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

SALA brings together the Latin American artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. Emphasizing the interaction between actors based in Latin America and abroad, as well as the academic, government, and industrial communities, in order to catalyze the development, adaptation and use of AI in the region.

TRANSFORM

TRANSFORM

Looking to the future and recognizing an increasingly transformative role for AI, SALA is organized by a group of academics and professionals from Latin American countries, seeking to bring together existing communities and groups in the field. This meeting aims to be an important complement to other conferences, emphasizing the interaction between groups based both in Latin America and abroad, as well as between the communities dedicated to research and practice.

LEARN

LEARN

Learn from world-experts in the field of AI about a diversity of topics. SALA combines lectures with hands-on practical sessions to maximize information sharing.

Confirmed Speakers
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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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Sasha Luccioni

Artificial Intelligence Researcher & Climate Lead

Hugging Face

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Thamar Solorio

Professor of NLP

MBZUAI

Past Speakers
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Samy Bengio

Senior Director, AI and Machine Learning Research

Apple

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Sara Hooker

Director

Cohere for AI

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Laura Montoya

Founder

Accel AI

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Kevin Murphy

Research Scientist

Google DeepMind

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Thamar Solorio

Professor of NLP

MBZUAI

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Hugo Larochelle

Advisor

Adjunct Professor, Université de Montréal, Mila

Past Sponsors

Past Sponsors

Thanks to our past sponsors for making this incredible event possible!