AMERICAS EU-LAC ICT & e-Infrastructures Conference for R&D cooperation held in Campeche, Mexico on 3-4 October 2013

The AMERICAS Conference took place at the Convention Center of Campeche (Mexico) on 3-4 October 2013 in the framework of the CUDI’s Autumn Meeting, hosted by Universidad Autónoma de Campeche. The AMERICAS project has been promoting e-Infrastructures for e-Science collaboration to spread the benefits and power of world-class ICT-based infrastructures for R&D cooperation between Europe and Latin America. The main objectives of the EU-LAC ICT & e-Infrastructures Conference were to show the impact of e-Infrastructures used in different e-Science domains in Latin America: Life Sciences, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, Data Access & Preservation, Astronomy & Astrophysics, and to strengthen networking between ICT and e-Infrastructures communities, to exchange views, share information and identify new opportunities for R&D collaboration.

The Conference brought together over 200 participants from 10 countries: Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, USA, Spain, and also speakers from UK, Italy and the European Commission in Brussels that participated via videoconference. It was attended by delegates from RedCLARA and GEANT, Latin America’s NRENs (CUDI, RENATA, RedCONARE, RNP and REUNA), EU-LAC projects funded by the European Commission (AMERICAS, RISC, ELCIRA, CHAIN, M.-Inclusion) and other advanced computing initiatives, as well as researchers from Universities and industry (CISCO, NOKIA).

The opening session was chaired by Miguel González, of Tecnológico de Monterrey, and the Conference began with welcome addresses from Sergio Gabriel Matheos, Argentina’s Subsecretary of Institutional Coordination of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (MINCYT) and e-Infrastructures NCP; followed by Carlos Casasús, Director General of CUDI, Yolanda Ursa, the AMERICAS coordinator; Moira Karosuo of CONACYT and Neil Hernández, of Tecnológico de Monterrey and ICT NCP.

The event showed the advance of ICT and e-Infrastructures research in Latin America and its potential for cooperation with Europe. It was organised around four topics:

• EU-LAC cooperation in ICT & e-Infrastructures
• e-Infrastructures in the EU-LAC political dialogue
• ICT and e-Infrastructures priorities in Latin America
• e-Infrastructures and Innovation in Latin America: Panel on Industry and Academia cooperation

The full agenda including presentations of the Conference can be found here.

“EU-LAC ICT & e-Infrastructures Conference for R&D cooperation”, Campeche, Mexico, 3-4 October 2013

The AMERICAS project and the Mexican NREN CUDI are pleased to invite you to the EU-LAC ICT & e-Infrastructures Conference for R&D cooperation that will take place in Campeche (Mexico) on 3-4 October 2013, in the framework of the CUDI’s Autumn Meeting, and with the support of the European Commission.

The objectives of the Conference are to raise awareness of the power and opportunities of e-infrastructures for EU-LAC cooperation in ICT R&D, and to show the impact of e-Infrastructures used in different e-Science domains: Life Sciences, Earth Science, Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, Data Access & Preservation, Astronomy & Astrophysics

The Conference will provide an international forum to network between ICT and e-Infrastructures communities, to exchange views, share information and identify new opportunities for R&D collaboration.

For more information download the agenda in English and Spanish. To register for the event please send an email to cudi@cudi.edu.mx or follow instructions at the CUDI website http://www.cudi.edu.mx.

"EU-LAC cooperation in ICT and e-Infrastructures" Workshop, Querétaro, México April 15 2013

The AMERICAS project invites you to the workshop “EU-LAC Cooperation in ICT and e-Infrastructures: The role of e-Infrastructures in México”, organized by Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) and with the support of CUDI the Mexican NREN, which will be held in Querétaro, México on 15^th April, in the context of “Spring CUDI Meeting 2013” (15^th - 17^th April).

The objective of the workshop is to share the e-Infrastructures mapping of Latin America, main e-Science domains for e-Infrastructures research, as well as Virtual Research Communities (VCR) and application fields linked to domains such as Life sciences, Earth sciences, Engineering, Computer sciences and mathematics, among others.

This research has been elaborated by the AMERICAS Project in collaboration with the Consejo Especial de e-Infraestructuras in Mexico and other Latin American Task Forces for ICT-e-Infrastructures set up by the AMERICAS Project.

Download the agenda and the brochure for more information about the workshop.