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Teatro Centro de las Artes CONARTE
Parque Fundidora Av. Fundidora, Adolfo Prieto y, Obrera
Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64010
Mexico

Alejandra Ponce Garza

Nutritionist

Ale is a graduate of the Nutrition and Comprehensive Wellbeing program at TEC de Monterrey. She holds a postgraduate in Nutrigenomics and Personalized Food Sciences with a specialty in Functional Foods from the University of the Balearic Islands. She has more than 12 years of experience in private nutrition practice focused on clinical patients and in the last three years has changed her focus toward promoting healthy aging, pioneering the use of genetic testing for this purpose. . She is a partner of the genetics company with the most experience in Latin America Genovive. She's author of three books: Extra Time, Nourish yourself according to your genes and Trimestre Cero. She has been a professor at public and private universities in Mexico and Latin America and has collaborated with large companies on health and longevity issues such as Mead-Johnson and Pepsico. She collaborates with the Carlos Slim Foundation.

Andreas Östberg

Education Consultant

Andreas, was born in Stockholm Sweden. He arrived to Mexico in 1998. A year later he married Ingrid, with whom he has 2 daughters: Maya and Mila. Since then he has ventured into the world of education, music and entertainment. He co-founded Sanfora in 2000, which is dedicated to personnel development for different companies and organizations in Mexico. In 2009 he co-founded Sanfora Music to open the first School of Rock franchise outside the United States in Monterrey. In 2019 he co-founded Sanfora EDU to open Land School, a high school of the future. He currently continues to work according to Sanfora's mission: Contribute to the development of people and our community through education.

Davide Zampini

VP of R & D

Davide is Global Vice President of Research and Development at CEMEX He is a visionary leader in the world of construction and innovation. Loves the fusion of creativity, technology and purpose. Born in Jos, Nigeria, and proudly carrying the flag of Italian nationality. Davide has a PhD in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University. With an illustrious career spanning decades, Davide has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible in the construction industry. Leads a diverse and dynamic team at Cemex's Global Intellectual Property Research and Management Center in Switzerland. Davide's mission goes beyond merely technical functionality. He seeks to forge emotional connections with materials long considered mundane. Your goal of him? Bring color and life to what was once considered "gray." Not satisfied with the ordinary, Davide also explores innovative research techniques, evaluates properties, characterizes materials and redefines processing methods.

Guillermo Torre

Medical Surgeon

Guillermo Torre is a medical surgeon from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Residency in internal medicine, specialty in cardiology with transplant treatment and training in interventions at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Holds a Doctoral degree with a specialty in Immunology at the University of Chicago. He has been Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine and at Weil Cornell Medical School. Founder of the Methodist Hospital Transplant Laboratory in Houston. He was director of the Heart Failure and Heart Transplant service at Methodist Hospital in Houston and a Board Member of the DeBakey Heart Center at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Member of the National System of Researchers level 3. He currently practices private medical practice as an interventional cardiologist at TecSalud. He is Dean of TecSalud and vice president of Research at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Karla Paniagua

Anthropologist

Karla Paniagua has a PhD in Cultural Studies. She has a Master's degree in Social Anthropology and a communications specialist. She is the author of three books (she is working on the fourth), as well as various tools to accompany the creative process. She has various periodical publications and is co-editor in chief of the magazine Economía Creativa. She is Director of the Design of Tomorrow specialty at CENTRO in Mexico City.

Lorenia Canavati

Cultural Leader

Lorenia is President of the Board of Trustees of Festival Internacional de Santa Lucía. She became the first woman registered as an independent candidate in the history of Nuevo León. She is also a businesswoman, General Director of the Joker restaurant chain. During her cultural leadership, contests such as “Nuevo Talento Nuevo León” have been included in the Festival's agenda, which is a platform to promote local and national Mexican musical talent. She is the mother of Paloma and Emiliano, whom she describes as the driving force of her life.

María Valencia

External Affairs Manager

María is an internationalist with more than 7 years of experience in the public and private sectors. She has been considered one of the 100 influential leaders of the energy sector in Mexico by Petróleo y Energía magazine. She is a reference for women in the industry. She is Manager of Liaison and Institutional Relations at SEISA Energía. That it is a leading company in energy infrastructure with more than 30 years of experience. She provides consulting on green hydrogen projects to the Mexican-German Chamber of Commerce in Industry. She is president of the Validation Committee of the Rebewable E Index, the first renewable energy stock index in Mexico. She has worked in the public sector in the State of Puebla, as well as for the Hydrocarbons Commission. She co-founded the Puebla Energy Cluster. She is the founder of Resuena México and Morras Valientes, two civil society organizations that empower women.

Pedro Vallejo

Entrepreneur

Pedro is an economist from the University of Monterrey. He is a technology entrepreneur and has a Master's degree in Analytics and Digital Transformation from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León. He is Founder and CEO of the analytics startup DATLAS. He had a couple of stays at Stanford University sponsored by the Mexican Government, there he met big Silicon Valley companies such as Google and Facebook. He is a content generator with more than 300 columns, 4 books and 100 podcast episodes on analytics and digital transformation from the program "Café de Data". He is the developer of digital Tourist Observatories for 4 regions of the country. He has collaborated with more than 4,000 users with analytics platforms and methodologies. His main areas of experience: Big Data, analytics, retail, startups, leadership, innovation and making things happen.

Pedro J Fernández

Writer

For more than a decade, Pedro has published novels and texts for adults and children, in which he humanizes the characters in Mexican History. Author of works such as: 'Yo, Díaz', 'Iturbide, the other father of the country', 'Morir de Pie', 'Soy Malintzin' and 'Once upon a time there were Mexican women who made history'. Several of which became publishing successes. As part of his literary work in the dissemination of the history of Mexico; He has collaborated in different magazines, newspapers and podcasts. He is also the creator of the account @DonPorfirioDiaz, which focuses on historical dissemination and satire on social networks. She is co-creator of the 'Dinners with History' project (along with her husband, sommelier Andoni Vales) that merges the history of Mexico and the world with gastronomy and wine. He is the winner of the 2020 Caniem Distinction for the Children's and Youth Book of the Year for the book 'Once upon a time, Mexican women who made history 2'

Sofía 'Soleth' Ramírez

Singer

Soleth is a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist from Monterrey. She begins her solo career at the age of 15 (2018). She started performing in different cultural forums and spaces in the city that allowed her to perform her music. She gradually gained a place within the Monterrey music scene and the good reception of the people. In 2020 she recorded her first album, a 4-song EP produced by her current musical director Joey Quiroga; Currently, the EP “Chronicles of a Flying Fish” has more than 20 thousand views on Spotify and has been a watershed for new opportunities for the artist. She has been invited to national festivals, television programs and opens for various artists.