FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO – Progressive leaders from across the Americas meet in Toronto to discuss issues of AI and Digital Sovereignty ahead of the 2026 Panamerican Congress taking place August 21-23 in Montevideo, Uruguay. An all-day, closed-door workshop will take place on Thursday, July 9th at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, convening progressive parliamentarians and experts from Canada, Chile, the United States, Mexico, and other countries across the Americas to inform policy deliberations to be held at the forthcoming Panamerican Congress.
After the closed-door discussion, the day culminates in a public event hosted at Toronto Metropolitan University starting at 6pm EDT entitled A Progressive Vision for AI & Digital Sovereignty? The discussion features views and remarks by Canada’s NDP Leader Avi Lewis, Chile’s former Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Aisén Etcheverry, Nancy Okail, President & CEO of the Center for International Policy (USA), and Sigrid Segura, Broad Front Deputy for Alajuela, Costa Rica. Additional speakers for this public event to be announced. This workshop is co-organized between the Broadbent Institute, Rumbo Colectivo (Chile), and the Panamerican Congress. This is the third preparatory gathering for the 2026 Panamerican Congress, following workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Santiago, Chile.
A Progressive Vision for AI & Digital Sovereignty?
Thursday, July 9 | 6pm – 8pm EDT
Toronto Metropolitan University | Sears Atrium
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre,
245 Church Street Toronto, ON M5B 1Z4
This public event will be livestreamed.
For media accreditation & inquiries, contact: communications@broadbentinstitute.ca.
Innovation Minister Aisén Etcheverry (Chile), is available for comment and interviews.
For more info on the event, visit: broadbentinstitute.ca/events/progressive-digital-sovereignty
About the Broadbent Institute
The Broadbent Institute is Canada’s preeminent social democratic think-tank. Founded in 2011 by Ed Broadbent, and guided by the Broadbent Principles for Canadian Social Democracy, the Institute produces original research, convenes progressive dialogues, and trains organizers and leaders to equip social movements working to advance justice and equality.
About Rumbo Colectivo
Rumbo Colectivo is a left-wing think tank that works to improve public policy and democracy so that Chile can become a country that cares for everyone. We propose evidence-based policies, bring them to public debate, and create spaces for dialogue about them and the future of democracy. We believe in innovation to face an uncertain future. We are critical of gender inequalities, and therefore apply a feminist perspective to our work. We work to reconfigure the relationship between nature and society to radically reduce our environmental impact.
About the Panamerican Congress
The Panamerican Congress, founded in 2024, aims to establish itself as a permanent forum for dialogue among the continent’s legislators and to coordinate common responses to shared challenges, guided by the principles of solidarity among peoples and sovereignty among nations. Following its previous sessions in Bogotá and Mexico City, the next session will take place in Montevideo in August 2026 and will bring together representatives from 15 countries in the Americas, under the leadership of President Yamandú Orsi. The next workshop will be held in Mexico City in August, and it will focus on Multilateralism.