NOVEMBER 7 · UTEC, LIMA
Global leaders, innovators and educators shaping the future of learning in Latin America.
39 confirmed speakers 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Meet the voices leading education innovation in Peru and around the world: startup founders, international leaders and experts who inspire with real stories of impact.
Human Development Director @ The World Bank
CEO, Credicorp
Co-founder, Laboratoria
Technical lead, LatamGPT, CENIA (Chile)
Founder & CEO, uDocz
CEO & Founder, Wayground
Director General of Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, UTEC
Co-founder, Aidea · HAI Educators
National Academic Director, Futura Schools
Founder & Managing Partner, MKF Group
Executive Director, Universidad Continental
The Board Perú
Historian, museographer, writer and phytomancer
President, UTEC
CEO & Founder, Agents4Future · Executive Chairman & Founder, FutureLab
Executive manager, FONDEP
CEO, Enseña Perú
Co-founder & CEO, Musa
Co-founder & COO, Musa
Manager, Wichay Continental
Systems Entrepreneur and Futurist-in-Residence, Continental International Education
Co-Founder & CEO, Practimatch
General Manager, EsHoy
Founder & CEO Becca / PersonalBranding.pe
Managing Partner, Grupo Estrategia · YGL World Economic Forum
CEO & Co-founder, APRENDO+
Co-founder, Amanatari
Business Development Lead · Visionarias
Impact Projects Lead · Visionarias
Corporate Learning & Development Lead @Credicorp · Founder Sur Global
Psychologist
More speakers coming soon.
We bring together the key players driving change: from growing startups to large institutions and global organizations.
Ventures building technology solutions for education.
Visionary leaders ready to scale their ideas.
Universities, schools and training centers committed to innovation.
Venture capital and funds betting on the future of learning.
Programs that fuel the growth of EdTech startups.
Organizations working for educational and digital inclusion.
And many more
In a single day, experience an immersive agenda organized into three thematic tracks, with keynotes, panels, workshops, a startup fair and activities across three spaces at UTEC.
Challenges unique to our region and solutions born from constraint. Frugal innovation: we champion those who build from scarcity and ancestral knowledge.
Preserving and enhancing what makes us human, and our imagination. Community and ancestral, intergenerational wisdom as a driver of resilience.
From tool to co-existence: how human–AI culture is changing collaboration, work and the future of employment.
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What future career could you build by solving a Global South challenge, and which human skills would you need?
Founder & CEO, Becca / PersonalBranding.pe
Corporate Learning & Development Lead @Credicorp · Founder, Sur Global
The whistle blows: the train is about to depart. A brief welcome to map out the day, meet the people behind EdTech Summit 2026 and get ready for a journey dedicated to education and technology from the Global South.
Six EdTechs and their accelerators, one stage. Each EdTech presents its solution in versus format and shows how it is transforming learning in the region. A showcase of the ideas moving the ecosystem and of the people behind them.
EdTechs: Edutek, Luteach, PaperLux, Ta.i, Entiendo.ai, Nitia · Jury: Jessica Guerrero (Acelera Education), Hisao Higuchi (BCP), José Garcia (MKF Group)
Rediscover the strategic value of judgment, empathy, creativity and human purpose in EdTech businesses.
Business Development Lead · Visionarias
Impact Projects Lead · Visionarias
Assistant · Visionarias
The journey officially begins. Meet the Southern Train: a tour of the trends, lessons and people building the future of education in Latin America and the Global South, with solutions designed for our own realities.
Two leaders who have invested in Peruvian talent discuss the role of business, technology and education in the country’s development. A look at how real opportunities emerge when the private sector and social innovation travel together.
Gianfranco Ferrari, Mariana Costa Checa
In the Global South, constraints do not stop innovation: they shape it. This conversation explores how limited connectivity, resources or infrastructure can become the starting point for creative, frugal and scalable educational solutions.
Alfredo Pérsico, Pilar Appiani, Jesús Carlos Medina
What role can technology play in the learning of the youngest children? A look at the opportunities and limits of EdTech in early childhood, to strengthen —not replace— play, bonds and quality interactions.
CEO & Co-founder · Aprendo+ · Moderator
Education Director · Kantaya · Panelist
Innovation and Social Impact Manager · Aporta (Breca Impacto Social) · Panelist
Head of Philosophy · TANI · Panelist
Head of Bright Futures · Practical Action Latin America · Panelist
Policy Manager · Innovations for Poverty Action · Panelist
Digital Learning Manager · Transforma · Panelist
One of the region’s most influential voices in education policy shares his vision for the future of education in Latin America: what has worked, what remains to be done and how technology can help close learning gaps at scale.
Jaime Saavedra · Gonzalo Villarán
Three founders, three stories of building in the Global South and growing with impact. They discuss the challenges of education entrepreneurship, scaling across borders and the lessons they wish they had learned at the start.
Carlos Effio, Ankit Gupta, Gustavo Peña Rosell
12:30 — 21:00
How the teaching role changes when AI enters the classroom: tensions and opportunities between student, teacher and AI in Latin America.
EdTech pitches
Moderated by Viviana Rojas · Aliado, AMELIA - MásEducaciónPe, Saircols, Illari OpenLab, MusuqLab, Muyu Education
An activation with Emilia Leyton and Tiziana Rivera, followed by a panel bringing in the students’ voice.
Moderated by Ian Sznak · Emilia Leyton, Nadia Pérsico, Jhericson Aponte · Activation: Emilia Leyton and Tiziana Rivera
What can ancestral knowledge teach us about the technology we are building? A stop to recognize our peoples’ knowledge as a source of innovation and imagine educational technology with roots, identity and memory.
Omar Florez, Alexia Hochschild, Mónica Ramos, Maritza Villavicencio, Felipe Valencia-Dongo
EdTech leaders, founders and teams examine how they define organizational challenges, which perspectives are missing and what changes when they are included.
CEO & Founder, Agents4Future
Technology only transforms education when it puts people at the center. This panel explores how to design solutions for the real needs of students and teachers, protecting wellbeing, inclusion and human connection in learning.
Jose Garcia, Angela Bravo, Veronica Sifuentes, Geraldine García
Preparing people for work matters, but it is not the only destination. We explore how education and technology can prepare people for a changing working future, building skills, purpose and adaptability beyond getting a job.
Azucena Gutiérrez, Jose Deustua, Patricia Barrios
Researchers, tech leaders, investors and teachers contrast AI promises with what is happening in Latin American classrooms.
Founder · AMELIA
Researcher · GRADE
Partnerships Manager · Enseña Perú
Robotics Teacher · Colegio Villa María
CEO · Musa
Founder · MKF Group
MEL Lead · Aidea
Deputy Director · IE6015
EdTech pitches
Moderated by Viviana Rojas · Kole.pe, Inmerzum, Runas AI, Soft Agents, AtacamaScope
UTEC closing remarks.
Enrique Stiglich
Speed networking, open networking and awards.
EdTech and Future of Work startup fair in the foyer, with activations all day.
There are no activities in this venue during these hours.
Agenda updated November 6, 2026. Agenda subject to change.
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Join keynotes, panels, workshops and networking sessions designed to accelerate Peru’s EdTech ecosystem.
PRICE: S/150
Your ticket includes
PRICE: S/150
Your ticket includes
