Dr. Karen Lorena Bruges Solorzano

Dr. Karen Lorena Bruges Solorzano

Dr. Karen Lorena Brugés Solórzano (Doctor Honoris Causa) is an international ecosystem builder, author, technology entrepreneur, and global leader dedicated to reimagining the future of food systems through Artificial Intelligence, the Amber Economy, and collaborative economic models that strengthen food security while creating value for people and communities.

She leads international initiatives that bring together governments, businesses, academia, international organizations, entrepreneurs, and civil society to foster strategic collaboration, advance innovation, and accelerate scalable solutions that strengthen global food security and support the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.

She is the Founder and CEO of MIYITAS, the world’s first AI-powered Social Food Club and the first technology platform built on the principles of the Amber Economy. More than a marketplace, MIYITAS serves as the digital infrastructure of the Amber Economy—a collaborative ecosystem where people can buy, sell, share, exchange, donate, request food, discover local producers, participate in gastronomic experiences, access educational content, build trusted community networks, and generate economic opportunities. By integrating Artificial Intelligence with community participation, MIYITAS preserves Food Value, strengthens local food ecosystems, and empowers communities to become active contributors to a world with Zero Hunger.

She is the co-author, together with Dr. Mónica Colín de Velázquez, of the book Food Impact Economy: Toward an Amber Economy, which introduces the Amber Economy—an emerging economic framework that recognizes food not merely as a commodity, but as one of humanity’s most strategic assets. The Amber Economy promotes the preservation of Food Value, recognizing that every food item simultaneously generates human, nutritional, economic, social, territorial, and environmental value while maximizing its positive impact for people, communities, and future generations.

She is also the creator of the HESET Model (Human, Economic, Social, Environmental, and Technological), an interdisciplinary framework developed through more than two decades of international leadership across technology, entrepreneurship, education, women’s leadership, innovation, sustainable development, and food systems. The HESET Model integrates these five dimensions to drive solutions that reduce inequalities, expand opportunities, and generate sustainable impact through innovation, collaboration, and digital transformation.

Throughout her career, she has applied the HESET Model to develop initiatives that connect technology, education, entrepreneurship, leadership, and social innovation. Among these is Mujeres Violeta, a platform dedicated to advancing women’s leadership through initiatives including Violeta HUB, MujeresVioleta.TV, Academia Violeta, and the Violeta Film Fest—the first international film festival built around categories that connect Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) with corporate participation.

She also served as President of the Women Economic Forum Colombia and currently serves as President of the Women Economic Forum California, promoting international cooperation, innovation, and women’s economic leadership.

As an internationally recognized keynote speaker, she has participated in high-level forums including the Paris Peace Forum, OECD events, dialogues related to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), leadership forums at Harvard University, Global Leadership by Women, and Women Economic Forum summits across Latin America, North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

For more than two decades, she has worked at the intersection of technology, human development, economic innovation, and cross-sector collaboration, designing models, platforms, and international initiatives that reduce structural gaps, democratize opportunities, and create scalable solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Today, her work converges around three interconnected contributions: the HESET Model, a framework for inclusive and sustainable development; the Amber Economy, a new economic paradigm based on the preservation of Food Value; and MIYITAS, the first technology platform of the Amber Economy, transforming these principles into practical solutions through Artificial Intelligence, innovation, and community collaboration.

Dr. Karen Lorena Brugés Solórzano is helping build a new generation of systems where Artificial Intelligence strengthens communities, Food Value becomes a new measure of prosperity, and technology accelerates the path toward a world with Zero Hunger.