The new BELLA Ideathon II, entitled "Innovation of Agrifood Systems in Central America and the Caribbean" starts this Thursday, February 29, with the aim of stimulating the collaborative generation of ideas and making the agrifood systems of Central America and the Caribbean more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. The event will begin at 15h GMT (9h from Mexico, 10h from Colombia, 12h from Brazil, Argentina and Chile) and will be broadcast live on the RedCLARA's Youtube channel.
The webinar "From the Sky to the Earth" was held on February 21 with the aim of presenting to the Mexican educational, scientific and research communitiesthe characteristics of the European Union's Earth Observation Programme, Copernicus, its benefits at the national level for solving or mitigating the effects of various problems related to climate change and disasters, and the experience of the Copernicus Academy in the region.
The challenges and opportunities for Latin American academia in the face of increasingly frequent threats of cyber-attacks was the central theme of the participation of RedCLARA's Services Manager, Carlos Gonzalez, at the First Cybersecurity Conference of the University of Queretaro, Mexico, on February 21.
RedCLARA and the Internet Society Dominican Republic Chapter (ISOC-DO) took an important step towards the creation of a National Research and Education Network (NREN) in the country, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on February 16, in the framework of the EU-LAC Digital Alliance High Level Dialogue on Cybersecurity.
RedCLARA's participation in the EU-LAC Digital Alliance High Level Policy Dialogue on Cybersecurity, which took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from February 14 to 16, featured outstanding panel discussions.
Intending to promote scientific and academic initiatives of national interest and contributing to strengthening the Colombian ecosystem of research, science, and education on Blockchain, the National Network of Advanced Technology of Colombia (RENATA) launched the National Network of Blockchain for Social Innovation (RedNBC) in a webinar held on January 31.
