From the Internet of consumption to the Internet of production: central subject at the III Summer School organized by CAF, ECLAC, and IBEI

The third edition of the summer school "Development and innovation in Latin America", organized by CAF, Development Bank of Latin America, ECLAC, and the Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI, for its acronym in Spanish), to be held between June 13th and 17th, will be a forum to debate the opportunities and challenges that new technologies present, public policies, and development and innovation in the Latin American region. 

The meeting, which places a special emphasis on the analysis of internet trends and evolution, is a gathering point for students and professionals, and includes the participation of 30 representatives of authorities and regulators of the ICT sector from 10 countries of Latin America. 

The sessions of this summer school are distributed throughout a week and are divided into three large blocks: ICT and entrepreneurial innovation; digital access and social innovation; and digital economy, infrastructures, and regulation. Throughout these sessions, speakers will talk in depth about subjects such as the application of big data at the company level, the prospects of 4.0 work, artificial intelligence and robotics, digital innovation and in the internet of things, social innovation, the infrastructure of broad band, and the challenges of the Single Digital Market in Latin America and Europe. 

The meeting was inaugurated by Mauricio Agudelo, CAF's Telecom and ICT Senior Specialist, and included the participation of Mario Cimoli, Director of the Division of Productive and Entrepreneurial Development at ECLAC, and Narcís Serra, President of IBEI. Agudelo highlighted CAF's commitment with the generation of knowledge and tools for the design of efficient public policies that promote investment in the digital ecosystem, as well as with the need to accelerate regulatory decision making to end the asymmetries that may be slowing down the digital economy in Latin America.

The master conference which opened the event was in charge of Joaquín Almunia, former Vice-President of the European Commission, who offered a general consideration regarding the challenges of Europe and the role of the European Union in managing them.