The Initiative for Knowledge in the Americas (INKA): The Contribution of Science to a Productive, Inclusive, and Sustainable Development

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The Initiative for Knowledge in the Americas (INKA) aims to promote, expand, and consolidate international cooperation in knowledge generation and utilization, significantly increasing scientific research and innovation in strategic sectors in the Americas to improve the region’s higher education capabilities to keep pace with rapid scientific and technological advances.

Please join the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm GMT-3, to discuss how the initiative can integrate Latin America into global scientific and technological networks, while tackling critical socioeconomic challenges, such as inequality, environmental degradation, and economic stagnation; mobilize resources to promote collaborative innovation; and strategically invest in high-impact areas, such as renewable energy, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and sustainable development.

Introductions

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Image Michelle Muschett
Michelle Muschett
Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office, UNDP

Moderator

Image Marco Llinás
Marco Llinás
Director, Productive and Business Development, ECLAC

Panelists

Image Aisén Etcheverry
Aisén Etcheverry
Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation, Government of Chile
Image Michelle Muschett
Michelle Muschett
Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office, UNDP
Image Blanca Torrico
Blanca Torrico
Specialist, Competitiveness, Technology, and Innovation, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

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Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.   Read more

Latin America Program