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On the second day of the TICAL2024 conference, Luis Eliécer Cadenas, Executive Director of RedCLARA, presented the achievements and objectives of the BELLA II project, highlighting its contribution to bridging the digital divide, promoting meaningful connectivity and building a robust and sustainable digital ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The TICAL 2024 poster call successfully closed on November 22, with notable participation from researchers and students. Its goal was to promote the visibility of innovative, high-impact projects in key areas, such as digital health, sustainability, and technology, while highlighting the contributions of the academic and scientific community in the region.

Today, the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has become the epicentre of technological and scientific collaboration for Latin America and the Caribbean with the launch of TICAL 2024, the flagship event of RedCLARA. This year’s edition has brought together nearly 200 participants, including academics, technology experts, and regional leaders, to strengthen alliances and explore new solutions in critical areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), e-Health, open science, sustainability, and cybersecurity.

New GÉANT CEO Lise Fuhr officially takes up her new role today, following the November General Assembly (GA) meeting, succeeding Erik Huizer who held the role from July 2017.

On November 27, the Latin American University Telemedicine Network (RUTE-AL), under the coordination of RedCLARA, held the event "Digital Health in Latin America: The Vision of International Organizations," in collaboration with RECAINSA.

During its participation in the SC24 International Conference in Georgia, USA, from November 17 to 22, RedCLARA reaffirmed its leadership in strengthening the digital ecosystem of Latin America and the Caribbean. At this global forum, the organization highlighted the transformative impact of the BELLA and BELLA II projects, co-funded by the European Union (EU). These initiatives have expanded digital interconnection capacity, promoted scientific collaboration, and strengthened open science and advanced technologies in the region.