| 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: Accelerated Research in the Service of Humanity
Speaker: María Elena Bottazzi, Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. Professor and Co-Director at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Presenter: To be confirmed. |
| 10:20 - 10:35 |
Break |
| 10:35 - 11:30 |
Thematic Panel: Medical Innovation for Social Well-being
Panelists:
- Lena Ruiz Azuara, Emeritus Researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Gerardo García-Rivas, Director of Translational Research, TecSalud
- Jorge Alejandro González Canudas, Director of Research, Farmacéutica Mexicana Silanes
Moderator: Ana Carla Cepeda López, Research Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey. |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
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
- Eugen Reséndiz, Research Professor at the School of Architecture, Art and Design and Fellow of the Center for the Future of Cities, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Moderator: Ryan Whitney, Professor of School of Architecture, Art and Design, Tecnológico de Monterrey. |
| 14:45 - 15:40 |
Thematic Panel: Research for Industry 4.0 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
- Mariel Alfaro, Research Professor, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing.
Moderator: Rita Fuentes, Interim Director 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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| 16:50 - 17:45 |
Closing Keynote and Conversation with Javier Guzmán, Executive Vice President for Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group |
| 17:45 - 17:55 |
Closing remarks -
Javier Guzmán, Executive Vice President for Research, Tecnológico de Monterrey Education Group |