Boletín n° 53 Special Edition August 2018

Everything is ready for TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin American e-Science Meeting in Cartagena de Indias

Luz Miriam Díaz Patigño: “Digital transformation is a reality and RENATA is the right scenario to strengthen it”

Fernando Daniels: “Universities that have not incorporated digital technologies are at risk of leaving the market”

Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas Edición María José López Pourailly Contents Contenidos María José López Pourailly Luiz Alberto Rasseli

Traducción al portugués A clear path for your data Luiz Alberto Rasseli Diseño gráfico We empower your research and developments Marcela González Garfias

Contacto de Prensa Editorial María José López Pourailly 4 Gerente de Comunicaciones y TICAL2018, Luis Eliécer Cadenas, RedCLARA’s Executive Director Relaciones Públicas maria-jose.lopez@.net (+56) 2 2584 86 18 # 504 The 'Heroic' will be taken: Everything is ready for TICAL2018 and Avenida del Parque 4680-A 6 Edifico Europa, oficina 108 the 2nd Latin American e-Science Meeting in Cartagena de Indias Ciudad Empresarial, Huechuraba. Santiago, CHILE 12 Luz Miriam Díaz Patigño: “Digital transformation is a reality and RENATA is the right scenario to strengthen it” 15 Enzo Capone: “The advancements in technology should aim to simplify the access to the existing services”

Fernando Daniels: “Universities that have not incorporated digital 19 technologies are at risk of leaving the market” 21 Heather Flanagan: "Digital identity is the basis to allow collaboration"

TICAL’s Mosaic 23 Javier Apat (IT Director of the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Leandro Ciuffo (Deputy Director of Research and Development of RNP, Brazil), Faraón Llorens Largo (professor of the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Alicante, Spain), Edison Leonardo Coronel Romero (professor of Systems Engineering at the National University of Loja, Ecuador) 31 Agenda

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TICAL2018

Between September 3rd and The 2018 version of TICAL will be guided by the Plenary sessions, training workshops, the table of theme "Digital Transformation in Institutions of rectors and announcements of new services and 5th we will be holding the Higher Education, Science and Culture", a task that we planning activities of national networks will intertwine eighth edition of our TICAL must face with enthusiasm and vision of the future in the magical Cartagena de Indias. Everything so Conference. This year we have to ensure that Latin America will be enriched by the that we can continue building this collective dream opportunities of cooperation provided by technology. represented by RedCLARA and its members. incorporated several innovations In a region like ours, marked by great inequalities Finally, I would like to thank my work team and in order to tailor the event to and needs, ICT is a tool to generate more equality our host network, RENATA, for all the efforts and and support, in addition to maximizing the resources the interest and needs of the support to make this event a success and to turn it that each of our states destines to education, art region's education, research and into the starting point for new projects and initiatives and science. innovation community. designed to benefit everyone. Luis Eliécer Cadenas Marín Executive Director RedCLARA

5 The 'Heroic' will be taken Everything is ready for TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin American e-Science Meeting in Cartagena de Indias

Luiz Alberto Rasseli

The wait is over. One year after the last meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica, the community of ICT directors of the Latin American universities will meet again to discuss the course of the "Digital Transformation of Institutions of Higher Education, Art and Science", now at the Las Americas Convention Center in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The events, which for the second consecutive year will be jointly held, will bring together about 300 ICT experts and researchers from throughout the region, Europe, Oceania and North America.

