Jean García Periche is the co-founder and President of GENIA Latinoamérica, a research and development (R&D) regional platform with the mission of including Latin America into the global development of Artificial Intelligence. Through GENIA, Jean is leading the LATAM 4.0 Coalition, which integrates businesses, startups, universities, NGOs and governments to implement a Regional AI Strategy in Latin America. He is a Political Scientist and Economist with postgraduate studies in Exponential Technologies and Public Administration, a Masters in Artificial Intelligence for Public Services, a Masters in Cognitive Science, and is currently a PhD candidate in Complexity Science. Jean is a Fellow from Singularity University at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, a member of the Executive Board of the Global AI Ethics Institute, sits on the Global Advisory Board of the International Group of Artificial Intelligence, and was an AI Policy Affiliate at The Future Society,. He is also part of the US Department of State and the Atlantic Council’s AI Connect Network.
