In our March 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, IT Specialist, Larissa Martin and eCaribbean Limited’s Managing Director, Rodney Browne, the panel discusses: The state of Innovation/R&D in the Caribbean; Why is payment technology still limited in the Caribbean? And where are the female tech leaders in the Caribbean?
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In recognition of International Women’s Day, and with Dr Letetia Addison, Shannon-Rae Hackett and Riana Kandhai of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus and Women in Data Science (WiDS), the Trinidad and Tobago chapter, they discuss, among other things: the difference between data analytics and data science; their own journeys to pursue careers in the STEM and ICT fields, and how their perspective on the career has evolved; and why organisations have been dragging their feet to integrate data science/data analytics into their operations.
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Organisations routinely acknowledge the importance of being innovative and agile, but very few practise what they preach. We offer five practical ways organisations can foster innovation and move from just idle talk.
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Data and Advanced Analytics leader at PwC Caribbean, Kevan Rajaram, is introducing new and different angles to our conversation on AI, and discusses among other things: some of the ways AI will change the workplace; the extent to which technology is pushing against boundaries we (as humans) might inherently have; could we allow a machine to lead us; and what might there be the impact of AI from a country perspective.
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Circling back to earlier conversations we had on innovation in 2019, we caught up with Professor Patrick Hosein of The University of the West Indies and of TTLAB, the research laboratory he created in Trinidad and Tobago. Accompanied by two members of the TTLAB research team, Inzamam Rahaman and Nicholas Chamansingh, we discussed, among other things: TTLAB and some of its current projects; what might be the Caribbean region’s value proposition when compared to Silicon Valley; ChatGPT; and why AI will not replace humans anytime soon.
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