The Tenth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society and Digital Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Brazil, will be held on 1 and 2 December, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and include the participation of officials from Latin America and the Caribbean and representatives of international organizations, the private sector, civil society, and the technical community.

During the event, ECLAC will present its position document titled From connectivity to transformation: value appropriation in the age of artificial intelligence, the main proposal of which is that connecting remains essential but is no longer enough: the region must move from using technologies to capturing their value, that is, making artificial intelligence (AI) transform productive processes and allowing countries to create and retain capacities.

Under the premise that expanding connectivity and digitalizing processes is no longer enough, the debates will explore how Latin America and the Caribbean can leverage the opportunities offered by AI to help the region avoid development traps.

During the meeting, countries will analyze public policy priorities and joint action areas within the framework of the new Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC2028), which is expected to be adopted.

The Conference includes eight sessions on topics such as digital sovereignty; meaningful connectivity, compute, and data; AI for productive transformation; talent, skills and work transformation; inclusion and digital rights; artificial intelligence and democracy, and governance of AI.

Since 2005, the eLAC agenda has been the main intergovernmental mechanism for dialogue and digital cooperation in the region. eLAC2028 begins a new stage oriented toward converting the spread of digital technologies and AI into productivity, inclusion, and wellbeing.