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

MONTEVIDEO
3-4

OCTOBER

Days
Hours
Minutes

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.

ON THE SUMMIT

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.

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OBJECTIVES

Create a governance space
The aim is to continue and consolidate the work initiated at the first Ministerial Summit held in Santiago, Chile in October 2023, reinforcing the regional commitment to the ethics of artificial intelligence.
Exchange of experiences
Exchange experiences, learn about best practices, policies and regulations to maximize the positive social and economic effects of rapid advances in AI-driven technologies.
Track the process
Track progress made in the development and application of the specific tools developed under the Recommendation, such as the Ethical Impact Assessment and the Readiness Assessment.
Consensus on practices
Reach consensus on common actions and practices, and have greater articulation so that the voice of Latin America and the Caribbean is present in global spaces for AI discussion and in the presentation of results at the UNESCO General Conference.

Create a governance space

The aim is to continue and consolidate the work initiated at the first Ministerial Summit held in Santiago, Chile in October 2023, reinforcing the regional commitment to the ethics of artificial intelligence.

Exchange of experiences

Exchange experiences, learn about best practices, policies and regulations to maximize the positive social and economic effects of rapid advances in AI-driven technologies.

Track the process

Track progress made in the development and application of the specific tools developed under the Recommendation, such as the Ethical Impact Assessment and the Readiness Assessment.

Consensus on practices

Reach consensus on common actions and practices, and have greater articulation so that the voice of Latin America and the Caribbean is present in global spaces for AI discussion and in the presentation of results at the UNESCO General Conference.

PROGRAMME

SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS

3 OCT

8:30 – 18:30 GMT-3

4 OCT

8:30 – 18:30 GMT-3

SPEAKERS

HIGH LEVEL AUTHORITIES AND REPRESENTATIVES

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RELEVANT CONTENT

UNESCO and its work to promote the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

CAF: Generative Artificial Intelligence: What should Latin American governments do?

Agesic: Observatory on Artificial Intelligence

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2024, Foro sobre la ética de la Inteligencia Artificial en América Latina y el Caribe.

SECOND MINISTERIAL SUMMIT ON THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

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

  • Announcement of the second phase of technical cooperation 

 

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 

SECOND MINISTERIAL SUMMIT ON THE ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

4 OCTUBRE – Mañana, hora de Montevideo, GMT-3
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

  • Presentation on progress, achievements and priorities of each country with regard to AI, focused on the main themes of the Road Map

Coffee break

Roadmap of Regional Working Group on Artificial Intelligence

  • Presentation of Roadmap
  • Confirmation of theme-based working groups for the implementation of the Road Map

Approval of the Declaration of Montevideo

  • Approval of the text of the Declaration of Montevideo
  • Agreement on the location of the Third Summit

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