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CLAUDE COMMUNITY · first time outside Santiago Concepción, it's your turn. After more than a year of workshops, hackathons, and Impact Labs Claude in Santiago, the Claude Community Program by Anthropic crosses the Biobío for the first time. Next stop: UDD Concepción. Claude Code, powerful talks, and networking with the tech community of the south. You leave with code running, not with notes. 🎤 SPEAKERS Felipe Pacheco — Anthropic Claude Community Ambassador Chile. Founder of Bendita IA. Organizer of the Claude Impact Lab Chile (200 builders, 48 hours, real data). Strategic advisor for AI Governance. He pushes from Chile the conversation on how to adopt AI with criteria — not just hype. Talk: "AI Governance" Paula Vásquez-Henríquez — Deputy Director of Civil Engineering Informatics UDD. Data Scientist. PhD student in AI studying how technology impacts people and regions outside the capital. Third place in the global Anthropic hackathon competing from Biobío (not Santiago, not San Francisco — Biobío). Talk: "AI as an Equalizer: Opportunities for a Region Like Biobío" Carlos Navarrete — Researcher at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción. PhD in Computer Science from the Université de Toulouse. Building with AI to understand the most complex systems: why the vote polarizes, how scientific knowledge is distributed around the world, what gives one region an advantage over another. Computational social science from Concepción — AI in service of understanding, not just optimizing. Paula and Carlos are from Concepción. It will be epic. 📍 UDD Sede Concepción · Auditorium 201 · Ainavillo 456, Concepción 🗓️ Thursday, June 18, 2026 ⏰ 5:30 PM · 3 hours + networking 💰 Free · limited spots due to room capacity 🔐 Only approved attendees will enter through Luma — registration does not guarantee entry Who is this for: → UDD, UdeC, UCSC, UBB students → Python Devs Chile and the regional tech community → Tech professionals from Biobío → Academics in related fields → Anyone building (or about to build) with AI in southern Chile If you are building with AI in Concepción — this is for you. If you know someone in the south who is — pass this message to them. Location Ainavillo 456 4070001 Concepción, Biobío, Chile
Highlights
Claude Community Program by Anthropic is stepping outside Santiago for the first time and will hold its next event at UDD Concepción. It features powerful talks, Claude Code workshops, and networking opportunities with the southern Chilean tech community. Key speakers include Felipe Pacheco, discussing AI governance, Paula Vásquez-Henríquez on AI opportunities for regions like Biobío, and Carlos Navarrete on computational social science. The event is free but requires prior registration, targeting students, developers, tech professionals, and academics interested in AI development in Southern Chile. The event will take place on June 18, 2026, at UDD Sede Concepción.
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