Creators

Abel Valdez

Mexico

Abel Valdez holds degrees in Design (Universidad La Salle) and Philosophy (UNAM). Product designer at Landor (2016–2017). Director of Innovation and co-founder at Nosotrxs (2017–2020), where Abel coordinated projects such as cerodesabasto.org and pushed for the social security law for domestic workers. Professor of Design Methodologies at Universidad Panamericana from 2020 to 2023; Abel has also given workshops at the Stanford d.school. Since 2019, co-founder and co-director of Accionar.io, a laboratory for democracy, where Abel coordinates and designs people-centered technology for thousands of activists, movements and organizations in Mexico and Latin America. In 2021, founded Espacio Nativo, a social innovation hub in Mexico City that brings together 30+ organizations such as change.org, DW, Ashoka and Conservation International. Board member of the Fighting Inequality Alliance and of Techo. Currently collaborates with the government of Mexico on the development of App Mx and Llave Mx, the country’s main digital public infrastructure tools.

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Alejandra Dancuart

Peru

Alejandra has more than eight years of experience in talent development and social innovation in Latin America. Alejandra has designed learning programs in innovation, data and business for a range of sectors. Co-founder of Sur Global, an initiative that promotes responsible innovation in the region, and Head of People at the Centro de InnovaCXión of Banco de Crédito del Perú. MSc in Human Resource Management from the University of Edinburgh and degree in Business Administration from Universidad de Lima.

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Álex Hernández

Peru

Álex is a psychologist and researcher specializing in sexual diversity, gender-based violence, and mental health. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, leading studies on violence, mental health, and migration among LGBTIQ+ individuals. She also has experience building the capacity of activists and health professionals in affirmative approaches, gender, and human rights. She is the author of the book *República de Invisibles: Políticas, ciudadanía y activismos LGBTIQ* (Republic of the Invisible: LGBTIQ Policies, Citizenship, and Activism), published in 2022 as part of Peru’s Bicentennial celebrations. She currently serves as Project Director at the organization Más Igualdad Perú, where she leads a team of professionals and activists responsible for creating and implementing various projects to promote and defend the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.

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Aliza Yanes

Peru · Germany

Aliza Yanes is from Lima and has lived in Berlin for ten years. She studied literature at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru and earned two master’s degrees: Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies (FU Berlin) and Art in Context (UdK Berlin). In her artistic practice, she combines writing, art education, video, and performance. She develops participatory art projects for schools and youth groups that address social and political themes connecting the past with the present. Her strength lies in making academic topics in literature and colonial history accessible to the general public. She focuses on researching 16th-century discourses and narratives surrounding the mythical creatures of the so-called “New World.”

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Anamaria Dorgo

Romania

Anamaria is a learning and communities consultant, experience designer, and facilitator. Through Handle with Brain , she helps organizations design and facilitate collective learning and innovation spaces, as well as immersive and stimulating experiences and workshops. She also: writes IRrEGULAR LEtTER , her personal creative newsletter; co-hosts Mapping Ties , a podcast where community builders share their stories and learnings; and leads L&D Shakers , an award-winning, free global community of practice with over 7,500 L&D professionals.

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Angela Agurto

Peru

Angela Agurto is a researcher and innovation strategist pursuing a master’s degree in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the Technical University of Munich (Germany). Angela’s current research explores the intersection of technology and science in relation to the body, the history of cultural artifacts, and regional innovation studies.

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Antoinette Torres Soler

Cuba · Spain

Antoinette Torres Soler is the Founder and Director of Afroféminas, a Spanish-language Afrofeminist magazine. With a degree in Philosophy and a Master’s in Communication, Antoinette is in the process of joining a doctoral program at the Universitat de Barcelona, researching artificial intelligence, cognitive autonomy and epistemic exclusion in racialized communities. Creator of AfroféminasGPT, the Socratic GPT of Afroféminas, the GPT against hate crimes and Habla con Afroféminas.

