Workshop: How AI is Transforming Industries and Society

Andres Maz’s current role is Public Policy – Latin America for Amazon Web Service.

Until March 2017, Mr Maz was Executive Director of Public Policy in Cisco’s Global Policy group where he lead Cisco’s Digitization Policy Strategy and global policy initiatives. Mr Maz played a vital role in crafting Cisco’s policy vision and strategy and he is also member of Cisco’s Latin America Senior Leadership Team.

A recognized global business and thought leader in the ICT space, Mr Maz has a strong track record in P&L management, international business, risk management, corporate finance, business development, negotiations, M&A, and strategy. Over his career, he has worked in the US, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Latin America and previously worked for Verizon Business, where he focused on corporate and regulatory strategy, and M&A.

Mr Maz holds a BA in Economics, an MA in Telecommunications, and an MBA from Columbia and London Business School.

Chris Chapman was appointed President of the International Institute of Communications on 1 April 2016. He is also a member of the IIC Advisory Council and Former Chair of the IIC Nominations Committee.

Mr Chapman previously held the position of Chairman and CEO of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). He was appointed in February 2006 and was re-appointed for a 2nd five year term in October 2010 until April 2016. He was appointed an Associate Member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in September 2007.

Mr Chapman is a seasoned executive with experience in the media, broadcasting and film, internet, telecommunications, sports rights and infrastructure development worlds.

Before joining ACMA, Mr Chapman held a number of senior management positions with the Seven Network, Stadium Australia Management, Optus and Babcock & Brown. He has also been the Chairman of Film Australia and Sports Vision Australia, and a previous member of the National Film and Sound Archives’ Advisory Council.

Mr Chapman has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales and has completed the Harvard Business School AMP program.

Chris McLaughlin leads product and go-to-market strategy for AI/ML solutions at Google Cloud. His team focuses on democratizing AI by making it easy, fast and useful for customers and partners. Previously, Chris led the Strategy and Solutions team for Chrome Enterprise at Google.

Before Google, Mr McLaughlin spent about a decade in consulting, most recently at Bain & Company, where he focused on R&D and market segment strategy for new technologies, including 5G and industrial IoT.

Mr McLaughlin holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Javier Daccarett serves as President Commissioner of CONATEL (Honduran National Telecommunications Commission), the state regulatory agency that administers and drives telecommunications in Honduras. He is a believer in providing open access to ICTs for the younger generation. As of 25 June 2015, Mr Daccarett was made President of COMTELCA (the Regional Telecommunications Commission). Mr Daccarett’s experience as an advocate has meant that, in addition to the above positions, he has been Property Commissioner at CONATEL, Executive Secretary at IP (Property Institute of Honduras), and has worked widely in law practice.

Javier Juárez Mojica has been Commissioner of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) since October 2016 and acting chairman since March 2022. He is an honorary member of the Commission on Ethics in Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has been member of the OECD Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AIGO), and former Vice-chair of the Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy (CISP) at the OECD (2019-2021). Commissioner Juárez has devoted a professional career of more than 15 years to the study of telecommunications and to the promotion of innovation and competition in this sector. He has participated in and organized conferences and lectures on interconnection, community and indigenous networks, local loop unbundling, virtual mobile operators, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital transformation, among others.

Juan J. Delgado has been the national Director of Technology for Microsoft Mexico since December 2017. The main focus of his work is the development of markets with especial regard to Artificial Intelligence, public policy and the Cloud.

Before that he held a variety of positions in Microsoft Latin America and Mexico dealing with matters such as Analytics (Big Data) and Internet of Things (IoT).

Mr Delgado began his career in the industry in 1998, working at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), HP, Sony, Informix and IBM.

An electronic systems engineer, Mr Delagado graduated from ITESM-CEM, obtained a master’s degree in administration from ITESM-CEM as well as a Certificate of Proficiency Grade “A ” from the University of Cambridge, England.

Nicole Chan has expertise in the field of Science & Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Convergence, Internet & e-Commerce Regulation, Creative Industry Regulation and Management.

Ms Chan has served as Vice President & Director General, Science & Technology Law Institute (STLI), Institute for Information Industry. She also served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Culture & Creative Industries Management, National Taipei University of Education.

Roberto Martínez Yllescas supports the OECD to increase its relevance and impact in Mexico and Latin America, as he leads the activities of the OECD Mexico Centre. Mr Martínez Yllescas was previously Chief of Staff to Commissioner Labardini as one of the founders of Mexico´s Federal Telecommunications Institute. Prior to that he was a Senior Advisor in the Secretariat of Communications and Transport in Mexico. Mr Martínez Yllescas has over fifteen years of experience working in governmental, multilateral organisations and private sector companies as Government Affairs manager in Mexico at Intel Corp, as well as Central-Southern Regional Chief for the National Telecommunications, Electronics and IT Industry Association of Mexico. He has also been a senior consultant to the United Nations Development Programme, USAID and Mexico´s Centre for Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness.

Mr Martínez Yllescas, holds a BA in International Relations from El Colegio de México, a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvad´s J.F. Kennedy School of Government.