CILAC 2021 Themes

Science is a Human Right. This is what the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its article 27 when it says: “Every person has the right… to participate in scientific progress and the benefits that result from it… Every person has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests that correspond to them by reason of scientific productions.” ..." Furthermore, it deepens with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (article 15) and at the inter-American level with the American Convention on Human Rights, in particular, with article 14 of the San Salvador Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – DESC.

CILAC 2021 will focus on the role of science as a vector of inclusion. In this sense, in addition to exploring in particular the different approaches to the relationship between science and inclusion, the focus will be on how technological convergence hand in hand with the Digital Economy and productive integration contribute to more inclusive societies, exploring, at the same time, the ethical and social limits for these new advances in knowledge. In addition, there will be open sessions on other relevant topics that will allow us to outline a clear agenda on the region's priorities and challenges in Science, Technology and Innovation.

CILAC 2021 Themes

Science is a Human Right. This is what the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in its article 27 when it says: “Every person has the right… to participate in scientific progress and the benefits that result from it… Every person has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests that correspond to them by reason of scientific productions.” ..." Furthermore, it deepens with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (article 15) and at the inter-American level with the American Convention on Human Rights, in particular, with article 14 of the San Salvador Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – DESC.

CILAC 2021 will focus on the role of science as a vector of inclusion. In this sense, in addition to exploring in particular the different approaches to the relationship between science and inclusion, the focus will be on how technological convergence hand in hand with the Digital Economy and productive integration contribute to more inclusive societies, exploring, at the same time, the ethical and social limits for these new advances in knowledge. In addition, there will be open sessions on other relevant topics that will allow us to outline a clear agenda on the region's priorities and challenges in Science, Technology and Innovation.

central axes
Artificial Intelligence, ethical and social challenges for development

Our societies today carry in their internal fabric a connecting thread between the productive, scientific, technological and cultural genre, which is none other than the participation of artificial intelligence in all the daily processes of our lives.

Will it be necessary to establish technovigilance for artificial intelligence similar to the pharmacovigilance currently used for drugs? Can artificial intelligence systems be regulated to take care of user privacy? Will algorithms be allowed to make decisions without knowing the mechanisms involved and without human intervention? Will existing inequalities increase? How is the way we do science, develop technology and innovate based on AI changing?

Intervention areas

Sciences for business innovation

How to design innovative strategies, integrate visions and stimulate dialogue between agents (companies, governments, academia and civil society).

  • University – Company
  • Technological poles
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Green economy
  • Policies for companies to innovate
  • Sustainable human development