6 7 "This year we will have speakers and projects regarding the use of technology authors from Argentina, Australia, for the development of education and Canada, Spain, the United States, research in the region. The calls for England, Italy, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, papers were open between February 26 Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and, and June 11, and the Integrated Program of course, from Colombia. We will also Committee received 175 proposals in have the presence of the leaders of the total: 133 from TICAL and 42 from the NRENs of Latin America, the United e-Science Meeting. Colombia, with 49 States and Europe", explains Luz Mirian proposals, and Ecuador, with 37, were the Díaz Patigño, Executive Director of the most participatory countries, followed colombian advanced network RENATA, by Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. host of the conferences. In the final list, in turn, Ecuador was Discussing the digital transformation in universities the country with the major number of According to her, receiving TICAL for selected proposals, adding 11 between The program of TICAL2018 and the 2nd e-Science Meeting was prepared to boost the second time (Cartagena hosted the the two calls. the discussions on the theme of the Conference. The events will begin at 8am on conference in 2013) is cause of great Monday, September 3 with the opening of the registration desk, followed by the joy and everything is ready. "Thanks One of these 11 authors is Edison Coronel, opening of the Business Fair and the first plenary sessions, which will be distributed to the commitment of the organizing professor of Systems Engineering at the throughout the meeting. Participants will include international panelists such as William committee, made up of the work teams National University of Loja, Ecuador, who Confalonieri, (Digital Director of Deakin University), Martin Hilbert (Professor of the of RENATA and RedCLARA, TICAL2018 does not hide his high expectations on University of ) Enzo Capone (Head of the Research Support Team of the pan- and the 2nd Latin American Meeting the meetings. "We participated with a European network GÉANT), Fernando Daniels (Executive Director of the College of the of e-Science are ready to receive in paper for the first time in TICAL2016 Americas program - COLAM) and Heather Flanagan (Project Manager for Collaborative Cartagena the university authorities and and since then, year after year, we have Communities at Spherical Cow Consulting). the academic and scientific community been participating in such a prestigious of the entire region. The attendees event. I hope to know other experiences The traditional parallel sessions, where Edison Coronel and other chosen authors will will have the best scenario for the of the universities and be able to use participate, will also take place during the three days and will be the space dedicated to relationship in favor of collaborative or implement it within our experience the presentation of the works chosen in the calls. TICAL will privilege works that present work with these guests." of the UNL, in addition to promoting the results of experiences of implementing ICT solutions and strategies in thematic research to future professionals, who are areas such as collaboration, process improvement, personalization, governance and During its three days, TICAL and a fundamental pillar in the University”, ICT management. The e-Science Meeting, in turn, will prioritize areas such as e-Health, ‘e-Sciece’ will also be the scenario for the he says. IoT and e-Science and Online Creation. presentation of the 50 most innovative

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Nine training workshops will be carried out within the framework of the 2nd Latin American Meeting of e-Science and the TICAL2018 Conference. All of them are free of charge for those who are registered and will participate in the Conference but, as their seats are limited, they require your online registration. Get all the details here:

Tuesday September 4 Wednesday, September 5 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The events will also have nine sessions of training workshops. Access and use of the Ibero-American Innovation of High Impact: from the All of them are free of charges for those who are registered Network of High Performance Computing University to the world in the Conference but, as its seats are limited, it requires https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/903/ https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/914/ online registration. Among the topics are "Cyberinfrastructure for Science", "Stability and resilience of Internet routing", Ciberinfrastructure for Science Opportunities for cooperation of the "Management of Scientific Data" and "How to implement https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/917/ H2020 Program for Latin America eduroam". https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/911/ The State of ICT in Higher Education: As a novelty for the 2018 edition, all the details of the program, Importance and Challenges How to implement eduroam the expected closing dinner (September 5 at an entertaining and do it well Cartagena party on the beach in front of the Las Americas https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/913/ Convention Center) and other instances will be available https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/919/ in an exclusive app for the Conference. The instructions for Stability and resilience of Internet routing downloading the application will be published on the official https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/915/ The role of the National Networks website of the Conference, where you can also find all the in the digital transformation of their relevant information about the most important meeting of ICT Workshop on Management of Scientific Data universities Directors in the region. Visit www.tical2018.redclara.net https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/905/ https://eventos.redclara.net/indico/event/920/

TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin American Meeting of e-Science are organized by RedCLARA and RENATA, with the support and sponsorship of Microsoft, Internet Society Latin America and Remember that your participation will only be insured through your registration. the Caribbean, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Latam, Canvas LMS, and Huawei.

