"Why do we develop an Ideathon? Because we love to identify opportunities and events like this are great and special to achieve it. There is a lot of knowledge scattered in the countries of our region and our task is to integrate it for the benefit of our society." The words of Emmanuel Picado, Director of Digital Agriculture of Information and Communication – IICA, at the opening session of the new BELLA II Ideathon, clearly represent the objectives and expectations of this initiative entitled "Innovation of Agrifood Systems in Central America and the Caribbean", which began on February 29th.

The challenges and opportunities for Latin American academia in the face of increasingly frequent threats of cyber-attacks was the central theme of the participation of RedCLARA's Services Manager, Carlos Gonzalez, at the First Cybersecurity Conference of the University of Queretaro, Mexico, on February 21.