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The Scientific Committee of this first edition of the Meeting has revealed the 18 works that will form the backbone of the program. The organization of the event will contact the chosen ones soon.

The National University Network of Chile, REUNA, and the National Academic Network of Advanced Technology of Colombia, RENATA, invite the academic community of Latin America to join the conference "Astronomy, connectivity, computation: challenges and opportunities".

33 from 155 papers received by the Call for Authors were selected by the Program Committee to be presented during July 3 and 5, 2017, in San José, Costa Rica. At the call of Young Innovators, three of the 14 submitted papers were chosen by the Committee to be exposed to the ICT leaders of Latin American universities in an exclusive session at TICAL2017. Those selected will be contacted shortly by the organization of the event in order to organize the details of their travels.

The Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean (FRIDA) provides funding and recognizes initiatives that promote Internet development and encourage the adoption of digital solutions to address socio-economic challenges in the LAC region and is now announcing its 2017 call for proposals. As a result of this 2017 call for proposals, the FRIDA Program will present two awards and offer one grant.

The Board of Directors of the Association "Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks (CLARA)", as responsible for the said selection process, decided, in an extraordinary session held on Thursday, May 18, to extend the period of receipt of complementary information related to the already presented applications for a period running from Friday, May 19 until May 26, 2017.

Preparations for the seventh edition of the Conference of the ICT Directors of Latin American universities are in full swing. In the middle of work, however, many people forget simple things, such as verifying if a visa is needed to enter Costa Rica.