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Beatriz Ricci

Brazil

Beatriz is a multidisciplinary design professional and educator with more than a decade of global experience at the intersection of design, leadership, and culture. Her work focuses on creating immersive and experiential learning environments that empower individuals and teams to adopt diverse perspectives and drive cultural change. She collaborates with local and global organizations in sectors such as technology, education, social impact, and the creative industries. Her approach combines relational design methodologies with systems thinking to address complex challenges and build more equitable, community-centered futures.

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Camila Arango

Colombia

A product design engineer with a master’s degree in Behavioral Studies (EAFIT University). Her work focuses on understanding how people think and act in order to design more human-centered products and services using systems thinking and an integrative approach.

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Carlos Fuller Maúrtua

Peru

Carlos Fuller Maúrtua (Lima, 1990). Writer, journalist, and professor. He holds a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and a master’s degree in Spanish-American Literature from Complutense University of Madrid. He is the author of the novel *Caen los colibríes* (Colmillo Blanco, 2021) and co-author of the book of essays and photo essays *Casa de Todos: rostros de la calle en Plaza de Acho* (Editorial UPC, 2020). His fiction and nonfiction works have been published in magazines such as *Ojo Dorado*, *Soho*, *Quimera Revista Literaria*, and *Revista Mercurio*, as well as in anthologies such as *Nuevas Emergencias* (Candaya, 2023).

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Chonon Bensho

Peru

Chonon Bensho (Pucallpa, 1992) is a Shipibo-Konibo multimedia artist and poet who revitalizes the Kené, an ancestral tradition of abstract patterns inspired by visions from entheogenic plants such as ayahuasca, which possess healing powers and are traditionally passed down from mother to daughter. Trained in both Indigenous cosmology and fine arts (she graduated in 2018), Bensho creates large embroidered canvases that express the harmonious coexistence between humans and the Amazonian environment, depicting mythological beings, animals, and plants as a metaphor for the inseparability of all living beings. In 2022, she became the first Indigenous woman to win the Banco de Reserva del Perú Painting Prize, and her work has been exhibited at the Alliance Française in Lima and in Basel, Switzerland, in addition to being part of the collections of the MASP and the MALI.

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Claudia Gallardo

Peru

Claudia Gallardo Landauro is a Peruvian designer and artist who explores, through play and imagination, themes such as feminism, collective identity, and care—understood as means to co-create alternative realities. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has worked in strategic design, most recently as a Senior Service Designer at Yape. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures at the University of the Arts London.

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Cristian Situ

Peru · Spain

Co-Executive Director and Founder of Sur Global, a nonprofit organization that promotes conscious innovation in Latin America. Master’s in Digital Management from Hyper Island. With more than 10 years of experience in innovation, digital design and project management, has worked in companies, consultancies and training. Was Education & Product Manager at Crehana and Head of Product at Colectivo23, leading educational projects with impact. Has collaborated as a consultant with UNICEF, Volvo, Peru’s Ministry of Education and Más Igualdad Perú, among others, always focused on design, technology and collaborative work to transform realities. Also Director of Communications and Publishing of UNTOLD.ink magazine.

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Daniel Cáceres Apolaya

Peru

Industrial engineer, coach and holder of a Master’s in HR & Organizational Behavior from The London School of Economics (UK). Passionate about facilitating behavioral, cultural or technological change among STEM teams and leaders, empathizing with data, design and behavioral science. Founder of STEMos cerca. 14 years of multi-industry experience applying change management, agility, learning consulting for reskilling, operations and continuous improvement, and managing operations or projects from start to finish with HR teams.

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Daniel Herrera

Mexico

Daniel is a creative technologist and innovation strategist from Mexico City, with eight years of experience working with entrepreneurs around the world to design the products and experiences of the future. With a background in engineering and a passion for design, Daniel works at the synergy of technology, design and user experience to align teams, discover new solutions and drive innovation. Through a design studio, Daniel helps organizations turn ideas into solutions that deliver results and increase their market value.

