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International Congress

2nd Global Summit onExponential Education

Generative Technologies in Education: Redefining Learning.

Three days of keynotes, workshops and panels with specialists from across Ibero-America on generative AI in the classroom.

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DATES
19 - 21 Nov 2026
FORMAT
Virtual, synchronous and asynchronous

ORGANISERS

Sponsors

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Congress objectives

Strengthen the academic community’s skills in the ethical and productive use of generative AI through keynotes, workshops and panels with specialists from across Ibero-America.

  1. 01

    Leading-edge methodology

    Prompt engineering and applied instructional design, for participants from Mexico and Spanish-speaking America.

  2. 02

    Innovation with purpose

    Tools for taking research results towards articles, books, patents and intellectual property in the scientific field.

  3. 03

    Ethical frameworks and an international network

    Interdisciplinary debate on academic integrity and copyright, plus a collaboration network between institutions and researchers.

Who it is for:

Teachers, researchers, directors of educational institutions, and undergraduate and postgraduate students from Mexico and Spanish-speaking America.

Thematic tracks

Keynote lectures, hands-on workshops and expert panels, arranged as a progression from the technical to the strategic.

  • DAY 1 • THURSDAY 19 NOV

    The state of the art of generative AI across fields of knowledge

    A map of the present: what generative AI can do today in each discipline, and what it demands of those who research and teach.

  • DAY 2 • FRIDAY 20 NOV

    Ethical aspects in scientific research and dissemination

    Algorithmic bias, academic integrity and copyright in scientific work generated by AI.

  • DAY 3 • SATURDAY 21 NOV

    Scientific leadership and technological transformation

    From classroom practice to institutional policy: how to lead the adoption of generative AI across a university.

Full programme by day

All times are shown in Mexico City time (UTC−6).

DAY 1Thursday 19 NovemberThe state of the art of generative AI across fields of knowledgeView the day in detail

Sessions

  • 09:00OpeningOpening of the eventRemarks from the Rector and the chair of the organising committee
  • 11:00Keynote lectureEdutech myths about AICristóbal Suárez Guerrero · Universidad de Valencia, Spain
  • 17:00Open papersTo be confirmedPaper blockGrouped by thematic track8 papers in 1 room
  • 19:00Keynote lectureAI agents in the transformation of work and educationYolvi Javier Ocaña Fernández · Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
  • 20:00Keynote lectureArtificial Intelligence applied to scientific writing: opportunities, tools and ethical limitsFrancisco Ricardo Farnum Castro · Universidad de Panamá
DAY 2Friday 20 NovemberEthical aspects in scientific research and disseminationView the day in detail

Sessions

  • 11:00Keynote lectureHumanistic aspects in the age of generative AIMarco Mosquini · Università degli Studi di Perugia
  • 12:00Hands-on workshopInnovation and intellectual propertyIsabel Menacho Vargas · Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcoscapped at 100 participants
  • 15:00Open papersTo be confirmedPaper blockGrouped by thematic track16 papers in 2 rooms
  • 18:00Expert panelTo be confirmedVice-rectors’ meeting: university management and researchFrancisco Angulo (Acropolis University), Oriana Rivera Lozada de Bonilla (Universidad de Sipán), Carlos Francisco Cabrera Carranza (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) and a fourth panellist to be confirmed
  • 19:30Keynote lectureExponential education in the biotechnological futureSixto Armando Moya Herrera · Mexico
  • 20:30Keynote lectureNeuroscience and Artificial IntelligenceJosé Arlés Gómez Arévalo · Colombia
DAY 3Saturday 21 NovemberScientific leadership and technological transformationView the day in detail

Sessions

  • 09:00Keynote lectureVirtual education in the context of generative AIAndrea Mora Umaña · Costa Rica
  • 10:00Hands-on workshopUsing Artificial Intelligence tools in scientific and social researchYolvi Javier Ocaña Fernández · Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcoscapped at 100 participants
  • 11:30Open papersTo be confirmedPaper blockGrouped by thematic track24 papers in 3 rooms
  • 14:00Keynote lectureSuccessful experiences in educational transformationJuan Cadillo León · Universidad César Vallejo
  • 15:00Expert panelHumanities, science and technology: ethical and practical dilemmas of the generative AI eraMaría del Pilar Guzmán Cobeñas (Peru), Carlos Guillermo Viaña Rubio (Peru) and Héctor Manuel Yris Whizar (Mexico)
  • 16:30Keynote lectureBeyond AI in the universityGuztavo Márquez Gallegos · Acropolis University
  • 17:30ClosingClosing of the congressRemarks from the Rector and the chair of the organising committee

Speakers

Academics and researchers in generative AI, intellectual property, university management and scientific innovation.

