Dear All,<div><br></div><div>This is a mini-update of the PACINET conference in the Pacific. There was good representation of people in<br><div><br></div><div>We are concluding the PACINET 2011 which was hosted by the American Samoan Government in partnership with the Pacific Internet Society in Pago Pago in American Samoa and it has been excellent to hear diverse perspectives from the Pacific region. The Pacific has 22 countries and territories on internet governance issues such as:-</div>
<div><br></div><div><ol><li>Critical Internet Resources - IP Addressing (IPv6 etc);</li><li>Root Zone Management - A Snapshot;</li><li>Multilingualism [Session on ICANN and interesting interaction on IDN; Samoanisation of Technology;</li>
<li>Meaningful Participation - Training on IG (Diplo Foundation Alumni in the Pacific), Training on IPv6 and DNSSEC by APNIC;</li><li>Security [Cyber Security in the USA, Thomas Duffy; DNSSEC by APNIC;</li><li>Traditional Knowledge - Using the Internet to preserve culture and language [Niue, American Samoan, Samoan experience];</li>
<li>GIS;</li><li>Tsunami Crisis Management: Lessons from American Samoa;</li><li>Women in ICT;</li><li>Access (Persons with disabilities w3c (Presentation by a visually impaired Samoan young lady who is the Director of an NGO in Samoa that advocates for access and she did a demonstration of how she uses the internet to work. She has a Masters in Communication from a University in Australia; interconnection costs (lack of competition in some countries, need for an IXP in certain places, infrastructure (challenges), vocational rehabilitation, </li>
<li>Freedom of Expression; etc</li></ol><div>Kind Regards,</div></div><div>-- </div><div><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div><br></div><div>Tweeter: @SalanietaT</div><div>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</div>
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