Next year, Peru will hold the presidency of APEC. Thus, it will host the summit of the 21 economies that comprise it. Under a decentralised approach, the APEC agenda will be taken to 5 Peruvian regions, decentralising the venues during the year in which Peru will hold the Presidency of the bloc.

The northern city of Trujillo, due to its agricultural export potential and contribution to the GDP, was chosen to host the Food Security Week and the Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture in August 2024. The second venue will be Arequipa which, given its productive capacity and its enormous resource potential, will host the joint meeting between APEC Women and Foreign Trade Ministers, who will evaluate measures for the empowerment of women in foreign trade.

Likewise, due to its contribution to tourism and the national economy, the city of Urubamba – located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, in the southern Andean region of Cusco – was chosen as the third venue, which will host the Meeting of Ministers of Tourism of the block. Meanwhile, the fourth venue will be Pucallpa, where meetings of ministers and working groups related to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) will be held.

Finally, Lima, city of entrepreneurs and driving force of the country, will not only host various meetings of the teams that are part of APEC but will also host the Economic Leaders Week of this mechanism in November 2024.

You are invited on November 22 - 1 pm, to attend in-person or virtually to a full day of insightful conversation about Artificial Intelligence. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce - CCC - is honoured to announce that Deputy Minister Simon Kennedy from Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) will be their keynote speaker for the event.

Recognizing the substantial risks associated with AI, the CCC will explore how industry and governments can collaborate to ensure the ethical, responsible development and adoption of AI.

Guests will delve into discussions on the ethical and responsible facets of AI development and adoption, offering well-informed, actionable solutions to promote the adoption of AI with care, confidence and comfort. Learn more about Agenda and Panellists.

From Nov 14 to 16, leaders of the world's largest economies will rub shoulders with billionaire tech titans in San Francisco during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum CEO Summit.

San Francisco is known for its deep ties to the tech industry, and an extensive list of ultra-rich tech moguls will appear at the APEC CEO Summit. They include Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

The program of conversations and meetings will be complemented by an exhibition hall showcasing sophisticated new toys and technologies from American companies. One of the best examples is Wisk Aero's sixth-generation autonomous air taxi. The Mountain View-based Boeing subsidiary is showing off its electric vertical takeoff and landing technology aimed at carrying passengers in the future.

Other exhibitors include FedEx, which is demonstrating its new BrightDrop electric delivery vehicles, and Meta, which has created an immersive augmented reality booth for guests that will allow them to escape the security zone of the Moscone Center.

The future looks bright for developers and AI. On November 6, AI hosted its inaugural developer conference in San Francisco: OpenAI DevDay, featuring keynotes, live demos, and deep-dive sessions. It was a historic moment for developers. New AI capabilities and enhancements were announced that promise to change the game in terms of building, deploying, and scaling AI applications. Here's a look at some of them:

GPT-4 Turbo: a formidable upgrade from its predecessor. It handles an unprecedented 128K context, equivalent to 300 pages of text. This advancement, accompanied by significant cost reduction, paves the way for broader and deeper AI interactions. Assistant API: Allows developers to create more complex, agent-like AI applications with persistent states and advanced tools for code execution, knowledge retrieval, and function calls.

Custom GPTs: These are custom versions of ChatGPT that developers or organisations can adapt for specific tasks or roles, and can be created without any coding knowledge, just natural language (i.e. simple instructions). GPT Store: This will be a marketplace where these custom GPTs can be shared and monetized. Think of it as an app store for AI, where developers can publish their GPTs and potentially earn revenue based on user engagement.

Copyright Shield: A new feature designed to offer legal protection to users of the OpenAI platform. This initiative reflects an effort to address the complex legalities associated with creating content using AI and provide a layer of security for developers and companies using the platform. With this measure, OpenAI not only offers a technological tool, but also guarantees peace of mind, allowing innovators to focus on creativity and development without the looming worry of legal repercussions for inadvertently generated content.

The PCCC will like to introduce The Canadian Friends of ANIQUEM – CAFA –, a registered charity in Canada, and recipient of the "Institution of the Year - Award of Excellence 2014" in recognition of its commendable work. Today, they wish to address you with the following request:

"CAFA is a non-profit organization, operating since 2006, helping in the rehabilitation of burned children at the ANIQUEM burn clinic in Lima-Peru. We are seeking corporate support from PCCC members and friends who consider this as part of their ESG program."

"CAFA currently offers 3 main programs to young burn survivors: Transportation from all over Peru to facilitate access to free comprehensive rehabilitation at the clinic; Burn Camps once a year for burn victims to socialize helping them in their psychosocial recovery; and Scholarships to provide school supplies to all of our transport children, as well as opportunities for post-secondary education."

"You would be welcome as a donor of general support to CAFA or a sponsor of one of our programs. Funds contributed in Canada will go directly to our work in Peru and tax receipts will be issued. Please visit our website www.friendsofaniquem.org, or contact us at cafa@friendsofaniquem.org"

The Asociación de Mujeres Peruanas en Ontario - AMPO invites you to its Annual Fundraising Gala Dinner to be held on Saturday, November 25 at 6:30 pm at Old Mill Toronto ( 9 Old Mill Road, Toronto).

A very special Thank You to sponsors Jackie Dall'Orso (Real Estate Agent), Restaurante El Inka (Peruvian cuisine), and Roxana & Richard (Reiki training). If you would also like to contribute by donating items for the silent auction, please contact Lucy Vera at 416-301-8222.

Don't miss out on participating and register now by calling Paquita Zlatar 289-242-5280 or Mili Omonte 416-986-3748. Space is limited and the satisfaction of assisting and helping our children in Peru is unlimited.