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The Rodolfo Rivas Project

Join me in a quest for the perfect conversation. Chronicling International Geneva and beyond. Currently in season eight!

It is a podcast about candid and insightful conversations with talented individuals. Ranked in the top 10% in the world.

Listen to their stories and delve into their views on the challenges and their perspectives on their industries’ future.

Our guests are lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.

Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Chang-fa Lo (former Constitutional Court Justice), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (DG of IUCN), Dr. Peter Van den Bossche (fmr. Chairman of the Appellate Body WTO), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA), Amb. Angel Villalobos (Mexico to WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School & CAS Arbitrator), Johanna Hill (DDG WTO), Edward Kwakwa (ADG at WIPO), Howard Stupp (two-time Pan American gold medalist & fmr. Director of Legal Afrs. at IOC), Marco Aleman (ADG at WIPO), David Bisbee (DPR Mission of US to WTO), Lenka Nahlovska (Secretary Czech Arbitration Court), Barbara Ramos (Chief Research & Strategies ITC), Ralph Ossa (Chief Economist WTO), David Zonana (filmmaker), Amb. James Baxter (Australia to WTO), Amb. Nadia B. Theodore (Canada to WTO), Anna Kazejak (filmmaker), Andreas Koefoed (filmmaker) and Robin Tallendier (Co-Founder Atelier Wen).

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Marco M. Aleman Feb 27, 2021

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Season 3 Episode 3 - My guest is Marco M. Aleman, Assistant Director General at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In my conversation with Marco, we cover a lot of ground. He starts by talking about growing up in Colombia and how his interest in public service had its roots back then. He tells us how he got interested in the law and Intellectual Property, a new subject at the time. Marco describes his experience working for Colombia’s Industrial Property Office and how he eventually got to Geneva and WIPO via Munich and the Max Plank Institute. From there, we discuss his new role at WIPO, which focuses on innovation ecosystems and assisting SMEs in commercializing IP. It was a great conversation where we touched on many other topics as well. I hope you enjoy it! Please listen in. If you enjoyed this conversation, please let us know by liking, subscribing, and/or review. The Rodolfo Rivas Project is available on all major platforms and you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. Featuring: Marco Aleman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-m-alem%C3%A1n/ WIPO Sector Leads: https://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/management.jsp Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Ambassador Angel Villalobos Rodriguez Feb 06, 2021

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Season 3 Episode 2 - My guest is Angel Villalobos Rodríguez, Ambassador of Mexico to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, and former Undersecretary of International Trade Negotiations and Director General of Foreign Investment at the Ministry of Economy in Mexico. In our conversation, Amb. Villalobos talks about growing up in Aguascalientes and moving to Nuevo Leon at an early age. He delves into what it is to have a large family and how he got into Economics and then teaching. Amb. Villalobos traces his journey through Northwestern University, into the private sector, and then jumping to the public sector, where he has found the calling of public service. Ángel tells us about what he views as his most significant accomplishment during his time as Undersecretary. From there, we pretty much go over his thoughts on some of the latest developments and challenges facing the WTO and the prospects of progress in the near future. Please listen in! If you enjoyed this conversation, please let us know by liking, subscribing, and/or review. The Rodolfo Rivas Project is available on all major platforms and you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. Featuring: Angel Villalobos Rodríguez (https://www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/angel-villalobos-rodriguez-named-as-mexico-s-representative-to-wto?idiom=en) (LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/angel-villalobos-rodr%C3%ADguez-89463029/ ) Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Edward Kwakwa Jan 31, 2021

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Season 3 Episode 1 - My guest is Edward Kwakwa, Assistant Director General at WIPO. This is the first episode of our third season. The second season did not go as planned, and I ended up recording very few episodes. That is something that I really want to fix this season. To kickstart it, I am honored to host Edward Kwakwa. We have been meaning to have this conversation for some time now, and I am delighted we finally managed to sit down and talk. Edward has had a pretty International life, born in Ghana and then traveling to Canada and the US to study. He worked in a US law firm for some time and eventually made his way to Geneva. In Geneva, he was supposed to be here for one year but ended up staying for good. He has worked in many organizations in his professional experience, including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Trade Organization. In our conversation, he explains the role of WIPO and delves a bit into his new portfolio, which includes many global challenges such as climate change and global health. All in all, it was a fascinating and informative conversation that flew by! Please stick around! If you enjoyed this conversation, please let us know by liking, subscribing, and/or review. The Rodolfo Rivas Project is available on all major platforms and you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. Featuring: Edward Kwakwa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-kwakwa-5118a2159/ WIPO Sector Leads: https://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/activities_by_unit/management.jsp Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Manuel Sanchez Sep 06, 2020

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Season 2 Episode 4 - My guest is Manuel Sanchez, the CEO, and founder of Enloya, he is also a very good friend. Although we have known each other for many years, I tried to explore some new ground during our conversation. There are certainly many parallels between his professional life and mine, so hopefully, this turned out to be insightful and interesting. Manuel talks about how he got interested in International Public Law, and specifically Economic Law, pretty early on and how this brought him to Geneva. He also shares his experience working for the Mexican Government, mainly in Anti-Dumping proceedings. After his LL.M. at Georgetown, he made his way back to Geneva, where he worked at the WTO, and also happened to be the point in time where I met him. After this, if it wasn’t interesting yet, he got bit by the start-up bug and he is currently trying to balance it out with his Ph.D. studies. I hope you enjoy it. If you enjoyed this conversation, please let us know by liking, subscribing, and/or review. The Rodolfo Rivas Project is available on all major platforms and you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. Featuring: Manuel Sanchez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawyermarketplace/ Manuel Sanchez: @manuloya Enloya: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enloyalaw/ Enloya: https://www.enloya.com/ Enloya: https://www.facebook.com/Enloya Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Dr. Jesus Seade Kuri Jul 23, 2020

