[bestbits] Internet Week Guyana - next week

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Hi everyone

Sharing a post in LACNIC about Internet Week Guyana

This is an important event to the Caribbean community

One of the topics discussed is community networks projects in LAC
involving Caribbean Region and the north of South America

http://onthemove.lacnic.net/internet-week-guyana/

Best

Renata



http://prensa.lacnic.net/news/en/2017sepen/international-experts-to-gather-for-internet-week-guyana-in-october

International experts to gather for Internet Week Guyana in October

By Gerard Best

Internet experts from around the world will be in Georgetown in
October for Internet Week Guyana, a high-level technology conference
focused on national and regional development issues.

Hosted by the Guyana Ministry of Public Telecommunications, the
meeting is jointly organised by the Latin America and Caribbean
Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC), the Caribbean Network Operators
Group (CaribNOG), the Internet Society (ISOC), the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Caribbean
Telecommunications Union (CTU).

“Internet Week Guyana will draw on the expertise of global Internet
organisations, to address local and regional Internet development
issues,” said Kevon Swift, Head of Strategic Relations and Integration
at LACNIC, an organisation that distributes and manages Internet
number resources in the Caribbean and Latin America.

The five-day event starts on October 9 with an Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Awareness Day which will introduce
topics to be covered more in-depth during the week.

On October 10, ISOC and ICANN will jointly lead an Internet Governance
Day, focused on the establishment of Guyana’s national Internet
Governance Forum, or IGF.

“Internet Governance discussions go beyond technical matters, but
focus also on legal, economic, development, sociocultural, human
rights and security aspects. National IGFs are very important because
they give the local community the opportunity to discuss local
challenges and more importantly, to look for concrete solutions to
those challenges,” said Shernon Osepa, Manager of Regional Affairs for
Latin America and the Caribbbean at ISOC.

The Internet Governance Day will also focus on the impact of the new
generic top-level domain program.

A Cybersecurity Day covering a range of cyber crime issues and
networking best practices will be held by CaribNOG on October 11.
CaribNOG and the Belize Public Utilities Commission held a weeklong
national cyber security symposium in Belize City in April, drawing
participants from law enforcement, the military, the judiciary and
legal community, government and the private sector.

“Cyber security is a priority for the entire Caribbean. As the region
places greater reliance on Internet-based technologies, more capacity
has to be built to protect our computer networks and systems,” said
Bevil Wooding, Executive Director of CaribNOG and Caribbean Outreach
Manager at the American Registry for Internet Numbers.

On October 12, LACNIC will hold an open forum to discuss the benefits
of IPv6, the Internet Protocol which addresses the depletion of
unallocated numbering resources in the region and around the world.

The conference closes on October 13 with a Youth ICT Day organised by
the CTU. Young people will have the chance to learn a range of useful
digital skills from a slate of experienced professionals.

All Internet Week Guyana events are free of charge and open to the
public. Registration and other information are available at
http://onthemove.lacnic.net/internet-week-guyana or by email at
onthemove at lacnic.net.