KHIPUx Quito
Open, Responsible and Critical AI
Featuring the official launch of LASTLab for Critical AI & Digital Technologies
- Venue
- Campus Santiago Gangotena, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)
- Main room
- Teatro Calderón de la Barca
- City
- Quito, Ecuador
- Format
- Hybrid
Monday, November 9 · 10:00–11:00 · Quito (UTC−5)
Official launch of LASTLab for Critical AI & Digital Technologies
Launch session ‘Open, responsible and critical AI in Latin America’
Teatro Calderón de la Barca
- Diana Mosquera — Diversa
- Cheryl Martens — USFQ
- Horacio Correa Lucero — LASTLab / UNAJ
- María Belén Albornoz — CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
LASTLab is an independent Latin American initiative with a multinodal structure and international reach, dedicated to critical research on artificial intelligence and digital technologies, academic cooperation, capacity building and public policy engagement.
About the event
How can we develop artificial intelligence that is more open, responsible and connected to Latin American realities?
🌎 KHIPUx brings together researchers, specialists, students and national and international stakeholders to share knowledge, debate ideas and develop new perspectives on artificial intelligence, data and digital technologies.
The gathering will also host the launch of LASTLab, an initiative that aims to strengthen research, regional collaboration and technological development from a critical and responsible perspective.
A space to connect ideas, build partnerships and think together about our region’s technological future.
Join the conversation!
Promote a Latin American discussion on open, responsible and critical AI.
Connect academic research, civil society, the public sector and technology communities.
Examine relationships between AI, labour, inequality, rights, infrastructure and sustainability.
Strengthen regional networks and cooperation in research, training and public debate.
Publicly introduce LASTLab for Critical AI & Digital Technologies.
Three themes
Themes
Three themes connect the activities throughout the event.
Algorithmic Surveillance and AI Security
Rights, privacy, auditing, vulnerabilities, model evaluation, robustness and AI system security.
AI, Labour and Digital Platforms
Automation, algorithmic management, AI production chains, inequality and technological and labour alternatives.
AI Governance and Sustainability
Regulation, infrastructure, documentation, institutional capacities, energy, resources and environmental impacts.
Critical, Latin American, decolonial and dependency perspectives run across all three themes.
2026 Programme
Explore both days of activities. All times are Quito local time (UTC−5). Programme updated on 30 October 2026, subject to change; pending details are identified in each activity.
Monday 9: 08:30–17:00; Tuesday 10: 08:15–18:00. Quito local time (UTC−5), following the detailed programme.
Surveillance, technical security and AI sustainability
08:30–08:50LogisticsRegistration
Room: Room to be confirmed
08:50–09:00OpeningInstitutional opening · Welcome
Participants
- Paolo Moncagatta — USFQ
- Arnaldo Medina — UNAJ
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
09:00–09:50KeynoteKeynote lectures
Participants
- Julio César Guanche — FLACSO Ecuador
- Laura Melo — ONU Ecuador
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
10:00–11:00LaunchLASTLab launch: Open, responsible and critical AI in Latin America
Participants
- Diana Mosquera — Diversa
- Cheryl Martens — USFQ
- Horacio Correa Lucero — LASTLab / UNAJ
- María Belén Albornoz — CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
11:00–11:30LogisticsCoffee break
Room: Main hall
11:30–12:45Plenary panelAI governance: surveillance and rights
Participants
- María Belén Albornoz — CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
- Alexandra Gualavisí — FLACSO Ecuador
