Accelerate: Data and AI for Social Impact Conference
Bogotá, Colombia · Thursday, June 11, 2026
| THE MORNING SESSION | |
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| Registration & Breakfast 8:30am – 9:30am | |
| Welcoming Address 9:30am – 9:40am | Luis Fernando Múnera Congote, President, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
| Musical Performance 9:40am – 9:50am | Traditional Colombian Coastal Music by Jacinta |
| Accelerating the Power of Data and AI for Good 9:50am – 9.55am | Perry Hewitt, Chief Strategy Officer, data.org |
| Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: Government, Data, and AI 9.55am – 10:10am | Moderator: Zulma M. Cucunubá, Director of the Public Health Institute, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Diego Escallón Arango, General Director, Atenea, District Agency for Higher Education, Science and Technology |
| The Frontier of Financial Inclusion: Driving Prosperity and Progress 10:10am – 10:40am | Moderator: Cormekki Whitley, Interim President and CEO, data.org Natalia Cañon, Director, Advanced Digital Services, Fundación Capital Juan Constaín, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Quipu Carlos Perafan, VP Latin America, Advisory and Regional Office Lead, Accion Gabriel Santos, Executive President, Colombia Fintech |
| Lightning Talk 10:40am – 10:45am | Cristina Wittmer, Director, Social Impact, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth |
| Break 10:45am – 11:05am | |
| Innovation Challenges: Awardees Advancing Opportunity 11:05am – 11:35am | Moderator: Lindsey Gottschalk, Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships, data.org Robinson López, CEO, IDENTI Rob Segan, Co-Founder and Head of Technical Direction, Data Elevates |
| Impact in a Minute 11:35am – 11:40pm | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Student |
| Creating Capacity: Data and AI Public Health Practitioners 11:40am – 12:10pm | Moderator: Priyank Hirani, Vice President of Programs, data.org Florence Nguuni, Capacity Accelerator Network Fellow Alexandra Pomares, Director of Research, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Juan Rojas, International Consultant in Data Analytics for Health Emergencies, Pan American Health Organization |
| Keynote 12:10pm – 12:25pm | Lyana Latorre, Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, The Rockefeller Foundation |
| Lunch 12:25pm – 2:00pm |
| THE AFTERNOON SESSION | |
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| Shockproof: Building Resilience at the Intersection of Health and Financial Inclusion 2:00pm – 2:30pm | Moderator: Elizabeth Langdon-Gray, Executive Director, Harvard Data Science Initiative, Harvard University Ivana Feldfeber, Co-founder and Executive Directress, DataGénero Sid Ravinutula, Chief Data Scientist, IDinsight Olasimbo Sojinrin, Chief Executive Officer, Solar Sister |
| Lightning Talk 2:30pm – 2:35pm | Luis Gabriel Moreno, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
| Impact in a Minute 2:35pm – 2:40pm | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Student |
| data.org Insights 2:40pm – 2:50pm | TBC |
| Break 2:50pm – 3:10pm | |
| Funding at the Frontier: Fueling Data and AI for Social Impact 3:10pm – 3:40pm | Moderator: Perry Hewitt, Chief Strategy Officer, data.org Smita Jain, Director of Inclusive Innovation & Analytics, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth Lyana Latorre, Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, The Rockefeller Foundation Fernando Rodriguez, Americas Regional Solutions Grant Leader, Cisco |
| Impact in a Minute 3:40pm – 3:45pm | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Student |
| Closing Remarks 3:45pm – 3:50pm | Zulma M. Cucunubá, Director of the Public Health Institute, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Perry Hewitt, Chief Strategy Officer, data.org |
| Closing Reception 4:00pm – 4:45pm |