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FRIDA - Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in the Latin America and Caribbean

First FRIDA meeting: “Researches on Information and Communication Technologies and public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Agenda

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
08:30 - 09:00 hs
 

Registration

09:00 - 09:15 hs
 

Opening with FRIDA Sponsors

  • Raúl Echeberría - Executive Director, LACNIC
  • Ben Petrazzini - Program Manager, ICT4D Programs in the Americas, IDRC
  • Sebastián Bellagamba - Regional Manager, ISOC
09:15 - 09:45 hs
 

FRIDA Institutional Presentation: 2004 to 2007   [Presentation]
Ernesto Majó - Communications Manager, LACNIC

09:45 - 10:00 hs
 

FRIDA news, 2008 call results and date for the launch of the 2009 call   [Presentation]
Alexandra Dans - Cooperation Officer, LACNIC

10:00 - 10:15 hs
 

Coffee break

10:15 - 11:00 hs
 

Government and public policies: the Uruguayan case


  • Moderator: Ida Holz - SeCIU / Universidad de la República, Uruguay
11:00 - 11:15 hs
 

Open Mic

11:15 - 12:15 hs
 

Information and Communication Technologies and public policies in LAC countries


  • Moderator: Ruth Puente - LACNIC, Uruguay
12:15 - 12:30 hs
 

Open Mic

12:30 - 14:00 hs
 

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 hs
 

WORKSHOP 1:  How researches can have an impact in the elaboration of public policies
Ana Laura Rodríguez - Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina

15:30 - 16:30 hs
 

ROUND TABLE: Successful experiences of researches founded by FRIDA


  • Moderator: Ana Lourdes Acuña Zuñiga - Omar Dengo, Costa-Rica
16:30 - 16:45 hs
 

Coffee break

16:45 - 17:00 hs
 

ROUND TABLE: Successful experiences of researches founded by FRIDA (Cont.)

 

Thursday, April 23, 2009
09:00 - 10:00 hs
 

WORKSHOP 2: How to prepare a research proposal
Ida Holz - SeCIU / Universidad de la República, Uruguay

10:00 - 10:45 hs
 

WORKSHOP 3:  How to secure funding for my initiative   [Presentation]
Carolina Aguerre - Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina

10:45 - 11:00 hs
 

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:45 hs
 

WORKSHOP 4: How to communicate the results of my research
Mariana Rethen - journalist and consultant, Uruguay

11:45 - 12:30 hs
 

Free space to contact/talk to speakers and participants

12:30 - 14:00 hs
 

Lunch

14:00 - 14:45 hs
 

Identification of high-priority research topics for Latin America and the Caribbean


  • Moderator: Martha Giraldo Jaramillo - Red Renata, Colombia
14:45 - 15:00 hs
 

Open Mic

15:00 - 16:30 hs
 

ROUND TABLE:  Successful experiences of researches founded by FRIDA


  • Moderator: Guefry Leider Agredo Mendez - Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
16:30 - 16:45 hs
 

Closure

16:30 - 16:45 hs
 

Coffee break

 

 

IDRC

Internet Society

LACNIC

 

FRIDA - Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in the Latin America and Caribbean