These events are organized by the Office of Naval Research Global Americas (
ONRG Americas) and USSOUTHCOM, in conjunction with the director general of the Chilean Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine, in order to "facilitate a regional dialogue among Western Hemisphere nations to improve maritime information sharing." (9) Finally, a concrete example of cooperation in information sharing promoted by the United States is the Virtual Regional Maritime Traffic Center-Americas (VRMTC-Americas), which is an interagency and multinational demonstration project that proposes to leverage and integrate existing regional efforts that contribute to developing MDA.