CCT Latam 2026 Agenda

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PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SESSIONS WILL BE SIMULTANEOUSLY

TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH.

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POR FAVOR, OBSERVE QUE TODAS AS SESSÕES SERÃO

TRADUZIDAS SIMULTANEAMENTE PARA ESPANHOL,

PORTUGUÊS E INGLÊS.

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Tuesday 1 December 2026

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6.00pm | Pre-event Beach BBQ

Location: Minitas Beach – Cocomar Area

All CCT Latam 2026 attendees are invited.

Sponsored by Conecta Infra & Ciena

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Day One: Wednesday 2 December 2026

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8.30 am | Registration and Breakfast

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9.10am | Welcome Opening Remarks

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9.15am | KEYNOTE SPOTLIGHT: THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND THE NEXT 12 MONTHS – THE CHANGING LATIN AMERICAN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ECOSYSTEM AND PREPARING LATIN AMERICA FOR AN AI-READY FUTURE

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• The last 12 months: Why is it different and what has changed? Key market trends.

• Growth and demand: Where has the growth come from in cloud and infrastructure, and have the drivers of demand changed?

• Geopolitical risks: What has been the impact on the CCT ecosystem across the continent?

• Economic risks: What impact have global economic risks had on the development of infrastructure and connectivity across the continent and the wider ecosystem?

• What impact has the build-out of new data centres and subsea cables had on the development of the market?

• The next 12 months: Leveraging new technologies, the role AI will play and when. How will AI redefine infrastructure globally, and what impact will it have on development in Latin America?

• Projected growth in AI demand: How will AI redesign traffic flows, and what new capabilities will be brought to networks?

• New cross-border collaboration and partnerships to enhance connectivity.

• How can Latin America cohesively build the digital foundations needed for growth? How can the rural and urban terrestrial connectivity gaps be solved through integrated infrastructure corridors?

• Coordination across the public and private sectors: Regulatory bottlenecks and fragmentation.

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Moderators:

Erick Contag, President, Board of Trustees, SUBOPTIC & CEO, STRATWORKS
Steve Sasse, Regional Director, Americas, DATACENTER HAWK

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Speakers:

Luciano Salata, Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director, EDGEUNO
Ray Collins, CEO, LIBERTY NETWORKS, SVP & Chief Strategy Officer, LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA
Juan Carlos Naranjo Gomez, COO, UFINET

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10.15am | Coffee Break

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10.45am | FINANCING THE NEXT DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY WAVE IN LATIN AMERICA – NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND OVERCOMING CHALLENGES

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• What is driving investment and what is impeding growth? AI and cloud expansion, access to capital, M&A, price compression and consolidation.

• How is the ecosystem collaborating? Exploring joint ventures, shared infrastructure and cross-border partnerships.

• Understanding the scale of investment needed: How are banks and investment funds designing solutions to meet demand?

• Raising capital: Alternative approaches, new types of investment and innovative financing models, including private equity, specialised financing solutions and project finance.

• Bringing together public and private sector financing and overcoming the associated challenges

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Moderator:

Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

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Speakers:

Javier Valenti, Principal, ISQUARED CAPITAL
German Cufre, Global Director, Digital Infrastructure and Affordability Solutions & Investments, WORLD BANK GROUP
Niklas Simola, Senior Investment Manager, FINNFUND
Jeff Ferry, Partner & Head of Digital Infrastructure, SAFANAD

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11.45am | Coffee Break

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12.05pm | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SUBSEA CONNECTIVITY AND THE IMPACT OF DECOMMISSIONING OF OLD SUBSEA CABLES ON INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS

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• Evaluating the status of subsea cable development, including new routes, the decommissioning of old cables, future development requirements and resilience.

• The impact of new cables, including Humboldt, Manta, Firmina, Malbec and Synapse, and integrating these with terrestrial build-out to enable end-to-end connectivity.

• The strategic importance of landing stations to the wider digital infrastructure ecosystem.

• Resilience and the move away from the consortium model towards the hyperscaler model.

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Moderator:

Erick Contag, President, Board of Trustees, SUBOPTIC & CEO, STRATWORKS

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Speakers:

Angelo Gama, CEO, ANGOLA CABLES
Carmine Sorrentino, VP, Chief Commercial & Operating Officer, LIBERTY NETWORKS
Todd Jones, Network Environmental Manager – Americas | Network Infrastructure, META
Mauricio Traverso, VP, Americas, SPARKLE
Carlos Pazmino, CEO, CABLE ANDINO, Subsea and International Facilities Director, TELCONET

Ricardo Franco, Managing Director - Subsea, CIENA

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1.15pm | Lunch hosted by NOKIA

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2.45pm | DEVELOPING AND BUILDING INLAND AND CROSS-BORDER FIBRE CONNECTIVITY TO MEET NEW INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS: ENABLING END-TO-END CONNECTIVITY

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• Understanding key terrestrial fibre connectivity challenges, including rural connectivity, the rural and urban divide, speed, affordability, interconnection between countries, tromboning of traffic and keeping content local.

• How can countries work together to solve terrestrial connectivity challenges?

• Bringing data closer to the user: Will there be more investment, where will it come from and where will the hyperscalers invest?

• Integrating inland connectivity with subsea capacity, connecting submarine cables to terrestrial expansion.

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Moderator:

Andres Madero, CTO, Latin America - Network Infrastructure, NOKIA

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Speakers:

Rafael Pires, CEO, CONECTA INFRA
Renato Tradardi, CEO, GOLD DATA
Adriano Schulz, CEO, IX METRO POWERHOST
Gabriel Holgado, Senior Vice President, TRANS AMERICA FIBER SYSTEM

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4.00pm | Coffee Break

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4.30pm | ANALYSING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LATIN AMERICAN DATA CENTRE MARKET AND OVERCOMING KEY CHALLENGES – DEVELOPING AN AI-READY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ECOSYSTEM IN LATIN AMERICA

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• Reviewing data centre build-out and investment over the past 12 months and what is in the pipeline for the next two to three years.

