FRIDA/IGF AWARD 2011 RESULTS
The Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Internet Society (ISOC) are pleased to announce the winners of the FRIDA / IGF 2011 Award.
According to the theme of the IGF 2011, the winners are:
The winner of the best 2.0 campaign (Most voted project) is:
Via Nostrum: Red de Desarrollo de Conocimiento (Regional)
On behalf of the organizers of the FRIDA / IGF Award, we wish to thank those responsible for participating with over 120 projects registered in our website.
We also wish to give a special mention to the members of the jury, who had the arduous task of assessing the excellent initiatives by identifying those with more merits to be awarded in the different categories.
The heads of the winning projects will be contacted by email to coordinate the logistics of their participation at the Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya (September 27-30, 2011) and to LACNIC XVI in Buenos Aires, Argentina (October 3-7, 2011) where the prizes will be awarded.
For further details please refer to the rules.
Wayra Peru 2011 call
Deadline: September 27, 2011
We invite Peruvian entrepreneurs to participate in the largest accelerator of technology and innovation projects in Latin America. As in previous calls, 30 projects will be selected from all those received from now until September 27th of this year, which will all win a seat to attend the wayraWeek Peru, the dates and venue will be announced shortly.
Registration form: http://wayra.org/formulario-peru
More information: http://wayra.org/wayra
Radio World on AMARC-ALC about a research funded by FRIDA
In Spanish: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/rwla_201107/#/2
XII Ibero America Meeting on Digital Cities
Place: Bilbao (Spain)
Dates: September 28, 29, 30, 2011
More information (Spanish): http://www.ciudadesdigitales2011.com/
Science and Technology Mexican Award 2011
Deadline for nominations: October 1st, 2011
See PDF (Spanish) for information about the Call.
Workshop on Internet Network technologies for Latin America and the Caribbean (WALC 2011)
Place: Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Dates: October 10 to 14, 2011
More information (Spanish): http://www.eslared.org.ve/walc2011/