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David Mora Torres & Román Bahena Cárdenas, del Consultorio Arquitectónico Para Vivienda-CAVI

Dr. Arq. David Mora Torres Es arquitecto y doctor en Ciencias y Artes para el Diseño por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco (UAM-X). Es profesor-investigador. Su trabajo académico y profesional se centra en la vivienda popular, la urbanización progresiva, el mejoramiento barrial y el derecho a la ciudad. Es fundador y director del Consultorio Arquitectónico para Vivienda (CAVI), iniciativa mediante la cual ha brindado más de 650 asesorías arquitectónicas a habitantes de colonias populares y comunidades de bajos recursos. Su trayectoria destaca por vincular la arquitectura con las necesidades sociales y por investigar las formas de producción del hábitat, la urbanización popular y el autogobierno en las colonias populares. Román Bahena Cárdenas investigador del Consultorio Arquitectónico para Vivienda (CAVI), con especialidad en diseño arquitectónico de interiores y exteriores para vivienda.

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Diego Rey Sun Han

Peru

Diego is a strategic designer passionate about using creativity to design a world where all beings can thrive. Diego is Strategy and Innovation Manager at Continental International Education, a higher education ecosystem with a presence across the region. Diego is also the founder of Shivi, a regenerative design lab that seeks to bridge the gaps between countryside and city. In recent years, Diego has directed personal and professional growth toward regeneration, systems thinking and creativity.

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Eduardo Marisca

Peru

Eduardo has spent more than a decade working on innovation and design projects, leading processes of change and organizational transformation across various industries. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Mutaciones.la and Creative Director of Melmac, a boutique future design studio. He has given presentations and facilitated workshops throughout Latin America, exploring ways in which design and creativity can help build new possible futures for the region.

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Elizabeth Rosales

Peru · United States

Editora Asociada de UNTOLD.ink.

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Elsie Ralston

Peru · Denmark

A Peruvian strategist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has more than a decade of experience managing development and advocacy projects, and more than 8 years as a consultant in strategic design, digital product development, communications, fundraising, and public relations. She has worked with organizations in Latin America and Europe to advance initiatives in education, humanitarian response, financial inclusion, community empowerment, and, more recently, ethics and the responsible use of digital technologies. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Sur Global, where she designs educational experiences and consulting projects that build learning communities committed to responsible innovation. She is also the Editorial Director of UNTOLD.ink magazine, which is dedicated to exploring new narratives about the future, territory, and knowledge.

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Emma Aiyin Chen

China

Emma Aiyin Chen is an impact entrepreneur, strategic designer and founder of Relief.wear. At Relief, a purpose-driven brand that reimagines menstrual care through sustainability and social justice, Emma wears many hats: leading the brand vision, product design and systemic advocacy to create a future where menstruating is no longer a source of shame or waste.

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Evelyn Reyes

Peru

Evelyn Reyes Choje is a Peruvian visual artist, creative director and editor. Evelyn’s work moves between photography, the archive and analog film, understanding the image as a living space where memory fragments, transforms and reappears. It explores the absences, silences and intimate stories that persist even when they seem to have disappeared. With more than four years of experience in the audiovisual field, Evelyn has developed projects that bring together direction, editing and image-making, working on both personal processes and professional commissions. Currently part of Kamlú as creative director and filmmaker. Evelyn completed the Diploma in Audiovisual Preservation and Restoration (DiPRA), where an interest in archives, analog film and the possibilities of rereading images of the past deepened. This artistic practice is a territory in evolution: a place where the different areas it crosses converge and from which Evelyn continues to build the universes imagined.

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Fernanda Rocha

Mexico

A futurist with more than 15 years of experience in strategic design, creativity, and innovation. She serves as Chief Futures Officer (CFO) and is a co-founder of Blackbot. She leads the Creative Futures project.

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Galo Zapata

Peru

Galo Zapata is an economist specializing in Public Management, with a master’s degree in Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), trained at the University of Maryland (USA), Universidad del Pacífico and EAE Business School in Barcelona. Founding President of the NGO Voluntarios.pe and Vice President of the NGO Mujer Power.

