Guillem Martínez Roura

Guillem Martínez Roura

Guillem is the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics Programme Officer at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for digital technologies. He drives initiatives that shape the future role of AI and robotics in solving global challenges.

With over a decade of experience in robotics, Guillem’s journey began with his participation in international robotics tournaments across Asia, Europe, and North America. At the age of 15, he co-founded ROBOCAT, an educational robotics competition that promoted learning in robotics and coding among youth from diverse backgrounds, regardless of socio-economic status or academic ability. For more than eight years, he led this initiative, transforming it from a grassroots project into a leading open-source robotics championship that engaged thousands of young students annually.

Before joining ITU at the age of 23, he served as the EU Policy Assistant at the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the European Union and as the International Relations Assistant at the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to Switzerland. He also worked as a legal trainee at Montesinos Abogados.

Guillem is a Global Shaper, a Sigma Squared Society Fellow, and a Nova member. He has been an European Commission Expert Evaluator and Reviewer, a Diplocat Scholar, an EU Careers Student Ambassador, a EUTOPIA Student Career Ambassador, POLITICO’s EU Studies and Career Fair Ambassador, a UNICAT Ambassador, and a member of the 1st EUSALP Youth Council.

On the academic front, Guillem holds a double bachelor’s degree in Law and Business Management and Administration from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He also participated in the one-year Swiss-European Mobility Program in Law at the University of Geneva, earning a Certificate in Transnational Law. He completed a master’s degree in International Law at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, and participated in the 59th Graduate Study Program at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

He has been a speaker at leading global tech, AI, and robotics events, including the AI and Big Data Congress Barcelona, AI Expo Africa, AI Policy Summit, AI House Davos, Davos Innovation Week, European Robotics Forum, EmpoderaLIVE, GAIN Summit, Geneva IP and Digital Law Career Forum, Mobile World Congress, Smart City Expo World Congress, WSIS, Swiss Robotics Day, iREX, and Youth Mobile Festival.

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    AI and Robotics Programme Officer
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