Preliminary Agenda

9:00:9:30:

Accreditation (in-person)

 

9:30-9:35:

Editorial Opener (Start of Stream)

Positioning Yourself Within the System, Not Just Deploying Infrastructure

Infrastructure is no longer merely a technical support system: today, it defines where digital value is created, circulated, and captured in Latin America. In an increasingly concentrated market, value no longer lies solely in deploying capacity, but in occupying a strategic position within the regional connectivity system.

Mariana Rodríguez Zani, CEO, Grupo Convergencia.

 

9:35-09:45:

Keynote. Sponsor Host Antel

 

9:45-09:55:

Presentation: The New Carrier Map in Latin America as a System for Creating Digital Value

New submarine corridors, concentration in regional hubs, and the expansion of terrestrial backbones are redefining the actual geography of connectivity in the region.

• What changes with SAC-2, CSN-1, Firmina, Humboldt, and the new intra-LATAM terrestrial corridors?

• Which regional hubs are capturing traffic, and which are losing relevance?

• Which areas continue to depend on just a few physical corridors?

Danila Curotto, Editorial Director, Grupo Convergencia.

 

9:55-10:25:

Panel 1. Who Really Controls the Present and Future of Submarine and Terrestrial Cables?

Hyperscalers, carriers, and new infrastructure players are vying for control over routes, traffic, and interconnection in an increasingly concentrated system. As demand for AI-ready infrastructure grows, the balance of power is shifting among those who finance, design, and operate submarine and terrestrial cables in Latin America.

• Do carriers still define the routes, or are they increasingly implementing decisions made by hyperscalers and major traffic generators?

• What changes when new corridors are designed with AI, regional edge computing, and data centers in mind?

• If traffic grows but at a slower pace and prices continue to fall, where is the business opportunity?

• What does it mean today to control traffic, capacity, and interconnection in Latin America?

Pedro Carballeira García, International Business Development, Telconet Latam.

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10:25-10:40:

Keynote. Sponsor Diamante 

 

10:40-11:10:

Panel 2. Data Centers: When Computing Redefines the Network

The pressure to develop data centers for an “AI-First” world is changing how routes are designed, where capacity is deployed, and which corridors become strategic.

• Are new network deployments already being designed for AI workloads?

• How does the carrier landscape change when the network begins to function as an extension of computing?

• What impact will GPU clusters and distributed inference have on regional routes?

Juan Martín Bordoy, SOLA Sales Manager, Vertiv.

 

11:10-11:25:

Workshop - Liberty Networks

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11:25-11:45:

Coffee Break & Networking

 

11:45-12:15:

Panel 3. Traffic Already Determines Routes

IXPs, CDNs, regional edge, and programmable interconnection platforms are redefining traffic flows between South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

• What role will IXPs play in the context of a regional edge?

• How is the wholesale business changing as decision-making becomes automated?

• Which regional corridors are growing the fastest due to content and cloud consumption?

Salvador Bertenbreiter, Founder and CEO, PIT.

 

12:15- 12:30:

Workshop. Sponsor 2

 

12:30-13:00:   

Panel 4: The Problem Isn’t the Cable—It’s the Landfall

The expansion of undersea capacity is running up against saturated terrestrial corridors, a lack of route diversity, and dependence on a few critical interconnection points.

• Where are the biggest terrestrial bottlenecks today?

• What happens when all capacity ends up passing through the same corridors?

• Which regions still have low physical route diversity?

Adriano Schulz, CEO, IXMetro-PowerHost.

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13:00-14:00: Lunch & Networking

 

Institutional Support Video: Asociación Argentina del Derecho de las Telecomunicaciones (AADT)

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14:00-14:15:

Guest Speaker. Market Outlook

 

14:15-14:30:

Keynote. Sponsor Rubí

 

14:30-15:00:

Panel 5. Wholesale Enters the Programmable Era

Automation, programmable interconnection, and Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) models promise new ways to reverse the commoditization of capacity sales. New digital players are seeking to capture value through APIs, operational flexibility, integration, and dynamic services.

• How is the wholesale business evolving now that simply selling capacity is no longer enough?

• What value are automation, APIs, and programmable interconnection beginning to capture?

• What role will NaaS models play in the evolution of regional carriers’ businesses?

• Will the future of wholesale be closer to physical infrastructure or to service platforms?

 

15:00-15:15:

Workshop. Sponsor 3

 

15:15-15:45:

Panel 6. Resilience Has Become a Priority

Undersea cable outages, climate vulnerability, and insufficient redundancy expose the physical limits of the regional connectivity system.

• Is Latin America prepared for simultaneous outages of critical infrastructure?

• What impact could extreme weather events have on the regional system?

• Which routes urgently need redundancy and diversification?

Adalis Montiel, Commercial Director, Telecomunicaciones Gran Caribe (TGC).

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15:45-16:00: 

Workshop. Sponsor 4

 

16:00-16:30:   

Panel 7: Routes, Hubs, and Digital Sovereignty

South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean are competing to attract traffic, data centers, and interconnection. New intra-LATAM corridors and alternative routes for regional integration open up strategic opportunities, but also present new challenges related to investment and dependence.

• Which regional hubs are gaining prominence: Fortaleza, Querétaro, Santiago, Montevideo, or Panama?

• Which intra-LATAM corridors could grow without passing through the United States?

• Which regions continue to depend on just a few international exit points?

• Which projects could redefine the digital integration of Latin America and the Caribbean over the next five years?

Vincent Gatineau, Senior VP, Submarine Infrastructure Development, EllaLink.

Pedro Carballeira García, International Business Development, Telconet Latam.

 

16:30-16:45:  

Workshop. Sponsor 5

 

16:45-17:15: 

Panel 8: The Technology Enabling the Next-Generation System

Capacity, transmission, and interconnection are defining the physical limits of digital growth and shaping upcoming regional infrastructure decisions.

• What technologies will allow us to scale capacity without completely redesigning routes?

• How can the network be prepared for traffic that is more interactive, distributed, and latency-sensitive?

• If AI has not yet had a massive impact on user-network traffic but is already changing capacity planning, what investments should we anticipate?

 

17:15-17:30:  

Workshop. Sponsor 6

 

17:30-17:55:  

Panel 9. Will Energy Be the Next Bottleneck in Digital Infrastructure?

The expansion of data centers, AI clusters, and digital infrastructure is shifting some of the pressure from connectivity to energy availability. In this scenario, access to renewable energy, electricity capacity, and transmission networks is beginning to become a competitive advantage for Latin America’s new digital hubs.

• Will energy availability have a greater impact on digital growth than connectivity?

• Which regional markets are best positioned in terms of access to renewable energy and installed capacity?

• How do AI and hyperscalers impact regional energy demand?

• Will future competition among digital hubs also be a competition for energy?

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17:55-18.00: Editorial Conclusion and Challenges for 2027

18:00-19:30: Cocktail & Networking