Up to 3,000 students from Puerto Rico will be trained for free in cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence, thanks to an alliance between the non-profit organization ConPRmitted and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
“Committed to the cloud,” as the initiative was named, “represents the commitment we have to Puerto Rico and to local talent. “We are democratizing access to key tools so that young people can forge a prosperous future and access innovative job opportunities,” said Carolina Pina, leader of AWS Mass Training in Latin America, in a statement.
The program was launched at the Futuro ConPR event, held on October 30 to a full house at the Sheraton hotel in the Miramar Convention District.
Since that day, the site https://conprmetidos.talento-cloud.com/#/ has been open and available to enroll a maximum of 3,000 people, who will receive free training on the fundamentals of cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence, the executive director of ConPRmetidos, Isabel Rullán, informed this medium.
You only need to register on the site to begin the learning path.
“This collaboration with AWS is an example of how the private sector and the nonprofit sector can work hand in hand to literally help high school students in Puerto Rico accelerate and deepen the skills necessary for their well-being, their development and the good of Puerto Rico,” Rullán reflected.
Participants who demonstrate the best performance in these initial courses will be eligible to receive a voucher that allows them to take the official exam to obtain the “cloud practitioner” from AWS, he added.
From idea to action to retain young people
In addition to announcing the agreement with AWS, the co-founder of ConPRmetidos reported that at the FuturoconPR event ideas, concrete examples and reasons were presented to integrate high school students in the discussion and in country projects aimed at economic development and skills in demand.
Among the resources who addressed the audience – made up of more than 1,300 high school students, teachers and school counselors – were the doctor and urban music exponent PJ Sin Suela; Camille Burckhart, who leads Popular Inc’s IT and digital areas; and Luis Marrero, general manager of AWS in the Caribbean.
The agenda included talks and panels on professional development opportunities without leaving Puerto Rico, focused on growing industries such as energy, health, entertainment and various technologies.
In addition to the talks, the event featured a job fair, workshops on social and emotional skills, first work experiences, and activities with social media personalities, so that the meeting was dynamic and enriching for the young audience.