Tag: Information Society

ICTP 300: The internet we should want in 2024 and beyond, with Trevor Forrest of 876 Technology Solutions

ICTP 300: The internet we should want in 2024 and beyond, with Trevor Forrest of 876 Technology Solutions

Posted by | 1 May 2024 |

We celebrate our 300th episode of the Podcast with a long-time friend of the show, Trevor Forrest, experienced IT expert and Founder of 876 Technology Solutions, in which we continue the discussion we started in January 2024 on the internet we should want in 2024 and beyond. In this conversation, Trevor shares his thoughts on: how the internet has evolved over the past 30 years; Artificial intelligence and its potential to level the playing field in favour of developing countries; what policymakers don’t get about the Internet of Everything; the digital economy and what we ought to be doing to grow it; whether we should be taking quantum computing more seriously at this time; and much more!

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

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

Posted by | 21 Feb 2024 |

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?

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ICTP 285: What we should want from the Internet in 2024 and beyond, with Shernon Osepa

ICTP 285: What we should want from the Internet in 2024 and beyond, with Shernon Osepa

Posted by | 17 Jan 2024 |

Is the internet we should want in 2024 different from the internet we wanted in 2014? The internet of 2014 has evolved considerably, but have our expectations of the internet and the ways we could be using it, kept up with the developments that have occurred? With Telecommunications/Internet Operations and Policy Strategist, Shernon Osepa, we discuss the current state of the internet in the Caribbean region and how we could be better leveraging it in 2024 and beyond.

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