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ICTP 291: 2024 Expert Insight update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab

Posted by Michele Marius | 28 Feb 2024 | Podcast Episodes

In the first instalment in our Expert insights series on cyber threats and security for 2024, and once again with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab, he discusses, among other things: the changes in the threat landscape that occurred in 2023; the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the security space; ethical considerations surrounding cybersecurity, particularly in areas like privacy and surveillance; possible implications of nation-state-sponsored cyberattacks; and three things organisations should be doing in 2024 to improve their network/IT security.

ICTP 290: Governments and content creation, network infrastructure resilience, and regulating digital media

Posted by Michele Marius | 21 Feb 2024 | Podcast Episodes

In our February 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Media and Business Strategist, Nerissa Golden, of Goldenmedia LLC, and ICT Consultant and head of PromoTIC in Haiti, Gregory Domond, the panel discusses: Governments and their use of influencers and content marketing as part of their communications strategy; telecommunications networks and infrastructure resilience assessments and the lessons Caribbean countries can learn from the recently concluded assessment exercise in Haiti; and regulating digital media, can it be done without undermining citizens’ rights?

ICTP 289: Akata Farms, AgTech and why passion doesn’t sell, with Bevon Chadel Charles

Posted by Michele Marius | 14 Feb 2024 | Podcast Episodes

How long could our countries feed themselves if they were cut off from the rest of the world and could only depend on the resources currently within their domain? It is a question more countries are grappling with when addressing matters related to food security and sustainable agriculture. In this podcast episode, we circle back to Bevon Chadel Charles and Akata Farms in Grenada to find out, among other things: how the farm has been doing since our first conversation in 2021; what Bevon thinks about the ‘new’ focus on AgTech and the challenges of that space that people don’t talk about; and why passion doesn’t sell.

ICTP 288: AI insights and takeaways from the World Economic Forum at Davos, with Joel Dean

Posted by Michele Marius | 7 Feb 2024 | Podcast Episodes

Without a doubt, many conversations are being had globally on artificial intelligence (AI), and one of the most important occurred during the recently held Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Software Architect and Tech Entrepreneur, Joel Dean, who attended the meeting, joins us on this episode and shares with us: the AI-related issues that were discussed at Davos; important takeaways he had from those discussions; and how we, in the Caribbean (and perhaps more broadly developing countries), should be positioning ourselves for AI and the future of tech.

ICTP 287: Becoming a robotics powerhouse, with Professor Ricardo Neil of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association

Posted by Michele Marius | 31 Jan 2024 | Podcast Episodes

The robotics programme in Saint Kitts and Nevis has been growing from strength to strength since we last spoke to Dr. Ricardo Neil in late 2018 and even has expanded to other Caribbean countries. Now the Chairman and Founder of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association, Professor Neil discusses, among other things: how the Saint Kitts and Nevis robotics space has evolved; Caribbean-wide trends that might be emerging; some of the challenges or opportunities specific to the region that we ought to consider; and how we could better build a thriving robotics ecosystem in the Caribbean.

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ICTP 291: 2024 Expert Insight update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab

ICTP 288: AI insights and takeaways from the World Economic Forum at Davos, with Joel Dean

ICTP 287: Becoming a robotics powerhouse, with Professor Ricardo Neil of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association

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