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Gonzalo Benavente Secco

Peru

Writer and director of film, theater, and television. Director of Autocinema, the production company that redefined the political documentary in Peru. His film *La revolución y la tierra* (2019) was the most-watched documentary in the history of Peruvian cinema. But this was no accident; Gonzalo has worked in communities across Peru and South America—a region that left a lasting impression on him—and there he learned that telling stories from the Global South means renouncing the comfort of hegemonic discourse. He is currently working on *El arte de la guerra*, which received funding from the Ministry of Culture and won awards at MAFIZ (Málaga) and Chile Conecta. In television, he served as head writer for *Aprendo en casa* during the pandemic and directed *Historias de papel* (Plus TV), adapting literary classics for the small screen. He holds a Master’s degree in Hispanic American Literature from PUCP; for three years, he headed communications at TECHO – Peru, and since 2021, he has been a member of the selection committee for the Lima Film Festival. What matters about his work is not how many screens it occupies, but that cinema remains, for him, an act of creative defiance. In April 2026, his first novel, *Ítaca*, will be published by Los Olvidos.

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Illa Liendo Tagle

Peru

A native of Cusco, Illa writes about the Andes, from the Andes. Illa has a career in publishing, journalism and culture, built over years of living in Peru, Guatemala and Spain. Illa’s work has focused on the climate crisis, Indigenous peoples and culture, themes approached through research, writing and project management. Since 2004, Illa has led editorial coordination processes and developed cultural communication initiatives for various organizations. Illa also contributes to media outlets and magazines such as El País, The Guardian and Courrier International, combining journalism and anthropology in reports. Illa currently works independently from Cusco.

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Javier Wong Q

Peru · United States

A journalist and editor with more than 15 years of experience in print and digital media, as well as in the development of editorial projects. His work covers social, cultural, sports, and technology topics, with a focus on digital transformation. He holds a master’s degree in Creative Writing from UPF-BSM. He has written journalistic pieces for the magazines H, AS, and Cosas, as well as works of fiction. He has also edited and produced articles, podcasts, and various types of content, exploring editorial processes and narrative possibilities across different formats. Until recently, he worked on developing communication strategies for radio, television, and the web. He is the co-founder of DodoPress, a digital reading platform. He currently works as a freelancer and resides in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Jorge Camacho

Mexico

Jorge Camacho helps organizations design better futures for people. Jorge is co-founder of Diagonal Studio, director of the Master’s in Design program at Centro (Mexico) and a research affiliate at the Institute for the Future (IFTF).

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Layshi Curbelo

Puerto Rico

Layshi Curbelo is a Puerto Rican creative with more than ten years of experience in communication and design, always in pursuit of accessibility and inclusion. Layshi’s training combines advertising, UX and instructional design, but the work goes beyond titles. Layshi has designed digital experiences for organizations such as Sembrando Sentido, which promotes government transparency and the proper use of public funds in Puerto Rico, and the Courts Administration, making it easier for citizens to independently manage requests for protection orders and other urgent matters without having to go in person to a court or police station. Layshi has been a speaker and host at numerous international conferences, sharing a vision of inclusive and accessible design. Layshi is also passionate about podcasting, producing and hosting award-winning podcasts to educate and connect with the creative community.

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Lorena Córdova-Hernández

Mexico

Lorena Córdova-Hernández is a professor and researcher in the School of Languages at the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca (Mexico). She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS-CDMX) and a specialization in Cultural Policy and Management from the Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM-Xochimilco). Her research interests focus on cultural and linguistic policies, linguistic landscape, literacy, and social semiotics. In addition, she has conducted community-based research on language documentation and revitalization in Maya communities along the Mexico-Guatemala border and with speakers of languages at risk of extinction in Oaxaca (Mexico).

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Lorena Paz y Solana Moiraghi

Argentina

UX Researcher at Edad.Tech, with a degree in Sociology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and a member of the Society, Internet and Culture Team (E-SIC) at the Gino Germani Research Institute (IIGG). Was a fellow of Argentina’s National Interuniversity Council (CIN).

