Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 403: 2026 Expert Insight update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Lt Col Godphey Sterling of Jamaica CIRT

ICTP 403: 2026 Expert Insight update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Lt Col Godphey Sterling of Jamaica CIRT

Posted by | 10 Jun 2026 |

In the second instalment of our Expert Insights series on cyber threats and security for 2026, Lieutenant Colonel Godphey Sterling of the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Division in the Office of the Prime Minister in Jamaica, joins us once again. During this conversation, the Colonel shares his thoughts on, among other things: the changes in the Jamaican threat landscape that have occurred since our last conversation in 2025; how the CIRT Division is integrating cyber incident response with natural disaster response planning; the five-year project that is being implemented to strengthen Jamaica’s cybersecurity capacity; whether the cybersecurity gap is wider in government agencies or private sector organisations; and three things organisations should be doing in 2026 to improve their network/IT security.

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ICTP 402: Building a future-ready Jamaica through Science and Technology, with Dr the Hon. Andrew Wheatley

ICTP 402: Building a future-ready Jamaica through Science and Technology, with Dr the Hon. Andrew Wheatley

Posted by | 3 Jun 2026 |

Similar to most Small Island Developing States, Jamaica faces unique challenges, including climate change, natural disasters, economic vulnerability, and resource constraints. Science and technology can play a critical role in addressing these challenges. In this conversation with Dr the Honourable Andrew Wheatley, Jamaica’s Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, we discuss the role of science, technology, and innovation in shaping the country’s future, including what it will take for Jamaica to “build forward”; the role AI will play in the Government and across the wider society; the ‘House of Innovation’ that is being created; and what the Minister would like to achieve before he demits his current tenure.

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ICTP 401: AI literacy, SIDS investing in technology, and privacy and consent in AI

ICTP 401: AI literacy, SIDS investing in technology, and privacy and consent in AI

Posted by | 27 May 2026 |

In our May 2026 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Tamira La Cruz, an Economic Development Advisor and Private Sector Specialist based in Curaçao, and Natalie Maharaj, a Digital Transformation Consultant and Responsible Technology Advocate based in Trinidad and Tobago, the panel discusses:  AI literacy in the Caribbean; SIDS investing in tech development; and privacy and consent in AI.

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ICTP 400: It takes a village to build a digital space, reflecting on 400 episodes of the ICT Pulse Podcast, with Gerard Best

ICTP 400: It takes a village to build a digital space, reflecting on 400 episodes of the ICT Pulse Podcast, with Gerard Best

Posted by | 20 May 2026 |

For our 400th episode, we are joined by Development Journalist and award-winning Writer Gerard Best, who turns the tables and interviews the ICT Pulse Podcast Creator and Host, Michele Marius. During their conversation, and among other things, they revisit earlier milestones of the Podcast, discuss the current state of media and information platforms worldwide, along with who might be Michele’s dream guest, and which one is better, doubles or roti?

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ICTP 399: Moving drones, robotic arms, humanoids, quadrupeds and wheeled robots from simulation to the real world, with Cade Coker and Dr Afraz Subratti

ICTP 399: Moving drones, robotic arms, humanoids, quadrupeds and wheeled robots from simulation to the real world, with Cade Coker and Dr Afraz Subratti

Posted by | 13 May 2026 |

The Autonomous Motion Systems (AMoS) is the robotics research cluster of the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre, focused on developing the mathematical and engineering foundations needed to make unmanned aerial vehicles, such as multirotor drones, robotic arms, humanoids, quadrupeds and wheeled robots, behave reliably and safely in the real world. We are joined by Dr Afraz Subratti and Cade Coker, the Co-Investigators of AMoS to discuss, among other things:  some of the projects AMoS is focusing on; what it means to have robots behave reliably; how public trust can be developed to help robots and other advanced machines to be integrated into Caribbean life; and the most important skills a student or budding engineer should develop if they want to pursue research or a career in robotics.

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