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December 4-5, 2023
Bogota，Colombia
In the ICT Talent Summit 2023, we would like to facilitate discussions on how education and training can contribute to the development of digital skills essential to support Latin American and Caribbean economies and secure inclusive and equitable societies with multiple private and public stakeholders and experts. The meeting will further help us to stay abreast of the latest digital technological trends and their impact on digital talent development.
Andrés Calle, President of the Chamber, Congress of the Republic of Colombia
Claudia Uribe, Director of the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Santiago
Saul Kattan, Alto Consultor de Transformación Digital,Colombia
Mauricio Lizcano, ICT Minister, Colombia
Jeff Wang, President of Public Affairs and Communications Department, Huawei
Pablo Beltran Ayala, President, Council of Higher Education, Ecuador
Andres Enrique Galindo Bernal , Subdirector de Industria de Tecnologías de la Información, MINTIC
Claudia Uribe, Director of the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Santiago
Michael Xue, Vice President, Huawei Latin America
Rafael J. Féliz García, Minister of the Youth, Dominican Republican
Matheus Aires, Winner of the International Collegiate Programming Contest
Moderator: Raquel Godos, Deputy Editorial Director for the Americas, Agencia EFE
Andreas Schleicher – OECD (via GIZ)
Victor Orellana, Subsecretary of Higher Education, Chile
Marcela Bautista, Especialista en Educacion, CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean)
Daniela Trucco, Senior Social Affairs Officer,Social Development Division, ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
Roberto Cancel, Regional Thematic Specialist for South America, IOM (International Organisation for Migration)
Emmanuel Royston, Education Development Management Unit, OECS (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States)
Ana Laura Martinez, Coordinator of Technical Cooperation for LAC, CETIC (Centre for studies on the development of the information society)
Moderator: Valtencir Mendes, Chief of Education UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Santiago
Lilian Kravzov Appel, Rector of the Open and Distance University of Mexico (UnADM)
Daniel Moska, Director of Continuous Education and Postgraduate, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Eduardo Chiliquinga Mazon, Secretary General, Parlamento Andino
Parlamento Andino with Michael Xue
Maria José Velasquez, Digital Education Specialist, UNICEF(United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
Eilean von Lautz-Cauzanet, Policy Advisor, Economic and Social Development, Digitalisation.GIZ (The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)
Sergio Scarabino, South America Representative, ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
Betty Buitrago , the Oficina de Innovación Educativa con Uso de Nuevas Tecnologías del Ministerio de Educación Nacional
Khadim Sylla，Education Specialist - UNESCO Haiti
Liliana Gonzalez, Representative ILO
Questions and Answers
Moderator: Jeronima Sandino, ICT SPECIALIST UNESCO
Liu Yan, Vice President of Human Resources, Huawei Latin America
Closing Remark
Jack Wang, President, Strategy Marketing, Huawei Latin America
Gloria Sandoval Salas, Executive Director , AMEXID (Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo), Mexico
Sebastian Rovira, Economic Officer – Division of Production, Productivity and Management - ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
Dennis Iván Rodas Anzueto, Gerente General del INTECAP (Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad) , Guatemala
José Correa，Vice Rector for Information and Technology,Universidad de Chile
Neil Guerrero Gonzalez, Principal at Universidad Nacional de Colombia branch Manizalez
Moderator: Fernando Salvatierra, IIEP-UNESCO
Manuel Fuentes Garcíña, Director for Latin America, EFE
Monica Retamal , CEO Of KODEA – Chile
Carlos Nazareth Motta Marins, Director,Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, Brazil
Eugenio Severin, Executive Director, Tu Clase Tu Pais
Janielle Mckoy, Former Regional Seeds Ambassador, Jamaica Seed Student
Moderator: Valtecncir Mendes, Chief of Education UNESCO's Regional Office of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean
Valtencir Mendes, Chief of Education UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Santiago
Alfonso Cetares Salas , Huawei Product and Solution Experts, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Latin America
Eilean von Lautz-Cauzanet (Policy Advisor, Sector Programme Education, GIZ)
Heike Kuhn: Co-Chair of the Teacher Task Force, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of ECW (Education Cannot Wait) , Head of Division, Education, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (BMZ)
Naketa West (Project Management Consultant)
Victor J. Perez Rubio (Project Management in Education Consultant)
Yanique Rowe (FTK Ambassador in Jamaica / Teacher)
Tanyalee Paul-Reid (Newly appointed FTK Ambassador in Jamaica / Teacher)
Moderator: Latoya Swaby Anderson,Head of UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean
Eduardo Hernandez Cansino, Chief Technology Officer for HUAWEI CLOUD LATAM region, Huawei Latin America
Fernando Salvatierra , ICT Programme Specialist , IIPE - UNESCO
Digital Power, Huawei Latin America
Valtencir Mendes, Chief of Education - UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Santiago
UNESCO LAC Offices representatives, Directors of Innovative Education and ICT in Education, Ministries of Education in LAC.
Guests from Central America and the Caribbean
