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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/15/2014
The Military Lyceum "General San Martin" in Buenos Aires won The Science Teaching Tools Award 2014 for "Doing robotics with waste". Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.) chapter president, presented a check and certificate to Col. Enrique Nogueira, director of the military, Lyceum "General San Martin." Col. Jorge Domenech, chief of Army Basic Education; Lt. Col. Raul Cantaluppi, adviser of Army Basic Education, Eng Professor Fernando Levalle and Eng Professor Hernan San Martin, in charge of the project, were present at the ceremony in December. The project allows for assembly of different parts of robots using technological waste.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/18/2014
The chapter held its annual meeting at the Military Circle in Buenos Aires in December. The new board members are: Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president; Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), first vice president; Col. Daniel Tello, EA (Ret.), second vice president; Col. Hugo Cargnelutti, EA (Ret.), secretary; Capt. Antonio Urbano, ARA (Ret.), deputy secretary; Oscar Pesiney, treasurer; Miguel Avelluto, deputy treasurer; Eng. Luis Valle, board member; Eng. Luis A. Favotto, board member; Gabriel Sanchez Barbeito, board member; and Col. Ernesto Celestino, GN (Ret.), board member. The members attended the lunch after the meeting.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/03/2014
The chapter sponsored the professional development course "Digital TV and Telecommunications" in December at Military Circle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Engineers Luis Valle and Claudia Cardama coordinated distinguished speakers who exchanged views and experiences on the roles to be fulfilled by the state, companies, institutions and the university in the operation of new mobile services and digital TV platforms. Among the topics presented were "Spectrum Auction for 3G and 4G"; "Service Advanced 4G Mobile Communications (SCMA)"; "Regulation Mobile Virtual Network Operator OMV"; "National Plan for Digital Communication Services"; "National Standard for Digital Terrestrial TV Service Open"; "Argentina Connected"; "Networks Provincial"; "Over-the-Top OTT"; and "Digital Cinema." The event attracted 20 speakers and 55 attendees.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 10/29/2014
In October, the chapter sponsored a professional development course titled “Physical Security” at the Military Circle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Carlos Amaya, president of ASIS International Chapter 291 in La Plata, served as the academic coordinator and moderator. He presented distinguished speakers, who generated a multidisciplinary field of information and exchange on the art of physical security with the presentation of case studies. The main topics presented, among others were, Experiences in the Management of Physical Security, Organization for Security Studies in the Field of a Company, Physical Security in Telecommunications Infrastructure of a Company and Crisis Management Negotiating. There were 10 speakers and 40 attendees.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 10/01/2014
The chapter sponsored the two-day Nanotechnology Symposium in October in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were 30 attendees. Maximo Ricci and Luis Favotto were the coordinators. The event included a discussion of the global state of nanotechnology.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 06/24/2014
The chapter sponsored a conference, Quantum Computation and Quantum Cryptography, at the Argentina Army's Army University Buenos Aires in June. Forty-five attendees heard from Juan Pablo Paz, Ph.D., senior researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, and Miguel A. Larotonda, Ph.D., Quantum Optics division chief at the Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of the Armed Forces for lasers and applications. The conference focused on the basics of the art of quantum computation and cryptography, allowing participants to explore these disruptive technologies that revolutionize the computing world.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 05/21/2014
The chapter sponsored a symposium, Cyberdefense: Current Status and Trends, in May at the Argentina Army's Army University in Buenos Aires. There were 50 attendees. Speakers included professor Roberto Uzal, director of the Ph.D. in computer engineering at the National University of San Luis (UNSL) and bachelor's degree recipients Claudio Baielli and Walter Aguero, of UNSL. The event featured an overview of the current state of the cyberdefense, its singularities in the regional framework and draft guidelines at the national level.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 05/22/2014
In May, the Military Naval Lyceum Almirante Storni in Misiones won the 2013 Science Teaching Tools Award for "Restoring Science Laboratory." Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, presented a check and certificate to Rear Adm. Ricardo R. Christiani, ARA, director general of education of the navy, on behalf of teacher Carlos A. Tykal. The project will allow the school to recover and restore lab equipment to provide a space where cadets can apply knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 03/20/2014