  • Keynote speaker

    Cristóbal Suárez Guerrero

    Universidad de Valencia. Keynote lecture “Edutech myths about AI”, day 1.

  • Keynote speaker and workshop leader

    Yolvi Javier Ocaña Fernández

    Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Keynote lecture on AI agents (day 1) and workshop on AI tools for research (day 3).

  • Keynote speaker

    Francisco Ricardo Farnum Castro

    Universidad de Panamá. Keynote lecture on AI applied to scientific writing, day 1.

  • Keynote speaker

    Marco Mosquini

    Università degli Studi di Perugia. Keynote lecture “Humanistic aspects in the age of generative AI”, day 2.

  • Workshop leader

    Isabel Menacho Vargas

    Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Workshop “Innovation and intellectual property”, day 2.

  • Panellist

    Francisco Angulo Rodríguez

    Vice-rector of Acropolis University. Vice-rectors’ meeting on university management and research, day 2.

  • Panellist

    Oriana Rivera Lozada de Bonilla

    Universidad de Sipán. Vice-rectors’ meeting on university management and research, day 2.

  • Panellist

    Carlos Francisco Cabrera Carranza

    Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Vice-rectors’ meeting on university management and research, day 2.

  • Keynote speaker

    Sixto Armando Moya Herrera

    Keynote lecture “Exponential education in the biotechnological future”, day 2.

  • Keynote speaker

    José Arlés Gómez Arévalo

    Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas, Colombia. Keynote lecture “Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence”, day 2.

  • Keynote speaker

    Andrea Mora Umaña

    UNED, Costa Rica. Keynote lecture “Virtual education in the context of generative AI”, day 3.

  • Keynote speaker

    Juan Cadillo León

    Universidad César Vallejo. Keynote lecture “Successful experiences in educational transformation”, day 3.

  • Panellist

    María del Pilar Guzmán Cobeñas

    Peru. Expert panel “Humanities, science and technology: ethical and practical dilemmas of the generative AI era”, day 3.

  • Panellist

    Carlos Guillermo Viaña Rubio

    Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru. Expert panel “Humanities, science and technology: ethical and practical dilemmas of the generative AI era”, day 3.

  • Panellist

    Héctor Manuel Yris Whizar

    Mexico. Expert panel “Humanities, science and technology: ethical and practical dilemmas of the generative AI era”, day 3.

  • Keynote speaker

    Guztavo Márquez Gallegos

    Rector of Acropolis University. Keynote lecture “Beyond AI in the university”, day 3.

Keynote speaker

Cristóbal Suárez Guerrero

Taking part

Universidad de Valencia. Keynote lecture “Edutech myths about AI”, day 1.

He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Teaching and School Organisation at the Universitat de València and holds a doctorate in Education, on training processes in virtual environments, from the Universidad de Salamanca. He belongs to the cultural pedagogies research group (CREARI) at the Universitat de València. His research covers digital pedagogy, cooperative learning, teaching innovation and children's digital rights. He has led three projects under the UNESCO Chair programme for Education for Development, Global Citizenship and Awareness, and has coordinated two Universitat de València cooperation projects setting up toy libraries (PukllayWasi) that support the integral development of children in the Peruvian Andes and their right to play.

Keynote speaker and workshop leader

Yolvi Javier Ocaña Fernández

Taking part

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Keynote lecture on AI agents (day 1) and workshop on AI tools for research (day 3).

Dr. Yolvi Ocaña Fernández holds doctorates in Education and in Public Management, master’s degrees in Science Communication, Higher Education Teaching and Digital Education, and a bachelor’s degree in Education specialising in History and Geography. A Renacyt Level III researcher, a distinction awarded by the Peruvian State, with a prolific output of more than 40 indexed scientific articles and 5 published academic books. Currently teaches at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and part-time at Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, working mainly in educational research, social sciences, generative AI and research methodology.

Workshop leader

Isabel Menacho Vargas

Taking part

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Workshop “Innovation and intellectual property”, day 2.