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Lucila Rozas Urrunaga

Peru · United States

Doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Lucila’s research explores the production of transnational feminist knowledge in South America, centering art, grassroots activism and embodied practices as forms of resistance. In 2024, Lucila co-organized the symposium Transnational Feminist Networks and co-curated the exhibition Present Futures: Experiments in Feminist Futurity, a show dedicated to imagining feminist futures. Lucila’s project ContraArchivx, funded by the Sachs Program for Arts and Innovation, seeks to build a participatory archive of feminist resistance in Peru through collaboration with feminist artists and activists. Lucila’s work links academia with public engagement, focusing on non-institutional knowledge as paths toward collective liberation.

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Luis (lulo) López

Mexico

Luis “Lulo” López (Mexico City, 1989). Entrepreneur and designer. Lulo founded 23 design and later led frog’s expansion into Latin America. After 10 years leading multidisciplinary teams, he now explores his creative freedom as a consultant for initiatives in innovation, design, and education. Follow him on Instagram and connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Mara Gourd-Mercado

Argentina · Canada

Mara Gourd-Mercado is a manager in the Argentine-Canadian cultural sector, specializing in film, television, and digital media. With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, she has served as Executive Director of the RIDM and Executive Director of the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television, and has served as a juror, moderator, speaker, and reader for Cannes Docs, Visions du Réel, Chicken & Egg, and the Catapult Film Fund. Since 2023, she has been Head of Industry & Training at CPH:DOX. She oversees the INTER:ACTIVE exhibition, the CPH:FORUM, the CPH:LAB, and all industry-related activities.

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Maria Beatriz Gonçalves

Brazil

Maria Beatriz Gonçalves is a journalist, researcher and strategist, as well as a founding member and Partnerships Director of ALAF, the Latin Futures Association (Asociación Latina de Futuros), a nonprofit organization that operates as a membership association of Latin Americans interested in discussing and building futures centered on the well-being of future generations. Its mission is to strengthen the region’s leading role in building a future where the economy, society and the environment coexist in balance.

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María José Campos Runcie

Peru · Denmark

María José Campos Runcie (Maja) was born in Lima, Peru, and lives in Aarhus, Denmark. A brand and systems designer with more than ten years of experience in information architecture, service design and visual identity. María José was part of Frankly, a creative agency in Copenhagen, and has worked between Europe and Latin America on projects ranging from editorial design to brand strategy. María José currently directs CRT Legacy, building and activating internationally the legacy of the artist Carlos Runcie Tanaka. María José’s work moves at the intersection of design, memory and the systems that decide what is preserved, how it circulates, and who can read it.

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María José Lovatón

Peru

María José Lovatón is a development communicator specializing in the design and implementation of programs that bring together education, youth participation and public management. María José has worked with organizations such as WWF, MCW Global and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and currently coordinates national and regional initiatives at IMPACTA - Jóvenes por la Gestión Pública, where María José has trained more than 150 young people from 8 regions of the country. María José’s work moves at the intersection of communication, social innovation and institutional strengthening.

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Mariana Alegre Escorza

Mariana Alegre Escorza is an urban planner, researcher, and professor at PUCP specializing in urban transformation, governance, and sustainable cities. She is the founder and executive director of Sistema Urbano , an urban ecosystem dedicated to promoting more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable urban development in Latin America through initiatives such as Lima Cómo Vamos , Ocupa Tu Calle and Nodal — Nodal Urbanos de América Latina, Mariana is a 2025 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD), where she currently teaches and explores the intersections between urban systems, spatial design, governance, public spaces, and the creation of urban value. Her professional career combines research, public policy, citizen participation, and urban innovation, with a special emphasis on transforming ideas into concrete strategies for cities.

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Mauricio Franco

Colombia

Mauricio Franco is a graphic designer, product designer and master’s candidate in design methodologies and experimentation. Mauricio’s interests lie in technology, visions of the future and the ideologies that feed them.

