Is your organization truly ready to use artificial intelligence? IMFD invites you to the workshop “Know Your Data: An Essential Step Toward AI”

Companies, universities, public services, and social organizations generate large amounts of information every day. However, many are unsure whether their data
is of sufficient quality and organized enough to take advantage of artificial intelligence tools. A free workshop offered by the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), to be held in Santiago, Viña del Mar, and Concepción, will aim to provide a practical methodology for assessing, organizing, and beginning to transform that data into a strategic asset.

An organization may have thousands of digital records, databases, spreadsheets, and IT systems. However, when the time comes to implement an artificial intelligence tool, a question arises that has rarely been answered before: Do we really know the state of our data? For the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data ( IMFD), that is the true gateway to effective AI adoption.“Many organizations think that the biggest challenge is learning how to use artificial intelligence, when in reality the most important thing is to understand the quality and organization of their own data,”explains Juan Reutter, director of the IMFD.

With that goal in mind, the IMFD developed the workshop “Know Your Data: An Essential Step Toward AI, ”a theoretical and practical experience that, rather than simply teaching participants how to use artificial intelligence tools, aims to help each organization understand the state of its data and develop an initial roadmap for organizing and preparing it for future AI-based projects. Using a methodology developed by the IMFD, participants will be able to identify strengths and gaps in their information management and begin transforming that data into a strategic asset for decision-making.

What will we do in each workshop?

The workshop begins with a self-assessment, through which each participant will be able to evaluate the current state of their organization’s data, identify strengths and gaps, and determine how prepared they are to move toward AI-based solutions.

From that point on, the course combines theoretical content and practical exercises to help participants understand essential aspects of data management—such as data quality, organization, and integrity—which are fundamental to generating reliable and useful information for decision-making.

At the end of the day, each participant will take home a document created during the workshop that will help them assess the current state of their data, identify opportunities for improvement, and outline an initial roadmap for beginning to implement artificial intelligence tools in accordance with their institution’s needs and context.

The methodology focuses on the experiences of the participants. The workshop invites participants to share experiences, reflect collectively, and learn from real-life case studies developed by the IMFD, linking theory to specific situations currently faced by universities, companies, public institutions, and civil society organizations.

Coordinates for Santiago, Viña del Mar, and Concepción:

The same workshop will be held over four sessions, free of charge, in different cities and on different dates:

🗓️ Thursday, August 20 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Santiago
Hub Metropolitano, San Isidro 85, 8th Floor, Santiago.

🗓️ Friday, September 4 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Viña del Mar
, V21 Innovation District, 3232 Limache Street, El Salto, ParqTec V21 Building, Viña del Mar.

🗓️ Thursday, October 1 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Concepción
, Espacio Más at the University of Concepción, Víctor Lamas 1290, Concepción.

🗓️ Friday, October 23 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Santiago *hybrid
IMFD offices at the UC Innovation Center, 4th floor, located on the San Joaquín Campus of the Catholic University (Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul).
This workshop will also be streamed online and will be available on the institute’s YouTube channel .

**Limited space per workshop**

Registration is open and free; please use the form below.

If you have any questions, please email comunicaciones-imfd@imfd.cl

We're looking forward to seeing you!