Chile-European STI Initiative Newsletter

The first issue of the Chile - European Science, Technology and Innovation Newsletter, has been issues. Amongst other news, it gives information about the LA presence at the up-coming ICT2013 conference in Vilnius, and the role of Chile in polar research. 

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Successful contacts Chile-EU in Warsaw Proposers Day

The AMERICAS project organized two actions aiming at promoting the participation of Chilean ICT researchers in the European Commission's ICT Proposers’ Day 2012 in Warsaw, Poland on 26-27 September 2012:

1. A call for letters of intent with the purpose of supporting the participation of a Chilean ICT researcher in the ICT Proposers’ Day.
2. The opportunity to fill in a Researcher’s Profile Fiche for the attendants of the AMERICAS’ Master Class in Chile gave the chance to get in contact with the researchers attending the ICT Proposers’ day too.

These two actions were powerful instruments for networking between Chilean ICT researchers and their foreign peers as they enabled the Chilean researchers taking part in the Warsaw event to promote the potential of other Chilean organizations to participate in ICT projects.

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Why the future is Latin American

“This 21st century will be our century, the century of Latin America,” wrote Sebastián Piñera, the president of Chile, in a recent article for The Economist. Piñera is right and the bet on “LatAm” as financiers like to refer to it, is a bet that is almost certain to come off.

Latin America has always been sexy and exciting, but now it is also a good place to make millions. A report from Deloitte last year said that the number of millionaire households in Brazil would pass a million by 2020.

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AMERICAS at the EU-LAC S&T Senior Official Meeting – SOM, Concepción, Chile 20-21 March 2012

The coordinator of the AMERICAS project, Yolanda Ursa, will participate as Observer in the Senior Official Meeting – SOM on Science and Technology that will take place in Concepción, Chile on 20-21 March 2012.

The SOM is hosted by the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica of Chile - CONICYT, co-leader of the EU-LAC ICT Working Group and partner of the AMERICAS project. It will be attended by senior officials from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean countries, as well as representatives from the EC DGs Research & Innovation and Information Society and Media.

The SOM will be dedicated to monitor the Roadmap implementation of the EU-LAC Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation, adopted by the Madrid Ministerial Forum and EU-LAC Summit in 2010. Also, the Agenda will review the status of the Working Groups set up by the SOM in 2011: Bioeconomy and food security; Biodiversity and climate change; Energy and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

AMERICAS supports the ICT policy dialogue between Europe and Latin America in order to foster research and innovation cooperation between both regions. Prior to the SOM, the AMERICAS Annual ICT Forum will take place in Santiago, Chile on 16 March 2012. This co-creative and interactive workshop will encourage the emergence of pilot initiatives and concrete proposals around the four topics of the EU-LAC ICT Working Group: ICT for inclusion, ICT for health, Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS and Living Labs.

AMERICAS first Annual ICT Forum in Santiago

The forthcoming AMERICAS ICT Co-creative Interactive Forum will take place on the 16th of March in Santiago, Chile. The event will be an opportunity to share views on the opportunities and challenges of R&D ICT collaboration between Latin America and Europe.

With the support and guidance of a facilitator (FUTOUR, Italy) we aim at stimulating discussions and the exchange of experiences among the participants so as to foster the emergence of pilot initiatives and concrete proposals for future international collaboration in ICT. The event is addressed to research organizations, enterprises, institutions, policy makers and funding agencies that play an active role in ICT R&D and innovation.

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International Conference: ICT Challenges for Innovation, 7‐ 8 June, Santiago

The International Conference “ICT Challenges for Innovation” will bring together representatives from the industry, government and national research, with the aim of exploring and proposing instruments, mechanisms and strategies to foster collaboration in R+D+i in the field of ICT with the European Union.

In this event, leading European and Latin American experts will discuss common issues between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean that will enhance collaboration in R+D+i in ICT between the two regions.
The Conference is organized by CHIEP II, FORESTA, and EULARINET.

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ICT in Chile - Research Areas and Capabilities: preliminary study released

The Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) has released a preliminary study entitled ICT in Chile - Research Areas and Capabilities. The study was financially supported by the European Union (through the project CHIEP II).

The document presents preliminary results of an ongoing study, intended to report on the Chilean research capability and working areas in Information and Communication Technologies. The document helps readers to identify Chilean research centres, investigators and research areas, as a way to ease the cooperation in ICT research, development and technology transfer between the European Union and Chile.

The priority areas considered are those specified as research challenges in the work programme 2011 for the ICT theme of the EU FP7 Specific Programme 'Cooperation'

An updated and comprehensive version of the study will be available after December 2010 @ www.chiep.cl.