AGENDA

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Hybrid event | Congress Center, Monterrey Campus

Thursday, February 27th

9:00 - 9:05	Welcome David Garza, President of Tecnológico de Monterrey
9:05 - 9:20	Opening remarks Feniosky Peña Mora, Executive Vice President of Research
9:20 - 10:20	Interdisciplinary High-Impact Research Projects Panel. Challenges and Solutions: Transformation from Tec de Monterrey - CampusCity - Future and Clean Mobility Panelist: Jorge de Jesús Lozoya Santos, Research Professor at School of Engineering and Sciences - Sustainable Development of Functional Ingredients for the Food Industry Panelist: Marilena Antunes Ricardo, Researcher at the Healthy Food Unit in the Institute for Obesity Research - Techno-economic Modeling of Climate Policies in Mexico: A Case Study of the Mexican Government Panelist: Misael Sebastián Gradilla Hernández, Associate Director of the Regional Department of Sustainable and Civil Technologies. Moderator: Luis Serra Barragán, Associate Dean of Research at School of Social Sciences and Government.
10:25 - 11:20	Keynote Lecture: Successful organisations are powered by people Keynote speaker: Linda Newnes, Director of Centre for People-Led Digitalisation, Director Digital Manufacturing and Design and Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath Presenter: Federico Trigos Salazar, Research Professor at EGADE Business School
12:00 - 13:30	Rómulo Garza Research and Innovation Award \| 50th Anniversary
13:45 - 14:40	Governent - Industry - Academia Panel. From Knowledge to Action: Driving Collaborative Research Panelists: Juan Manuel Alcocer González, Secretary of Scientific Research and Technological Development at UANL; Constanza Conde Flores, Director of Sustainability & Partnerships at BBVA Mexico, Cristina Chuck Hernández, Research Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences and Carlo Andrés Altamirano Allende, Director of Frontier Science at the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation. Moderator: Lucila Elena Bracho Salazar, Director of Strategic Linkage Tec R&D
14:45 - 15:40	Women in Science Panel.: Female Scientific Leadership in Times of Complexity Panelists: Larisa Cruz Ornelas, General Director of Science and Technological Development of the Government of the State of Jalisco; Ana Acosta, Quality and Technical Manager at Colgate-Palmolive; Carolina Senés Guerrero, Research Professor of the School of Engineering and Sciences Moderator: Paloma Vargas Montes, Research Professor of the School of Humanities and Education
15:45 - 16:45	Tec Talks: Inspiring the Future of Science and Innovation - Sowing Innovation, Harvesting Sustainability Speaker: Ashutosh Sharma, Director of Regional Bioengineering Department - Transforming our cities is possible (and urgent) Speaker: Roberto Ponce López, Research Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Government - From Life to Science: A Journey to Cure Blindness Speaker: Judith Zavala Arcos, Research Professor at the School of Medicine - Invisible and Invincible? The Battle Against Superbugs Speaker: María Luisa del Prado Audelo, Research Professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences. Moderator: Víctor Calzadillas Morales, Independent consultant for SMEs and early-stage startups
16:50 - 17:45	Conference and Discussion. The Impact and Opportunities of Interdisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity, and Pansciplinarity in the Construction of Science Speakers: Rafael Reif, Former President of MIT and Feniosky Peña Mora, Executive Vice President of Research
17:45 - 17:55	Closing Message for Tec Science Summit Juan Pablo Murra, Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey