TICSO

Ticso: Technology, Innovation and Cooperation for Social Impact, is an event to promote dialogue between different sectors on the role of cooperation and technology in social change.

TICSO 2023

We have an unmissable appointment next Thursday, September 28th, #TICSO2023: Technology and Resource Mobilization for the social sector. Our event is returning to in-person format, and we will be joined by national and international panelists and workshop facilitators. We will have 2 simultaneous spaces, an academic agenda that will allow us to open the discussion on global agenda topics related to both technology and resource mobilization. We will also have a partnership matchmaking, aiming for both funders and organizations in search of resources to find the perfect match at TICSO.
Our event will take place at Universidad EAFIT in Medellín, Colombia.

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We look forward to welcoming you to experience a great event that enables all possibilities of networking for the social sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

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AGENDA SEPTEMBER 28TH

AM Journey Agenda

7:50 a.m – 8:00 a.m

Welcome event

Carlos González / Executive Director Makaia

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Conference Artificial Intelligence and the futures of learning:

Challenges and opportunities for entities working in this area.

Speaker:

Hadi Partovi / Co-founder of Code.org

8:50 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.

Success Story: Enabling capabilities through the use of technology.

Speaker:

Mario Enrique Vargas Sáenz – Director – EAFIT Social

9:10 a.m – 10:10 a.m.

Panel Artificial Intelligence for Good:

Technology as a tool to reduce inequalities and generate impact, practical uses in working with people with disabilities, gender equity and ethics.

Moderator:

Carolina Méndez – Education Specialist Colombia – BID

Speakers:

Natali Gallego – Director Surdoz Child Stimulation Center.
Andres Rengifo – Director of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs of Microsoft for the Andean region.
Darya Majidi – Donne 4.0 Director.
Jacobo Castellanos – Coordinator, Technology Threats and Opportunities, WITNESS

10:10 a.m – 10:20 a.m

Use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the defense of human rights and social causes.

Moderator:

Jacobo Castellanos – Coordinator, Technology Threats and Opportunities /WITNESS

10:20 a.m – 10:40 a.m

Networking – Coffee Break.

10:40 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Talk: Results of the digital appropriation survey in PDET municipalities.

Speaker:

Paulo Gómez – Specialist in management information systems for USAID

10:50 a.m – 11:00 a.m

Talk: SUMATECH serving Civil Society Organizations in Colombia: USAID’s Digital Strategy.

Speaker:

Santiago Martinez – Technical Director, Suma Social

11:05 a.m – 12:05 p.m.

Panel Data in development management:

How to use data for the achievement of the 2030 agenda, social project development and effective decision making.

Moderator:

Ricardo Corredor – Advocacy and Communication Advisor in CEPEI

Speaker:

Leonardo Trujillo Oyola – Deputy Director DANE
David Alejandro Huertas Erazo – Coordinator TerriData – DNP
Ana Milena Ortiz – Regional Manager, AgrodatAi
Natalia Galeano Lopera – Sustainable Development Manager, Sodexo

Closing remarks

Shaida Badiee – Director of Open Data Watch

PM Journey Agenda

2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

Conference The future of resource mobilization:

How to generate a shared vision for social development in Latin America, the importance of connecting and generating multidirectional alliances.

Moderator:

Carlos González – Executive Director, MAKAIA.

Speaker:

Gaby Arenas – Director TAAP and Co-Founder Catalyst 2030.
Alicia Pepe Vides– Acting Protection Coordinator for Colombia, International Rescue Committee.

2:50 p.m – 2:55 p.m

Nodo ká 4.0 Platform ( Resource Mobilization Within Reach.)

Corporación Makaia Asesoría Internacional.

3:00 p.m – 4:10 p.m

Panel Partnerships and Collaboration for Resource Mobilization: (Success Stories)

How to foster collaboration for social change in Latin America.

Moderator:

Catalina Escobar – Strategy Director and co-founder, MAKAIA.

Speakers:

Isabel Lopez – Head of cooperation and alliances in Comfenalco.
Laura Adams – Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, CSM-STAND.
Santiago Quiñones – Demand Manager /APC.
Nicolás Bermúdez – Coordinator of Advisory Services and Local Connection in Colombia in Inter American Foundation (IAF).

4:10 p.m – 04:25 p.m

Networking – Coffee Break.

4:30 p.m – 5:40 p.m

Workshop 1: Communication and visibility strategies for organizations. Relationship strategies.

Workshop speakers: