SAIACONF

SAIA stands for Argentine Society of Artificial Intelligence. I met Alexander Ditzend in 2017, long before this foundation emerged. At that time, little was talked about artificial intelligence in Argentina, and he was one of the pioneers in organizing meetups in Buenos Aires.

On November 30, 2022, ChatGPT was launched by OpenAI, and we all know what happened next. The fever for Artificial Intelligence began. Many everyday tasks such as drafting an email, planning a marketing strategy, designing a logo, or an image for advertising suddenly became very easy to perform with Artificial Intelligence.

I got back in touch with Alex in 2022 and joined SAIA as a member of the BOA (board of advisors), mainly to collaborate on the community-building strategy. On repeated trips to Buenos Aires, I facilitated workshops on AI applied in marketing and ReFi product design with great attendance. The first event at the blockhouse hub had more than 80 people and was the launch of SAIA’s WhatsApp group.

We also coincided on a trip to Bariloche, where we organized an event called BRC Tech Talks, where we facilitated a workshop on Artificial Intelligence applied to entrepreneurship.

After a year of significant growth, at the end of 2023, we organized the first SAIAConf, an event to bring together the Argentine AI ecosystem, inviting leading figures to talk about AI. The event featured a diverse array of speakers from different sectors: academia, government, legal, influencers and disseminators, entrepreneurs, writers, and professionals from the creative industry.

At SAIA Conf, I was in charge of the design of all social media posts, the paid-media strategy, advertising design for the street, and the event’s pitch deck.

This conference was very well received by the press and reached the main national media. Today, SAIA has 940 followers on Instagram, 278 followers on X, and a WhatsApp group with more than 340 members.