10 11 Hello, Luz Miriam! You are very close throughout the region. The attendees Luz Miriam Díaz Patigño to completing one year in front of will have the best scenario for the RENATA, and now with the challenge relationship in favor of collaborative of being hosts and co-organizers of work with these guests. In addition, "Digital transformation is a reality TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin American they will be able to participate in the e-Science Meeting with RedCLARA. workshops that we will carry out within and RENATA is the right scenario How do you evaluate this experience the framework of the event. and how are the preparations going? How do you evaluate the current to strengthen it" For RENATA, as part of its commitment state of the "Digital Transformation to strengthening the educational and of Universities" in Colombia? scientific activity through ICTs, it is a source of pride and a great responsibility As I have said, digital transformation is to convene the academic and scientific a reality and a challenge for universities The firm and determined words of the community of Colombia and Latin not only in Colombia but all around America to discuss, analyze and the world, a process that is already in Executive Director of the host network reflect on the digital transformation in action. Our institutions are experiencing of TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin institutions of Higher Education, Science a very interesting digital transformation and Culture. Digital transformation is a process and the massive adoption of American e-Science Meeting leave no reality and RENATA is the right scenario digital information and communication doubt: Colombia is ready to receive to strengthen it. technologies for education and research is one of our most ambitious bets. Institutions the events that will take place from We are very happy to welcome in our are aware that it can not be outside of September 3 to 5 at the Las Americas country the authors of the region’s 50 what the country demands today. most innovative projects in the use Convention Center, in Cartagena de of technology for the development of What are the main challenges and Indias. Very close to completing a year education and research. This year we opportunities to effectively achieve will have speakers and authors from this transformation? in front of RENATA, Luz Miriam Díaz Argentina, Australia, Canada, Spain, the One of the biggest challenges is the United States, England, Italy, Brazil, Chile, Patigño talked with DeCLARA about the adaptation to change. Achieving digital Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, transformation in institutions implies a challenge of organizing the events, her Mexico and, of course, Colombia. We will change in the way we understand the also have the presence of NREN leaders expectations for it and the history of ‘whys and whats’ of the technologies, from Latin America, the United States and in how we internalize the sense the "Heroic City". and Europe. Luiz Alberto Rasseli that networks of advanced technology Thanks to the commitment of the have as a technological stage for work organizing committee, made up of the between people. RENATA and RedCLARA working teams, I believe that digital transformation TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin American should allow us to do new things in new e-Science Meeting are ready to receive in ways. For universities it is an opportunity Cartagena the university authorities and to improve the processes of learning and the academic and scientific community research.

12 13 How do you think the Colombian ICT We are very happy that Cartagena is the community and RENATA itself will host city of TICAL for the second time. benefit from TICAL2018 and the 2nd It is the best scenario to welcome the e-Science Meeting? rectors, vice-rectors and directors of ICT and talk about digital transformation in TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin universities. American e-Science Meeting will be a magnificent stage for the inspiration What are your expectations regarding of the institutions of the region and TICAL - e-Science? a very good opportunity to know and better understand the potential offered Our greatest challenge is to generate by national research and education the articulation for collaborative work networks, both to our institutions and with institutions throughout the region. to our countries. We want the academic and scientific community to have the opportunity And how about Cartagena? What can to discover new ways and possibilities you say about the 'Heroic City', so well for the development of collaborative known for its beauty and history? activities.

Cartagena de Indias, founded in the 16th Also, that the event is an inspiration for century, is one of the most beautiful our institutions. We hope to have the Enzo Capone colonial cities on the continent. It participation of the university authorities was declared a National Heritage of and the actors of science, education, Colombia in 1959 and a World Heritage innovation technology in the country. Site by UNESCO in 1984. Since its For RENATA it will also be an opportunity "The advancements in technology foundation and during the Spanish vice to position and appropriate the benefits regal period, the city has been one of and potential of the network. RENATA should aim to simplify the access the most important ports in America. has one of the most robust networks in Cartagena has established itself as a Latin America and our main goal is that to the existing services" stage for political, cultural and economic this great highway is filled with data encounters not only in Colombia but in for the benefit of the academic and the world. It also has a wide range of scientific community of the country. We talked to the head of the Research Support Team of the pan- hotel and tourism that you can enjoy European advanced network GÉANT and speaker of TICAL2018 and the before or after the event. Cartagena is 2nd Latin American e-Science Meeting. On the table, his expectations also the headquarters of RIESCAR, the regional academic network that is part regarding the events in Cartagena and his vision on the challenge of of RENATA serving the departments of digital transformation of universities. Bolívar, Guajira, Cesar, Magdalena, Sucre and Córdoba. Luiz Alberto Rasseli

