Worth It: Seizing the North American Advantage

Hosted by the North Capital Forum

North America's competitive edge in research, talent, and production depends on strong connective tissue between universities, industry, and capital. This conversation brings together leaders from research, manufacturing, and industry to explore how cross-border collaboration — from R&D partnerships to workforce pipelines to supply chain innovation — is shaping what gets built, researched, and commercialized across the region. Panelists will share how their institutions are building the partnerships and talent systems that are already powering North America's next wave of investment and innovation

Dr. Linda Bixby
Chief Research Partnerships Officer, University of Arizona

Jasper Jung
Co-Chair, Mexico Program, Inter-American Dialogue

Carolina Millan
Bureau Chief Mexico, Bloomberg

MODERATOR

Cristina Planter
Undersecretary for North America, SRE, Mexico

Isaías Martínez
President, PepsiCo Mexico Foods