CEDIA participated in TNC26, held from June 8-12 in Helsinki, Finland, and considered one of the world's most important gatherings for National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). This event brings together leaders, specialists, and representatives from academic networks in various countries each year to share experiences, generate knowledge, and build alliances that will drive the future of advanced connectivity, higher education, research, and digital transformation.
During the meeting, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Executive Director of CEDIA, participated in the CEO Track, a high-level strategic forum that brought together key leaders and decision-makers from the world's New Networked Enterprises (NRENs). This forum addressed emerging challenges, sustainability opportunities, and the outlook for the global advanced connectivity ecosystem, while also allowing Ecuador to showcase its vision, experience, and technical advancements to the international academic and scientific community.
Ecuadorian participation also stood out on the event agenda with the presentation by Fernando Avilés Molina, Head of Human Talent at CEDIA, who delivered the talk “Award-Winning Well-Being as a Strategic Lever for Service Excellence: The CEDIA Experience.” In this presentation, he shared the Corporation's institutional model for organizational well-being and explained how talent management becomes a strategic lever for strengthening service excellence, internal culture, and value creation for member institutions.
CEDIA 's presence in these spaces demonstrates the technical, methodological, and institutional maturity achieved by the Corporation, as well as its capacity to integrate technological innovation with human resource management focused on well-being, efficiency, and sustainability. Furthermore, direct exchange with peer academic networks and international organizations allows for the identification of global best practices and their adaptation to the Ecuadorian context, benefiting the country's universities and research centers.