1. ⃝ RedCLARA Communications and Public Relations LA NRENs PR Network Tania Altamirano Journalist / RedCLARA PR and Communications Area TF-CPR Meeting TNC2013 June 2nd, 2013 Maastricht, Netherlands 1

2. ⃝ Outline  About RedCLARA  Communications and Public Relations  LA NRENs PR Network 2

3. ⃝ RedCLARA is the la academic network  13 NRENs connected among themselves and with Europe, the US and the World.  Strong and redundant regional infrastructure dedicated to research and education.  NRENs organized in RedCLARA actively participate in international calls.  Dark fiber in the paths: Brazil-Argentina-Chile and Panama-Mexico (passing through 7 countries)  Gigabit links everywhere except Uruguay, and Mexico.  Application service provider in areas like video-conference, communities. management, content creation and delivery among others. 3

4. ⃝ RedCLARA members 4

5. ⃝ RedCLARA is bridging geographical and digital divide 20022012 Connected countries613 Max. Bandwidth availability (intra LA)45 Mbps 10,000 Mbps X 222 times Max. Bandwidth availability (extra LA) 45 Mbps4,500 Mbps X 100 times Annual Cost€ 1,000,000€ 2,400,000 X 2,4 times 5

6. ⃝ ALICE2  In the framework of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 3 to 5 was held the official closure of the Project Latin America Interconnected with Europe 2 ALICE2.  The project began in December 2008 and which date of closure, scheduled for September 2012, was extended until January 2013. ACCOMPLISHMENTS  The quality of the new network and its low cost of operation  The number and quality of the identified User Communities  The Operational Sustainability of RedCLARA  The interest of several other Research Networks on RedCLARA Portal  The alliances built to continue the promotion of collaboration in Latin America  The awareness of Regional Organizations on the importance of Research Networks  The Number of trained technicians and managers 6

7. ⃝ The ELCIRA Project takes off Tools and services to enhance collaboration between Europe and Latin America in research activities  Allows the easy and unified access to advanced networks through federations in Latin America for authentication, authorisation and identity (AAI) mechanisms and their integration with Europe’s eduGAIN.  Offers collaboration tools and services for research communities across Europe and Latin America by:  Setting the grounds for the development of a Europe-Latin America High Quality Video Conference Service integrated with eduCONF.  Creating and promoting a prototype collaboration Portal for user communities of both continents, based on a Cloud Style version of RedCLARA’s Portal enriched with open source tools developed in Europe.  Fosters the deployment of eduroam services in Latin America.  Promotes collaboration among Latin American and European researchers. 7

8. ⃝ Virtual Days Successful experiences of scientific collaboration in Latin America “Vir tual Days are an initiative under taken from RedCLARA in order to bring researchers together so they can see the potential of academic net works” Luis Núñez, RedCLARA’s Academic Relations Manager, responsible so far for put ting these thematic and remote meetings together. 8

9. ⃝ Virtual Days EVENTDATEROOMSCOUNTRIESPARTICIPANTSSTREAMINGCONNECTION WITH EUROPE e-CultureMarch 28th 2012 12 E-InfrastructureMay 8th 20122582046 E-HealthSeptember 12th 201220512345 High Energy PhysicsOctober 24th 201216123419 E-ComunicationNovember 21st 20121282625Participation from Italy - Federico II University of Naples e-Culture 2December 5th 20121492920Participation from Spain - Universidad de Cataluña- and Lisbon, Portugal (FCCN) Teleoperated Laboratories January 23rd 20131493022Participation from Italy - Italian Academic and reseach Network (GARR) AutismFebruary 27th 20137635108 Learning ObjectsMarch 13th 2013872826 Autism Part IIMay 29th 201310562120Participation from Spain (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia) Total12681387431 9

