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After seven years working as the Technical Chief of InnovaRed, six months ago Javier Martínez took, a new challenge: to command the Argentine academic network as its Executive Director. Martínez also played important roles in the Technical Committee of RedCLARA, enhancing the development of collaboration in e-Science of Argentina and the Latin American countries. In this interview Martínez explains the importance of Argentina’s participation both in the regional network and in TICAL2015 Conference, and also comments about the progress conducted in InnovaRed.

The ELCIRA Project finished the activities with important results.

Seeking to promote the cooperation between the higher education institutions in the region, the TICAL community calls the interested to submit, until April 15th, proposals for interinstitutional projects that address the themes of the Conference 2015 (described in the thematic axes) and that could be benefited and empowered by the collaboration between different academic institutions in Latin America. An author of each selected proposal will receive the airfare as an incentive to participate in TICAL 2015 and present its project at the conference.

Through eduGAIN, the scientific and educational community of RENATA (Colombia) will get access to content, services and resources of 40 countries around the world. The academic community of the institutions connected to RENATA may use around 1135 new services.

LA Referencia is pleased to announce the incorporation of Costa Rica as the new country in the position of observer member, increasing the number of members that are part of the regional initiative of institutional repositories. The decision for the entry of the Central American country was recently approved by the Directive Council of LA Referencia, after receiving the request of the country itself.

To be held at the Convention Center and Hotel-Casino Enjoy, between the 6th and the 8th of July of 2015, in the city of Viña del Mar, in Chile, the Conference will bring together, as well as in its previous editions, the ICT leaders who are members of universities and research institutes in Latin America and the leaders of the business world. Early entries and two calls - one for authors and another for young entrepreneurs - are already opened. Join TICAL!