| 9:00 - 9:10 |
Welcome – David Garza, President, Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group |
| 9:10 - 9:20 |
Opening remarks – Javier Guzmán, Executive Vice President for Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group |
| 9:20 - 10:20 |
Keynote Lecture: Vaccines for All: Research and Development in the Service of Humanity
Speaker: María Elena Bottazzi, Associate Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. Professor of Pediatrics and Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. |
| 10:20 - 10:35 |
Break |
| 10:35 - 11:30 |
Thematic Panel: Medical Innovation for Social Well-being
Panelists:
- Sonia Mayra Pérez Tapia, Executive Director of UDIBI, ENCB-IPN
- Gerardo García-Rivas, Director of Translational Research, TecSalud
- Jorge Alejandro González Canudas, Director of Research and Development at Silanes Laboratories
- Abraham Israel Villarreal Castellanos, Clinical Trials Coordinator, COFEPRIS
Moderator: Ana Carla Cepeda López, Research Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey. |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Rómulo Garza Research and Innovation Award 2026 |
| 13:45 - 14:40 |
Thematic Panel: From Research to Action: Cities and Communities Facing Climate Change
Panelists:
- Francisco Benita, Research Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Sarah Billington, UPS Foundation Professor, Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
- Claudia Acuña, Director of Impact Partnerships at New Story
- Larisa Ovalles Paulino, Researcher scientist at the Urban Risk Lab at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.
Moderator: Ryan Whitney, Professor of School of Architecture, Art and Design, Tecnológico de Monterrey. |
| 14:45 - 15:40 |
Thematic Panel: Research for Industry 5.0 and Sustainable Economic Development
Panelists:
- José Ignacio Aguado, Director General for Innovation, Services, and Domestic Trade at the Federal Ministry of Economy of Mexico
- Roger Guerrero, Director of Factory Automation and Motion Control at Siemens
- Sandra Lorena Martínez, President of the National Chamber of the Electronic, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Industry, Northeast Chapter
- Mariel Alfaro Ponce, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Program and Research Professor at the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing
Moderator: Rita Fuentes, Research Professorr of the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing. |
| 15:45 - 16:45 |
Tec Talks: Inspiring the Future of Science and Innovation. Women in Action
Dynamic presentations by researchers from Tecnológico de Monterrey in health, climate and sustainability, industrial transformation, and future cities.
- Circular biotechnology applied to the valorization of agro-industrial waste and food effluents
Speaker: Danay Carrillo, Research Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Seeds of Change: Reimagining Food Systems
Speaker: Abril Campos, Research Professor at the Institute for Obesity Research
- CaseBusters: AI to Predict and Prevent Gender-Based Violence Recidivism in Zacatecas
Speaker: María Fernanda Sobrino Macías, Research Professor at the School of Government and Public Transformation
Moderator: Carolina Senés, Head of the SHE-STEM Chair.
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| 16:45 - 17:00 |
Break |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Closing Lecture – Excellence in Research: Voices of the 2026 Rómulo Garza Award.
Winners of the 2026 Rómulo Garza Award |
| 18:00 - 18:10 |
Closing remarks.
Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain, Rector of Tecnológico de Monterrey |