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Award-winning Colombian-born entrepreneur with more than 7 years of practical experience in data and technology platforms and more than 20 years in executive roles. Spatial Computing expert and developer. She is obsessed with having more women prepared to solve problems with technology.

Co-founder of XR Americas, a software company that uses spatial computing systems (AR + VR + AI) to improve workforce learning. Co-founder of BCPartners Tech, a consulting firm specializing in digital adoption and transformation. Co-creator of the 4 Dimensional Quotient guide. Co-founder member of Dreamers & Doers. Co-Founder at Brooklyn2Bogota digital transformation community for Hispanic business owners.

Rosario is a member of the SXSW Pitch, XR In Learning, The World Innovation Network – TWIN Tech, Big Data Advisory Board of Rutgers University, and a member of the Board of Directors of Artizen Premium VR Grant.
She has been a Business Mentor at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, Mentor of Mujeres Tech and the WE NYC program, Founder Institute, Harvard Ventures, and Mentor Makers of Nasdaq entrepreneurial center.

She has been a speaker at TEDx, NAB Show, Augmented World Expo, The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, VRAR Summit, The World Innovation Network TWIN Global, EnlightEd, IioT World, SingularityU, among others.

In 2017 she was named one of the 100 World Disruptors in New York City by the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship; 2019, she was named one of the 5 “Legendary Women 2020” in Innovation/Technology by the Ford Motor Company and selected by the OBO Movement as one of the 100 Innovators 2020.

Her story was included in the books: “Hispanic Stars Rising: The New Face of Power” and “Behind Her Vision: Women of New York City”. In addition, she was featured by Forbes, Crunchbase, Business Insider, NatGeo, Telemundo, Thrive Global, among others.

Former CEO of the Senseta Group, a Silicon Valley company at the forefront of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning technologies.

She is happily married to Felipe Forero-Hauzeur.

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Agustina Cervera is the Founder and Principal of Spear Head architecture + design. She moved to New York City in 2010 after graduating as an architect. As a first-time immigrant with little to no network to support her professional goals, Agustina relied on her resourcefulness to realize her dreams of working and living in the most exciting city in the world.

Working for two architecture and design firms in NYC five years provided her with a taste for international markets and well-rounded knowledge of the real estate ecosystem in the main metropolitan areas in the US. In 2015, she approached Spear Head, a New York based construction company, and under her direction, launched a new architecture and design services department. Since its launch, the new department has carved out a prestigious niche in a highly competitive, mostly male-dominated industry by making inroads and establishing the firm as the go-to expert in up-and-coming urban areas such as BedStuy, Bushwick, and Argentina, among others. Agustina’s work is in high demand all over New York City, but it is in Brooklyn where she has made her mark developing residential projects that are best known for their minimalistic, industrial and organic aesthetic that aims to work cohesively with the essence of the community and enhance its richness, not replace it. She views her work as creations carried out because the community is willing to make space for it and therefore embrace it. Spear Head is young, light and flexible. This airiness allows the firm to adapt faster than its competitors in an ever-evolving city and charge above market rate.

Agustina attributes her success to taking a different approach – one that is based on mentorship and not hierarchies. In her own words, “I make a point to collaborate with new talent as equals and motivate them to think outside the box, to be brave and creative in the use of materials to maximize their sustainable potential and to push established boundaries beyond what they conceive to be possible. Many of the young architects that I work with are women. This gives me a chance to use my experience to support their vision and be an advocate on behalf of the dreams others told them they couldn’t own.”

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As an art advisor and the principal of Reiss Klein Partners, Liz Klein provides short- and long-term advice, strategy and access for influential private and institutional collectors around the globe, guiding them in their holdings of modern, post-war and contemporary art.

Since the mid-1990s, she has helped collectors, museums, civic and philanthropic organizations to navigate the art market. Through strong relationships and expert knowledge she provides vision, advice and access to assist both private collectors and public entities to nurture and champion art as well as the environments and patronage that support it.

Liz’s advisory projects have made an impact on vital public institutions through her introduction of and advocacy for established and emerging artists, leading to critical acquisitions and gifts, institutional support and museum exhibitions.

Since 1994, Liz has held various leadership roles as a patron of The Museum of Modern Art & MoMA PS1, including as an Invited Member of The Director’s Circle and Founding Chair of the A+D Circle; as an Invited Member of the Acquisitions Committee of The Bronx Museum of the Arts; as a Founding Advisor of The American Council for Cultural Policy; as ex-officio trustee of Independent Curators International; and as an Invited Member of the Director’s Circle, Triple Canopy.

Liz’s professional experience prior to the founding of Reiss Klein Partners includes various roles at Christie’s and later Sotheby’s, where she rose to the rank of Senior Vice-President, and years working as part of a three-person team developing, maintaining and installing collections of 6,000+ works of art for clients including: a U.S. Fortune 500 multi-national corporation with a diverse portfolio of luxury brands; the United Nations Ambassador’s Residence; The New York Hospital; and the chair of The Museum of Modern Art and founder of Neue Galerie New York.

Having initiated and negotiated acquisitions, loans and sales totaling more than $1 billion on behalf of her clients, she is frequently invited to speak at seminars for family offices, private banks, law firms, and executors of significant trusts and estates on topics including the aesthetics and economics of collecting and market trends.
Liz holds an MBA from Columbia University and a B.A. from Kenyon College. She is a lifelong New Yorker.

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Cate Luzio is the Founder and CEO of Luminary, the premier collaboration hub for women who are passionate about professional development and expanding their networks. This 15,000 square foot meeting space in New York City includes a rooftop deck and two floors of open workspace, conference rooms and meeting space, a fitness studio, beauty bar, locker room, lactation room, prayer/meditation room and much more. Luminary is the ultimate career advocate offering members unparalleled programming from office hours with dynamic leaders to a pioneering speaker series. A long-time advocate for empowering women and girls, Cate serves on the National Board for Girls Inc.

Cate has over twenty years of leadership experience in financial services. Previously, she was the Executive Vice President and Global Head of Multinational Corporate Banking for HSBC managing roughly $2 billion in revenue and teams in 72 countries. Cate also served as a Managing Director and Head of Multinational Corporate Banking at J.P. Morgan. She has received numerous recognitions including being named to the Most Powerful Women in Banking List by American Banker multiple times as well as a two-time recipient of the Financial Times and Heroes Global Diversity Champion in 2017, 2018 as well as Yahoo Finance Heroes Role Model in 2019. Cate was named to Inc.’s 2019 Female Founders 100 List and has also been featured in the Financial Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fast Company, Bloomberg, USA Today, NowThis News, Cheddar, WWD, Robb Report, Women’s Health and more. She is a Forbes and Fast Company contributor.

She holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Maryland. She’s a global traveler having visited more than 114 countries. Cate also sits on the Advisory Board of Girls Inc. NYC as well as the National Board of WaterAid.

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