REUNA/Internet2

Collaboration in the

Regional and Global

Context

DAVE LAMBERT

CEO, Internet2

OCTOBER 13, 2016

GLOBAL BIG SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS

19 October 2016 © 2013 Internet2

DATA DRIVES NETWORK UTILIZATION

COOPERATION BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND USA

Collaborations exist primarily in the areas of:

• Public health (infectious diseases, incommunicable and emerging diseases)

• Environment, biodiversity

• Agriculture

• Astronomy

• Meteorology, oceanography, volcanology

• Clean energy

• Civil and environmental engineering

• Business

100 000 Strong in the Americas - initiative

-Goal to reach by 2020-

"... The United States will work with partners in this

region, including the private sector, to increase the

number of U.S. students studying in Latin America

to 100,000, and the number of Latin American

students studying in the United States to 100,000.”

US President Barack Obama

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Argentina 9%

Brazil 22%

Chile 12%

Colombia 9%

Dominican Republic 5%

Ecuador 6%

Honduras 3%

Mexico 26%

Peru 5%

Uruguay 3%

US-LATIN AMERICA EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATIONS