SEGUNDA CUMBRE MINISTERIAL SOBRE
LA ÉTICA DE LA INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
MONTEVIDEO | 3-4 OCT
SECOND MINISTERIAL SUMMIT ON
THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Towards a responsible use of AI in our region
The second meeting of senior regional authorities is coming up, where the opportunities and challenges of the present and future use of artificial intelligence will be addressed.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to be an ally for the development of our countries and in the fight for a more equitable, fair and sustainable future, but it can also deepen divisions, exacerbate gender disparities and infringe on human rights and freedoms.
UNESCO, CAF and the Uruguayan Agency for Electronic Government and Information Society (Agesic) are promoting the second Ministerial Summit on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean. The summit follows up on the commitments established during the first Summit in 2023, with the aim of promoting the Santiago Declaration, and promotes policies aligned with the UNESCO AI Ethics Recommendation.
It is the main political and technical space to address key issues such as AI regulation and governance, and public-private collaboration, in order to position the region in the global conversation on AI.
HIGH LEVEL AUTHORITIES AND REPRESENTATIVES
RELEVANT CONTENT
CAF: Generative Artificial Intelligence: What should Latin American governments do?
Agesic: Observatory on Artificial Intelligence
2024, Foro sobre la ética de la Inteligencia Artificial en América Latina y el Caribe.
OCTOBER 3rd - Montevideo time, GMT-3
Venue: CAF Auditorium
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Host Country Welcome
Beatriz Argimón, Vice President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Opening remarks from the organizers
Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
Hebert Paguas, Executive Director, Agesic
Welcome by CAF Country Office in Uruguay
Miguel Ostos, Representative of Country Office in Uruguay, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean- CAF -banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe-
Second phase of CAF-UNESCO Alliance for an ethical and inclusive artificial intelligence in Latin American and the Caribbean
Participants:
Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
Keynote Speech: Present and Future of AI to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals of the Global South
Speaker: Constanza Gómez-Mont, Founder of C Minds, Director of NaturaTech LAC, and Yale Climate Fellow, Member of the Women4Ethical AI Committee at UNESCO
High-Level Panel: Best Practices for Designing Public Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Participants:
Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Chile
Ricardo Antonio Fernández,Coordinator of the National Center for Science and Technology Laboratory and Workshops, National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACIT), Honduras Honduras
Bartolomé Pujals, Executive Director of the Cabinet of Innovation and Digital Development and General Director of the Government Office of Information and Communication Technologies, Dominican Republic
Hebert Paguas, Executive Director of the Agency for Electronic Government and the Information and Knowledge Society (AGESIC), Uruguay
Andrew Vanjani, Director of the Department of Information and Technology Services, Organization of American States (OAS)
Moderator: Virginia Pardo, Director of the Information Society Area, Agesic
Coffee break
High-Level Panel: Transformations in the World of Work Driven by AI: Possible Public Policy Responses
Participants:
César Leonardo Gazzo Huck, Subsecretario de Tecnologías de la Información, Secretaría de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología, Argentina
Belfor Fabio García Henao, Vice Minister of Digital Transformation, Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies, Colombia
Ulises Canchola, Ambassador for Emerging Technologies, Mexico
Cordel Green, , Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission, Jamaica Jamaica
Margarita Rojas, Director-General of Digital Inclusion and ICT in Education, Paraguay, Paraguay
Vilas Dhar , President, McGovern Foundation
Moderator: Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
Presentación del informe de la RAM en Uruguay
Speaker: Carolina Aguerre, Professor, Universidad Católica del Uruguay and Co-director of the Center of Studies on Technology and Society, Universidad de San Andrés, Uruguay
Moderator: Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
Conferencia de prensa conjunta de los países que implementan la RAM
Discussion board: The private sector and responsible artificial intelligence
Subpanel 1: Vision from the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Participants:
Lucas Jolías, Co-founder and Director for Latin America, OS City
Eduardo Mangarelli, President, Endeavor
Guilherme Fuhrken, Retail & Telco Regional Sales Manager, NVIDIA
Juan Petrissans, Cofundador y CEO, THEA – The Electric Academy
Pablo Pereira,Director of INITIUM Entrepreneurship Center, University of Montevideo.
Maia Brenner, CEO & Founder @flipando.ai.