During the monthly board meeting in March, Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, presented Capt. Eduardo Malvacio, EA, student subchapter president, with the Regional Distinguished Young AFCEAN Award granted by AFCEA International. After the meeting, the board was invited by the authorities of the Army University to a demonstration in the robotics lab composed of several students from the subchapter.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/19/2013
The chapter held its annual meeting at the Military Circle in Buenos Aires in December. The new board members are: Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president; Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), first vice president; Col. Daniel Tello, EA (Ret.), second vice president; Col. Hugo Cargnelutti, EA (Ret.), secretary; Capt. Antonio Urbano, ARA (Ret.), deputy secretary; Oscar Pesiney, treasurer; Miguel Avelluto, deputy treasurer; Eng. Luis Valle, board member; Eng. Luis A. Favotto, board member; Gabriel Sanchez Barbeito, board member; and Col. Ernesto Celestino, GN (Ret.), board member. After the meeting there was a lunch. At the meeting, Adm. Nigoul presented a certificate of appreciation to Capt. Eduardo Malvacio, EA, who received the Regional Distinguished Young AFCEAN Award granted by AFCEA International.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/09/2013
In December, the chapter made an agreement with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at the National Technological University, Buenos Aires. Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, and Maria Daniela Lopez de Luise, Ph.D., IEEE president, signed the agreement. This agreement allows joint conduct educational events.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/04/2013
The chapter sponsored a Professional Development Course titled "Digital TV and Telecommunications" in December that took place at Military Circle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Coordinators Engineer Luis Valle and Engineer Claudia Cardama presented the distinguished speakers, who presented a multidisciplinary field of information and exchange on digital TV, telecommunications and digital cinema, and the roles to be fulfilled by the state enterprises and cooperatives. The main topics presented included: new TV channels license and media law; digital interactive TV; IPTV services new cooperative; spectrum availability; telecommunications system for the armed forces; and Security and Police. There were 20 speakers and 60 attendees.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 11/27/2013
In November, the chapter held a conference titled “Beyond the New Boson (Higgs?),” which took place at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires. The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest particle accelerator, built 100 meters underground near Geneva. Through Alice, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb detectors, scientists worldwide are studying the nature of fundamental particles that make up the universe. At this conference, Fernando Monticeli, Ph.d., a member of the experimental group studying particles at the University of La Plata, said the results obtained by ATLAS, which led to the discovery of a new boson in the framework of the search for the Higgs, and subsequent studies are necessary in order to determine the properties of the Higgs. He briefly explained how it is done in the ATLAS search for physics beyond the standard model, showing some representative results. Also during the conference, Monticeli received a Distinguished Membership diploma in recognition of his continued c ... READ MORE
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 10/23/2013
In October, the chapter sponsored a Professional Development Course titled Mobile Security, which took place at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Event coordinators Professor Roberto Uzal and Eng. Carlos Amaya presented the distinguished speakers, who discussed issues about the impact of the emergence of mobile devices on information security, exposing issues related to the technological, managerial and, perhaps most important, the related end users of mobile devices such smartphones and tablets.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 09/11/2013
In September, the chapter sponsored the conference Argentine Radar, which took place at Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were 40 attendees. The speakers were Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), chapter board member; Ricardo Hum, INVAP company director; and Maj. Gen. Guillermo Saravia, FAA, radar sensors director. The conference included discussion of issues related to Argentina's radar installation plans, an INVAP institutional presentation, and a description and current status of the National Aerospace Surveillance and Control (SINVICA).In addition, Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, delivered Col. Elejandro Echazu, EA, former Army University director, a certificate of recognition for their continued collaboration with the chapter. |
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 08/28/2013
During the Neural Networks conference, which took place at the Argentine Army University in Buenos Aires in August, the chapter presented two recipients with Distinguished Membership awards for their continued collaboration and support. Award recipients were Daniel Lupi, president, Nanotechnology Argentina Foundation, and Eduardo Martino, superintendent of communications and technical services, Metropolitan Police.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 08/28/2013
