Colombia’s digital ecosystem brought connectivity, AI and regulation to the presidential debate. Discover the sector’s consensus points and how ANDICOM 2026 carries this conversation forward.

In an election year, Colombia’s digital ecosystem chose not to wait. On April 8, 2026, leaders from the ICT industry, academia and the business community placed the country’s digital future at the center of the presidential debate—and did so with data, diagnosis and concrete proposals on the table.

An unprecedented forum: technology as a matter of State 

The session convened representatives from the leading presidential campaigns—Rodrigo Lara (Salvación Nacional), Juan Pablo Salazar (Dignidad y Compromiso) and Juan Daniel Oviedo (Centro Democrático)—in a technical and plural dialogue on connectivity, artificial intelligence, digital talent and regulation.

The event was organized by Andesco, Asomedios, Asomóvil, Asotic, BPrO, the Colombian Chamber of E-commerce, CCIT, CINTEL, the Center for Innovation, Productivity and Technological Development, Fedesoft and IAB Colombia, with the support of Universidad Externado de Colombia and Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina.

The starting point was the document “Sectoral Vision – Colombia’s Digital Future: Contributions from the Digital Ecosystem,” which captures the sector’s diagnosis and its strategic priorities for the next administration.

Read the full document here: cintel.co 

The five consensus points of the digital ecosystem 

Five core themes emerged from the dialogue, on which the sector holds a clear position and expects a response from the incoming administration:

• Digital transformation as the engine of economic and social development, not an isolated sectoral policy. 
• Connectivity with purpose: meaningful access to digital services in education, health, financial inclusion and business development. 
• Digital talent as a priority: training aligned with the real needs of the labor market and the digital economy. 
• Public-private coordination as an enabler of change, not an institutional formality. 
• A trust-based regulatory environment: cybersecurity, data protection and modern frameworks as conditions for sustainable growth. 

The conversation continues at ANDICOM 2026 

This session is not an end point: it is the starting point of a conversation Colombia must sustain. And the venue where that conversation scales—with business leaders, public authorities, global experts and the European Union as guest of honor—is the 41st edition of ANDICOM 2026, organized by CINTEL. 

From September 1 to 4 in Cartagena, under the theme Unleashing the Power of AI, Latin America’s leading congress on artificial intelligence and the most influential gathering of the regional digital ecosystem will bring together more than 6,200 attendees from over 35 countries to examine how AI, connectivity and digital public policy can transform the competitiveness of Colombia and the region. 

The decisions that will define the country’s digital future will not be made on the campaign trail alone. They will be built in forums like this one. Register at andicom.co