10. ⃝ RedCLARA Communications and PR From TNC2012 till now, we have done… Websites:  Regular updates of RedCLARA’s Portal (Spanish, Portuguese and English): contents, projects, news (we are currently working in new updates – contents architecture + services)  ELCIRA Website: www.elcira.eu (Only in English)www.elcira.eu + ELCIRA Dissemination Plan  I+CLARA Website (Only in Spanish)  TICAL 2013 Website 10

11. ⃝ RedCLARA Communications and PR From TNC2012 till now, we have done…  4 editions of the DeCLARA bulletin – EN + ES + PT (https://www.redclara.net/index.php?option= com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=56 0&lang=es)  28 editions of the RedCLARA Express newsletter – EN + ES + PT (https://www.redclara.net/index.php?option= com_content&view=article&id=629&Itemid=5 61&lang=es)  25 editions of the news flash: DeCLARA al día – ES ( https://www.redclara.net/index.php?option=com_cont ent&view=article&id=630&Itemid=562&lang=es) 11

12. ⃝ Communications and PR New material:  Illustrated RedCLARA Topology Map updated  2 new case studies  VC Espresso Brochure | November 2012 (SP-PDF)  Large files transfer | November 2012 (SP-PDF)  Book RedCLARA: Name, voice and instrument of collaboration in Latin America | December 2008 - January 2013 (ES-PO-EN PDF)  RedCLARA’s questionnaire for the Compendium of Latin American National Research and Education Networks 2012 (responses received and the material is being analized)  Posters and promotional material for ELCIRA project  TICAL 2012 Conference (Perú – July 2nd and 3rd 2012) + website  2 RedCLARA-ALICE2 member meetings organization (Lima – July, Ecuador – November, 2012)  I+CLARA Innitiative branding 12

13. ⃝ The users of the Social Networks 20112013 Facebook268846Likes Twitter 295860Followers 4701,124Tweets 13

14. ⃝ LA NRENs PR Network 8th and final virtual meeting on September 2012 that includes:  A short ending of the work developen in the context of the ALICE2 Project  A big enthusiasm for a new period of work. 14

15. ⃝ Opinions "I hope this does not end here, we have many mutual collaborative initiatives to follow.” JULIO CARDOZO "The group has been very important for the dissemination of community events. Every time someone need support to announce an event or share information in the Region there is a big door open to help and support each one of its members.” MARTHA AVILA "Working with (distribution) lists has been good. We must continue with the meetings. The importance of communicators is a fact.” CAMILO JAIMES "This group has been very important to raise awareness of the work of the network. It would be a shame to end. The last three years have been totally positive." CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ "This group is a breakthrough in the dissemination of the work of the network. Thanks for the support for the dissemination of the projects." YSABEL BRICEÑO 15

16. ⃝ CKLN collaborative portal  On line since February 26.  Use the same platform and services offered by RedCLARA, but with a personalised image and design.  It promotes and facilitates the interaction of scientists and academics from the Caribbean with their peers in Latin America and the rest of the world. 16

17. ⃝ CKLN collaborative portal The services that will be available are:  Community management tools (news, photos, videos, forums, messaging)  SIVIC – H323 videoconference and webconference booking system  C@rib Cafe VC (based on RedCLARA’s VC Espresso) – Web conference system  Academic events and activities manager  Heavy file transfer 17

18. ⃝ What comes next? TICAL 2013 Aims to share good practices, to highlight and disseminate those of them that are replicable, and to get knowledge from all the learned lessons, thus contributing to the ICT management in universities which is a task that is more challenging and demanding every day. Building on the success obtained by TICAL 2012, held in Lima (Peru) on July 2-3, 2012, and of TICAL 2011 (Panama City, 20-21 June 2011), TICAL 2013 invites to engage in a new space for reflection, exchange of knowledge and good practices which address these issues, with the purpose of contributing to the improvement and optimisation of the region’s universities’ management and work. TICAL 2013 will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on July 8 and 9, 2013. 18

19. ⃝ Thank you! Questions? TANIA ALTAMIRANO L. tania.altamirano-lopez@redclara.net 19