In August, the chapter sponsored the Neural Networks conference, which took place at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with 50 attendees. Maria Daniela Lopez de Luise, Ph.D., president, IEEE Argentina, served as the speaker. At the conference, she discussed the basics of neural networks, the resolution mechanism they use and how they should be used effectively to address specific problems.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 08/13/2013
The chapter sponsored a conference on electromagnetic compatibility in August, which took place at Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were 40 attendees. Claudio Muoz, professor and director of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory at the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires, was the speaker. At the conference, Muoz discussed the basics of electromagnetic compatibility and the participants involved, the interference mechanisms of the various signals and, in detail, the effects of non-ionizing radiation.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 06/27/2013
In June, the chapter sponsored a conference on cyber defense at the Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with 60 attendees. Professor Roberto Uzal, director of the Ph.D. in computer engineering from the National University of San Luis, was the guest speaker. At the conference, he discussed an overview of the current state of cyber defense, its singularities in the regional framework and draft guidelines at the national level. After the event, Juan Carlos Fondevila Sancet, regional vice president for South America, delivered the Model Chapter of the Year Award to Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 05/22/2013
In May, the chapter sponsored a conference at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires. There were 45 attendees. Eng. Miguel Pesado, director of ArSat, was the speaker. The conference focused on issues related to satellite telecommunications Argentine Arsat-1, the first of a series of three, which will be manufactured entirely in Argentina for years, being executed by INVAP technicians, with monitoring and support staff from Arsat companies and Thales Alenia Space.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 06/10/2013
In June, the chapter saw firsthand the impact of one of its grants. General Belgrano, a military high school in Santa Fe, Argentina, receiving a Science Teaching Tools Award for a project on “boards using knowledge of electrical physics.” The project focuses on teaching students about electrical physics; using circuits in the laboratory; and developing a teaching strategy for learning theoretical concepts and their application in practical cases. Approximately 90 cadets were involved in this project. Several professors, Omar Difilippo, Jose Gonzalez and Silvina Chemes along with Lucia Fernandez, assistant professor of practical, were responsible for the materialization of the project. They purchased all necessary materials, and students prepared boards, installed a safety switch and performed appropriate signage. Cadets cut wires, made connections, and practiced welding and drilling with the tools.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 04/23/2013
In April, the chapter sponsored a conference at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires with 45 attendees. Capt. Francis Joseph Brosz, ARA, was the speaker. The conference focused on missile guidance systems, the fundamental principles of missile defense and how doctrine and electronic warfare systems contribute to the defense of air, naval and ground targets. Most of the electromagnetic spectrum used missiles for guidance on their target. Conference attendees were told how resources such as electronic warfare greatly contribute to missile defense of vehicles, ships, aircraft and facilities.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/20/2012
The new board members announced in December are Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president; Col. Daniel Tello, EA (Ret.), second vice president; Col. Hugo Cargnelutti, EA (Ret.), secretary; Capt. Antonio Urbano, ARA (Ret.), deputy secretary; Oscar Pesiney, treasurer; Col. Ernesto Celestino, GN (Ret.), deputy treasurer; Luis Valle, board member; Luis A. Favotto, board member; Gabriel Sanchez Barbeito, board member; and Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), board member.
After the meeting, the board met for lunch. At that time, the chapter bid farewell to Maj. Gen. Norberto Dimeglio, FAA (Ret.), chapter first vice president, who resigned for personal reasons. Adm. Nigoul presented him with a certificate recognizing their excellent cooperation during his tenure.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/13/2012
The Military Lyceum "General Belgrano" in Santa Fe won the chapter's Science Teaching Tools Award for a project related to "boards using knowledge of electrical physics." Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, presented a check and certificate in December to Col. Javier Marturet, EA, secretary of education, on behalf of teachers Omar Difilippo, Jose Gonzalez and Silvina Chemes from the winning high school. The project aims to generate a proposal designed to experimental physics teaching electrical; circuits have several for use in the laboratory and develop a teaching strategy for learning theoretical concepts and their application in practical cases. Approximately 90 cadets are involved in this project. The grant presentation, held at the Institute of Higher Education of the Army in Buenos Aires, included Adm. Nigoul; Col. Hugo Cargnelutti, EA (Ret.), chapter secretary; Col. Marturet; and Lt. Col. Raul Cantaluppi, EA, head of education for the Army.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 11/22/2012