A CONCYTEC-recognised RENACYT researcher at level II and a research lecturer at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. She holds doctorates in Educational Administration and in Public Management and Governance, a master’s degree in Evaluation and Accreditation of Educational Quality, and degrees in Education and Psychology, and is currently reading for a master’s in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Management at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. She publishes in journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science and SciELO, and has been principal investigator on projects funded by Peruvian universities. As an inventor and innovation manager she has filed patents, copyright registrations, educational software and technology packages, and has won national and international awards at Prociencia in Peru, KIWIE in South Korea and iCAN in Toronto, Canada. She coordinates projects awarded competitive funding by Prociencia-CONCYTEC, is the author of specialist and research books published by national and international publishers, sits on the editorial and scientific committees of journals and publishing houses, and serves as a peer reviewer for incentivised research competitions and as a national assessor for Prociencia-CONCYTEC. She brings extensive experience in university management and in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at public and private universities.

Panellist

Francisco Angulo Rodríguez

Taking part

Vice-rector of Acropolis University. Vice-rectors’ meeting on university management and research, day 2.

Dr Francisco Angulo Rodríguez holds a law degree from Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, a doctorate in Law and Oral Trials, master’s degrees in Criminal Law and Oral Procedural Law, and a specialisation in Family Law. His career spans legal practice, teaching and academic leadership: he remains active as a trial lawyer and has taught at university level and at the Colegio de Bachilleres de Tabasco. He currently serves as vice-rector of Acropolis University, where he strengthens academic and institutional life while advancing excellence, comprehensive education and professional development. His work reflects a strong commitment to higher education and the preparation of principled professionals.

Panellist

Oriana Rivera Lozada de Bonilla

Taking part

Universidad de Sipán. Vice-rectors’ meeting on university management and research, day 2.

Vice-rector for Research at the Universidad Señor de Sipán, where she leads research, innovation, intellectual property and technology transfer policy; she previously held the same post at the Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener and coordinated the South American Center for Education and Research in Public Health. She is a CONCYTEC researcher at the Distinguished RENACYT level, appears in the AD Scientific Index Top 1000 Scientists and was named best vice-rector for research in 2024. She holds two honorary doctorates, a postdoctorate in artificial intelligence applied to education, three doctorates — in public health, in public management and governance, and in education — and three master's degrees. As an inventor she has won twenty-four medals at the Korea International Women's Invention Exposition between 2023 and 2026 and four at iCAN 2025 in Canada, and was named among Peru's leading women inventors in 2021 and 2022. She sits on the editorial board of PLOS ONE, is an accredited external assessor for SINEACE and has more than twenty years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Peru.

Panellist

Carlos Francisco Cabrera Carranza

Taking part

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Vice-rectors’ meeting on university management and research, day 2.

He holds a doctorate in industrial engineering and a master's degree in geography, specialising in environmental management and planning, from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, and is an environmental engineer and a fisheries engineer from the Universidad Nacional de Piura, which awarded him an honorary doctorate alongside the Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión. He has forty years of teaching experience and is a level III RENACYT-CONCYTEC research lecturer. He has published more than a hundred research papers — twenty of them in Scopus — led forty-three funded projects and written six books on geography, education and the environment. He has taken part in international Erasmus projects, was a visiting lecturer at the University of Jena (Germany) and teaches on graduate programmes at several Peruvian universities; he held an OAS scholarship at the Universidad de Concepción (Chile) and an undergraduate scholarship from the AID project at the San Marcos faculty of biological sciences. His distinctions include Outstanding San Marcos Alumnus, the Order of the Bicentennial San Marcos Sun medal and the Order of the San Marcos Medal of Honour at the rank of Grand Officer, together with the 2024 San Marcos research prize and the National Environmental Responsibility Award; the Peruvian College of Engineers recognised his career on the thirtieth anniversary of his admission. An environmental consultant, at the faculty of geological, mining, metallurgical and geographical engineering he served as director of the graduate school, vice-dean for research and graduate studies, and dean across three terms. He concurrently serves as vice-rector for undergraduate academic affairs, a post he has held since 2021, and as vice-rector for research and graduate studies, which he has held since July 2026.

Keynote speaker

José Arlés Gómez Arévalo

Taking part

Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas, Colombia. Keynote lecture “Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence”, day 2.

Postdoctoral researcher in Science and Narrative at the Universidad de Córdoba (Argentina) and in Education, Social Sciences and Interculturality at the Universidad Santo Tomás (Bogotá, Colombia). He is an accredited peer assessor for Colombia’s National Accreditation Council (CNA) and for its Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Minciencias). He directs the Institute for Humanistic Studies, Quality of Life and Sustainable Development and the publishing centre of the Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas. He is the author of numerous research articles, book chapters and academic works on education, emerging epistemologies and the socio-humanistic sciences, and belongs to the Pedagogy-Science-Spirituality and Corpas-Sana research groups, both rated at level A by Minciencias. He has led projects within the Pedagogy research line, aimed at rethinking contemporary educational practice and strengthening the epistemological foundations of teaching in Colombia and Latin America.

