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As key players in the digital ecosystem of Latin America and the Caribbean, RedCLARA and BELLA II stand out for their role in advanced connectivity, scientific collaboration, and access to technologies that drive development projects. This role will be highlighted in the 11th edition of the Digital Transformation and Innovation School 2025, which will take place at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, from September 8 to 11. The event will bring together experts, public policy makers, and professionals from various sectors to discuss the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation and innovation in the region.

This edition is organized around four main thematic areas: access to meaningful connectivity, covering its conceptualization and measurement, progress and gaps in Latin America, infrastructure investments, and regulatory challenges; Internet, including its functioning, security, multi-stakeholder governance, and debates on fragmentation, blocking, and digital inclusion; digital inclusion and digital skills, focusing on development, civic participation, employability, and platform governance; and digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and productive development, emphasizing the digitalization of processes, services, and public digital infrastructure, digital identity, and emerging technologies such as AI and supercomputing.

Paola Arellano, executive director of REUNA in Chile and a member of the RedCLARA board, will participate on September 9 and 10 in the areas of emerging technologies, with a focus on artificial intelligence and supercomputing, as well as in the topic of Internet functioning, including a review of standards and technical functions. She will explain RedCLARA's role and its connection to the national research and education networks (NRENs) in her intervention. ital infrastructure, development of technical and human capacities, regulation and governance, international collaboration, and use cases and applications of HPC and artificial intelligence in Latin America.

For more information about the event, visit the official website.