The opinion of the rectors of important universities of the region on the use of ICT in the university work, as well as the development of young people using these technologies in favor of their campus marked the second day of activities at the TICAL2017 Conference, that is taking place at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica, from Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 of July, 2017.
Andrés Massigoge, from the University of Buenos Aires, Yolanda Aucapiña, from the University of Cuenca (Ecuador) and Manuel Alberto Luna, from the University of Guadalajara (Mexico), were selected among 11 young people who applied for TICAL and presented their developments to an attentive public in the second plenary session of the day, receiving compliments from those who were present. "Seeing these young people presenting their papers with such confidence is truly inspiring. They point to the future and are the future of our networks", said Eduardo Grizendi, Director of Engineering and Operations at the Brazilian advanced network, RNP, who also pointed to the Rectors Discussion Table as an important moment of the day at TICAL. “I was also struck by these discussions and by Chris Smith's talk on Astronomy. There are issues that we need to address now before moving on".
The Rectors Table, moderated by David Julien, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American University Organization, brought together Latin American university managers to discuss how to enhance the use of ICTs with the new generations of students.
In the afternoon, the plenary session led by Wouter Los, director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam also generated interesting reflections among the attendees. Los were followed by Christian O'Flaherty and Guillermo Cicileo, representatives of the Internet Society and LACNIC who shared the theme "Opportunities for universities in the Internet ecosystem", where they explained about the great diversity of support for the development of projects and initiatives on the Internet.
The second day of activities closed with the six workshops scheduled for this edition of TICAL, where subjects were taught in topics such as the use of the Colaboratorio platform, IPv6, Development Methodologies and the role of the manager in projects managed through Scrum. The workshops were attended by more than 100 people.
TICAL sessions continue this Wednesday, July 4. As in previous years, TICAL has live streaming of its main sessions at http://ticalstream.redclara.net/tical/room-spanish.php.
The seventh edition of TICAL is organized by RedCLARA, RedCONARE and CONARE, under the sponsorship of Microsoft, Google, LACNIC, Internet Society Latin America and the Caribbean, Padtec S / A, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Latam, Ruckus Wireless, Brocade, Nokia , Level3, Telefonica, OnBase by Hiland, Grupo Binário/Coriant, Grammata Educación, Ufinet, Wolfram, Cisco and Organizational Consulting.
For more information on TICAL2017 and its program, visit http://tical2017.redclara.net
