 He was awarded with the Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas de Chile in 2004.Carlos Conca was born in the capital Santiago de Chile (Chile) on November 3, 1954.His primary and secondary education was undertaken at the Colegio "Saint Gabriel’s English School" where he majored in mathematics,

He attended the Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile at the University of Chile in 1973 obtaining the "Ingeniero Civil Matemático" in February 1977.