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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">May i request any of our US colleagues and universities to follow up the links Sergio send at <a href="https://www.macfound.org/press/from-field/network-support-city-university-partnerships/" target="_blank">https://www.macfound.org/press/from-field/network-support-city-university-partnerships/</a>
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<div>Patrick - do you have any ideas on how we can use this opportunity to explore collaborations for Urban science thematic?</div>
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<div id="divRpF696676" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA [sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 15, 2015 4:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ica-osgeo-labs] USA: Network to Support City-University Partnerships<br>
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<p>Maybe of interest for the Urban Science - City Analytics Thematic Group...<br>
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<div>Sergio Acosta y Lara</div>
<div>Departamento de Geomática</div>
<div>Dirección Nacional de Topografía</div>
<div>Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas</div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442263828443_2579">The MetroLab Network (<a href="http://metrolabnetwork.heinz.cmu.edu/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442263828443_2651" class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">http://metrolabnetwork.heinz.cmu.edu/</a>),
announced at the White House Smart Cities Forum, seeks to strengthen and create partnerships between metro areas and their respective universities to research, develop, and deploy innovative technologies to address challenges facing the nation’s urban areas.
The Network, supported by a $1 million grant from MacArthur, will provide the opportunity to share successes, address challenges, and build shared platforms for experimentation and data among cities and universities to improve the urban condition. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442263828443_2579">For more information, email info@metrolabnetwork.org <br>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442263828443_2579">See also: Job opening for Executive Director, MetroLab Network, <a href="http://metrolab.heinz.cmu.edu/metrolab/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Executive-Director-Job-Description.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442263828443_2872" target="_blank">http://metrolab.heinz.cmu.edu/metrolab/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Executive-Director-Job-Description.pdf</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442263828443_2579">Source: <a href="https://www.macfound.org/press/from-field/network-support-city-university-partnerships/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442263828443_2730" target="_blank">https://www.macfound.org/press/from-field/network-support-city-university-partnerships/</a></div>
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