The chapter sponsored a conference titled Applications of Nanotechnology in November at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires. Daniel Lupi, an engineer and president of the Argentina Nanotechnology Foundation, spoke about the applications of nanoelectronics and the Micro-Nano Chip Argentino, and Cesar Barbero, Ph.D, principal investigator of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, spoke about nanotechnology applied to lithium. Luis Alberto Favotto, an engineer and chapter board member, coordinated the event with 120 attendees.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 10/11/2012
The chapter sponsored a symposium titled “Information, Surveillance and Electronic Reconnaissance” held in October at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires with 40 attendees. Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), chapter board member, coordinated the event. Speakers were: Col. Miguel Angel Silva, FAA (Ret.); Patricio Marco; Gustavo Mezza; Alejandro Acquesta; Lt. Col. Miguel Angel Blanco, EA (Ret.); and Capt. Horacio Chimenti R., ARA (Ret.). Speakers addressed the following topics: air traffic control radar and its use as a means of maritime reconnaissance; an example of transhorizon radars in Malvinas; an unmanned aerial vehicle project in the Army; updating the LIPAM system; management and crisis management and emergency response; system integration and geographic documentary; and shipping under electronic.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 09/19/2012
The chapter sponsored a conference titled Cyber Defense in September at the Argentine Army University in Buenos Aires with 40 attendees. Gabriel Sanchez Barbeito, chapter board member, coordinated the event. Speakers included: Ricardo Senz, Ph.D.; Oscar Banchiero; and Jos Piazza. They addressed the following topics: legal aspects relevant to the community; cyberwar preparedness; management situations; and “the human factor.” During the event, Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, presented a framed certificate to Sanchez Barbeito on behalf of the board of directors of the AFCEA Educational Foundation, who unanimously voted to recognize his dedication and commitment to educational endeavors for the chapter.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 08/28/2012
In August, the chapter sponsored a conference titled “Public Safety and Biometrics Applications” at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires. Eduardo Jorge Martino, chief superintendent of communications and technical services, Metropolitan Police, served as the lecturer with 50 attendees. Martino addressed aspects of public security and the technological components, biometrics and biometric applications in public safety, as well as a reading system for car license plates. Luis Alberto Favotto, chapter board member, coordinated the event.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 08/06/2012
In August, the chapter sponsored a professional development course titled “New Audiovisual Content Platforms,” which took place at the Argentine Army's Escuela Superior Tecnica in Buenos Aires. The event attracted 130 attendees and 32 lecturers. Luis Valle and Claudia Cardama coordinated the course, which included presentations about terrestrial digital TV, digital satellite TV, mobile TV, OTT, IPTV and digital cinema, among others. In addition, seven companies hosted workshops and presentations of their products, and attendees viewed transmission of digital TV. The guest speakers and attendees were members of the government, industry, academia and the armed forces.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 07/04/2012
In July, the chapter conducted the monthly meeting of its board with the presence of 1st Lt. Eduardo Malvacio, Argentine Army, president of the Argentina Student Subchapter, and Eduardo Hipolito, faculty adviser for the group. Rear Adm. Emilio I. Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, offered the chapter's support for the activities of subchapter.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 05/15/2012
In May, Julio Sagarese and Marcela Ugozzoli, teachers at the Military Lyceum "Araoz de Lamadrid" in Tucuman, presented a report on an Education Robotics initiative made possible by a Science Teaching Tools grant. The objectives for the first stage of the program were: identify the physical parts of the robot; install communication drivers on the computer; know the operation of electric motors used in robots; and identify the basic commands used to control the motors. Aside from that, the activities included a description of the technology used, mounting the front infrared sensors, installing the drivers of the controller board, running Minibloq, top stage programming, designing small programs and identification of the programming variables corresponding to the environment.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 05/30/2012
In May, the chapter sponsored a conference at the Argentine Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Approximately 120 attendees enjoyed the event. The speakers were all Malvinas veterans, including Col. Luis Rabago, EA (Ret.); Col. Raul Andres, EA (Ret.); Capt. Eduardo Cerruti, EA (Ret.); Rear Adm. Eduardo Castro Rivas, ARA (Ret.); Rear Adm. Pablo Vignolles, ARA (Ret.); and Cmdr. Eduardo Zanardi, FAA (Ret.).
