Executive summary: EA UPY’s coordinated and active participation in EAGx CDMX 2025 fostered individual growth, community building, and meaningful connections, with strong pre-event preparation enabling a highly impactful experience for members.
Key points:
EA UPY comprised 17.6% of EAGx CDMX attendees, with 34 participants—mostly students and professionals—engaging as speakers, volunteers, and meetup facilitators.
Pre-event preparation, including workshops on career planning and 1-on-1s, helped maximize the impact of participation and was led by Jorge Luis Castillo Ruz and Janeth Valdivia.
EA UPY members led or contributed to key initiatives such as INFOSEC and AI Safety meetups, a panel on community building in Latin America, and the EA Mexico meetup.
Participants reported gaining insights on AI governance, biosecurity, and career development, with many citing motivation and valuable networking as key takeaways.
Connections made at the event are expected to lead to professional opportunities, collaborations, and increased national and global engagement for EA UPY.
Feedback highlighted the value of structured preparation, with suggestions for more institutional support and online prep activities to increase accessibility.
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Executive summary: EA UPY’s coordinated and active participation in EAGx CDMX 2025 fostered individual growth, community building, and meaningful connections, with strong pre-event preparation enabling a highly impactful experience for members.
Key points:
EA UPY comprised 17.6% of EAGx CDMX attendees, with 34 participants—mostly students and professionals—engaging as speakers, volunteers, and meetup facilitators.
Pre-event preparation, including workshops on career planning and 1-on-1s, helped maximize the impact of participation and was led by Jorge Luis Castillo Ruz and Janeth Valdivia.
EA UPY members led or contributed to key initiatives such as INFOSEC and AI Safety meetups, a panel on community building in Latin America, and the EA Mexico meetup.
Participants reported gaining insights on AI governance, biosecurity, and career development, with many citing motivation and valuable networking as key takeaways.
Connections made at the event are expected to lead to professional opportunities, collaborations, and increased national and global engagement for EA UPY.
Feedback highlighted the value of structured preparation, with suggestions for more institutional support and online prep activities to increase accessibility.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.