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Practice Areas
Advisory, research, speaking, and fellowship engagements at the intersection of AI governance, digital policy, and gender equity in technology.
ADVISORY
Isabel advises boards and investment committees on AI governance, algorithmic risk, and the accountability dimensions of technology-driven decisions.
Her advisory work focuses on identifying governance gaps before they translate into reputational, regulatory, or economic exposure, with particular attention to the structural conditions of Latin American and emerging market contexts, including high informality, fragmented regulation, and gender inequities in data representation.
RESEARCH, POLICY & FELLOWSHIPS
Isabel publishes and contributes to policy research on algorithmic accountability, digital equity, and AI governance in Latin America. She is open to research collaborations with academic institutions, think tanks, and policy organizations working on responsible AI, democratic accountability, and the governance of automated decision systems in emerging markets.
She actively engages with fellowship programs and policy clinics working at the frontier of AI governance and digital policy, particularly those that bridge practitioner experience with rigorous policy methodology and address the specific governance challenges of Latin America and the Global South.
SPEAKING & EXPERT PANELS
Isabel speaks at international conferences, corporate events, and policy forums on AI governance, algorithmic bias, gender equity in technology, and the governance of investment ecosystems in Latin America.
She brings a practitioner's perspective that connects institutional governance to the structural realities of emerging markets. Available for keynotes, panel participation, and moderation in English and Spanish.
Advisory, Research & Speaking
Isabel Velarde works with investors, boards, and institutions on the governance and accountability dimensions of technology-driven decisions. Her work focuses on the intersection of algorithmic risk, institutional oversight, and gender equity in technology ecosystems across Latin America and globally.
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AI Governance Advisory for Boards and Investors
Organizations deploying or investing in AI-enabled systems face governance risks that are not yet well mapped in most institutional frameworks: algorithmic bias, opaque decision criteria, data gaps, and accountability failures that translate into measurable reputational and economic exposure. Drawing on experience advising boards and investment committees across Latin America and global networks, Isabel works with senior leadership teams to identify these risks before they materialize, evaluate the governance readiness of AI-enabled business models, and build accountability structures calibrated to the structural conditions of emerging market contexts, including high informality, fragmented regulation, and gender inequities in data representation.
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Gender Equity & Algorithmic Bias in Technology Ecosystems
Automated systems deployed in hiring, credit, investment screening, and social program allocation frequently reproduce structural gender inequities through proxy variables that standard audits do not detect. Drawing on her role as President of the Gender Equality in Technology Committee at WBAF and on published research on algorithmic accountability in Latin America, Isabel advises organizations, investors, and policy bodies on how to identify these mechanisms, what governance conditions would interrupt them, and how to build data strategies adequate to the populations and markets that existing systems cannot evaluate.
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Keynote Speaking & Expert Panels
Isabel speaks at international conferences, corporate events, and policy forums on AI governance, algorithmic accountability, gender equity in technology, and the governance of investment ecosystems in Latin America. Her perspective is grounded in practitioner experience across consulting, angel investing, multilateral institutions, and public policy, offering audiences a view that connects institutional governance to the structural realities of emerging markets. Available for keynotes, panel participation, and moderation in English and Spanish.