The event will be held by videoconference between 15h and 21h30 GMT.
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- María José López Pourailly
Understand how blockchain can change traditional transaction models
(Source: RNP) Currently, to make a transaction safely, we use an intermediary as guarantee, which we trust. This is where the banks come in. But what if we did not need this intermediary? What if we could make the transactions directly between people or companies, without going through a link in the middle?
- María José López Pourailly
OAS countries agree to accelerate technological development in the Americas
Gathered in Medellin, Colombia, on November 2 and 3, 2017, at the Fifth Meeting of Ministers and High level Authorities on Science and Technology of the Americas (V REMCYT) within the framework of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), the ministers and high authorities of science and technology of the Organization of American States (OAS) member states, issued the "Declaration of Medellín: Science, Technology and Innovation as Pillars of Transformation in the Americas", where they agree to accelerate the technological development of the region.
- María José López Pourailly
New GLIF maps now available!
(Source: GLIF) GLIF, the Global Lambda Integrated Facility, announces the availability of new world maps that showcase the global Research & Education multi-gigabit optical network infrastructure owned by its participating organizations. GLIF is a virtual organization (or facility) that consists of network providers, network engineers, computer scientists and computational scientists.
- María José López Pourailly
The role of ICT in higher education: RedCLARA organizes debate at the Congress of the Americas on International Education
Held between Oct. 11-13 in Montreal, Canada, the Congress of the Americas on International Education (CAEI) opened the way for the discussion on the role and place of ICT within higher education institutions - a subject that is being worked by RedCLARA during the last years in its TICAL Conference -, by means of a roundtable entitled "The ICT and the Internationalization of the Institutions of Higher Education: opportunities or a latent risk?".
With the participation of representatives from Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, Colombia, Argentina and Costa Rica, the Directive Council of LA Referencia met from September 27 to 29 in Buenos Aires aiming to generating a strategy to consolidate the network as a public good, highlighting the capacity for articulation and generation of agreements among member countries.
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