Professor Xun Luo, director of Connected Universal Experiences Labs chaired the sessions. Presenting members from the Academic Committee at the Connected Universal Experiences Labs included: Dr. Mario José Divan from National University of La Pampa, Argentina talking about online data-driven decision making; Dr. Andrés Navarro Cadavid from Universidad Icesi Cali, Colombia talking about solutions for the Parkinson disease; and, Dr. Claudia Liliana Zuñiga-Cañón from Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia and president of the IEEE Computer Society Colombia Chapter talking about extended realities in smart cities.