On Thursday, October 27, we held TIKSO: Digital Skills for Social Change, an event featuring 15 national and international panelists and nearly 200 participants connected to each session. Below, you’ll find links to the recordings of each panel, available on our YouTube channel for you to watch and share, along with a document summarizing the main reflections from each discussion.

Thank you for being part of TIKSO: Digital Skills for Social Change!

Academic Agenda

Morning agenda.

7:45 a.m. Opening

7:50 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

PANEL: Disinformation in the Information Age

Moderator: Ignacio Gaitán Villegas – President, Grupo El Colombiano.

Panelists:

Anna Katarzyna Sienicka – Vice President, TechSoup Europe.
Laura Agosta – Deputy Director of Information and Media Practice, IREX.
Esteban Ponce de León – Research Assistant, Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), Atlantic Council.
John Feeley – Executive Director, Center for Media Integrity of the Americas (CMIA).

9:15 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

PANEL: Technological Trends for Development

Moderador: Ana Isabel Restrepo – Director of People Solutions, Corporación Makaia.

Panelists:

Liliana Llano - BPO Human Management Leader, Comfenalco Antioquia.
Valentina Mondragón - Strategy Director, Ecoregistry.
Tatiana Rincón - President of Gender, Social Protection and Livelihoods, Fundación Capital.
Diego Sierra - Chief Operations Officer, Netgold.

10:40 a.m. – 12:05 m.

PANEL: Education and Technology for Access to Opportunities

Moderador: Leonardo Ortiz – Head of International Partnerships, Code.org.

Panelists:

Catalina Escobar Bravo - Co-Founder and Strategy Director, Makaia.
Juan Pablo Castaño Parra - Teacher at IE Rural Lejos del Nido, El Retiro, Antioquia.
Alejandro Villanueva - Executive Director, Cuantrix, Fundación Televisa.
Viviana Cano Chica - Sustainability Director, Tigo Colombia.

12:05 m. – 12:10 p.m. Closure

Speakers:

John Feeley

Executive Director at the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas (CMIA).

Viviana Cano Chica

Sustainability Director at Tigo Colombia.

Alejandro Villanueva

Executive Director at Cuantrix, Fundación Televisa.

Juan Pablo Castaño Parra

Teacher at IE Rural Lejos del Nido, El Retiro, Antioquia.

Leonardo Ortiz

Head of International Partnerships at Code.org.

Diego Sierra

Chief Operations Officer at Netgold.

Tatiana Rincón

President of Gender, Social Protection and Livelihoods at Fundación Capital.

Valentina Mondragón

Strategy Director at Ecoregistry.

With the support of:

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