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With the aim of exploring the links between technological changes and international relations, the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, the University of Extremadura, and the Research Centre for Ibero-American Studies of Rey Juan Carlos University have organised the 7^th International Congress on Relations between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. This year’s edition, entitled “Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence, and International Relations”, will take place on 1 April at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe. (26/03/2025)

The congress will address key topics such as the definition of norms and standards for the development of artificial intelligence, the actors shaping these processes, the governance framework surrounding digitalisation and artificial intelligence, and the growing role of AI in the international development agenda. Some of the speakers addressing these topics at the congress will include Asunción Gómez-Pérez, full professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) and a member of both the Royal Spanish Academy and the Royal Academy of Engineering; Julio Cuesta Domínguez, commissioner for the Centenary of the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition in Seville; magistrate Ignacio González Vega; philosopher and science communicator David Pastor; Ana Fernández-Tresguerres, notary in Madrid and full member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain; and lieutenant colonel Pablo Ahedo Cordón, professor at the Higher Centre for National Defence Studies (CESEDEN), among other experts, professionals, and academics.

Furthermore, the congress aims to strengthen ties between the two regions through presentations by young European, Latin American, and Caribbean researchers in the fields of international relations and history. In this regard, the event will feature research on topics such as the impact of digitalisation and artificial intelligence on humanitarian crises, the case of Spain and Venezuela as a paradigm of digital transformation in Hispano-American relations, and the role of women as conveyors of information between Spain and the Americas, among other studies.

The programme also includes the awarding of the 11^th Research Prize to Ibero-American Doctoral Theses, for which 31 doctoral theses from universities in Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Hungary, Colombia, Portugal, the United States, Cuba, France, and the Dominican Republic have been submitted this year. The winning thesis will be published in Yuste Foundation’s book collection “Tesis Doctorales” and the recipient will be awarded €3,000.

This activity is part of the School of Guadalupe, a knowledge and transfer programme launched by Yuste Foundation to promote reflection and research on history, law, and international relations. Among its objectives are contributing to academic, social, and intellectual development in the region and providing Ibero-American societies with tools to foster socio-economic progress, building on the historical ties between Ibero-American countries, the current state of their relations, and the pursuit of a shared future.