Presentations & Panels

FORTHCOMING:

• Panelist. Informational sovereignty: Website infrastructure dependency and geopolitical risk in Latin America. Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS). Salerno (May 2025)  [see manuscript].

• Panelist. Infrastructural Power: How governments are managing internet points of control. Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS). Salerno (May 2025) [see manuscript].

• Panelist. Infrastructural Power and the return of Non-Alignment: Internet centralization as geopolitical gatekeeping. Pre-ICA Conference at the University of Denver. Denver (June 2025)

• Panelist. Online newspapers and infrastructural dependency in Latin America. International Communication Association (ICA). Denver (June 2025). [see manuscript].

• Panelist. Disarming the propaganda Machines.  International Political Science Association (IPSA). Seoul. (July 2025)

CONCLUDED PRESENTATIONS______________________________________________________

2025

• Lightning Talk. Re-networking internet infrastructure to achieve strategic autonomy. State of The Net, Washington DC., February 11. [Recording]
• Panelist. Infrastructure Power: How governments are reshaping global internet points of control. Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), Honolulu, Hawaii, January 19-22. 

2024

• Workshop presenter. Technology for active non-alignment. The Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS) at Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, December 8-10.
• Panelist. Disarming the propaganda machines. The Hague Program on International Cyber Security, Democracy and Cyberspace, The Hague, Netherlands, November 12-13.
• Poster presentation. The case for a Critical Media Infrastructure Monitor: Analysing the control points reshaping the media model and market. Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC). Washington D.C., September 19-21.
• Meetup presenter. Decolonising data infrastructures. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16-19.

2023

• Panelist. Non-aligned technological movements: Towards a sustainable digital future. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Honolulu, November 8-11.
• Speaker. The weaponization of communication infrastructure: A historical overview- Symposium in Cybersecurity & Public Policy. Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, March 31.
• Speaker. Towards informational disarmament. FORGE NYU, New York, November 2-5.
• Poster presentation. Shark Patterns: Recording how apps engage with browser choice. Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC). Washington D.C., September 21-23.
• Panelist. Shark Patterns: How apps are eating up the web. Renmin University Student Symposium. Beijing, China, July 27-31.
• Panelist. The weaponization of corporate infrastructure. International Political Science Association (IPSA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 15-19.
• Workshop Co-coordinator. Funding patterns in nonprofits: Challenges and strategies. RightsCon, San José, Costa Rica, Remote participation, June 5-8.

2022

• Panelist. Datafication and the reorganization of the category “individual.”, Society for Social Studies of Science (4s), Puebla, Mexico, December 7-10.
• Panelist. The weaponization of the internet. Society for Social Studies of Science (4s), Puebla, Mexico, December 7-10.
• Panelist. Shark Patterns: How high are the walls around your walled garden? Global Digital Cultures Conference, University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1-2. 
• Lightning Talk - The weaponization of Corporate Infrastructure [Recording]- UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, remote participation, November 28 - December 2.
• Panelist. Translating principles into practice: The Contract for the Web. Digital Constitutionalism Network Symposium, CAIS, Bochum, Germany, June 27-30.
• Workshop Co-coordinator. Funding patterns in nonprofits: Challenges and strategies. RightsCon, online conference, June 6-10.
• Panelist. The weaponization of corporate infrastructure. Platform Governance, Sovereignty and the Return of Governance for Digital Platforms, International Communication Association Pre-Conference, remote participation, May 25-26. 

2021

• Workshop Co-coordinator. Digital colonialism? Re-thinking metaphors and practices in a context of cyber power. RightsCon, online conference, June 7-11.
• Panel Moderator. Strategies to guarantee the right to access to the internet. RightsCon, online conference, June 7-11.

2020

• Panelist. How can AI be used for promoting & monitoring development in Latin America? AI Latin American SumMIT, MIT, Cambridge, MA. January 23.

2019

• Panelist. Human-centered design and open data: how to improve AI. UN’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Berlin, Germany, November 25-29.
• Panelist. Digital language divide. RightsCon, Tunis, Tunisia, June 11-14.
• Panelist. Public algorithms Open Government Partnership, Ottawa, Canada, May 29-31.

