Yesterday, October 8, 2025, the conference “Can digital innovation stimulate more transformative development cooperation? Emerging technologies to respond to complex challenges” took place at the Palau Macaya in Barcelona, organized by the “la Caixa” Foundation and UNESCO as part of the annual Work4Progress program conference.

The session brought together professionals from the public, private, and academic sectors to reflect on the role of emerging technologies in international cooperation, exploring ethical, inclusive, and collaborative approaches capable of responding to major global challenges through digital transformation.

The meeting was attended by José Moisés Martín Carretero, director of the Center for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI); Mercè Crosas, director of Social Sciences and Computational Humanities at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Kasia Odrozek, coordinator of the Business Council for Ethics of AI, Bioethics and Ethics of Science in the Social and Human Sciences Sector at UNESCO; and Shrashtant Patara, executive director of Development Alternatives and executive vice president of DA Group (Delhi, India). It was moderated by Gorka Espiau, director of the Agirre Lehendakaria Center.