El miércoles 20 de diciembre a las 20:00 horas (ART), hemos programado un seminario web desde la Universidad de Yale en los Estados Unidos para evaluar el proyecto DIJ. La propuesta es que varios distinguidos exalumnos nos visiten para brindar su apoyo.
 YASC in Argentina 2025 Click here to learn all about YASC A Conversation with Andrew Burgie ’87 from YASC and Dr. Richard Low ’76 MD and Adrián Silisque from Fundación DIJ   Join via webinar on Wednesday, December 20, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Join us for an engaging conversation with Andrew Burgie ’87 from YASC and Dr. Richard Low ’76 and Adrin Silisque from Fundación DIJ, to learn more about YASC’s plans in Argentina. During this session, you will hear about YASC and our commitment to sustainable service and learn more about an exciting new YASC program to Argentina in 2025. Working alongside our ground partner, Fundación DIJ (Foundation for Software Development of Jujuy), an organization that works to improve the present and future generations of computer science students in Jujuy, YASC is planning an inaugural service trip to San Salvador de Jujuy in 2025 (timing TBC). Richard and Adrián will provide an overview of the foundation, relationship with National University of Jujuy (UNJU), discuss potential projects for the service program, opportunities for virtual engagement, timing, and other details. Andrew will moderate the discussion. If you are interested in Argentina and would like to join us in 2025, this is a great opportunity to learn how you can make a difference, ask questions, and get involved. SPEAKERS    Andrew Burgie ’87, Moderator Industrial Hygienist and Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Global Public Health YASC Chair Andrew Burgie teaches Global Environmental Health as an assistant adjunct professor in the New York University School of Global Public Health. He also serves as an industrial hygienist and assistant research scientist who manages the NIEHS Worker Training Program Grant that administers Hazardous Waste Worker Training for various New York-based groups as part of the Atlantic Center for Occupational Health and Safety Training Consortium run by Rutgers School of Public Health. As former Co-Director of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the CUNY School of Public Health, he specializes in Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training for both City and State agencies as well as private organizations. Trained as an industrial hygienist with an M.S. in Environmental and Occupational Health Science from Hunter College CUNY, he has also conducted numerous indoor air quality inspections, lead-based paint assessments, and general environmental health investigations for commercial and residential properties for various consulting firms over the years. Andrew Burgie was the producer for the YASC program in Puerto Rico 2023. He is the Chair of the YASC Board having been on ten trips. Dr. Richard Low ’76 MD, Panelist Founder and CEO of InforMed Corporation of California, Former President of Yale Club of Argentina Dr. Richard Low is the Founder and CEO of InforMed Corporation of California, renowned for pioneering Praxis® Electronic Medical Records software. Born in Buenos Aires and later moving to the US at 13, he pursued academic excellence at UCLA and Yale, forging a two-decade career in Internal and Emergency Medicine while championing Praxis EMR’s development. Praxis® stands as the top Electronic Medical Records system, celebrated for user satisfaction and endorsed by Gartner and ratings agencies.Two decades ago, Dr. Low returned to Argentina, advising President Raul Alfonsin on medical matters (1996-1998), and leading the Yale Club of Argentina (2011-2015). He co-founded the World Children Transplant Fund, dedicated to global child organ transplantation. In 2022, he initiated the “Fundación para el Desarrollo de Informáticos de Jujuy,” aiming to boost tech education in Jujuy, Argentina, to create a budding tech hub. Based in Buenos Aires, Dr. Low’s binational company strives to revolutionize healthcare quality with cutting-edge Electronic Medical Records tech. His life’s work exemplifies a dedication to innovation, healthcare excellence, and community development. Dr. Low has been actively engaged with the Yale Club of Argentina, having assisted in the organization of multiple Yale Day of Service projects. Adrián Silisque, Panelist Co-Founder of Ayni Global S.A. and Fundación DIJ (Fundación para el Desarrollo de Informáticos de Jujuy or Foundation for Software Development of Jujuy) Adrián Silisque is a multi-award-winning Argentine writer and golden medal Software Engineer. He was born and raised in the Quebrada de Humahuaca (northwest Andean Argentina), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After receiving his Engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional de Jujuy (Argentina), where he achieved the highest CGPA of all careers, he won a scholarship to start a PhD degree in Artificial Intelligence at the prestigious Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Barcelona, Spain). Between 2003 and 2013 he also studied film directing at the Barcelona Film School (ECIB) and obtained prestigious recognitions both for his creative work in advertising and for his scripts or stories (For example: Best Script Award at the 2014 Ibértigo Script Contest, Finalist story at the Prix Hemingway 2015). With more than 20 years of experience, Adrián returned to Humahuaca, where he co-founded Ayni Global S.A. and Fundación DIJ, foundation that promotes software development in Jujuy. Adrián Silisque is also Cultural Ambassador of Humahuaca.  