SALA ‘26

Summit of AI in LatAm
March 9-12, 2026 | USFQ - Quito, Ecuador
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CATALYSING AI IN LATIN AMERICA

CATALYSING AI IN LATIN AMERICA

We are a catalyst for AI in Latin America, primarily through our biennial conference, connecting local AI talent and stakeholders—from academia, industry, and government—with global experts, resources, and opportunities.

BUILDING COMMUNITY

BUILDING COMMUNITY

Our event brings together a global mix of students, academics, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders from over 20 countries, primarily from Latin America and beyond. Formerly called RIIAA, the organization has held 7 annual conferences in Ecuador and Mexico, drawing over a thousand participants from across Latin America and building a vibrant community dedicated to sharing knowledge and collaborating on AI.

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES

Every two years, SALA brings together hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from all over Latin America. Participants get to hear from renowned AI researchers and leaders; participate in a summit-wide hackathon to tackle real-world challenges, with mentorship from top experts; and connect with peers, pioneers, and future employers from across academia and industry.

Confirmed Speakers
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Peter Battaglia

Senior Director, Research, Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind

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Samy Bengio

Senior Director, AI and Machine Learning Research

Apple

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Luciana Benotti

Professor of Computer Science

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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Jose Cordova-Garcia

Assistant Professor

ESPOL

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David Fleet

Research Scientist & Professor

Google DeepMind & University of Toronto

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Omar Florez

Team Lead for Pre-Training of LatamGPT

CENIA

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Brayan Impatá

Senior Applied Scientist

Amazon

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Nathan Lambert

Senior Research Scientist

Allen Institute for AI

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Sasha Luccioni

Artificial Intelligence Researcher & Climate Lead

Hugging Face

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Vincent Mai

Senior Research Scientist

LawZero

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Laura Montoya

Founder

Accel AI

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Vicente Ordóñez Román

Associate Professor

Rice University

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David Rolnick

Assistant Professor & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

McGill University & Mila

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Thamar Solorio

Professor of NLP

MBZUAI

Sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors for making this incredible event possible!

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