Sadosky Foundation

Institutional Presentation

Buenos Aires, February 2012

Sadosky Foundation – Institutional Presentation

Overview

The Sadosky Foundation is a mixed (public-private) institution whose goal is to promote a closer and stronger interaction between Academia and Industry in all fields related to Information and Communications Technology

It was formally created by the Argentine Government through a Presidential decree in July 2009, and started operations in April 2011

It is named after Argentina’s and Latin America’s computer science pioneer Manuel Sadosky

Manuel Sadosky(1914-2005)

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The Foundation has mid and long term goals

“The necessary interaction between government, the productive sector and the scientific-technological infrastructure is not achieved just by a wish or through a decree. It is a consequence of a social and political process that accelerates as its participants achieve a better understanding of their roles, have common interests, define common goals and communicate in a common language.”

Jorge A. Sábato(1924-1983)

Argentine physicist Jorge Sábato explained very clearly that the goals we are trying to achieve require a sustained effort over time

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Organizational Structure

PresidentMinister of Science,

Technology and Productive Innovation

Vice-presidentPresident of the

Chamber of Software companies (CESSI)

Vice-presidentPresident of the

Chamber of Telecom. companies (CICOMRA)

Executive Director Advisory Board

Management Council

Projects, Programs, Operations

Board Members (Chambers + Ministry of Science)

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Mission and Vision

Vision:

“Innovation in Information and Communications Technology as one of the key enablers to the development of the country”.

Mission:

“The Sadosky Foundation connects, through a series of projects and programs, the scientific – technological infrastructure with the productive sector in all fields related to Information and Communications Technology, so we can add more value to our products and services and achieve a positive impact in our society and in the development potential of the country. This will contribute to having more and better science in these fields and to strengthen our productive sector.”

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The importance of innovation in the ICT Sector

An important part (Argentina’s software sector data):

The other part:

The use of ICT in:

Education Health Homeland security Industrial development Agriculture E-Democracy And more…

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Programs

The following programs have been included in our Strategic Plan, approved in May, 2011­ PhDs in Industry: In collaboration with the Ministry of Science,

Technology and Productive Innovation, offering economic incentives to companies that incorporate PhDs to their staff

­ Facilitation of collaborative projects between Academia and Industry: the Foundation will provide funds and all the resources needed to increase chances of success for this type of projects

­ Technology watch

­ Collaboration with similar institutions in the Country and all over the world

­ Economic aid to Workshops, Conferences or Seminars on these topics

­ STIC: Security in Information Technology. A program to promote the scientific and professional development of this topic in Argentina

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Projects

The following projects are currently active:

­ Vocations in ICT: spark interest in ICT among secondary school students using 3D animation tools such as Alice and promotional materials

­ Who is who: an interactive map of the research groups, R&D areas of the productive sector and collaborative projects between academia and industry

­ ReportAR: collaboration between local vendors of ERP system to develop common functionalities

­ Competitiveness in non-ITC sectors though ITC: identification of economic sectors that will benefit from innovations developed by the ICT sector

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Collaboration Agreements

Argentina’s Ministry of Defense­ Collaboration in technology projects related to the healthcare

infrastructure of the armed forces“Argentina Conectada” Plan (a plan to lay out 50.000 km of Fiber Optic connections all over the Country)­ Collaboration in establishing links to the telecommunications

research community Argentina’s Ministry of Homeland Security­ Implementation of IT projects with local components for

improving public safetyANSES – Conectar Igualdad Program (a plan to distribute 3 million netbook computers to public secondary school students)­ Collaboration in the “Vocations in IT” program, using the

distributed netbooks to include software and educational materials

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Contact Information

Fundación Dr. Manuel Sadosky de Investigación y Desarrollo en TICsAv. Córdoba 744, Piso 5, Oficina IBuenos Aires (1054), Argentina+54-11-4328-5164www.fundacionsadosky.org.arinfo@fundacionsadosky.org.ar