Tue, Dec 01 2026

• Collection of credentials
  09:00 am to 10:00 am
• Election of officers and approval of the provisional agenda
  10:00 am to 10:15 am

  Procedural session led by the outgoing presidency of the Conference.

   

• Official opening
  10:15 am to 10:45 am

  Welcome from the host country’s authorities, the outgoing presidency of the Conference, and the Executive Secretariat of ECLAC. The statements highlight the core theme of the Conference: moving from connection to transformation, and capture value from AI—along with digital sovereignty—at the heart of the eLAC2028 agenda.

• Presentation of the eLAC2028 position paper
  10:45 am to 11:15 am

  A presentation by the ECLAC Executive Secretariat (20 minutes), followed by comments from two ministerial-level officials (10 minutes). The document analyzes how AI is reshaping value creation and capture, the region’s position within the AI ​​value chain, the necessary enabling capabilities, the conditions for productive adoption, governance and financing arrangements, and options regarding digital sovereignty and regional cooperation.

   

• Session 1. Digital sovereignty: challenges for a region in transition to development
  11:15 am to 12:45 pm

  The session will examine how the AI value chain is reorganized on a global scale—from semiconductors and computing to models and applications—where the region is located in each link, and what critical dependencies it faces, in terms of supplier concentration, substitution possibilities, and critical functions. Based on this diagnosis, digital sovereignty will be discussed not as self-sufficiency, but as the ability to expand the margins of decision making and management of technology.

   

   

• Session 2. Enabling capabilities and critical assets: meaningful connectivity, compute, and data
  02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

  Digital transformation and AI require a base of capabilities that the region does not yet have secured: meaningful connectivity—access, quality, affordability, and skills for effective use—and the quality needed to sustain productive uses; computing capabilities, including data centers and supercomputers; regional quality data and corpora; and sufficient, affordable, and sustainable energy. The session will address the energy, regulatory, financial, and investment conditions to develop these strategic assets.

• Session 3. Digital Government and Digital Public Infrastructure: State Capacities for Transformation
  03:30 pm to 04:30 pm

  How digital government and digital public infrastructure—including digital identity, digital payments, secure data sharing, and interoperability—can transform the provision of public services, facilitate inclusion, open opportunities for the productive sector, and strengthen technological autonomy. The conversation will address the institutional, regulatory, and governance conditions needed to develop interoperable, secure, inclusive, and public value-oriented digital public infrastructures, as well as interoperability opportunities at the regional scale.

• Meeting of delegations
  04:45 pm to 07:00 pm

  Closed session for representatives of ECLAC member states and associate members and observers. Review of the draft resolution of the Conference and the proposed eLAC2028 agenda: priorities, goals and follow-up mechanism.