14 15 The events will address the both in large and small Universities. Our theme "Digital Transformation of community is in the position of playing Universities". From your point of a strong role in closing of this gap; for view, what are our main challenges example, identifying and training key and opportunities to reach this goal? professional figures like the so-called “science facilitators” – science experts From my day-to-day experience in with strong IT skills, able to translate the talking with R&E user communities and user needs into technical requirements science groups worldwide, I see a very for the IT managers. polarized situation in terms of access and exploitation of digital resources: on What is the role of Research the one hand, we see a small number Engagement and Support to get of long-standing collaborations which there? How are you experiencing that have a well-established relationship in GÉANT and its local context? with the e-infrastructures community, both in terms of maturity as with regard Our mission should be to lower the to the service uptake level; the LHC barrier to entry for our services, and this computing community or the Radio can be made possible operating from astronomy science collaborations are a both ends of the service supply chain: good example of this. On the other hand, engaging more and more with these the vast majority of users have very little new (in terms of access to the digital In my team we give top priority to the Is it possible to imagine University or no interaction at all, but for the very world) communities to understand engagement with users: to give a few without ICT today? basic services – what is sometimes their needs, so to design and shape examples, we collaborate directly with In my opinion, the answer is a resounding referred to as “the long tail of Science”. our services to better serve them; on the Square Kilometer Array via our NO. The seamless access to distributed Shortening this “long tail” is clearly our the other side, the advancements in contribution to the SADT consortium knowledge is now an enriching main challenge, and we should be very technology should aim to simplify the (whose objective is to design the element for any University, especially focused on finding the right language access to the existing services, making network elements of the SKA) and the the small ones that have limited in- to speak to these communities, but for a more user-friendly experience. ANEAS project (aimed to design the house resources, allowing any student, also to explore new approaches, since The SDN paradigm, and its associated European Regional Data Centre for SKA professor and researcher to make use it’s clear that we can’t just replicate technologies, is a good example of science); we are very active in the GEO of any information, regardless of their the pattern that has worked so far for this second approach, simplifying and community, where we collaborate to the geographical location. And this helps the high-adopters, having these new quickening the deployment of network GEOSS infrastructure definition; we have in removing the boundaries among the communities very different needs and services. Another good example is the a leading role in the LHC networking different institutions, so that more talents technological maturity. eduGAIN federated identity framework, community, having being active and are able to emerge, and more discoveries that has proven an extraordinary factor have been supporting the LHCOPN and can be made, and not just from the usual One example is the problematic in simplifying users’ access to online the LHCONE infrastructures from day one. rich and well-established university interaction between the user groups resources. and the local ICT support within the environments, but also from younger campus: we’ve seen this happening ones or from developing countries. many times, in many different countries,

