Forum on Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation in Argentina

Guillermo Areas has over 25 years of professional experience working in the Latin American region at the intersection of government and business. During this time, he has held positions of progressive responsibility with renowned companies such as Bayer, DHL and currently with...

Irene Arias Hofman has led the IDB Lab since January 2018. The IDB Group innovation laboratory is a purpose-driven platform open to the world that mobilizes capital, connections, and knowledge to promote innovation for inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. Previously, she...

Ady Beitler is an integration and trade senior specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, where he leads technology-based projects in trade facilitation, such as ConnectAmericas.com and the Argentine Trade Single Window. Beitler also coordinates the Americas Business...

Lisa Besserman, founder and CEO of Startup Buenos Aires, has been named as Business Insider’s Top 100 Most Influential Women in Tech, and the Business Innovator of Latin America by the Council of the Americas. Besserman moved to Buenos Aires from New York City to create Startup...

Gerardo Díaz Bartolomé, a career diplomat, was appointed deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Argentina in Washington, DC in June 2018, where he had served as head for political affairs since 2016. As a diplomat, he served at the General Directorate of Malvinas and South...

Anna Edgerton covers U.S. Congress and national politics for Bloomberg News, focusing on congressional leadership and major legislation such as tax reform, health care and immigration. She previously covered Brazilian political and economic news for Bloomberg as a Brasília-based...

Nicolas Garcia Mayor is an Argentine entrepreneur and industrial designer focused in humanitarian development, social innovation and environmental preservation. Garcia Mayor worked and lived in Europe conducting various architectural and innovation design projects. Since 2000 he...

Facundo Martin Diaz is a tech entrepreneur, advisor and investor. He is the co-founder of Playhonholo and the director of The Reality Code foundation.

Originally from Buenos Aires, he is currently based in the so-called Silicon Beach, a tech and entertainment hub in Los Angeles...

One evening after work in 2003, Martín Migoya got together with three of his friends at a pub in Buenos Aires and identified some of the gaps that existed in the emerging global software industry. They were inspired to build a new pure play company that would create software for...

Zoe Dauth is a senior manager at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas in Washington, DC, where she collaborates with the diplomatic and business communities to advance public policies on trade and investment promotion throughout the hemisphere. In her role she leads the...