Now let's meet #IAMSLIC2022 keynote presenter, Manuel Hidalgo Oconitrillo. Manuel will be speaking to us on Day 1 of the conference about "SIDALC Alliance: Innovation focused on products and services for the agricultural sector".

Manuel is Costa Rican, a computer engineer, and graduated with a Master's Degree in Computing with an emphasis on Telematics from the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (ITCR). He has 29 years of experience in the area of information systems, with seven years working for the Tropical Agricultural Research and Teaching Center (CATIE), and the last 22 years for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) as a Specialist in Systems and Information Technologies of the SIDALC Alliance. He has a title granted by the Secretary of Peace of the Government of Guatemala that accredits him as Ambassador of the Culture of Peace. He was a consultant to FAO in Rome, for the office of knowledge exchange, research and extension. He is currently applying for the Master's Degree in Industry 4.0 at the University of La Rioja, Spain.