The StateUp team is proud to announce the third webinar in our Digital Translators webinar series.

Tune in on 1st December to hear from leading experts who are working to digitally transform the public sector in Latin America.

Our partner for this webinar is Unit.

Confirmed speakers:

Alberto Gomez is Co-founder and COO of Irys, a top 100 Smart City Data and Analytics technology company that improves the lives of communities through the use of technology. He is currently a Guest Scholar at the Urban Future Lab at UTSA, and is a professor at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences and Director of the Media, Society, Culture, and Technology Research Group at the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, and founder of the Tamaulipas Media Lab. His work with the 311SA app for the City of San Antonio, Texas, has been recognised with a Smart 50 Award for “Community Engagement Innovation” in the public sector category. He publishes in multiple scholarly journals and is a contributor to the World Economic Forum.

Nicolás Rebolledo is co-founder of UNIT, the strategic and service design unit behind the inception and first innovation strategy of the Laboratorio de Gobierno de Chile. He is a service and strategic designer based in London. His academic and professional practice is concerned with the development and implementation of design-led service innovation processes. An architect from the Catholic University of Chile, he holds an MSc in Technology Entrepreneurship from University College London (UCL) and a PhD in Service Design from the Royal College of Art. Nicolás is Tutor in Service Design, Policy Platform Leader and Director of Xploratory, the Live Lab of Service Design at the Royal College of Art, a research partnership with Telefonica Alpha Health, looking at the use of AI and digital service platforms in the fields of happiness, mental health and wellbeing. He has been teaching fellow at UCL School of Management and visiting lecturer for executive education at Imperial College Business School. He also works as an independent consultant for a diverse range of start-ups, private companies, charities, public institutions and international organisations such as IDB, OECD, British Council, VISA and Amazon.

The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Tanya Filer, founder of StateUp.

About the Digital Translators Series

Too often, the worlds of government and technology can feel disconnected and devoid of a common language. Bridging this gap, the series will bring together leading voices at the intersection of government and technology, crafting conversations between entrepreneurs, public servants, researchers and investors interested in digital innovation with public purpose.

Our partners in the Digital Translators webinar series include UK Parliament, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, the Centre for Science and Policy (University of Cambridge), and Unit.