Jujuy is a very small province located in the Northwest of Argentina, up in the Andes Mountains abutting Bolivia and Chile. Jujuy has a strong native population — direct descendants of the Incas, who created an amazing civilization before the Spaniards arrived. They are about to create a new revolution! We believe that the future of Jujuy, and indeed the future of Argentina, is intertwined with the entire economic future of the world. In this new era, progress lies not in natural resources, commodities, or even agricultural or industrial productivity, but in the very brains of its citizens, who may now, because of the internet, sell its talent across physical and psychological borders to the entire world. This is what this fascinating project is about. Jujuy has already proven, and continues to prove daily, its leadership in software development in northwest Argentina, thanks to its extraordinary and totally free educational resources. Jujeño leaders in the field include the National University of Jujuy (UNJU) and the renowned public high school, the “Dr. Horacio Carrillo School of Mines,” which is generating a group of brilliant software engineers. Our foundation is dedicated to fostering this development by initially supporting high school and engineering students facing financial hardships that extend beyond their educational needs, including basic necessities such as food. It is disheartening to note that some engineering students have experienced extreme hunger on campus—actually fainting on campus—highlighting their unwavering determination and passion for their studies. Thus, our support goes beyond enabling them to dedicate time to programming; it also helps them with basic necessities of life, like food and transportation from their remote towns to the educational centers in San Salvador de Jujuy and other major cities nearby. We also focus on younger students in primary schools scattered throughout the province –even in remote and isolated places in the high-altitude Andes Mountains — to instill knowledge and a love for this wonderful, rewarding, and revolutionary field of work. Our foundation also financially supports computer science teachers, both at the secondary and university levels. Due to the lack of public funds, many of these teachers must at times spend their own money to assist their brilliant students. Our foundation aims to replace these personal contributions with generous private philanthropy to ensure greater access to resources and to ensure that teachers do not feel pressured to spend their very modest salaries on school resources. Finally, we provide financial assistance to educational institutions like UNJU and the School of Mines, which require excellent equipment to carry out their educational goals. Our mission includes granting scholarships to deserving students, such as the ones who participate in national and international informatics competitions. Jujuy has already included students as part of the Argentine team at the International Olympiad in Informatics competitions. We provide financial support to Jujuy’s computer science teachers, allowing them to travel to educational centers to improve their knowledge. We engage private IT companies at the national level, especially those working on original projects, to offer jobs and internships to this center of young local talent, which is already a shining example for the other northern provinces of our country. Finally, our mission includes educating the inhabitants of the wonderful province of Jujuy about the importance of this new form of education and future work for their children. Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC) is a volunteer-led initiative committed to community-driven, sustainable service. Serving where communities have invited our participation, we collaborate with local communities, organizations, and Yale University partners to assist communities in addressing their self-identified needs and goals. YASC presents opportunities for alumni, family, and friends to come together, use their diverse talents in locally prioritized projects in the arts, education, sports, health, and economic development to serve communities in need, promote mutual cross-cultural awareness and make change together. Since 2008, YASC has conducted 28 volunteer programs in 9 countries, 5 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. |
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