• Drivers of demand and projections for growth, including AI, 5G deployment and changing demand for cloud services.

• What impact will the move towards edge and inference have on the development of the market?

• Where are mega campuses being built, and what are the related fibre connectivity challenges?

• Hyperscale investment in Brazil, Mexico and Chile, and the emergence of secondary markets including Peru, Colombia and Panama.

• Financing models, the “build it and they will come” approach and the impact of convertibility.

• Evaluating power strategies, including green energy and low-water-usage systems, and overcoming grid challenges such as those in Brazil.

• What are the trends among hyperscalers: Build or lease? Which countries can deliver the power, access to land and connectivity required?

• Designing and building data centres for an AI future.

• The role of governments in attracting investment.

• Coordination across the public and private sectors: Regulatory bottlenecks, fragmented permitting processes and taxes.

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Moderator:

Steve Sasse, Regional Director, Americas, DATACENTER HAWK

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Speakers:

Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing & Product Officer, EDGECONNEX
Serafin de Abreu, CEO, NEXTSTREAM

Roberto Romero, Founder & CEO, NexxGroup AI Infrastructure

Mauricio Agudelo, Founder & Principal, MAGNITUDE ADVISORY

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5.30pm | Cocktail Reception

Location: Gym Terrace

Hosted by EDGEUNO

 

7.45pm | CCT Latam Dinner

Dinner begins at 8.00pm.

Location: Dye Fore Terrace

Sponsored by CIENA

All CCT Latam 2026 attendees are invited.

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Day Two: Thursday 3 December 2026

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8.30am | Welcome Coffee and Breakfast

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9.00am | FIRESIDE CHAT

German Cufre, Global Director, Digital Infrastructure and Affordability Solutions & Investments, WORLD BANK GROUP

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9.20am | AI INSIGHT AND BEYOND THE HYPE: WHAT DOES AI LOOK LIKE IN LATIN AMERICA – KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR AI, USING AI TO SCALE AND LEVERAGING AI TO BECOME MORE PROFITABLE

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• The global development of AI: What does this mean for the global market?

• What does AI mean in the context of Latin America?

• Key challenges and opportunities, including network demands, network evolution, the effects of AI on scale and how Latin America can prepare.

• Using AI to expand service opportunities.

• Using AI to drive business expansion, value creation and growth.

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Moderator:

Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

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Speakers:

Wellington Lordelo, Global Director of AI & Innovation, DIGITAL REALTY
Andres Madero, CTO, Latin America – Network Infrastructure, NOKIA
Chase Clowser, Global Network Intelligence Lead, RECORDED FUTURE
Jose Miguel, CEO, TECTO DATA CENTERS

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10.20am | Coffee Break

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10.50am | THE ANDEAN MARKETS – ATTRACTING HYPERSCALER INVESTMENT AND BUILDING DIGITAL CORRIDORS TO ENABLE A STRATEGIC DIGITAL GATEWAY FOR THE CONTINENT

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Moderator:

Erick Contag, President, Board of Trustees, SUBOPTIC & CEO, STRATWORKS

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Speakers:

Diego Molano Vega, CEO, ETB
Edwar Juarez, CEO, FYCO
Alex Jucius, Co-Founder and Director, GIGA FIBRA COLOMBIA
Salvador Bertenbreiter, CEO & Co-Founder, PIT
Carlos Pazmino, CEO, CABLE ANDINO, Subsea and International Facilities Director, TELCONET

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11.50am | Coffee Break

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12.00pm | MEXICO – ANALYSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEXICO AS A CLOUD AND DIGITAL HUB FOR LATIN AMERICA: KEY CONNECTIVITY AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

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Moderator:

Gabriel Holgado, Founder & CEO, NETHINKER

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Speakers:

Jorge Silva, CEO, DATA EVOLUTION
Renato Tradardi, CEO, GOLD DATA
Simon Castro, President and Chairman, C3NTRO GLOBAL (TBC)
Ricardo Hinojosa, CEO, BESTEL (TBC)
Alejandro Estua, CRO, KIO NETWORKS (TBC)

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1.00pm | Lunch

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2.15pm | CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA: CONNECTING NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND ENHANCING THE REGION’S DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABILITIES TO MEET FUTURE REQUIREMENTS

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Moderator:

Tim Passingham, Chairman, CAMBRIDGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

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Speakers:

Riyad Mohammed, COO, AIR LINK COMMUNICATIONS
Victor Kovacs, Chief Operating Officer, CLOUD CARIB LTD
Maria Waleska, CEO, NAPCARIBE
Jose Casillas, Managing Director & CEO, HUB ADVANCED NETWORK

Mario Martin, CCO, TRANS AMERICAS FIBER SYSTEM
Carmine Sorrentino, COO, LIBERTY NETWORKS

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3.15pm | BRAZIL – STRATEGICALLY POSITIONING BRAZIL AS AN AI HUB AND OVERCOMING KEY CHALLENGES

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Moderator:

Carlos Raimar Schoeninger, CEO, PADTEC

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Speakers:

Rogerio Garchet, CEO, ELETRONET
Rafael Pires, CEO, CONECTA INFRA
Carlos Sedeh, CEO, SAMM
Tito Costa, CRO, TECTO DATA CENTERS

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4.30pm | End of CCT Latam 2026 Summit

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7.00pm | Closing Reception

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All CCT Latam 2026 attendees are invited.