Universidad Galileo has announced the eighth edition of the International Congress CIGEDIP 2025, which will take place from November 4 to 6 at the Hilton Hotel in Guatemala. The event, themed “Applying disruptive technology to projects that challenge the conventional,” aims to bring together experts, educators, and students to discuss advances in project management and technological innovation.
During a press conference, MSc. Melvin García, Director of Master’s Programs in Project Management and Digital Change Management and General Coordinator of CIGEDIP, highlighted the congress’s growth and international relevance. “CIGEDIP has been evolving every day. Our main objective is to establish a link between industry, academia, and research,” García said.
This year’s congress will feature more than 30 speakers from countries including Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Spain, and Guatemala. Topics will include project management, technological innovation, forensic auditing, and digital transformation. García noted: “We are the first congress in the region that has managed to bring together institutions such as PMI, IPMA and ISACA at one table along with international universities. This year we will have invited students from Universidad Autónoma del Occidente in Cali, Colombia; this makes us proud.”
A pre-congress on November 4 will offer six simultaneous workshops focused on practical application. “We are very interested in learning by doing. The only way to achieve meaningful learning is by getting directly involved in the process,” García explained. Workshop topics include agile and hybrid project offices, design thinking, computational thinking, applied technologies for management, and forensic auditing.
Universidad Galileo also announced it will establish Guatemala’s first university-level forensic audit laboratory aimed at strengthening training for future professionals in digital investigation practices and risk control.
The congress will host the National Competition for Project Managers (IPMA International), which seeks to identify young talent to represent Guatemala at international competitions. “We are going to select winning teams who will represent the country at the Latin American competition in Bogotá and later in Berlin. It is a unique opportunity for young people to apply their knowledge in real-world global scenarios,” García stated.
CIGEDIP 2025 will include keynote lectures, forums, workshops and networking spaces designed to promote collaboration among professionals from various fields. According to García: “People are starting to map Guatemala not just as a service country but as an academic reference point for innovation.”
The event is organized by Universidad Galileo with support from organizations such as Microsoft, ISACA, Asociación Project Management de Guatemala (IPMA), Project Management Institute Guatemala (PMI), Universidad Autónoma de Occidente and Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad. The Faculty of Engineering in Systems Informatics and Computer Science at Universidad Galileo also supports the initiative.
Registration costs Q1,200 for general attendees with a 50% discount available for Universidad Galileo students.
As part of the conference activities was a workshop titled “AID Storytelling: The New DNA of Journalism” led by communications specialist Douglas Cifuentes. The session addressed how artificial intelligence can be integrated into modern journalism practices without replacing human input. Cifuentes stated: “We need to integrate artificial intelligence into our work methods. It does not come to replace journalists but rather enhance them. AI can help us with hard data but emotion and intention remain human.” He added: “Participants realized how much it can facilitate their work and how they can create more precise prompts without losing the human touch. The central message was clear: artificial intelligence does not replace journalists; it makes them more efficient and more human.”
Ing. Pablo Girón—a lecturer at Universidad Galileo—emphasized both practical benefits of AI tools discussed during the workshop as well as ethical considerations regarding their use: “It was very interesting to see how a prompt can incorporate emotions and enhance journalistic work… I invite those who doubt using artificial intelligence always do so ethically… These technologies learn from us but if we leave all tasks up them they become smarter—what then happens with us?”
Girón also reflected on changes he has observed since earlier editions of CIGEDIP: “I participated in previous editions when they were smaller events; seeing its evolution into an international congress involving major entities discussing topics like artificial intelligence is truly inspiring… Just as AI impacts journalism it is transforming all professions.”
The launch of CIGEDIP 2025 along with these activities underscores Universidad Galileo’s commitment toward innovative education critical thinking skills integration emerging technologies across disciplines—and fostering collaboration between academia industry technology sectors throughout Guatemala region.
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