On March 24th 2022 we had the pleasure to hear from Simón A. Parisca. Simón talked about Eureka, an NGO dedicated to the promotion of innovativeness. Simón Parisca, Venezuelan, is an international consultant on innovation. Originally an engineer graduated from Berkeley he acquired 25 years of experience working in both the private and the public sectors, before using the acquired knowledge and understanding to create the NGO called Eureka.   Presentation Link to the book "Eureka - el encuentro genial"

In this webinar, YSI and Carlota Pérez invited Francisco Sagasti to discuss his experience as President of Peru, while coming from an academic background. In the first half, Dr. Sagasti will talk about “Knowledge, politics and policy: an outsider’s view from the inside”. In the second half, the floor will be open for the audience to interact with the speaker and derive lessons about the challenges and satisfactions in policymaking. Former President of Peru (2020-2021), Dr Sagasti is a fellow at the Wilson Center for International Scholars, senior affiliated researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) and professor at the Graduate School of the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima,…

For our November meeting, we had the pleasure of hosting Edelweiss Ritt (bio below) to talk about the semiconductor industry and policy in Brazil. This is a topic of much debate in Latin America as the only microchip fab in the region - the state-owned CEITEC - is being liquidated by the Brazilian government. Presenter's bio: Executive with strong business experience in the electronics industry, Edelweis started her career at Agilent Germany working in chip design. She worked for companies such as CEITEC, Semikron Brasil, Atacama Ventures and Unitec Semiconductors. Invited in 2018 to join HT Micron as responsible for institutional relations and strategic alliances, Edelweis has a degree in Computer…