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Season 2 Episode 3 - We are back! My guest is Dr. Jesus Seade (@JesusSeade), Under-Secretary for North-America and Chief Negotiator for the USMCA. He is one of the candidates to succeed Roberto Azevedo as Director General of the WTO. Dr. Seade has been involved in trade and multilateral affairs practically all of his professional life and he is truly a global citizen. In our conversation, I tried to learn a bit more about him as well as his vision on the Multilateral Trading System, the WTO, the ongoing COVID19 pandemic the WTO’s staff, and ultimately what is his motivation for becoming the WTO’s DG. If you enjoyed this conversation, please let us know by liking, subscribing, and/or review. The Rodolfo Rivas Project is available on all major platforms and you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. Featuring: Dr. Jesus Seade Kuri, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesusseade/ @JesusSeade Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Roy Santana Feb 01, 2020

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Season 2 Episode 2 - My guest is Roy Santana, a Counsellor at the Market Access Division at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Our conversation delves into a variety of other topics, such as how Roy, after studying Economics and Law became interested in International Trade. He traces his path from Costa Rica, the Ministry of Foreign Trade, through NYU and eventually the WTO. Roy is a self-defined “trade nerd” and discusses how dabbling in the history of international trade and negotiations can inform our decisions today. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. If you like the show, please let us know by liking, subscribing and/or reviewing. You are in for a treat, please listen in! Featuring: Roy Santana, https://ch.linkedin.com/in/roy-santana-9098075 Couple of stories mentioned by Roy during the episode: - Quarantine origins: https://bit.ly/2UkpzQf - Trade nerd view on the HBO miniseries "Chernobyl": https://bit.ly/2v1734y Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Petros Mavroidis Jan 06, 2020

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Season 2 Episode 1 - My guest in the first episode of the second season is Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign & Comparative Law Professor at Columbia Law School, leading International Trade academic and CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) Arbitrator. Our conversation delves into a variety of other topics, such as how Petros became a Professor, how the WTO has evolved, his views on the WTO as an institution and what are some of his thoughts on the future of the WTO. He also shares how he got into sports arbitration at CAS and how he really enjoys this part of his work, at one point he even gives a shout-out to Giannis Antetokounmpo, his co-national and reigning NBA MVP! Before concluding he tells us how he manages to fit all this work as well as continuing to research and write on a variety of topics. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here belong to the individuals sharing them and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers. If you like the show, please let us know by liking, subscribing and/or reviewing. You are in for a treat, please listen in! Featuring: Petros Mavoridis, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=202909, author, The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 1; The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 2 and The Regulation of International Trade, Volume 3 (forthcoming) Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Elisa Pasquali Dec 01, 2019

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Season 1 Episode 17 - In this, the last episode of the first season, I am hosting Elisa Pasquali. She was raised in Guadalajara and also attended the American School, then went on to MIT to become an engineer. She then worked in Silicon Valley for some years before moving to Europe. She is currently the Founder and CEO of Arcadia which aims to provide peer-to-peer cash transfer and other financial services to refugees. In our conversation we talk about growing up, sticking to your goals, raising children in Switzerland and some of the most important lessons learned at MIT, Silicon Valley and now running a company. Listen in! Featuring: Elisa Pasquali (Twitter: @ArcadiaBlkchn); CEO https://www.arcadiablockchain.com/ Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

David H. Bernstein Oct 22, 2019

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Season 1 Episode 16 – David H. Bernstein, Chair of Debevoise’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. David is one of the leading voices in Intellectual Property law and he stopped by for a conversation during his trip to Geneva to celebrate the UDRP’s 20th anniversary at WIPO. He shares how he got interested in the law, his first brushes with Intellectual Property, his involvement with the UDRP, how to lead a successful law firm and the importance of having mentors and being a mentor. Listen in! Featuring: David Bernstein (Twitter: @dhbernst); https://www.debevoise.com/davidbernstein Host: Rodolfo Rivas (Twitter: @rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

Luke Lorentzen Sep 29, 2019

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Season 1 Episode 14 - In this episode we talk to filmmaker Luke Lorentzen. He presented his new documentary “Midnight Family” at the Zurich Film Festival. The film chronicles the Ochoa family and how they run a private ambulance in Mexico City. It is a really interesting and powerful film. In this conversation we talk to Luke about how he got into filmmaking, his previous projects and we discuss his latest film. We do try to stay away from spoilers, but we did go into some details, so proceed at your own risk. Hope you enjoy the episode and the film as well. Listen in. Featuring: Luke Lorentzen (Twitter: @LorentzenLuke) at https://lukelorentzen.com/, latest film https://midnightfamilyfilm.com/ Host: Rodolfo Rivas (@rivasrod) About The Rodolfo Rivas Project: Conversations with talented individuals (lawyers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, filmmakers, etc.) in International Geneva and beyond with 3 seasons so far. Some of our guests include: Dr. Willy Mutunga (former Chief Justice Kenya), Dr. Grethel Aguilar (Acting DG of IUCN), Jesus Seade (Undersecretary for North America Mexico’s MFA) Amb. Roberto Zapata (Mexico to the WTO), Petros Mavoridis (Columbia Law School), Edward Kwakwa (Assistant DG at WIPO), David Zonana (filmmaker). Available at: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, SoundCloud, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher etc. Follow Us: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/therodolforivasproject/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodolforivasproject Instagram: @therodolforivasproject

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