ONLINE | Second Ministerial Summit on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean

DAY 1 - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3

09:00 - 09:10 Welcome from the host country

• Beatriz Argimón, Vice President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay

09:10 - 09:25 Opening remarks by the organizers

• Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
• Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General of Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
• Hebert Paguas, Executive Director, Agesic

09:25 - 09:30 Welcome CAF representative office in Uruguay

• Miguel Ostos, Representative of the Country Office in Uruguay, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-

09:30 - 09:40 Second phase of the CAF-UNESCO Alliance for ethical and inclusive artificial intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean

Participants:

• Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean- 
• Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General of Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

09:40 - 10:10 Opening conference: Present and future of AI to advance the sustainable development goals of the Global South

• Speaker: Constanza Gómez-Mont, Founder C Minds, Director NaturaTech LAC and Yale Climate Fellow, UNESCO Women4Ethical AI Committee

10:10 - 11:25 High-level panel: Good practices for the design of 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
• Bartolomé Pujals, Executive Director of the Digital Innovation and Development Cabinet 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 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

11:45 - 13:00 High-level panel: Regional preparation towards AI ethics: UNESCO RAM Methodology

Participants:

• César Leonardo Gazzo Huck, Undersecretary of Information Technologies, Secretariat of Innovation, Science and Technology, Argentina
• Belfor Fabio García Henao, Vice Minister of Digital Transformation, Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies, Colombia
• Ulises Canchola, Ambassador for Emerging Technologies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
• Cordel Green, Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission, Jamaica
• Margarita Rojas, General Director of Digital Inclusion and ICT in Education, Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, Paraguay     
• Vilas Dhar, President McGovern Foundation     

Moderator: Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General of Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

13:00 - 13:15 Presentation of the RAM report in Uruguay

• Presenter: Carolina Aguerre, Professor, Catholic University of Uruguay and Co-director of the Center for Studies in Technology and Society, University of San Andrés, Argentina
• Moderator: Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General of Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

14:30 - 16:00 Conversation: 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, Co-founder and CEO, THEA – The Electric Academy
• Pablo Pereira, Director of the Centro de Emprendimiento INITIUM, Universidad de Montevideo
• Maia Brenner, CEO & Founder @flipando.ai.

Moderator: Esther Kuisch Laroche, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO

Subpanel 2: Vision from the UNESCO Business Council

Participants:

• William Bartholomew, Director of Public Policy, Office of Responsible AI, Microsoft
• Leticia Lago, Director of Public Affairs and Wholesale Services, Telefónica Uruguay
• Alejandro Anderlic, Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy for Latin America, Salesforce
• Alejandro Adamowicz, Director of Technology and Strategic Engagement for LATAM, GSMA
• Jimena Luna, Global Director of AI Policy, Lenovo
• Moderator: Ángel Melguizo, Senior Advisor on Digital Economy, UNESCO

16:00 - 16:30 Conference: Towards an inclusive, diverse and egalitarian AI

• Speaker: Branka Panic, Founder and CEO of AI for Peace, Microsoft-Stimson Responsible AI Fellow, UNESCO Women4Ethical AI Fellow.

16:45 - 18:00 High-level panel: Legislative and regulatory experiences at a global level

Participants:

• Sofía Harris, Head of the Legal Advisory Office, National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT), Panama
• Sergio Juan Castro Manrique, Undersecretary II of the Undersecretary of Services and Digital Innovation, Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation, Peru
• Eric Aedo, Deputy, National Congress of Chile
• Alfredo Deluque, Senator, Congress of the Republic of Colombia
• Rodrigo Goñi, Deputy, Parliament of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
• Gabriele Mazzini, Connection Science Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Mohammed Motiwala, Regional Technology Officer for Latin America, Department of State, USA.

Moderator: Dr Tania Da Rosa, Open Government Consultant, Agesic, Uruguay

18:00 - 18:15 Closing day 1

• Mauricio Agudelo, Director of Digital Transformation, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-

 

 

 

DAY 2 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

09:00 - 09:30 Welcome and opening words of the Second Summit of Ministers and High Authorities

• Christian Asinelli, Corporate Vice President of Strategic Programming, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
• Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General of Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
• Hebert Paguas, Executive Director, Agesic
• Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Chile

10:00 - 11:45 Ministerial dialogue: National and regional priorities for AI

• Presentation of progress, achievements and priorities of each country around AI, focused on the thematic axes of the Roadmap

12:05 - 12:45 Roadmap of the Regional Working Group on Artificial Intelligence

• Presentation of the Roadmap
• Formation of thematic working groups for the implementation of the Roadmap

12:45 - 13:00 Approval of the Montevideo Declaration

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

13:00 - 13:30 Closing words of the Second Summit of Ministers and High Authorities, press conference and photographs 

• Sergio Díaz-Granados, Executive President, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-
• Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General of Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
• Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Chile
• Hebert Paguas, Executive Director, Agesic

14:45 - 16:00 High-level panel: Transformations in the world of work driven by AI: possible public policy responses

Participants:

• Iván Luna, Director of Science, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, (Minciencias) Colombia
• Vicenta Macías, Vice Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Ecuador
• Quiency Hinds, Director of Recruitment, Ministry of Education, Guyana
• Marco Llinás, Director of the Productive and Business Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Elena Montobbio, Director, International Labor Organization (ILO)/& Inter-American Center for the Development of Knowledge in Vocational Training (Cinterfor)
• Uta Dirksen, Director and Resident Representative, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) South Africa
• Nicolás Robinson Andrade, Director of Government Relations of OpenIA for Latin America
• Rodrigo Robles, Program Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Moderator: Antonio Silveira, Vice President of Private Sector and Manager of Physical Infrastructure and Digital Transformation, CAF -development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean-

16:00 - 16:20 Presentation: Foundational AI language model: Experience from Spain

• Presenter: Dr. Josep Martorell, Associate Director of the National Supercomputer Center (BSC-CNS), Spain

16:20 - 16:35 Presentation: «Towards a great linguistic model for Latin America»

• Presenter: Alvaro Soto, Director of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), Chile

16:50 - 18:00 High-level panel: Application of AI for climate change mitigation and adaptation

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, Member of the Board of Directors and researcher at the Caribbean Open Institute.
• Cristina Shimoda, General Coordinator of Digital Transformation, Ministry of State of Science, Technology and Innovations, Brazil
• Victor Muñoz, Founder and Partner Smart Data
• Nayat Sánchez Pi, Director of Inria Chile (French National Institute for Research in Digital Sciences and Technologies), Chile
• Marina Bericua, Director of Public, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft

Moderator: Cristina Martínez Pinto, Artificial Intelligence Consultant, UNESCO / Founder and Director, PIT Policy Lab

18:00 - 18:30 Closing words

• Jorge Srur, Southern 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