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SUMMARY:FOUND AND IdentIA: Becoming a global hub for innovation in search 
 and human identification
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the presentation of the the results to date of FOU
 ND and IdentIA\, two initiatives addressing the crisis of disappeared pers
 ons in Mexico and Colombia\, working at the intersection of technology\, p
 olicy and the lived experience of searching families.\n\nFOUND (Interpreta
 r la Naturaleza para Encontrar a Quienes nos Faltan) combines remote sensi
 ng\, geophysics\, soil science and artificial intelligence with the territ
 orial knowledge of searching families to support institutional search prac
 tices\; identIA applies artificial intelligence to support the identificat
 ion of deceased persons through their tattoos. Co-developed with searching
  families\, both initiatives have grown into formal collaborations with na
 tional authorities\, including training and embedding tools at Mexico's Na
 tional Search Commission (CNB) and Colombia's Search Unit (UBPD). Together
 \, they aim to become a global hub for innovation in search and human iden
 tification.\n\nInternational support and partnerships have been indispensa
 ble to this trajectory\, a dimension the session explores with Harriet Tho
 mpson\, Foreign\, Commonwealth & Development Office\, and Mariela Garfias\
 , British Embassy\, Mexico City. The session closes with a reflection on m
 emory\, care and ethics in research with families of the disappeared\, led
  by Professor Brad Evans\, University of Bath\, FOUND's ethics advisor.\n\
 nHosted by Ciaran Martin\, Professor of Practice in the Management of Publ
 ic Organisations\, Blavatnik School of Government\, speakers include:\n\nH
 arriet Thompson\, Director for the Americas at the Foreign\, Commonwealth 
 & Development Office (FCDO)\nMariela Garfias\, Head of Programmes\, Britis
 h Embassy in Mexico City\nMiguel Moctezuma\, Co-Director of FOUND\nÁngel 
 Serrano\, Data and Technology Coordinator at LAB-CO\; lead developer of id
 entIA\nBrad Evans\, FOUND’s Ethics Advisor\; Professor of Political Viol
 ence\, University of Bath
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LOCATION:Blavatnik School of Government\, Blavatnik School of Government R
 adcliffe Observatory Quarter  Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Professor Ciaran Martin (Blavatnik School of Government)\, Harriet
  Thompson (Director Americas\, FCDO)\, Mariela Garfias (Head of Programmes
 \, British Embassy in Mexico City)\, Miguel Moctezuma (Co-Founder and Co-D
 irector\, FOUND)\, Ángel Serrano (Data and Technology Coordinator\, LAB-C
 O)\, Brad Evans (Professor of Political Violence & Aesthetics\, University
  of Bath)
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