16 17 Also, the widespread use of SaaS and What are your expectations about IaaS helps Universities to get value- TICAL2018 and what can we expect of Fernando Daniels added services more easily and cheaply, your presentation/participation in it? so that they can direct their resources I’ve attended my first TICAL conference (both financial and human) towards last year in Costa Rica, where I’ve had "Universities that have not pursuing their core mission, minimizing the chance of getting to know a lot of the overhead. people from the Latin American R&E incorporated digital technologies are And this is not only true for the hard community and to start the discussion science fields, which historically have on common objectives and strategies. at risk of leaving the market" been the first to do this: access to I hope and expect that at TICAL2018 large distributed knowledge bases, these discussions will turn into concrete innovative collaboration platforms, actions, especially in light of the newly virtual research environment, e-learning signed BELLA contract, and the incredible He is the Executive Director of the platforms, are able to enrich and boost possibilities that this massive increase any field of studies. Arts and humanities, in connection capacity between Latin Colegio de las Américas program for example, have found new ways of America and Europe will be able to open. (COLAM), coordinator of the expression thanks to the modern, My contribution to the audience will high-performance R&E infrastructures: International Congress of Knowledge be to share our experience on how in distributed art performances, remote GÉANT we’ve engaged with the user and Innovation (CIKI-2018) and rehearsal and training, are just a couple communities in order to understand of examples. of the Inter-American Program for their present and future challenges, and Training in Management of Innovation how the R&E networking community can respond to them. Environments (PIFGAI), with more than 15 years of experience in the field of cooperation in higher education in Latin America. Fernando Daniels is someone who needs to be heard when the subject is digital transformation in higher education institutions. We talked to him, a confirmed speaker of TICAL2018, about his vision on the challenge and the role of the Colégio de las Americas in this process.

Luiz Alberto Rasseli

18 19 The events will address the topic "Digital Transformation of Universities". From your point of view, what are our main challenges and opportunities to achieve that goal?

One of the main challenges that HEIs have to stimulate digital transformation processes is the lack of strategy and Heather Flanagan guidance to achieve it. Many institutions still consider digital transformation as a matter only of technology and investment Is it possible to imagine the University "Digital identity is in equipment and infrastructure, and without ICT today? therefore an "expense" that must be the basis to allow controlled. Digital transformation is not Absolutely not. 10-15 years ago there focused as an opportunity to innovate in were universities that still questioned the processes of learning and teaching, whether virtual education was relevant. collaboration" to develop new competences for the Today, universities that have not knowledge society and the new labor incorporated digital technologies into Heather Flanagan has many roles in the contexts, to internationalize higher their teaching and learning processes education and for multiple possibilities are simply at risk of leaving the market. standards development and identity management opened by digital technologies. And What are your expectations for communities. She has worked with a variety of precisely in these difficulties are the TICAL2018 and what can we expect opportunities... international organizations and efforts, including from your presentation / participation What is the role of COLAM in this process? in the Conference? REFEDS, the Network Startup Resource Center, the

I believe that the main contribution of Our wish is for TICAL to consolidate Digital Identification and Authentication Council COLAM is to stimulate networking with itself as the strategic regional forum of Canada (DIACC) and the Internet Society. an Inter-American perspective. That on the use of digital technologies is, to address common problems with in higher education; the space of Currently, Flanagan works as Project Manager for a regional vision, where approaches, exchange for all the actors linked Global Collaborative Communities at Spherical experiences, initiatives and solutions are to the strategic objectives of digital shared. We stimulate the development transformation (which, of course, is Cow Consulting and, as we can imagine, has no of thematic networks in the areas of much broader than the ICT directors). doubts about the importance of Digital Identity to innovation, internationalization, use of We hope that our participation can ICT in higher education that work based contribute to this purpose. allow a complete digital transformation of higher on these principles, allowing HEIs to education institutions. In September, she will advance according to its contexts and needs in these fields. come to TICAL to share it’s experience with the R&E networking community in Latin America.

Luiz Alberto Rasseli

20 21 with them; the research group has no better way to know whether one of their members retains his or her affiliation with a particular institution than to have that institution manage that identity. For every research collaboration to maintain a full identity management infrastructure is a waste of resources that could be going towards collaboration.

Is it possible to imagine University The events will address the "Digital without ICT today? Transformation of Universities". From your point of view, what are our That depends on how you define main challenges and opportunities to “university”; that is actually something effectively reach this goal? that’s very difficult to do on an international level. In what I consider The value in being able to enable broader a traditional university that focuses and deeper collaborations around the on science and humanities, then no, a world is extensive, but cannot easily be university cannot exist without ICT. ICT quantified. Despite the societal value, enables every aspect of learning, from however, institutions have a major musical studies to astrophysics. challenge in that they need to find the resources locally to establish and What are your expectations about maintain the necessary infrastructure TICAL2018 and what can we expect of for international collaboration. your presentation/participation in it?

