Nous avons le plaisir de vous informar que le compte à rebours pour le Premier Forum ouvert des sciences Amérique latine et Caraïbes – CILAC 2016 a commencé. Plus two more before the debut of this event in Montevideo, the beautiful Uruguayan capital.
The CILAC Forum 2016 is an opportunity for the different actors to discuss and align the priorities, policies and regional practices in the fields of science, technology, innovation, education and research, also reinforcing the collaboration objectives. The Forum includes more than 100 activities, 5 plenary conferences, 4 roundtables of ministers and a Forum of recteurs of universities in the region, as well as presentations, debates, seminars and workshops directed by renowned regional and international experts.
The program has a large thematic scope, including a seminar on the South African SKA Project (the largest radio telescope in the world), sessions on scientific diplomas offered by the American Association for the Progress of Science (AAAS). ).
Et ce n'est que le début… le program du Forum CILAC inclut des activités dans les spaces publics afin de tisser des liens entre la science et les citayens, des visits techniques dans des laboratoires et centers de recherche, un gala culturel, une exposition of posters and institutional stands.
CILAC 2016 aura lieu au Parc technological du LATU in Montevideo, Uruguay. The installations are composed of the main building, one modules with laboratories and pilot plants, business incubators, exhibition parks, an interactive museum of science, as well as other centers of expertise dedicated to the formation of resources. humaines dans le secteur des technologies de l'information.
The main objective of the Forum is to create a space for development, exchange of knowledge and ideas, as a mechanism to serve a common object: development of a reinforced agenda for the durable development of Latin America and Caraïbes, integrated into the new durable development program for the United Nations horizon 2030.
Lidia Brito, director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and Caraïbes, declared: « CILAC is a formidable opportunity to integrate the region into common objectives and transform Latin America. et les Caraïbes par le biais de la science, de la tecnologie et de l'innovación ».