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PRELIMINAR AGENDA

 

Day 1: Tuesday, 20 October 2026

7.00am-9.00amRegistration
8.00am-9.00amMinisterial Breakfast
9.00am-10.30amOpening Ceremony
10.30am-10.40amCoffee Break
10.40am-12.10m

Thematic Table 1. Leveraging Transitions: Productivity, Economic Opportunities and Resilience

Organized by UNDP, with the participation of the IDB and UNCTAD

12.15pm-1.35pm

Side Event 1. Promoting Labor Inclusion through Social Protection: Recommendations for Policy Design

Organized by ECLAC

1.00pm-3.30pmBreak for Lunch and Side Events
1.40pm-2.40pm

Side Event 2. Vulnerability and Social Protection Systems in Latin America: Conceptual Foundations and Guidelines for Policy Design 

Organized by ECLAC

2.45pm-3.45pm

Side Event 3. Identify, Include and Protect: Artificial Intelligence, Social Protection and Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean

Organized by UNDP

3.45pm-6.00pm

Thematic Table 2. Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Organized by ECLAC

6.30pm-8.00pmCocktail Reception

 


 

Day 2: Wednesday, 21 October 2026

7.30am-8.30am

Breakfast with Caribbean Delegations

Breakfast with Delegations affected by the El Niño phenomenon

8.30am-9.45am

Thematic Table 3. Expanding Opportunities amid Uncertainty: Capabilities and Assets for Social Mobility

Organized by UNDP, with the participation of the OECD

9.45am -11.15am

Side Event 4. Governing Complexity: Strategic Foresight and Future-Ready Institutions

Organized by UNDP

11.15am-12.30pm

Thematic Table 4. From Commitment to Action: State Capacities and Financing for Resilient Development 

Organized by UNDP, with the participation of CAF, the European Union and AECID

12.30pm-4.00pmVisit to Panama Canal and Closing Ceremony