A conversation with Luis Videgaray, director of MIT AI POLICY FOR THE
WORLD PROJECT AND FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER OF MEXICO ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
LUIS VIDEGARAY is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of
Management and the director of MIT AI Policy for the World Project.
Prior to coming to MIT, he served as the foreign minister and finance
minister of Mexico. As foreign minister (2017-18) he led Mexico’s
relationship with the Trump White House, including the successful
renegotiation of the NAFTA (now USMCA). He is one of the founders of
the Lima Group, created to promote regional diplomatic efforts towards
restoring democracy in Venezuela, and conducted Mexico’s leading
role in the UN towards an inclusive debate on AI and other new
technologies. He holds a PhD in Economics from MIT.
DISCUSSANT:
KENNETH OYE is a professor of political science (School of Humanities
Arts and Social Sciences) and data systems and society (School of
Engineering) and director of the Program on Emerging Technologies
(PoET) at the Center for International Studies. His work focuses on on
international relations, political economy and technology policy. He
is a faculty affiliate of the MIT Synthetic Biology Center, the Center
for Biomedical Innovation, and the Internet Policy Research
Initiative. He chairs biosafety committees for iGEM and the Broad
Institute Biofoundry and has served as an invited expert to the UN
BWC, WHO, PCAST and NRC.
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