Armando Guio Español is a lawyer who graduated from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) in 2014 with an Honours Degree. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School (2016) and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Oxford University (2018).
He has advised public and private entities around the world on data protection, AI policy, and innovation matters. He has been actively involved in the design and implementation of AI strategies for several countries in Latin America. Armando designed Colombia’s first AI Strategy and led the development of Colombia’s Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework. He also advised Brazilian authorities on the first proposal for a regulatory sandbox on generative AI. He is currently an active collaborator with the Global Network of Internet & Society Centers (NoC) and is involved in the implementation of its strategic roadmap in the coming years.
He is interested in emerging technologies and the ethical and regulatory challenges they pose. He believes that the regulation of these innovations will be one of the most important discussions of our generation and will be essential for the future of developing countries. Thus, he has focused his work and studies on the design and implementation of regulatory sandboxes.
