• In its ninth edition it will bring together more than 300 national and international, leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and investment, who will share the trends that are transforming the business growth in Latin America.

Bogotá, 5 August 2026. The leaders who are promoting today some of the most important innovation, acceleration and investment ecosystems influential people from around the world will arrive in Bogotá to participate in the ninth edition of GOFEST, the entrepreneurship and innovation festival of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, which will celebrate its ninth edition from August 26 to 29 at Ágora Bogotá – Convention Center.

With this agenda, the festival seeks to consolidate itself as the stage where trends are discussed that are redefining entrepreneurship and where strategic connections are become real opportunities for business growth in America Latina.

For four days, GOFEST will bring together more than 300 national and international speakers on an agenda designed to discuss the trends that are redefining the growth of companies and startups. Artificial intelligence, venture capital, emerging technologies, leadership, international expansion, business scaling, product development and new business models They will be some of the thematic axes that will mark this edition.

Ovidio Claros Polanco, president of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, stated that “GOFEST will bring together to the most important exponents of the American entrepreneurship ecosystem Latina. This, together with key spaces such as GO MATCH where we expect 10,000 business appointments, are a evidence that we remain committed to turning Bogotá into the capital of entrepreneurship in the region.”

The agenda will be headed by John Peter Lewis, Chief Commercial Officer of SXSW, the most recognized festival of innovation and creativity in the world, who will share his experience on building global ecosystems of innovation. He will be joined by Pablo Zamora, co-founder of NOTCO, the unique benchmark in innovation food based on artificial intelligence; Marcelle Paiva, VP of AI HubHUB at Oracle; Ariel Schilkrut, co-founder of Zippedi Inc; Matías Laks, Country Manager of Rappi; and Kevin Koym, founder and CEO of Tech Ranch, an international reference in the strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems, who will share their vision on how to scale innovative companies and accelerate business growth entrepreneurship.

The conversation It will also feature leaders who are transforming access to capital today, technology and business innovation. Among them stand out Jack Mardack, co-founder of Oyster®, a company that simultaneously achieved unicorn status and B Corp certification; Fabrice Serfati, partner of IGNIA Partners, one of the most relevant venture capital funds in Latin America; Alexander Melikian, CFO of Jeeves, a global fintech specialized in financial infrastructure; Ana Peña, director of Communications for the Americas of Intel, who will address the impact of artificial intelligence on organizations; José Vélez, founder and CEO of Bold, one of the Colombian fintech companies with the largest growth; Cristian Tala, creator of the movementCAR (Suck It, Learn, Repeat) and founder of Easy Payment, a company acquired by EVO Payments when the exits are still they were not common in the region,; and Jeff Snider, founder of Trench Lessons, an expert in growth and capital raising for startups and serial entrepreneur with 3 exits.

More than an agenda of conferences, GOFEST will be a living platform for connection, learning and action, with World-class Side Events that will expand the experience of the festival and will connect attendees with the most relevant to the global ecosystem. This edition will have spaces like Endeavor Day, a meeting designed to inspire high-impact entrepreneurs to think big, scale your companies and connect with leaders in the world business growth; PlatziConf, “the community that never stops learn”, which will bring a practical look at digital talent, technology, education and skills that are defining the future of work; theFemtech Innovation Summit, dedicated to making visible the potential of innovation, science and technology applied to women's health and well-being; theFamily Office Track by Family Office Network, which will bring together investors, entrepreneurs and business families to explore new business opportunities investment, smart capital and legacy building; andLatAm AI Champions, a stage with some of the best exponents of artificial intelligence of the region, who will share cases, trends and real applications to transform companies and industries. As if that were not enough, Google joins this year as main sponsor, raising the festival experience with a special space for hackathons, keynotes with its most senior executives and practical workshops to learn how to apply their AI tools to develop solutions in a very short time.,

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GOFEST will not only be a space to learn about trends. The knowledge that these will share leaders will have a practical component thanks to GO MATCH LATAM, the festival relationship platform that hopes to realize more than 10,000 business meetings between startups, investors, capital funds, corporates, governments, accelerators and incubators throughout the region. A through matchmaking algorithms with personalized meetings, this initiative seeks to transform festival conversations into alliances strategies, investment and concrete opportunities for the growth of Latin American ventures.

This ninth edition comes backed by the growth achieved in 2025, when this scenario registered more than 40,000 attendees, brought together 2,300 startups, nearly 280 investors, representatives from 51 countries and more than 300 speakers, figures that reflect its consolidation as one of the festivals of most important entrepreneurship and innovation in Latin America. GOFEST invites entrepreneurs, businessmen, investors, corporates, students, creators, developers, innovation leaders and all actors in the ecosystem to register at gofest.com.co and build your own route within the festival, according to your profile, interests and objectives.