About Barbara
MY PURPOSE: "To democratize access to innovation knowledge for the creation of virtuous organizations that inspire and mobilize leaders to make things happen."
Barbara Silva is an entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems builder and advisor in Innovation and Emerging Technologies in Latin America. She has participated in various advisory boards to drive research and development, as well as the internationalization of innovations. Additionally, she has provided guidance to leaders, governments, and companies in designing new models in the Digital Era. With an outstanding international career, she has lived, studied, and worked in Chile, Mexico, and the United States, and her work has taken her across almost all of Latin America.
While pursuing her postgraduate studies in Silicon Valley in 2012, Barbara Silva founded BeSTinnovation with the goal of bridging the gap between global innovation ecosystems and Latin America. Furthermore, in 2013, she founded HER GLOBAL IMPACT, the first innovation academy for Spanish-speaking women. Currently, HER GLOBAL IMPACT is a platform that provides training, connections, and visibility to entrepreneurs and professional women who are reinventing themselves in the digital era.
In 2016, Barbara Silva introduced the Singularity vision to Latin America, actively fostering high-level discussions and public-private agendas regarding the impact of emerging technologies on business and public policies.
Her ability to develop and promote virtuous innovation ecosystems in Latin America has earned Barbara Silva numerous awards and recognitions such as leader on innovation, science and technology from Women Economic Forum and the Asia Pacific Forum. Currently serves as Chair of the Industry and Development Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Senate of Chile
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Barbara Silva has served as a jury member of the Cartier Women's Initiative for five years and currently holds the position of Community Leader for Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, she was the first Latina to participate in the G8 Young Summit in London in 2013.
Barbara Silva was a trailblazer as the first Chilean to study at Singularity University and Draper University in Silicon Valley, when both organizations were in their early stages. She has had the opportunity to learn from notable figures such as Peter Diamandis and Tim Draper, and has been inspired by the vision of Trish Costello, founder of Portfolia, and Lore McGovern, founder of the MIT Institute of Neuroscience.
Furthermore, Barbara holds two master's degrees: one in Organizational Psychology and another in Innovation Management, both obtained at UAI (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez).