The region faces a double challenge: to deepen the integration of AI in the critical processes of companies and to expand its diffusion beyond large companies and the most advanced sectors and territories. The session will address the conditions for moving from the use to the integration of AI in processes, products and business models – internal capabilities, data, complementary investments and organizational change – with special attention to MSMEs. It will also analyze how to strengthen the regional offer of solutions, suppliers and integrators as a dissemination channel, and how to articulate the digital agenda with productive development policies, clusters and territories.
How the expansion of AI is transforming in-demand skills, tasks, and work organization. The session will address the region's digital talent gaps, the evolution of skills required by companies and productive sectors, and the challenges for education, technical training, and retraining systems. It will also discuss how to guide the adoption of AI towards trajectories that complement workers' capabilities, the role of social dialogue in this process, and strategies to train, attract, and retain advanced talent.
How digital technologies and AI can contribute to the strengthening of fundamental rights and democracy, as well as promote security in the digital environment, without deepening existing inequalities. The session will address the protection of people's rights in digital environments: privacy and the protection of personal data, algorithmic non-discrimination, the right to information and to challenge automated decisions, freedom of expression, accessibility and online safety, with special attention to children and adolescents.
How to develop governance frameworks that allow us to take advantage of the benefits of AI and digital transformation, manage its risks, and strengthen confidence in its development and use. The discussion will address emerging regulatory approaches, risk assessment and management, transparency and explainability of algorithmic systems, audit and oversight mechanisms, and the security of AI systems. It will also discuss how to move from declarative governance to effective governance: the region has multiplied digital agendas and AI strategies, but many of them lack budgets, managers, evaluation mechanisms, and updating processes.
Presentación de la síntesis de mensajes clave de la Conferencia (relatoría de la CEPAL); aprobación de la resolución y de la agenda eLAC2028; anuncio de la próxima sede y presidencia de la Conferencia; palabras de cierre del país anfitrión y de la Secretaría Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