- Daniel Riofrío — USFQ
- Ola Bini — Seguridad Digital
Moderator: Diana Mosquera — Diversa
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
12:45–13:45LogisticsLunch break
Room: Room to be confirmed
13:45–15:50Workshop · ParallelWorkshop A · Security, vulnerabilities and AI model evaluation
Participants
- Roberto Andrade — USFQ
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
13:45–15:50Workshop · ParallelWorkshop B · Mapping AI: labour, resources and territories
Participants
- Diana Mosquera — Diversa
Room: Auditorio Epicuro EP-24
13:45–15:50Workshop · ParallelWorkshop C · Teaching and critical AI projects
Participants
- Farith Simon — USFQ
Room: Patio interno Da Vinci
13:45–15:50Workshop · ParallelWorkshop D · Impacts of AI and digital technologies: data centres, exploitation and violence
Participants
- Priscilla Purtschert — Taller Comunicación Mujer
Room: Room to be confirmed
15:50–16:00LogisticsTransition
Room: Room to be confirmed
16:00–17:00Plenary panelTechnical governance and sustainability of artificial intelligence
Participants
- Ariel Vercelli — Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
- Cheryl Martens — USFQ
Moderator: Farith Simon — USFQ
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
Keynotes, parallel sessions, governance, labour, coloniality and AI infrastructure
08:15–08:30LogisticsRegistration
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
08:30–09:50Parallel session · ParallelCritical AI pedagogies
Participants
- Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa — Conexiones
- Fernando Astudillo — USFQ
- Luciana Mussello — USFQ
Moderator: Cristina Cabezas — USFQ
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
08:30–09:50Parallel session · ParallelSecurity, vulnerabilities and AI model evaluation
Participants
- Felipe Grijalva — USFQ
- Jaime Ramírez — DINERS
Moderator: Daniel Riofrío — USFQ
Room: Auditorio Biblioteca
09:50–10:00LogisticsTransition
Room: Room to be confirmed
10:00–11:00KeynoteAI, technology and sociotechnical change
Participants
- Andrés Domínguez Hernández — Queen Mary University of London
- Juan Grigera — King’s College London
Moderator: Horacio Correa Lucero — LASTLab / UNAJ
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
Andrés Domínguez Hernández: ‘Towards a sociotechnical ecology of artificial intelligence’. Juan Grigera: ‘AI and the Laws of Motion of Capital: Understanding Uneven Technological Diffusion’.
11:00–11:30LogisticsCoffee break
Room: Main hall
11:30–12:45Parallel session · ParallelAI and platform labour
Participants
- Daniel Vizuete — CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
Moderator: María Belén Albornoz — CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
11:30–12:45Parallel session · ParallelAI governance and sustainability
Participants
- Ernesto Vivares — FLACSO Ecuador
- Angel Gutierrez — FLACSO Ecuador
- Emilie Dupuits — USFQ
- Pablo Cabrera Barona — FLACSO Ecuador
Moderator: Horacio Correa Lucero — LASTLab / UNAJ
Room: Patio interno Da Vinci
12:45–14:15LogisticsLunch break
Room: Room to be confirmed
14:15–15:15KeynoteColoniality, labour and AI infrastructure in Latin America
Participants
- Miguel Ángel Contreras — Universidad Central de Venezuela
- Julián Posada — Yale University
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
Miguel Ángel Contreras: ‘Algorithmic aletheia: embedded bias, discrimination and coloniality, or the region’s strategic challenges’. Julián Posada: ‘Artificial intelligence, labour and infrastructure’.
15:15–15:55ConversationIn conversation with the author: Platform Extractivism
Participants
- Julián Posada — Yale University
Room: Room to be confirmed
16:00–17:00KeynoteAI, Information, and Democracy
Participants
- Mor Naaman — Cornell Tech
Room: Teatro Calderón de la Barca
Don and Mibs Follett Professor of Information Science and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Cornell Tech.