Keynote speaker

Andrea Mora Umaña

Taking part

UNED, Costa Rica. Keynote lecture “Virtual education in the context of generative AI”, day 3.

A psychologist with a master's degree in cognitive sciences from the Universidad de Costa Rica and a doctorate in studies of society and culture, she is a researcher and lecturer in distance education and cognitive science. She coordinates PROIFED at the UNED research vice-rectorate, working on the foundations of distance education and on cognitive science applied to higher education: language, memory and embodied cognition. She belongs to international networks including COMEDHI, INTERLEADER, ENLACE IEI and REDIC. She has taught cognitive science and research courses on UNED's master's programmes in educational psychology and in distance education, and was previously a lecturer at the Universidad de Costa Rica — in primary education, university teaching, geology and the graduate studies system — covering research methodology, learning environments and neuroscience. She has taken part in teaching activities with the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the Universidad Península de Santa Elena in Ecuador and the Universidad Autónoma de Honduras, and lectures nationally and internationally on distance education, language, neurocognitive development, embodied cognition and interdisciplinarity.

Keynote speaker

Juan Cadillo León

Taking part

Universidad César Vallejo. Keynote lecture “Successful experiences in educational transformation”, day 3.

He has 27 years of experience in school and university education. He has received the Palmas Magisteriales in the rank of Maestro, was selected among the world's 50 best teachers in the Global Teacher Prize 2017, and was awarded the 2018 National Culture Prize and the 2014 “Maestro que Deja Huella” distinction. He has served as president of FONDEP, as a member of Peru's National Education Council and as Minister of Education of Peru. He currently teaches at postgraduate level and works in educational consultancy and advice. He speaks on educational innovation, digital transformation and artificial intelligence applied to education, promoting the pedagogical, ethical and creative use of technology to improve learning.

Panellist

María del Pilar Guzmán Cobeñas

Taking part

Peru. Expert panel “Humanities, science and technology: ethical and practical dilemmas of the generative AI era”, day 3.

An honorary doctor in Spain and a doctor of law from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, she is a lawyer specialising in law and new technologies. She holds master's degrees in Civil Law and in Systems Engineering from the Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, a diploma in Computer Law (UTA) and another in Artificial Intelligence (ICJ). She is a data protection officer and an expert in personal data compliance, a teaching researcher at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and a founding partner of Guzmán & Guzmán, a legal practice specialising in technology law. She is an out-of-court conciliator, an accredited computer notary specialist with the Lima Bar Association, an intern in international law and an active member of the EDI computer law network, based in Argentina. The author of legal texts and of the book «Derecho al Olvido Digital» (on the right to digital erasure), she is a national and international speaker and a panellist on television programmes.

Panellist

Carlos Guillermo Viaña Rubio

Taking part

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru. Expert panel “Humanities, science and technology: ethical and practical dilemmas of the generative AI era”, day 3.

Carlos Guillermo Viaña Rubio (Lima, Peru, 1985) is a tenured professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) and in the Department of General Studies at the Universidad Nacional Tecnológica de Lima Sur (UNTELS). He holds a doctorate in philosophy, a master's degree in philosophy with a specialisation in the history of philosophy and a bachelor's degree in philosophy, all from the UNMSM. He is also reading for a doctorate in philosophy at the «Luis Villoro» Institute of Philosophical Research of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico). He is a collaborating member of the Peruvian Circle of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics and of the Latin American Circle of Phenomenology. His main areas of interest are the phenomenology of Edith Stein and Edmund Husserl, intersubjectivity, and the relationship between phenomenology and scholasticism.

Panellist

Héctor Manuel Yris Whizar

Taking part

Mexico. Expert panel “Humanities, science and technology: ethical and practical dilemmas of the generative AI era”, day 3.

An electronic systems engineer from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, with master's degrees in information technology management and in computer science, and postgraduate diplomas in artificial intelligence from LANIA and in research training. He has been a full-time research lecturer in the Academic Division of Information Sciences and Technologies at the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco since 1990, where he now heads the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and where he served as director of university computing and adviser to the rector's office. From 2019 to 2024 he was director general of computing and statistics at the Attorney General's Office of the State of Tabasco, and before that academic secretary of the Universidad Politécnica del Centro. He has led the technological development of the UJAT — integrated information systems, telecommunications, video conferencing and virtualisation — and teaches electronics, computing, communications, artificial intelligence and expert systems.

