affairs work at Embassies Brasilia, Paris, Dakar (covering also Bissau), Maputo, Lisbon, and Consulate Lagos. In Washington, DC, Ms.

Oscar Montezuma is founder and CEO at Niubox, a leading consulting legal and regulatory firm specialized in the technology industry with operations in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Montezuma received his law degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) and a master's degree (LLM) from The George Washington University. Montezuma has extensive experience in the telecommunications, media and information technology industry in the public and private sector.

Natalia María Iregui Ortigoza is the director of public policy for North and South Latin America, including Central America and the Caribbean, for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In her role, she focuses on building relationships with government officials, representing AWS in industry associations, and advocating for regulations that allow business development.

Stacy-Marie Ishmael is the Managing Editor for Crypto at Bloomberg. She's based in New York with a global team charged with covering every element of this 24/7 asset class. Prior to joining Bloomberg, she was the editorial director at The Texas Tribune in Austin.

Albina Ruiz Ríos is Peru's minister of the environment. She has valuable experience in the sector, having served in 2019 as deputy minister of Environmental Management of the Ministry of the Environment. She has been an international consultant in local development projects, with emphasis on comprehensive solid waste management with a focus on sustainability and inclusion, rational use of water and environmental planning and management. Her professional work has been recognized nationally and internationally.