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Mauro Fernández

Peru

Strategic designer and researcher in people-centered design, with experience in Latin America and Europe leading design teams in organizations in the financial, education, consumer goods and retail sectors. Holds a Master’s in Strategic Design from the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED, Spain) and is a Systems Engineer from the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Peru). Mauro currently drives independent projects that interweave design, education and critical thinking, with the aim of promoting a more human, reflective and regenerative design practice.

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Mercedes Baltazar

Mexico

María Mercedes Baltazar Lobato is a specialist in strategic reputation, strategic foresight, and future design. As the founder of Meraki México, she combines crisis management and foresight to help organizations anticipate long-term scenarios. She has trained more than 100 teams in Latin America, has been a university professor since 2013, and actively contributes as an analyst to CNN, Expansión, and El Financiero Bloomberg.

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Nicolás Madoery

Argentina

He has been working at the intersection of culture, new technologies, and internet culture for 20 years. He is the founder and director of FUTURX, a research center dedicated to exploring the impact of emerging technologies such as AI, new internet dynamics, VR, and new tools on Latin American cultural creation and ecosystems. He excels in two complementary roles: as an educator and researcher, he has produced a wide range of reports, lectures, publications, podcasts, and other content focused on the relationship between technology and culture; and as a strategic consultant, he advises cultural projects on how to leverage new technologies to generate a significant impact in their respective fields. His critical approach fosters community-based learning and experimentation, as well as the integration of new technologies into projects. Currently, he researches and develops processes related to the tensions between the attention economy, streaming platforms, artificial intelligence, and cultural sovereignty. He advocates for the creation of protocols for the critical use of AI by cultural organizations, as a tool for rethinking the digital present from an ethical, regional, and collective perspective.

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Óscar Bodí Pons

Spain

A philosopher, strategic advisor and professor of design and technology ethics, Óscar analyzes the ethical and political dimensions of technological innovation and its impact on contemporary society and digital culture.

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Óscar Pastor Paredes

Doctor en Ciencias Sociales por la UNMSM; magíster en Administración de Empresas por la Universidad ESAN y en Gerencia Social por la PUCP, ingeniero de minas por la Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, licenciado en Antropología por la Universidad de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. Ha desarrollado una destacada carrera profesional en el sector de saneamiento, donde ha desempeñado cargos gerenciales, tanto en empresas operadoras de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado (SedaCusco, Sedapar, Sedapal) como en el Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento. También ocupó puestos de dirección en el sector minería. Docente en la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco y en la Universidad ESAN. Es autor de diversas publicaciones académicas y literarias.

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Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz

Spain

Pablo is the CEP at Kaleidos and Penpot. He describes himself as a science nerd who is passionate about archery, cooking, gaming, and history. He loves open source, collaboration in design and code, and lean practices.

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Paula Zuccotti

Argentina

Paula Zuccotti, from Argentina, is an ethnographer, strategist, visual artist, and author who works at the intersection of anthropology, design, and futures studies, with expertise in material culture, human behavior, and global consumption. She holds a degree in Industrial Design from the UBA (University of Buenos Aires) and a Master’s degree in Design, Strategy, and Innovation from Brunel University (United Kingdom). As a consultant, from her studio in London, she leads global research projects for brands such as Loewe, Google, Decathlon, Hyundai, and IKEA. As an artist, her independent projects reveal the invisible stories of everyday life through the objects we touch, carry, wear, and use. This approach began with her book *Every Thing We Touch: A 24-Hour Inventory of Our Lives* (Penguin, 2015), and continued with the global archive *Lockdown Essentials* during the pandemic and the short film *Future Archaeology*. In 2023, she co-curated the exhibition *Del Cielo a Casa: An Ethnographic Look at Argentine Material Culture* at the MALBA Museum. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally; she is a lecturer and professor at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art.