What is the role of Digital Identity to TICAL2018 is going to be a fantastic TICAL’s Mosaic get there? How are you experiencing opportunity to learn from other that in your local context? organizations and regions regarding TICAL is known as the 'Latin American ICT Directors their needs and activities in the world of Digital identity is the foundation for global collaboration. Every region, from Conference’. But ... who are they? Their stories with ICT, enabling collaboration. A typical pattern the Asia-Pacific to Africa to Europe and their roles in universities, their papers? In this series of is for a research effort funded to be North America, has unique needs and funded across several institutions. The interviews, we will meet four ICT managers from different expectations based on their own cultures data that informs the research is stored and societies. In my presentation I will parts of our region who have already confirmed their in such a way that members of the talk a bit about the value for digital research collaboration log in to access participation in TICAL2018 and the 2nd Latin American identity and bring perspectives from it for analysis and reporting. Those are those other regions to bridge the global eScience Meeting. Together they help to build the great the key words here: “members” and “log conversation into the Americas. mosaic that are the events that will take place between in”. With digital identity, researchers bring their professional digital identity September 3 and 5, in Cartagena. Get to know them better in through the following lines.

22 23 in the Faculties of Engineering and a project to "mobilize" learning through Social of the UBA. I have a graduate in cloud virtualization, with the objective Computer Engineering by the UBA and a that our students do not depend on Degree in Systems Analysis by the same a particular physical machine to use University. I also have a Postgraduate specific software of their subjects. Degree in Business Management by UADE. The importance of presenting this type Among my specialties are Enterprise of work in TICAL, is to know the opinion Architecture, Design of Strategic Plan, of the peers, the exchange that occurs Implementation of IT Services and in this type of events results in new Agility, for which I am certified in each ideas, progress of the things we did of the practices by the Open Group, ITIL and identify problems that we do not and the Scrum Alliance. visualize. Clearly, many points of view on the same topic contribute to continuous My first TICAL was the one that was Javier Apat, IT Director improvement, something we want for held in Buenos Aires, in 2016, when the of the Technological Institute our solutions. organization sent an invitation to the of Buenos Aires, Argentina rector of our university to participate in In addition to the presentation, what Hi, Javier! Tell us a little about yourself the event. During the 3 days in Buenos are your expectations regarding the and your relationship with ICT. How Aires I shared talks with colleagues from events? did you get to TICAL2018 and the my country and Latin America; it seemed I have many expectations. Reencounter 2nd e-Science Meeting? an enriching experience for which I decided to approach the organization. with friends who were in previous Hi! I am Javier Sebastian Apat, IT Director editions, generate new friends, of the ITBA, with more than 11 years of What is your paper and how do you incorporate knowledge, see real cases of experience in the education industry. see the importance of presenting it ICT implementation in other universities, I entered the organization in mid- in TICAL? meet new trends in the industry and new 2015 with the aim of carrying out the technological trends. I have no doubt Our university is of the STEM type, so digital transformation of the university, that TICAL2018 will be an event that will our teachers make intensive use of achieving to establish a 5-year strategic contribute a lot to all the participants. software in the classes. Traditionally, plan called "IT Reboot", which involves in our headquarters we had installed the total reorganization of the IT classrooms with a large number of area, the creation of new services, the computers to meet the demand. total change of infrastructure and the implementation of new applications, with In recent times, new trends such as the the aim of achieving the transformation increase in the use of mobile devices, of the educational model. the adoption of BYOD, the need to use specific software and learning outside of Before my inclusion in the ITBA, I worked class, posed a change in the conception as a Service Leader at Pragma Consultores, of traditional computer laboratories. working with important clients of the From IT, we take the challenge of country and the region. Additionally I incorporating these new trends and face worked as Undersecretary of Informatics

