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The Board of Directors of LA Referencia, composed of representatives from the countries that make up the network, has elected Robinson Zapata-Pino (SENACYT - Panama) as President and Patricia Muñoz (ANID - Chile) as Vice President for a two-year term.

The impact of digital transformation on health data governance systems and the tools needed to create systems that benefit the patients were some of the topics addressed during the RUTE-AL Webinar "Health Data Governance in LAC," held on Wednesday, 31 July.

From 8 August to 30 October, you have a limited time to take advantage of   special rates for the TICAL2024 Conference. The event is scheduled from 3-5 December at the Barra Windsor Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Advanced Computing System for Latin America and the Caribbean (SCALAC) recently released a report on the current state of high-performance computing (HPC) in the region. Supported by RedCLARA, SCALAC promotes the development of HPC in the region to contribute to closing the digital divide and achieving technological autonomy and data sovereignty.

The functionalities of the “Diploma” project, an initiative by RedCLARA that facilitates regional academic dialogue and the interoperability of student and professional credentials, along with other educational services deployed on LACNet's blockchain networks, were discussed in one of the podcasts from the “Café LACChain” series, titled “Education in the Web3 Era.”

Migration and Xenophobia, microplastics, public domain works and wetlands were the four major social impact themes tackled by the winning teams of CoAfina, the Latin American science and education hackathon, held on 19, 20 and 21 July. They convinced the judging panel by the quality of the solutions proposed using open access data. In this third edition, the podium was made up of students from seven universities in Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.