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Sandra Arellano

Peru · Germany

Sandra B. Arellano Cruz holds a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies from the Free University of Berlin, with a specialization in Socioculture, and a bachelor’s degree in Law and Political Science, with a specialization in Interculturality, Migration, and Human Rights. In her professional practice, she focuses on development projects, sociocultural projects, political education, sociocultural research, and intercultural mediation.

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Sara R. Zubillaga

Peru

Political scientist, decolonial feminist, Afro-Peruvian. Manager of advocacy and capacity-building processes with a gender, interculturality and sexual diversity approach. Master’s in Gender, Society and Policies from the Regional Training Program in Gender and Public Policies (PRIGEPP) of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Argentina. Member of the Colectiva por la Libre Información para las Mujeres and of the anticolonial feminist Quilombo supported by the Migration, Gender and Development Network. Experience in social research and in the coordination, monitoring and evaluation of development projects; management of capacity-building and political advocacy processes in the field of human rights, with an emphasis on defending the rights of women, girls and adolescents in all their diversity.

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SurGlobal

Peru

SurGlobal is a nonprofit civil society organization that seeks to be a catalyst for sustainable innovation. It creates learning spaces that foster knowledge, inspiration, and human connections—essential elements for responsible innovation—and supports individuals and organizations with brilliant initiatives so they can continue to grow.

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Toban Shadlyn

United States

Toban Shadlyn is a strategic designer and educator. Toban’s work explores the role of design in navigating complexity, enabling systemic transitions and promoting cross-sector collaboration. Over the past decade, Toban has led large-scale initiatives in health, education, public policy and climate change, working with governments, philanthropic foundations and community organizations. Toban currently runs an independent studio and is director of the Master’s in Strategic Design in Complexity at ELISAVA School of Design and Engineering in Barcelona. Originally trained as an interior architect, Toban’s design practice evolved toward addressing systemic challenges that drive social change. Toban was previously a founding member of the Center for Complexity at the Rhode Island School of Design and a partner at Field States, a strategic design studio focused on civic value and territorial transformation. As an educator, Toban has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Michigan, and continues to participate as a guest lecturer and critic at institutions such as the Royal College of Art in London and the Istituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona. Toban’s work has been presented in various academic and professional forums, and Toban continues to contribute to global conversations on design, systemic innovation and education.

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Vanessa Vásquez

Peru

Vanessa Vásquez is an advertising professional, activist and Executive Director of Perú Pendiente. With more than two decades of experience in advertising, sustainability, purpose-driven communication and impact management, Vanessa designs and drives collective solutions to social, environmental and humanitarian crises. From community kitchens (ollas comunes) to circular economy programs, Vanessa’s work cuts across activism, community innovation and coordination with the private sector to build a country with no unfinished business. In every project, Vanessa combines strategy with intuition, data with care and a deep conviction: the possible is also invented.

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Yecid Ortega

Colombia · Canada

Yecid Ortega completed his Ph.D. in Language and Literacy at the University of Toronto (Canada). He is currently the Director of the Liminal Research & Education platform and the co-founder of the ARTEM research collective. His general research interests focus on using ethnographic-critical approaches to understand the impact of globalization, capitalism, and neoliberalism on language teaching and learning, and how this intersects with concepts of culture, race, and (de)colonization in international contexts. Additionally, his current, more specific research interest focuses on alternative collaborative research designs aimed at understanding the life experiences of migrants, refugees, and political asylum seekers in international contexts, with the goal of providing the socio-emotional and educational tools necessary for social integration.

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Zoila Ochoa Garay

Peru

Zoila Ochoa Garay is a MURUI BUE leader, born in the Centro Arenal Indigenous Community in Loreto, Peru. Faced with the risk of her people losing their language and identity, she founded the MURUI BUE Autonomous School, where children learn to speak the language, as well as traditional dances, songs, and cooking. She was honored as a Distinguished Cultural Figure of 2023 for her outstanding work in preserving, strengthening, and promoting the culture of the MURUI Indigenous People, particularly for developing the shicras weaving technique, which is unique to her community.

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