24 25 Leandro Ciuffo, Deputy Director of Faraón Llorens Largo, professor Research and Development of RNP, of the Department of Computer Brazil Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Alicante, Spain Hi Leandro! Tell us a little about yourself and your relationship with ICT. Tell us a little about yourself and your relationship with ICT. How did you get I have a degree in Computer Science. to TICAL2018 and the 2nd e-Science Before joining the RNP, I worked on Meeting? an international project (with the participation of RedCLARA) to build a I am a doctor in Computer Engineering computer grid in Latin America. At RNP, and a professor in the Department one of my attributions is to interact with of Computer Science and Artificial scientists to help them use ICTs in an Intelligence at the University of Alicante. advanced way, with more performance. Therefore, my relationship with ICT is clear. But the line of research that How did you get to TICAL2018 and the has brought me to TICAL began in nd 2 e-Science Meeting? 2005 when I joined the position of I am now responsible for designing a Vice Chancellor for Technology and support center for e-science in RNP. So it Educational Innovation at my university. is very important for me to participate in Through this position I became part of the e-Science Meeting to understand the the ICT Sectoral Commission of Crue ICT demands of scientists. In addition, I Universidades Españolas (Crue Spanish have submitted a paper that presents a Universities), and from 2010 to 2012 I mapping with more than 20 examples held the position of Executive Secretary of e-science support services and I will of the same. For eight years (2005-2012) present it at the meeting. I have also been I was the CIO of my university and for invited by the organizers to participate two years (2010-2012) the representative in a workshop on Management of of the CIO of the Spanish Universities. Scientific Data Finishing this period dedicated to the university direction, I returned to my In addition to the presentation, what teaching and research tasks, but now I are your expectations regarding the incorporate a new line of research on events? Government of IT in the Universities (www.gti4u.es). The programme of TICAL is very rich. It is difficult to choose one of the parallel My relationship with TICAL comes from sessions. As I said, my expectation far, having presented works in previous is to learn more about the demand editions together with my partner for services and infrastructure from Antonio Fernández, from the University scientists to increase my mapping of of Almería. Although I only attended services for e-Science. TICAL2014, held in Cancun (Mexico). Antonio and I have wanted from the beginning to transfer to the Latin

26 27 American Universities our experience In addition to the presentation, what are Edison Leonardo Coronel Romero, in the analysis (UNIVERSITIC) and the your expectations regarding the events? professor of Systems Engineering IT Government (GTI4U) acquired in In June 2015, the Santander-UA Chair at the National University of Loja, the Spanish University System. And at in Digital Transformation (catedra- Ecuador the same time know and learn from transformacion-digital.ua.es) was created the experiences of Latin American at the University of Alicante, with special Tell us a little about yourself and your Universities, to import them to our emphasis on the digital transformation of relationship with ICT. How did you get country. nd universities. It is therefore very interesting to TICAL2018 and the 2 e-Science Meeting? What is your paper and how do you for me to know firsthand what Latin see the importance of presenting it American universities are doing. In addition, Hello! I am Edison Leonardo Coronel in TICAL? this edition has as its motto precisely in Romero, professor of Systems "Digital Transformation in Institutions of Engineering at the National University Our work is "Lessons learned in the Higher Education, Science and Culture". of Loja (UNL, in Southern Ecuador) implementation of the Strategic Portfolio For all these reasons, it’s going to be very and member of the Research Group in of IT Projects in Spanish universities" and enriching for me to attend and participate Information Technologies (GITIC). My it aims to help IT managers at universities in this great discussion forum. In addition, relationship with ICT comes from the who want to start an implementation both Antonio and myself, we participated field of my profession which I have process or who want to evaluate and main functions of the University was in other TICAL activities, workshops and been practicing since 2004. In 2010 we revise their current IT Project Portfolio carried out, which helps to solve these round tables related to the IT Government integrated to teaching and started to model. The portfolio of IT projects is a problems. It is an experience that we live and IT indicators studies. During those three work with ICT in support of professionals good practice that is well established in in UNL and it is giving results. days we will not miss any activity. We have in training with their projects. In 2015 universities, both in Spanish and Latin high expectations regarding the content we became part of the Communications In addition to the presentation, what American universities, and that can lead of the program that you have prepared and Information Unit and together with are your expectations regarding the us to the IT Government when it is truly for us, as well as the relationships we can GITIC we participated with a work in events? strategic. In this work, the qualitative establish for future collaborations with Latin TICAL2016. Since then, year after year analysis is addressed through interviews American universities, both at the individual we have been participating in such a To be able to know other experiences of of nine experiences of implementation university level and at the level of networks prestigious event. In 2017 our works the universities and to use or implement of the portfolio of IT projects in different of higher education institutions. were not accepted, but again we applied them within our experience of the UNL, Spanish universities. in 2018 and we were chosen to present. besides promoting research to future professionals, who are fundamental What is your paper and how do you pillar in the University. see the importance of presenting it in TICAL?

