Cybersecurity on the Final Frontier: Protecting Our Critical Space Assets from Cyber Threats

Wednesday, July 14 // 3–4:30pm (ET)

Our overwhelming reliance on space technology puts us in a precarious position. Like any other increasingly digitized critical infrastructure, satellites and other space-based assets are vulnerable to cyberattacks. These concerns are no longer merely hypothetical and, if not mitigated, could interfere with the space-enabled technology we take for granted in our day-to-day lives as well as national security and global economic development broadly.

This event will offer expert insights into understanding and navigating the increasingly contested cyber threat landscape in space, including threat vectors unique to a space cyber attack, and high-level drivers necessary for hardening our critical space systems.

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Monday, July 12 // 4–5:30pm (ET)

Pulitzer-winning historian Kai Bird (The Good Spy) discerns much positive achievement in Carter’s one-term presidency, including airline deregulation that made flying cheap; prescient energy policies that boosted domestic energy supplies and solar power; human rights initiatives, and the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement. Bird skillfully paints Carter as a mix of genuine idealism and “clear-eyed ruthlessness” behind a folksy facade, and shrewdly analyzes the forces of stagflation, deindustrialization, and U.S. imperial decline—capped by the Iran hostage crisis—that hobbled him. The result is a lucid, penetrating portrait that should spur reconsideration of Carter’s much-maligned presidency.

North American Development Bank 25th Anniversary Event

Tuesday, July 13 // 11:30am–12:30pm (ET)

Join the Mexico Institute and the North American Development Bank (NADB) for an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of NADB during which our speakers will address the importance of development in the region, as well as pathways for future expansion of the Bank's scope.

Uruguay’s Technology Sector and the Future of Fintech in Latin America

Wednesday, July 14 // 10–11am (ET)

What is the future of fintech in Latin America? How will expanding access to financial services help the region recover from the pandemic? How can governments replicate Uruguay’s success in attracting talent and investment to its technology sector? Join the Latin American Program to discuss lessons from Uruguay’s technology sector and the implications for fintech in Latin America.

Tokyo and the Long Game for the Olympics

Wednesday, July 14 // 11am–12pm (ET)

Join us for a discussion on how the Olympics have shaped the political dynamics within Japan, and the challenges as well as opportunities for Japan becoming the first country to host the Games during a pandemic.

Going Digital Series: Latin America’s Digital Workforce

Thursday, July 15 // 11:30am–12:30pm (ET)

As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted everyday activities in Latin America, it accelerated a shift toward digitization across diverse sectors. The question now is how Latin American governments build upon these changes and create incentives for further digitization, encourage private investment, maintain and increase a skilled digital workforce, protect online privacy, and improve cybersecurity in ways that speed the region’s economic recovery and diversification.