Conference Speakers

Professor of the Bachelor's degree in Social Communication at the National University of Entre Ríos.

Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank

Social communicator, radio journalist and professor at the Faculty of Social Communication of the Central University of Ecuador.

Director of the Chicago newspaper La Raza. He has a doctorate in journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid and a degree in communication from the Iberoamerican University of Mexico City.

Researcher, cultural manager and interdisciplinary writer in the area of ​​social sciences, humanities and arts.

Director de Distribución de las emisoras internacionales RFI y MCD para la región de Las Américas

Emmy-Award winning producer/director and executive member of the Directors Guild of America Midwest Council

50 years working in prisons, with gang and non-gang youth in urban and rural communities, among the unhoused, and in Indigenous reservations.

 Andrés Tijerina retired as Professor Emeritus of History at Austin Community College. Dr. Tijerina has received state and national book prizes for his books. 

Silvia Alvarez-Clare, PhD, is Director of Global Tree Conservation at The Morton Arboretum, leading a program focused on safeguarding threatened tree species through science-based conservation work conducted with stakeholders around the world.

Juan B. Solana is an Economist by training and has focused his professional career developing Marketing Analytics models to test the impact of Marketing strategies on the bottom line of a company. Recently Global Director, Advanced Analytics at General Motors. Prior to General Motors, he was the Director, Advanced Analytics at Walmart and Nielsen. 

 Actualmente trabajando en el área técnica de Radiodifusión, televisión y audio desde 1988 hasta la fecha. Egresado del Instituto Politécnico Nacional de su Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica con la carrera de ingeniería en Comunicaciones y Electrónica.