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 05/09/2012
In May, the chapter sponsored a conferenced titled “Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Higgs Boson” at the Argentine Army's Escuela Superior Técnica in Buenos Aires. Fernando Monticelli, who has a Ph.D. in physics, served as the lecturer for approximately 30 attendees. Monticelli belongs to a group in Argentina involved in exploring the enormous challenge presented by these topics together with scientists from 35 countries. He explained the challenge to attendees and discussed the LHC and the ATLAS detector along with the physics being studied with these instruments. He gave a conceptual overview of how the ATLAS experiment searches for the Higgs boson; a brief summary of the most important results of data collection in 2011; and the expectations for the current year.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 05/02/2012
The chapter sponsored a conference in May with 18 attendees at the Argentine Army University in Buenos Aires. Horacio Rinaldi, a professor at the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, served as the lecturer. He discussed the possible options for changing the current situation with a lack of scientific literacy in our society. He stressed that the central idea is to get through to students with appropriate and adventurous teaching methods using topics of interest to physics.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/20/2011
In December, the chapter held its annual meeting at the Military Circle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The new board members are: Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president; Maj. Gen. Norberto Dimeglio, FAA (Ret.), first vice president; Col. Daniel Tello, EA (Ret.), second vice president; Col. Hugo Cargnelutti, EA (Ret.), secretary; Capt. Antonio Urbano, ARA (Ret.), deputy secretary; Oscar Pesiney, treasurer; Col. Ernesto Celestino, GN (Ret.), deputy treasurer; Luis Valle, board member; Luis A. Favotto, board member; Gabriel Sanchez Barbeito, board member; Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), board member. After the meeting attendees enjoyed a lunch. At that time, Adm. Nigoul presented each board member with a certificate of appreciation and a gift.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 12/12/2011
In December, the chapter recognized the Military Lyceum "Araoz de Lamadrid" in Tucuman with a Science Teaching Tools award for the school's contributions to "Educational Robotics" for the 2011 to 2012 academic year. Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, presented a check from the AFCEA Educational Foundation to Col. Javier Marturet, EA, secretary of high education at the Military Lyceum, on behalf of teachers Julio Sagarese and Marcela Ugozzoli. The amount received will go toward material resources such as a microcontroller, user interface, power, communications and sensors. In addition, the chapter presented the Cyber Defense Competition award. Adm. Nigoul presented a check from the AFCEA Educational Foundation to professor Federico Olarte of the Military Lyceum "Espejo" in Mendoza on behalf of Cadet Jorge Ralo who won the competition. Also present at the event held at the Institute of Higher Education of the Army in Buenos Aires were Juan C. Fondevila Sancet, reg ... READ MORE
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 11/25/2011
In November, the chapter sponsored a one-day event, titled “Nanotechnology: Graphene and Other Applications,” at the Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Luis Alberto Favotto, chapter board member, coordinated the event, which attracted nearly 30 attendees. The symposium included presentations covering an introduction to the topic, future developments and applications of graphene, and nanotechnology applied to metalworking.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 11/03/2011
In November, the chapter sponsored a conference at the Army University in Buenos Aires titled “ICTs in Crisis.” Maj. Gen. Herberto Robinson, EA (Ret.), former chapter president, served as the guest speaker and addressed 35 attendees. The topics included: nature, dimension and effects; information and communication technologies (ICTs) skills and abilities; and support for strategic systems, emergencies and defense efforts.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 10/27/2011
In October, the chapter sponsored a one-day event about video surveillance systems at the Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Luis Alberto Favotto, chapter board member, coordinated the event, which attracted 49 attendees. The symposium presentations included an introduction to video surveillance systems in public areas; integral management software; and success stories from the towns of Ensenada and Ituzaingo.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 09/28/2011
In September, the chapter hosted a cyber defense competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, funded by an AFCEA Educational Foundation Chapter Initiatives Grant. Eight cadets from military high schools across the country competed in the event, which aimed to inspire today's youth to become the cyber defenders of tomorrow. The competition took place at the Army Technical College. It served to verify the ability of cadets to defend against external hostile attacks in a simulated network. Coordinators included Capt. Horacio Chimenti Riquelme, ARA (Ret.), chapter board member; Gabriel Sanchez Barbeito, chapter board member; and Juan C. Fondevila Sancet, regional vice president for South America. In addition, the event assistants were Mayor Luis Fumagalli, EA (Ret.), Army University, and Mariano Pancaldi, infrastructure head of the dto-latam company. The chapter announced the winner in November, who will go to Buenos Aires to receive a prize.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 09/23/2011
