Speakers – Global Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2022

Speakers

Alejandro Poiré
Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Government, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM)
Andreas Schleicher
Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Andrés Delich
Deputy Secretary General, Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI)
Andrés Ucros Maldonado
Security and Peace Expert in Colombia, Chevening Scholar and Acumen Fellow
Andy Dauhajre
President and Executive Director, Fundación Economía y Desarrollo, Inc.
Aurelio Nuño Mayer
Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios
Founder and Editor, Confidencial
Carlos Vilalta
Professor and Researcher, Center for Research in Geospatial Information Sciences (CentroGeo-Conacyt)
Christopher (Chris) Dede
Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Adult Learning and Online Education
Claudia S. de Windt
Founder and Chief Executive, Inter-American Institute of Justice and Sustainability (IIJS)
Dani Rodrik
Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy; President of the International Economic Association and co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Program, Harvard Kennedy School
Daniel Bramatti
Editor, Estadão Verifica; Expresident, Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalists (ABRAJI)
Daniel Titelman
Director, Economic Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Daniel Zovatto
Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, IDEA International
Elisabeth Ungar Bleier
Analista política y consultora
Gonzalo Paz
Researcher and Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), Georgetown University
Gustau Alegret
Int’l. Journalist, Managing Editor and Anchor of Club de Prensa y Cuestión de Poder, NTN24
Hugo Acero Velásquez
Citizen Security Expert in Colombia
Isabel Aninat
Dean of the Law School, Adolfo Ibáñez University
Jael Rivas
Executive Director, Tadaca Educational Solutions, LLC
Jamil Ahmad
Director, UN Environment Programme, New York Office
Jorge Heine
Professor of International Relations, University of Boston. Former Ambassador of Chile to China
José Antonio Ocampo
Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Government of Colombia
Kevin Casas-Zamora
Former Second Vice-president of Costa Rica; General Secretary, International IDEA
Laura Chinchilla
Former President of Costa Rica; Vicepresident of the World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid
Leonel Fernández
Former President of the Dominican Republic; President of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development / Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (GFDD/FUNGLODE)
Liz Duraisingh
Principal Investigator at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lourdes Casanova
Gail and Rob Cañizares Director, Emerging Markets Institute, Cornell University
Mangai Natarajan
Professor of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Manuel Orozco
Senior Fellow and Director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program for Latin America, Inter-American Dialogue
Marcela Meléndez
UNDP's Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, where she leads the production of analytical content to support decision-making in LAC countries
Marcelo Bergman
Professor and the director of the Center for Latin American Studies on Insecurity and Violence (CELIV) at the National University of Tres de Febrero in Argentina
Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida
Senior Researcher, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP)
María Noel Vaeza
UN-Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean, United Nations
María Waleska Álvarez
President of the Caribbean NAP, President of the Board of Directors of EDUCA, Dominican Republic
Mario Báez
Chief, Policy and Oversight Coordination Service, Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Department of Management, United Nations
Mario Cimoli
Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Massimo Tommasoli
Global Programs Director and Permanent Observer for International IDEA to the United Nations
Mercedes Mateo Díaz
Education Division Chief - Inter-American Development Bank
Mónica Pachón
Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations, University of California
Natasha Despotovic
Executive Director, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD)
Raul Féliz
Professor of Economics, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
Robert McCrie
Professor of Security Management, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Robert Wood
Principal Economist and Manager, Country Risk Service - Latin America, Economist Intelligence Unit
Susan Sclafani
VP for Programs, Forum for World Education
Tamara Taraciuk
Acting Director, Americas Division, Human Rights Watch
Tiscar Lara
Director of Digital Transformation

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