2018

• Co-Chair. Centralization, decentralization & re-centralization: Breaking the Cycle (with Cory Doctorow and Primavera DeFilippi), Decentralised Web Summit, San Francisco, July 30-August 2.
• Panelist. Data ethics & AI. International Open Data Conference (IODC), Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 27-28.
• Workshop Co-coordinator Borges & the future of open data.International Open Data Conference (IODC). Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 27-28.
• Speaker. Open data & AI: Opportunities and limitations. Open Government Partnership (OGP), Tbilisi, Georgia, July 17-18.

2016

• Panelist. Markets, communities & public policies for internet access and Human Rights. [Recording] United Nations’ Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Guadalajara, México, December 6-9.
• Panelist. Open data in the developing world: Who is it for? TicTec Conference on Civic Technology, Barcelona, Spain, April 27-28.

2013

• Poster presentation. Opening data to crowdsource the monitoring of judicial appointments International Media Party, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 29-31.
• Panelist. The Transparent Contests Initiative: tools and outcomes. AbreLatam Conference on Open Data, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 26.

2025

• Panelist. Scanning the Horizon: The Future of Digital Rights & Resilience in the Global Majority.  The Global Network of Social Justice and Digital Resilience (supported by the Ford Foundation), Online, March 20. [Synthesis]

2024

• Panelist. Artificial intelligence and democracy: Contemporary challenges and perspectives. School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, May 30-31.
• Speaker. Global trends in politics, technology and funding that are shaping the digital rights ecosystem. The Global Network of Social Justice and Digital Resilience (Ford Foundation), Berlin, Germany, April 19-21.
• Workshop session lead. Advancing non-aligned technologies towards a robust decolonial movement. Tierra Común Summit-Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, June 8-9.
• Panelist. AI as a public good: Ensuring democratic control of AI in the information space. Forum on Information and Democracy/Observacom. Santiago de Chile, Chile, remote participation, May 2.
• Guest Lecturer. AI & algorithms in government. AI & Bias Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA, remote participation, January 23.

2023

• Speaker. Risks and opportunities of deploying AI in government. Public Leadership Academy of Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia, remote participation, September 6.
• Guest Lecturer. AI & algorithms in government. AI & Bias Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA, remote participation, January 22.
• Panelist. Curación algorítmica y el creciente control de las plataformas de redes sociales sobre nuestra esfera de información. Observacom, Montevideo, Uruguay, remote participation, October 18.
• Participant. Berkman Klein at 25. Berkman Klein Center, Cambridge, MA, September 8-9.
• Invited Panelist. Desmontando los sesgos en los algoritmos: un diálogo intersectorial. School of Transnational Governance, at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, remote participation, February 2.

2022

• Invited Expert (amicus curiae). Public hearing on zero rating policies and their impact on constitutional rights. Constitutional Court of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, remote participation, November 18.
• Panelist. Sovereign identity crisis. iLit Center at Temple Law School, Philadelphia, November 17.
• Panelist. Informational disarmament and non-alignment. Tierra Comun Summit, Ciudad de México, Mexico, December 5-6.
• Guest Lecturer. AI & algorithms in government: Case studies from Latin America. AI & Bias Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA, remote participation, March 28.
• Participant Future of institutions digital IPCC round-table dialogue. New America, Washington D.C., remote participation, July 27.
• Panelist. Taxes and the redistribution of value by online platforms. Equitable Benefit Sharing Convening. Fundação Gertulio Vargas - Open Society Foundations. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-15.
• Speaker. The weaponization of corporate infrastructure. 6th International Governance Talks. Governance and Policy Think Tank (GPTT), Sharif University of Technology, remote participation, June 22.
• Roundtable discussant. AI and the city - Hosted by the CIRM at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, remote participation, February 10.
• Speaker. How are we connected? Geopolitics & technology. Hosted by Conflux Center for International Cooperation, Belgrade, Serbia,, remote participation, January 25.

2021

• Roundtable discussant. How to protect the Open Internet? With Nick Pickles (Head of Global Policy, Twitter ), Shannon McGregor, (University of North Carolina), Adi Robertson (The Verge). Hosted by Mathew Ingram. Galley, Columbia Journalism Review, remote participation,
• Panelist. Digital Emancipation in Latin America. Stanford Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford, CA, remote participation, May 19.
• Guest Lecturer. Topics in Cyber Law: The Internet, the Web and the Splinternet. Invited by Assistant Prof. Beatriz Botero. Sciences Po. Paris, France, remote participation, March 2.
• Guest Lecturer. Data colonialism, digital colonialism and the quest for a Non Aligned Movement. Invited by Prof. Ivan Petrella. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Buenos Aires, Argentina, remote participation, November 16.
• Panelist. Inteligencia Artificial y su impacto en la libertad de expresión. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)-Article 19, Mexico City, Mexico, remote participation,. January 20.

