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On February 9, at 16 GMT, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, D.F., Lima, Madrid, Medellín, Santiago de Chile and São Paulo were connected through video conference rooms provided by the academic network RedCLARA and its local members: REUNA, Renata, CUDI, RNP, RAAP, Innova-Red and Red Iris (which belongs to GÉANT).

The goal of this meeting was trying this communication tool in order to design a  Future Internet LatAm Regional Strategy for Cooperation with Europe. Some LatAm experts were able to participate in the meeting together with FIRST partners and RedCLARA members.

The experts started to discuss some R&D priorities in the Future Internet field, but just to warm-up to future meetings. Julián Seseña, FIRST project coordinator, pointed out:  the role of the experts is key since they will help to identify the country priorities, to find out common Future Internet themes among countries. Why do we develop the Internet of the Future? Because we want the government to invest in our ideas. Following this idea, Carmen Aguero, Partner FIRST Mexico, explained that national secretaries are really interested in knowing this priorities in order to launch their calls and to be aware of the fields in which they need training.

The video conference system conceded by RedCLARA resulted a remarkable way for having this type of meetings and all the participants expressed that it was an excellent meeting.

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