Keynote speaker

Guztavo Márquez Gallegos

Taking part

Rector of Acropolis University. Keynote lecture “Beyond AI in the university”, day 3.

He holds degrees in Philosophy and Education, a specialisation in Teaching Competencies and a master’s degree in Education. He has more than twenty years of experience teaching at upper-secondary and university levels, as well as in research and academic management. He has also trained educators, promoting learning, critical thinking, ethics and competency development. As administrative rector of Acropolis University, he advanced innovation, external engagement and institutional growth. He currently develops academic, research and teacher-training projects through a humanist vision focused on serving the community.

Two ways to take part in the summit

Come as an attendee and learn alongside international specialists, or submit your research and present it to the academic community.

Attendee

Learn from the summit

Free registration

  • Access to the keynote lectures, workshops and panels on the program
  • Live and synchronous, or asynchronous at your own pace
  • Simultaneous Spanish / English interpretation
  • Optional digital certificate (10 USD)
Register for free

Speaker

Present your research

Registration fee: 20 USD

  • Send your abstract
  • Assessment by the international scientific committee

What happens once your paper is accepted

  1. 01

    You present your paper live during the congress.

  2. 02

    Your full paper goes to evaluation as a possible chapter of a scientific research book. The international scientific committee selects using its own criteria and indicators.

  3. 03

    Not every accepted paper will become a chapter of the book.

  4. 04

    If your work is selected as a chapter, we'll let you know once the congress ends and send you the format. You'll have 15 to 21 days from then to submit it.

Benefits

Every accepted speaker

  • Letter of acceptance
  • Your abstract in the abstract book, the congress's digital record

If your work is selected as a chapter

  • Letter of publication
  • Peer-review certificate
  • Research certificate

The international scientific committee may also select papers and refer them to scientific journals.

Register

Selection process for speakers

  1. 01

    Register

    The first step is to register for the congress. You will receive a confirmation email with the instructions for sending your abstract.

  2. 02

    Send your abstract

    You have until 4 November 2026 to send it. Abstracts must be submitted in Spanish: a research progress report, a final research paper, a scientific article, a book chapter, a book, an academic essay or an intellectual property submission, as a PDF.

  3. 03

    Assessment

    The international scientific committee reviews how relevant and rigorous the work is. It must be unpublished, with no prior publication.

  4. 04

    Confirmation and registration fee

    You only pay a fee if your work was accepted. Your place is confirmed once we receive the 20 USD registration fee.

  5. 05

    Presentation

    Virtual presentation during the congress, before the academic community.

A virtual experience built like a real congress, not one more webinar.

  1. Platform with a digital lobby

    An environment with sponsor stands and networking rooms, plus the event’s own domain.

  2. Simultaneous interpretation

    Live audio channels in Spanish and English throughout the programme.

  3. Broadcast-grade streaming

    Professional visual production with overlays, transitions and participation timers.

  4. Slido + Miro

    Real-time voting during the panels and collaborative boards in the workshops.

Organised by

  • Acropolis Universityacademic host
  • Tabasco del Futuro FoundationCo-organiser
  • Instituto Tecnológico Superior de ComalcalcoCo-organiser

Registration fees and certification

Attending the congress is free. A fee applies only to an accepted paper or to the optional digital certificate for attendees.

  • 20 USDAccepted paperPayable only after acceptance; the digital certificate is included.
  • 10 USDDigital certificate for attendeesOptional: attending remains free.

Available payment methods

Bank transfer and PayPal are available. You will receive current instructions and the method that applies to your fee by email.

When to pay

  • Accepted paper. Wait for the committee’s acceptance notice; that email includes instructions for the 20 USD fee.
  • Attendee certificate. Your confirmation email explains the requirements. Once the congress is over, if you met them, we will write to you with the details for the 10 USD fee.

If you did not request the certificate when registering, write to contacto@acropolis.edu.mx with your reference number. The committee will activate your request. The payment details arrive the same way as for everyone else: once the congress is over.

Register to receive more information

DATES
19 to 21 November 2026, Thursday to Saturday
ABSTRACT DEADLINE
4 November 2026
FORMAT
Virtual, synchronous and asynchronous
LANGUAGE
Spanish and English, with simultaneous interpretation
REGISTRATION FEE
Free to attend — papers 20 USD
CERTIFICATE
10 USD
Type of participation

Once you submit the form you will receive a confirmation email with your reference number. A paper is confirmed once we receive the 20 USD registration fee.