From December 2 to 4, 2024, the fourth edition of the CILAC Forum – the Latin American and Caribbean Open Science Forum – will gather representatives from governments, academia, and civil society in San Andrés Island, Colombia. Considered the regional hub of science, technology and innovation, the CILAC Forum is a platform to debate, plan and monitor effective policies with the goal of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
Co-organised by the Government of Colombia, UNESCO, and partners, and focused on the central concept of “Science that dialogues” in its fourth edition, the CILAC 2024 Forum will be a space in which governments, universities, companies, researchers, civil society and the media will be able to debate, plan and monitor the integration of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
What is CILAC?
The Latin American and Caribbean Open Science Forum is a regional space for debate and exchange. On an itinerant basis in different cities of the region, the Forum’s face-to-face meeting is held every two years for 3 days. The CILAC Forum is “the hub” of science in Latin America and the Caribbean, constituting a regional platform to debate how to strengthen and implement effective science, technology and innovation (STI) policies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030.