Moderadora: Esther Kuisch Laroche, Directora Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, UNESCO
Subpanel 2: Vision from UNESCO’s Business Council
Participants:
William Bartholomew, Director de Política Pública, Oficina de IA Responsable, Microsoft
Leticia Lago, Director of Public Affairs, Telefónica Uruguay
Alejandro Anderlic, Government Affairs and Public Policy Head for Latin America, Salesforce
Alejandro Adamowicz, Technology and Strategic Engagement Director for LATAM, GSMA
Jimena Luna, Senior Manager, Global AI Policy Lead, Lenovo
Moderador: Ángel Melguizo, Senior advisor on Digital Economy, UNESCO
Conference: Towards an inclusive, diverse and equal AI
Speaker: Branka Panic, Founder and CEO of AI for Peace, Microsoft-Stimson Responsible AI Fellow, Member of UNESCO's Women4Ethical AI.
Coffee break
High level panel: Legislative and regulatory experiences at a global level
Participants:
Sofía HarrisChief of the Legal Advisory Office, National Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT), Panama
Sergio Juan Castro Manrique, Deputy II of the Undersecretariat of Services and Digital Innovation, Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation, Peru
Eric Aedo, Deputy, National Congress of Chile
Alfredo DeluqueSenator, Congress of Colombia
Rodrigo Goñi, Representative, Parliament of Uruguay (TBC)
Gabriele Mazzini, Connection Science Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mohammed Motiwala, Regional Technology Officer for Latin America, U.S. State Department
Moderator: Dra Tania Da Rosa, Open Government Consultant, AGESIC, Uruguay
Day 1 closing
Mauricio Agudelo, Director of Digital Transformation, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Closed Side Event: High performance computing in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sede: CAF – Sala Directorio
4 OCTUBRE – Mañana, hora de Montevideo, GMT-3
Segunda Cumbre Ministerial Sobre la Ética de la Inteligencia Artificial – Mañana
EVENTO CERRADO
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Welcome and opening speech of the Second Ministerial and High-level Authorities Summit
Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
Hebert Paguas, Executive Director, Agesic
Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Chile
Ministerial dialogue: National and regional priorities for AI
Coffee break
Roadmap of Regional Working Group on Artificial Intelligence
Approval of the Declaration of Montevideo
Closing remarks of Second Ministerial and High-Level Authorities Summit, press conference and pictures
Sergio Díaz-Granados, Executive President, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Chile
Hebert Paguas, Executive Director, Agesic
OCTOBER 4th - Afternoon, Montevideo time, GMT-3
Venue: CAF Auditorium
High-Level Panel: Transformations in the World of Work Driven by AI: Possible Public Policy Responses
Participants:
Iván Luna, Director de Ciencia, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, (Minciencias) Colombia
Vicenta Macías, Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Ecuador
Quiency Hinds, Director of Procurement, Ministry of Education, Guyana
Marco Llinás, Director of the Division of Productive and Business Development, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Elena Montobbio, Director, International Labour Organization (ILO) / Inter-American Center for the Development of Vocational Training (Cinterfor)
Uta Dirksen, Director and Resident Representative, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) South Africa
Nicolás Robinson Andrade, Director de Relaciones Gubernamentales de OpenIA para América Latina
Rodrigo Robles, Program Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Moderator: Antonio Silveira, Corporate Vice President for the Private Sector and Manager for Physical Infrastructure and Digital Transformation, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Presentation: Foundation model of AI language: Experience of Spain
Speaker: Rodrigo Durán, Manager of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), Chile Dr. Josep Martorell, Director Asociado del Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), España
Presentation: Towards a Large Language Model for Latin America
Speaker: Rodrigo Durán, Manager of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), Chile Alvaro Soto, Director del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (CENIA), Chile
Coffee break
High level panel: Application of AI for the mitigation and adaptation to climate change
Participants:
Erick Mauricio Eishied Chang, Director of Innovation and Ecosystems, Secretariat of Innovation of the Presidency, El Salvador
Regina Cervera, Programs Lead, Future of Earth, C Minds
Yacine Khelladi, Miembro de la Junta Directiva e investigadora del Instituto Abierto del Caribe.
Cristina ShimodaGeneral Coordinator of Digital Transformation, Ministry of State of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil
Victor Muñoz, Founder and Partner Smart Data
Nayat Sánchez Pi, Directora de Inria Chile (Instituto Nacional Francés de Investigación en Ciencias y Tecnologías Digitales), Chile
Marina Bericua, Director of Public, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft
Moderadora: Cristina Martínez PintoConsultant on AI, UNESCO / Founder and Director, PIT Policy Lab
Closing words
Jorge Srur, South Regional Manager, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch, Director of the Montevideo Office, UNESCO
Hebert Paguas, Executive Director, Agesic