[governance] Re: Update [Outreach in the Pacific]

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

*Correction* There was good representation of people from the public
sector, private sector and civil society.

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> This is a mini-update of the PACINET conference in the Pacific. There was
> good representation of people in
>
> 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:-
>
>
>    1. Critical Internet Resources - IP Addressing (IPv6  etc);
>    2. Root Zone Management - A Snapshot;
>    3. Multilingualism [Session on ICANN and interesting interaction on
>    IDN; Samoanisation of Technology;
>    4. Meaningful Participation - Training on IG (Diplo Foundation Alumni
>    in the Pacific), Training on IPv6 and DNSSEC by APNIC;
>    5. Security [Cyber Security in the USA, Thomas Duffy; DNSSEC by APNIC;
>    6. Traditional Knowledge - Using the Internet to preserve culture and
>    language  [Niue, American Samoan, Samoan experience];
>    7. GIS;
>    8. Tsunami Crisis Management: Lessons from American Samoa;
>    9. Women in ICT;
>    10. 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,
>    11. Freedom of Expression; etc
>
> Kind Regards,
> --
> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
>
> Tweeter: @SalanietaT
> Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
> Cell: +679 998 2851
>
>
>
>


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Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala

Tweeter: @SalanietaT
Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
Cell: +679 998 2851
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