Shipibo-Conibo leader protecting Indigenous intellectual property through law. Director of IDEARA, OJIRU youth leader, and pursuing bar examination as one of first Shipibo-Conibo lawyers.

Demer has a vision of conserving his culture by protecting and developing Shipibo-Conibo Intellectual Property. He is Director of the Instituto de Desarollo Alternativo Raíces Amazónicas (IDEARA) In Pucallpa, Peru, leader of Shipibo-Conibo youth organization OJIRU, manager of Korin Niwe, a Shipibo-Conibo youth football team, a traveling professor of Social Sciences in remote Shipibo-Conibo communities in the Ucayali River basin, and one year away from completing the Peruvian bar examination to become one of the first few Shipibo-Conibo lawyers.

He recently ran for local governor in Pucallpa, finished as the runner-up, and is running again. Demer is writing his thesis for matriculation to the Peruvian Bar on development of the Shipibo brand, using intellectual property and copyright laws to protect Shipibo-Conibo designs. At IP^2 Foundation, Demer builds local capacity in the Amazon.