Havana - With workshops on local development, the third day of the First International Convention on Science, Technology and Innovation, begins today, in session as of Monday at the Conference Center in Havana.

Argentine researcher, Sandra Bustamante, of the University of Belgrano, will lead the debate on the role science, technology and innovation in city management has played.

The forum 'Cyted: Research and innovation for the adaptation to climate change in Latin American agriculture', coordinated by the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), will also be developed during the third day of the convention.

The Secretary General of the Ibero-American Science and Technology Program for Development (CYTED), Alberto Majo, will also speak on the scientific collaboration networks on agriculture and climate change in the region.

For her part, Cuban researcher, Grisel Acosta, of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), will release projects carried out by the institution to fight climate change and ensure food security and environmental sustainability in the Caribbean nation.

The First International Convention on Science, Technology and Innovation, which will receive until November 4 more than 1,000 delegates from several countries, comprises a comprehensive scientific program that includes 10 events, with 750 papers and one exhibition fair.