Keynote speaker: Leonel Fernández, President of the EU-LAC Foundation and former President of the Dominican Republic

Moderator: Marcelo Jenkins, Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica

• Fernando Comerón, representative of the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) in Chile
• Annalisa Primi, Head of the Structural Policies and Innovation Unit of the Development Centre, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Pilar Álvarez Laso, Director of the UNESCO office in Costa Rica
• Luis Cuervo, Representative for Latin America of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs of the European Commission
• Svenja Paulino Rodríguez, Director of the Programme Establishing the Biodiversity Partnership in Mesoamerica of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)