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In order to strengthen the capacity of universities and research centers in science and education, and to guide the development and integration of the set of advanced computing services required by national networks to form the regional academic network and its user communities, it was created, on the occasion of the Assembly of Partners of the Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks (La Serena, Chile, December 3-5, 2019), the RedCLARA Scientific Computing Council. The organ, made up of nine senior (and three alternate) counselors, will start its activities in January 2020.

With the support of the Chilean advanced network, REUNA, and the participation of its Executive Director, Paola Arellano, the Telemedicine Unit of the Universidad de Concepción, in Chile, will take place on December 6 and 7, 2019 , the International Congress of Telemedicine, Telehealth and Digital Health. The event will be held at the MDS Hotel (Ex Hotel Sonesta).

ICT and Higher Education Institutions leaders from all over the world will be meeting on April 22, in Malaga, Spain, on the occasion of the EUNIS 2020 Rectors' Conference, meeting that will discuss the topic “Leading the success of digital transformation”.

The announcement was made by Gilberto Camara, Director, GEO Secretariat, during the opening remarks at the Sixteenth Plenary Session – GEO-XVI Canberra, that has been held in Australia from 6-7 November 2019.

The book, published in early November 2019, seeks to be the starting point for the joint work of HEIs in Latin America to promote good practices in ICT governance in these institutions.

The proceedings of the TICAL2019 Conference and the 3rd Latin American e-Science Meeting, events that took place between September 2 and 4, 2019, in Cancun, Mexico, are already available for consultation and download.