2020

• Workshop Co-Lead. The Declaration(s) of the Interdependence of Cyberspace. RadicalXChange. San Francisco, CA, remote participation, June 21.
• Speaker. Reimagining the Internet. Something Digital Conference, Brisbane, Australia, remote participation, October 20.
• Speaker. Hacia un movimiento digital de no alineados. Centro de Estudios para la Libertad de Expresión (CELE), Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, remote participation, December 9.
• Guest Lecturer. Un futuro para internet. ODIA-Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, remote participation, October 10. 
• Panelist. La democracia en suspenso. Territorio Digital, Santiago de Chile, Chile, remote participation, September 30.
• Panelist. Towards a Non-Aligned Tech Movement. University of Southern California - ARNIC, Los Angeles, CA, remote participation, October 13. 
• Facilitator. Equitable health futures in AI. Wilton Park-Governing Health Futures 2030, Wilton Park, U.K, remote participation, September 3-4. 
• Guest Lecturer. La Gobernanza de Internet y su actualidad. Maestría en Derecho Digital y Estado de la Universidad Champagnat, Mendoza, Argentina, remote participation, July 31. 
• Panelist. Redes Sociales vs. Debate Público. Observacom-AccessNow, Montevideo, Uruguay, remote participation, June 23. 

2019

• Panelist. Disinformation in electoral contexts. Organization of American States (OAS), Mexico City, Mexico, April 30.
• Roundtable discussant. Digital development and global data law. Guarini Global Law & Tech at New York University (NYU). New York, NY, April 26-27.
• Participant. Facebook Oversight Board Roundtable. Facebook, Mexico City, Mexico, June 7.
• Participant. Content & Jurisdiction Contact Group Roundtables. Internet & Jurisdiction. Paris, France, January 23-24. 

2018

• Speaker. AI opportunities and risks in Low and Middle Income Countries. UNDP Eurasia, Istanbul, Turkey, Webinar, February 9.
• Participant. Trust and Opening Governance. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance, NYU GovLab & Beeck Center, Washington D.C., April 9.
• Panelist. Personal Control over personal data. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance, NYU GovLab, New York, NY, October 16-17.
• Panelist. The Facebook Dilemma. Spaceus, Cambridge, MA., October 5.

2017

• Participant. Designing (Open) Governance. MacArthur Found. Research Network on Opening Governance, NYU GovLab & MindLab, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 21-23.
• Panelist. Algorithmic Accountability and its links to open data. World Economic Forum, New York, September 20.

2014 

• Panelist. The Argentine Ombudsman 20 years after the constitutional reform. Chamber of Deputies of National Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 7.
• Panelist. The Latin American Ombuds Offices and the use of ICTs. Chamber of Senators of National Congress, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 25.

2013

• Panelist. Leveraging ICTs to advocate for change. Punto ONG - ITBA University, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 11.
• Panelist. Creating transparent contests for positions in the Judiciary. Federal Forum of the Council of Magistrates, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 28-29.
• Roundtable Participant. Using social networks for political campaigning and fundraising. US Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 15.
• Panelist. Appointment of Federal Judges in La Rioja. AIRE, La Rioja, Argentina. La Rioja, April 15.
• Panelist. Appointment of Federal Judges in Tucumán. ANDHES, Tucumán, Argentina, April 12.

2012

• Panelist. Why we need a law on access to information National Congress on Access to Information. Mendoza, Argentina, May 9.
• Panelist. Results and insights of Transparent Contests Initiative. 4th Congress on Administrative Law of the City of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24.

2022

• Workshop Co-organizer. Non-Disclosure Agreements and the encroachment on public knowledge. JustLabs. Sedona, Jan 9-12 (funded by Open Society Foundations)

2020

• Workshop Co-Organizer. Building Blocks of Web 3.0. Harvard Berkman Klein Center, Cambridge, MA, March 3-4. (funded by Open Collective)

2019

• Round Table Organizer. To break-up or to Regulate Big Tech: A Private Roundtable with former leadership of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Harvard Berkman Klein Center, Cambridge, MA, August 9.

2017-2020

• Co-organizer. Monthly Luncheon series for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). MIT, Cambridge, MA. Over 20 speakers convened.