Official program and Registration Open.
Miami (June 10, 2025) — Under the theme “Reinventing the Future of Media,” SIPConnect 2025 will bring together in Miami more than 30 experts and leaders from the Americas and Europe to address the major challenges of the journalism industry amid technological disruption, disinformation, and audience transformation. Organized by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the event has become a key forum for innovation and sustainability in Spanish-language media.
The conference is generously sponsored by Google News Initiative, Knight Foundation, Protecmedia, TV Azteca, Infobae, Telemundo, Telecom Argentina, Xalok, Hermanos Castillo, The Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University, and EFE news agency. Thanks to their support, SIPConnect 2025 will offer a vibrant space for learning, collaboration, and inspiration.
The agenda, accessible at this link, combines keynote speeches, immersive workshops, and high-level panels featuring experts in artificial intelligence, editorial strategy, audiences, product development, business models, press freedom, and emerging narratives.
Among the standout speakers is Dale R. Anglin, Director of Press Forward, who will open the conference with a keynote on new strategies to support local media. She will be joined by Daniel Coronell, President of Univision Noticias, presenting on democracy and digitalization in the age of polarization.
Sonal Shah, CEO of The Texas Tribune, will address how nonprofit media can rebuild public trust. Daniel Hadad, founder of Infobae, will analyze the impact of artificial intelligence on contemporary journalism and the ethical and narrative challenges it poses.
The event will also highlight content personalization, with a strategic session by Claudio Cabrera, VP of Audience at The Athletic, and Aldana Vales, Director of Audience Experiences at Gannett (USA Today Network). In parallel, Marta Planells from Telemundo and Ramin Beheshti from The News Movement will share strategies for engaging young audiences.
The panel on sustainability and artificial intelligence will feature Jonathan Bock (FLIP, Colombia) and Andrés D'Alessandro (ADEPA, Argentina), while Pedro Iván Quintana, Director of the AI Unit at OEM (Mexico), will delve into how algorithms are transforming newsrooms.
Other key speakers include:
The program also includes two hands-on workshops:
SIPConnect 2025 will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Doral, Miami, and will offer multiple networking spaces, a welcome cocktail, and collaborative lunches to foster partnerships and exchanges among media outlets, tech platforms, startups, universities, and civil society organizations.
Registration is open at this link.