17:00–18:00ClosingClosing
Room: Hall Calderón de la Barca
Speakers, panellists and moderators
Andrés Domínguez Hernández
Queen Mary University of London
Activity in the agenda
“AI, technology and sociotechnical change”
Mor Naaman
Cornell Tech
Activity in the agenda
“AI, Information, and Democracy”
Juan Grigera
King’s College London
Activity in the agenda
“AI, technology and sociotechnical change”
Julián Posada
Yale University
Activity in the agenda
“Coloniality, labour and AI infrastructure in Latin America”
Miguel Ángel Contreras
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Activity in the agenda
“Coloniality, labour and AI infrastructure in Latin America”
Paolo Moncagatta
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“Institutional opening · Welcome”
Arnaldo Medina
UNAJ
Activity in the agenda
“Institutional opening · Welcome”
Diana Mosquera
Diversa
Activity in the agenda
“LASTLab launch: Open, responsible and critical AI in Latin America”
Cheryl Martens
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“LASTLab launch: Open, responsible and critical AI in Latin America”
Horacio Correa Lucero
LASTLab / UNAJ
Activity in the agenda
“LASTLab launch: Open, responsible and critical AI in Latin America”
María Belén Albornoz
CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“LASTLab launch: Open, responsible and critical AI in Latin America”
Laura Melo
ONU Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“Keynote lectures”
Julio César Guanche
FLACSO Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“Keynote lectures”
Alexandra Gualavisí
FLACSO Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“AI governance: surveillance and rights”
Daniel Riofrío
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“AI governance: surveillance and rights”
Ola Bini
Seguridad Digital
Activity in the agenda
“AI governance: surveillance and rights”
Roberto Andrade
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“Workshop A · Security, vulnerabilities and AI model evaluation”
Farith Simon
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“Workshop C · Teaching and critical AI projects”
Priscilla Purtschert
Taller Comunicación Mujer
Activity in the agenda
“Workshop D · Impacts of AI and digital technologies: data centres, exploitation and violence”
Ariel Vercelli
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Activity in the agenda
“Technical governance and sustainability of artificial intelligence”
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
Conexiones
Activity in the agenda
“Critical AI pedagogies”
Fernando Astudillo
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“Critical AI pedagogies”
Luciana Mussello
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“Critical AI pedagogies”
Cristina Cabezas
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“Critical AI pedagogies”
Felipe Grijalva
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“Security, vulnerabilities and AI model evaluation”
Jaime Ramírez
DINERS
Activity in the agenda
“Security, vulnerabilities and AI model evaluation”
Daniel Vizuete
CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“AI and platform labour”
Ernesto Vivares
FLACSO Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“AI governance and sustainability”
Angel Gutierrez
FLACSO Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“AI governance and sustainability”
Emilie Dupuits
USFQ
Activity in the agenda
“AI governance and sustainability”
Pablo Cabrera Barona
FLACSO Ecuador
Activity in the agenda
“AI governance and sustainability”
Participants and affiliations follow the official agenda. Photographs, biographies and academic links will be added when available and authorized.
Organization
Organizing team
Event organization and coordination.
Horacio Correa Lucero
LASTLab / UNAJ
Diana Mosquera
Diversa
Cheryl Martens
USFQ
María Belén Albornoz
CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
Pablo Cabrera Barona
FLACSO Ecuador
Participation
Tickets: USD 25 general admission and USD 18 for students and the USFQ community. Register through the official form or apply for a scholarship.
Registration payment (USFQ)Monday 9: 08:30–17:00; Tuesday 10: 08:15–18:00. Quito local time (UTC−5), following the detailed programme.
Status
Registration open
In-person attendance at USFQ
Online participation
Workshops and activities
Venue
Campus Santiago Gangotena, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) · Quito
Teatro Calderón de la Barca is the main room. Parallel activities take place in the spaces listed in the programme; pending room assignments are marked as to be confirmed.
Monday 9: 08:30–17:00; Tuesday 10: 08:15–18:00. Quito local time (UTC−5), following the detailed programme.
Institutions
ORGANIZERS
Diversa
Universidad San Francisco de Quito · IEAD
CTS Lab–FLACSO Ecuador
Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche
HOST VENUE
Campus Santiago Gangotena, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)
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