The Technology, Innovation and Sciences Committee (CTIC) of the British Chilean Chamber of Commerce held its annual year-end meeting on 10 December, where it consolidated key insights from 2025, strengthened the committee’s governance structure, and approved an ambitious work agenda for 2026.

Under the leadership of Joanna Pérez (Chair), together with Gustavo Vieira (Vice-Chair, CMPC) and Francisco Medina (Technical Secretary, GTQ Consulting), the committee validated a roadmap that prioritises the country’s most pressing technological challenges and promotes collaborative work across the private sector, academia and public institutions.

The meeting — which brought together active participation from representatives of CMPC, Deloitte, PwC, Harris Gómez Group, Morales & Besa, Carey, GDS and others — aligned perspectives around the critical issues that will shape the 2026 agenda: generative artificial intelligence and autonomous agents, data protection, adaptive cybersecurity, connectivity and the digital divide, the national data centre strategy, public data and open APIs, sustainable technology, circular economy and technology transfer.

A key milestone was the approval of the first 2026 activity, scheduled for 13 January, in partnership with the Sustainability Committee:
“Waste Valorisation and Environmental Regulations, with a focus on Textiles and Circular Economy”.
This initiative will be led by Margarita García (GDS), together with sector specialists and representatives from the Ministry of the Environment.

The CTIC also endorsed its 2026 activity calendar, which will alternate between roundtables, open webinars and strategic committee sessions. This approach aims to deepen technical discussion, strengthen professional networking and promote practical solutions to support business digitalisation, responsible innovation and sustainable development.

During the meeting, members also addressed key challenges facing Chile in the coming period: resilience in the face of natural disasters, satellite monitoring and IoT, regulatory burdens for SMEs, risks of over-regulation in AI and data protection, continuity of the digital government agenda, and the need to reinforce technological capabilities in education.

The Chamber’s Coordination team will consolidate the prioritised topic bank, which will be reviewed by the committee to define the year’s core focus areas and upcoming CTIC technical publications.

Through this collaborative work, BritCham Chile reaffirms its commitment to advancing technological development, strategic innovation and public–private cooperation to drive sustainable national growth.