In September, the chapter sponsored a two-day event on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance that took place at the Military Circle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), chapter board member, coordinated the event, which hosted 40 attendees. The symposium included presentations about human resources for unmanned aerial systems, and a Geographic Information System project in support of intelligence and aerial surveillance in the country. In addition, the event covered coatings and information integration.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 09/07/2011
During the chapter's board meeting in September, it signed a partnership agreement with Microsoft. The agreement foresees that the company provides skilled human resources professionals to lecture on issues related to the development of communications, electronics and information systems. Eduardo Seco, director of the public sector at Microsoft, represented the company and signed the aforementioned agreement with Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president, and Juan Carlos Fondevila Sancet, regional vice president for South America.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 09/18/2011
In September, the chapter participated in the annual Symposium on Defense Research and Production (SINPRODE) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Joint Staff of Argentinean Armed Forces organized the event, which included representatives from more than 200 companies for the workshops. The chapter hosted a stand during the four-day event.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 06/22/2011
In June, the chapter sponsored a symposium on network centric warfare with 20 attendees at the Military Circle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The chapter team comprised the following people: Rear Adm. Emilio Nigoul, ARA (Ret.), chapter president; Jorge Crom, former regional vice president for South America; Col. Hugo Cargnelutti, EA (Ret.), chapter secretary; Capt. Horacio Chimenti Riquelme, ARA (Ret.), chapter member; Capt. Angel Palazzo, ARA (Ret.), chapter member; and Col. Oscar Gonzalez, FAA (Ret.), chapter member.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 06/08/2011
In June, the chapter sponsored a conference on “Holography” at the Army University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Néstor Bolognini, Ph.D., presented to approximately 40 attendees. He described the process of constructing the holograms and the basic transmission of holograms, reflections and other combinations of the two.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 06/02/2011
In June, the chapter sponsored a professional development course titled “Digital Terrestrial TV: Advances in Argentina and Latin America.” Nearly 170 attendees and 30 lecturers participated in the event held at the Argentine Army's Escuela Superior Técnica in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Luis Valle, Enrique Zothner and María Muscio coordinated the course, which included presentations on the Argentine system of digital terrestrial television; national, industrial and private participation; panorama digital terrestrial television in Latin America; and the national telecommunications plan called "Argentina Connected", among others. In addition, the event featured workshops and presentations of products from 22 companies. The guest speakers and attendees were members of the government, industry, academia and the armed forces. |
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 04/27/2011
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 04/27/2011
In April, the chapter received a visit from AFCEA International leadership, including Kent Schneider, president and chief executive officer; Lt. Gen. John A. Dubia, USA (Ret.), executive vice president; and Kathleen Helm, senior director of service center operations. During their trip, they visited Tesacom, a sponsor of AFCEA International, and met with the chapter's board of directors in the Headquarters Military Circle, Buenos Aires. During that meeting, Schneider presented an award from the AFCEA Educational Foundation to Juan C. Fondevila Sancet, regional vice president for South America. In addition, they attended the closing of the Radio Propagation Conference, which took place at the Argentine Army University in Buenos Aires. Finally, the members of AFCEA came together for dinner with several companies and chapter board officers.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 04/28/2011
In April, the chapter sponsored a conference on “Radio Propagation.” The event was held at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires. Patricio Marco, member, chapter advisory council, addressed approximately 95 attendees. Topics included variations of the ionosphere, ionospheric radio propagation in the high frequency band, minimum usable frequency, scope, jump distances, near-vertical incidence, near-vertical incident skywave antennas, ionospheric propagation conditions in real time and ionospheric sounders networks. Kent R. Schneider, president and chief executive officer of AFCEA International, attended the conference and welcomed the participants, providing certificates of appreciation along with Lt. Gen. John A. Dubia, USA (Ret.), executive vice president of AFCEA International, and Kathleen Helm, senior director of Service Center Operations of AFCEA International.
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ARGENTINA CHAPTER - 03/29/2011
The chapter sponsored its National Network Augmentation conference in March. The event took place at the Argentina Army University in Buenos Aires, and approximately 35 attendees heard guest speaker Nicolas Mendez Guerin from the Argentina Air Force. The conference focused on encouraging more precision than that currently provided by global navigation satellite systems, which are metric and require users to make corrections to the readings obtained at the receivers. Correction and subsequent dissemination of these corrections is critical to obtaining accurate readings, which are highly relevant given the precision navigation of mobile air, land and sea—either manned or unmanned—operations. Corrections can be made through facilities that already are operating in Argentina.
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