Events

WACREN 2024 Conference: “Charting The Course: Forging Future-Ready Higher Education and Research Communities” will be in Abuja, Nigeria, meeting African research and education networks and their communities to discuss how to evolve and adapt to the ongoing waves.

Under the cooperation agreement between the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), researchers from the state of São Paulo and researchers from Switzerland can submit collaborative research projects to the two institutions, with leadership alternating between FAPESP and the SNSF.

Participate in the webinar "New data protection law: Challenges for the education and research ecosystem", organized by the advanced network of Chile, REUNA, and ICDT in the framework of the International Day for the Protection of Personal Data, which is commemorated every January 28.

REUNA and ICDT invite Universities and Institutions of the science, technology, innovation and education environment to dialogue and learn about the challenges that will mean the adaptation of the Chilean law (in draft) to international standards on data protection, especially the European Regulation on Personal Data Protection, Madrid standards, and OECD standards.

The speakers will be:

• Lorena Donoso Abarca. Associate Professor, University of Chile, Counselor of the Chilean Institute of Law and Technologies.
• Fernando Fernández. Master in Laws, University of Chicago (United States); LL.M. in Innovation, Technology and the Law, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom).
• Carlos Reusser Monsálvez. Academic Alberto Hurtado University, Master in Computer Science and Law (U. Complutense), PhD Candidate in Law (University of Salamanca).

The webinar will be held on Monday, January 29, at 11:00 am (GMT-3), and is open to the public.

Register at: https://reuna.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvdOqpqT0jHdUGt25oNng3HyXXy_AL776-#/registration

The Latin American and Caribbean community of research and education networks is invited to join the Internet2 Community Exchange 2024, which will take place between March 4th and 7th, 2024.

The main objective of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships (MSCA) under the Horizon Europe programme is to support the training and career development of researchers worldwide by funding excellent doctoral programmes, individual postdoctoral projects and collaborative projects.

The Digital Transformation Committee of the Advanced Network of Chile, REUNA, invites you to participate in the virtual chat "Digital Transformation Trends to consider in the Higher Education Sector".