Month: August 2026

HPE’s Director of Private Cloud for AI for Latin America and Southern Europe comes to Cartagena with a thesis that challenges what the industry took for granted just two years ago.  Until the end of 2024, the answer to where artificial intelligence was being developed seemed clear: the public cloud. That certainty has begun to […]

Two Decades Building AI That Communicates with People Pilar Manchón is Senior Director of Research Strategy at Google AI, where she leads conversational artificial intelligence initiatives focused on trust, factuality, and aligning AI systems with human values. Her work shapes how intelligent systems interact with people—not only how they process information, but how they inspire […]

Blend360’s SVP LATAM comes to Cartagena with real-world cases, practical methodologies, and a question every organization should already be answering. Twenty Years Turning AI from Vision into Business Execution Andrés Barrantes is Senior Vice President and LATAM Region Head at Blend360, a global company specializing in artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and technology engineering. His journey […]

Microsoft Fabric’s Worldwide Customer Engagement GM comes to Cartagena with a perspective that redefines the role of analytics for organizations seeking to lead in the AI era. Three Decades at the Center of Global Analytics  Marc Reguera is Partner Program Manager and Worldwide Customer Engagement GM for Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft’s unified analytics platform that brings together data, artificial intelligence, and Business Intelligence […]

Zoho Corporation’s Chief Evangelist comes to Cartagena with a strategic perspective that Latin American leaders can no longer afford to overlook. Every technological revolution has one constant: the winners are not always those who build the technology. They are the ones who understand the new routes through which value flows. Every technological revolution has one […]

One point recurs in every analysis of artificial intelligence: the technology advances quickly, and what separates the countries that lead it from those that merely adopt it is not access to tools, but the talent able to use them with judgement. For Latin America, that is where its greatest opportunity lies.  The focus has shifted […]

Latin America is facing an opportunity that does not come around often. The reconfiguration of global value chains — what is known as nearshoring — is bringing production closer to markets, and the region stands out as one of the natural destinations. The question is no longer whether investment will arrive, but whether the region […]

The electricity system was designed for a predictable world: stable generation, known demand, one-directional flows. That world no longer exists. Intermittent renewables, electric vehicles, volatile consumption and, now, data centres drawing power at an unprecedented scale. Managing that complexity with traditional tools alone is becoming increasingly difficult and costly.  This is why AI in the energy sector has moved […]