It is called "Academic Management through ICT in the National University of Loja". The National University of Loja has been going through a series of administrative problems and one of them is the management of ICT. In 2015, the design of a tool that integrates the

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September October

3 - 5 | TICAL 2018 / 2nd Latin American e-Science Meeting 2 - 3 | CANARIE National Summit 2018 Cartagena de Índias, Colombia Ottawa, Canada http://www.tical2018.redclara.net https://www.canarie.ca/canarie-national-summit/

6 - 8 | RoEduNet 17th Conference 2 - 3 | NCSC One Conference 2018 Cluj-Napoca, Rumania Deen Hag, Netherlands https://conference.roedu.net https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/save-the-date-one-conference-2018.html

10 - 14 | 8th International Conference - Distributed Computing 2 - 4 | Training: ITIL® Intermediate: Service Transition and Grid Technologies in Science and Education Cambridge, England Moscow, Russia https://learning.geant.org/courses/itil-intermediate-service-transition/ http://indico.jinr.ru/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=447

3 - 5 | GARR CONFERENCE 2018 th 12 - 14| ICRI 2018- 4 International Conference on Research Infrastructures Cagliari, Italy Viena, Austria https://www.garr.it/en/news-events/1205-call-for-papers-open-for-garr-conference-2018 https://www.icri2018.at/

9 - 11 | Digital Infrastructures for Research (Di4R) th 18 - 20| 30 NORDUnet Conference 2018 Lisboa, Portugal Elsinore, Denmark https://www.digitalinfrastructures.eu/ https://www.nordu.net/content/2018-nordunet-conference

15 - 18 | Technology Exchange 23 - 27| ECOC 2018 Orlando, United States Rome, Italy https://meetings.internet2.edu/2018-technology-exchange/ https://www.ecoc2018.org/

15 - 18 | RIPE 77 26 - 28| eLearning Africa Amsterdam, Netherlands Kigali, Rwanda https://ripe77.ripe.net/ https://www.elearning-africa.com/

17 - 18 | 3rd Eastern Partnership E-infrastructures Conference - EaPEC 2018 Chisinau, Moldavia https://www.eapconference.org/home

23 - 24 | CRNC2018 (3rd CAREN Regional Networking Conference) Dusambé, Tayikistán https://crnc2018.icaren.org/en/

30 31 AGENDA 2018

November December

3 - 9 | IETF 103 2 - 3 | e-AGE18 Bangkok, Tailandia Amman, Jordan https://ietf.org/how/meetings/103/ http://asrenorg.net/eage18/

5 - 8 | SciDataCon 2018 4 - 6 | ICT2018 Gaborone, Botswana Viena, Austria https://www.scidatacon.org https://ec.europa.eu/isa2/events/ict-2018_en

5 - 8 | 12th RDA Plenary (Research Data Alliance) Gaborone, Botswana To see the full list of ICT events around the world, visit https://eventr.geant.org/ https://rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-twelfth-plenary-meeting-part-international-data- week-2018-gaborone-botswana

7 - 8 | Cyber Summit , Canada https://www.cybera.ca/cyber-summit-2018/home/

7 - 9 | Canadian Science Policy Conference 2018 Ottawa, Canada http://sciencepolicy.ca/cspc-2018

21 - 23 | The European Data Forum (EDF) Versailles, France http://2017.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/

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