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On July 7, two 100 Gbps connections between São Paulo and Miami were activated, which expand the international output of the Brazilian academic network. The links, which go through submarine cables in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, are maintained by the Amlight consortium, which manages the connections between the United States and Latin America for teaching and research purposes.
Are you interested in knowing about funding opportunities under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme? The MAGIC Project invites you to participate in an Info Day on Horizon 2020 – Health, demographic change and wellbeing, which will be held on 8th July 2016 starting from 07:00H GMT.
María José López Pourailly
Come and meet those using Remote Instruments for Medical Applications! The presenters will be the experts Dr.Patricia Santiago and Dr. Valverde (México), Dr. Shuji Shimizu, M.D. Ph.D. (Japan), Prof .Winston G. Mendes Davidson (Jamaica) and Dr. Michel J.F. Walravens (Belgium).
The proposals will now be evaluated by the Program Committee and on July 29 TICAL will notify and publish the authors, young entrepreneurs and interinstitutional projects that will receive the organization's support to attend the Conference.
The argentine Ernesto Chinkes is one of the most important actors in the development of TICAL in recent years and knows the Conference as few figures. He has been the chairman of its Program Committee in three consecutive years, and this year was named Honorary President. In 2016, however, the meeting will have a special taste for him. It is the first time that TICAL is carried out in Argentina. In this interview, Chinkes tells us a little about his expectations, on how institutions are preparing for the event and leave a message to encourage the participation of latin americans.
The last three months were full of news to the Latin American ICT community, with the confirmation of Buenos Aires to host TICAL2016 , the relaunch of the advanced network of Paraguay and its connection to RedCLARA , and the achievements of the MAGIC project. Do you want to know more about these and other relevant topics in our universe? Download now the new edition of DeCLARA.