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The Strategic Project Portfolio is the main instrument of government of Information Technology (IT) that a university can use to determine which projects are the most strategic for the organization and optimize its investments in IT. Aiming to help rectors and ICT managers of universities to act well in this area, GTI4U, a team of researchers and IT professionals from different universities at international level, launched the book "How to prioritize strategic IT projects for your university".

After three successful editions, begins on April 8, 2019, the fourth version of the Graduation in Telemedicine and Health Information Technologies, offered by the Universidad de Concepción, in Chile.

Between September 2 and 4, Cancun will receive for the second time the community of ICT directors of Latin American universities, to celebrate the ninth edition of the TICAL Conference and the third, of the e-Science Latin American Meeting.

The National Center for High Technology of Costa Rica (CeNAT) is organizing two training activities on high-performance computing during the month of January 2019.

Organizado por el Instituto de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación de la Universidad Francisco Gavidia (El Salvador), con el apoyo de la red académica salvadoreña, RAICES, la actividad consistirá en una serie de ponencias sobre matemática, tecnología y nanotecnología, a las que podrán atender mediante el servicio de videoconferencia de escritorio VC Espresso todos los interesados en estas materias.

GÉANT and RedCLARA, on behalf of the BELLA (Building the Europe Link to Latin America) Consortium, are delighted to announce that EllaLink and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have finalised agreements for the construction of the EllaLink submarine fibre optic cable system that will provide direct connectivity between Europe and Latin America. Through the agreement with EllaLink, BELLA will receive spectrum on the new submarine cable, to support research and education networking between the two continents, for the lifetime of the system.