{"id":150439,"date":"2019-09-25T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=150439"},"modified":"2019-09-25T06:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:09:06","slug":"ictp-074-community-chat-disaster-policies-pillars-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/09\/ictp-074-community-chat-disaster-policies-pillars-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTP 074:  Community Chat on the need for disaster policies and the pillars of the new economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In this our September 2019 Community Chat and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Allison James and Craig Nesty, the panel discusses the need for disaster policies, as it relates to the provision of telecommunications services, and people, data and trust \u2013 the pillars of the new economy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/686412208&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This episode is also available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast\/id1373550291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to our September 2019 Community Chat! The Community Chat is a monthly episode on the ICT Pulse Podcast in which members of the Caribbean ICT\/tech community are invited to submit and discuss ICT\/tech-related topics pertinent to the region. As has been said before, seemingly diverse topics may get flung together, but usually, and quite surprisingly, through the ensuing discussion, they appear to complement each other. This episode is not different.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The need for a disaster policy as it relates to the provision of telecommunications services<\/h3>\n<p>Our first topic is opportune, noting the devastation experienced in Abaco and Grand Bahama, in the Bahamas, due to Hurricane Dorian. Further, as at the time of publishing \u2013 and although we are almost at the end of September \u2013 Tropical Storm Karen wreaked havoc in parts of the southern Eastern Caribbean earlier in the week, and passed near Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We also have Hurricane Lorenzo, which although it is still in the middle of the Atlantic, and is not projected to be a threat to the Caribbean region, it still reminds us that we are not yet out of the woods, with respect to the North Atlantic Hurricane Season<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"139980\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/09\/ictp-024-picking-pieces-rebuilding-hurricane-craig-nesty-ntrc-dominica\/craig-nesty-ntrc-dominica\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Craig-Nesty-NTRC-Dominica.jpg?fit=221%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"221,182\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Craig Nesty (NTRC Dominica)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;http:\/\/www.ntrcdom.org\/images\/Annual_reports\/Annual_Report_2012_-_Final.pdf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Craig-Nesty-NTRC-Dominica.jpg?fit=221%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Craig-Nesty-NTRC-Dominica.jpg?fit=221%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-139980\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Craig-Nesty-NTRC-Dominica.jpg?resize=300%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To that end, we are lucky to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/craignesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Craig Nesty<\/strong><\/a> back on the show. Craig is the Executive Director of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of the Commonwealth of Dominica, which is the telecoms regulator in Dominica, in the Eastern Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Craig was on the podcast last year to discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Ob3il8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dominica\u2019s recovery following Hurricane Maria in 2017<\/a>. However, as the regulator, and having had first-hand experience of the relief and recovery effort following widespread devastation, Craig is acutely aware of the importance of citizens having access to telecoms service \u2013 particularly at such a challenging time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>People, Data and Trust \u2013 Pillars of the New Economy<\/h3>\n<p>With regard to our second and final topic, the impetus for its submission was the continued buzz across the Caribbean region with respect to digital transformation. However, although many discussions have occurred, and continue to occur, on this subject, the majority of them are happening at the policy and technocrat level.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"150441\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2019\/09\/ictp-074-community-chat-disaster-policies-pillars-economy\/allison-james-kpmg-a-james\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Allison-James-KPMG-A-James.jpeg?fit=640%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Allison James &#8211; KPMG (A James)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Allison James &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Allison-James-KPMG-A-James.jpeg?fit=300%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Allison-James-KPMG-A-James.jpeg?fit=640%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-150441 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Allison-James-KPMG-A-James-300x281.jpeg?resize=300%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Allison-James-KPMG-A-James.jpeg?resize=300%2C281&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Allison-James-KPMG-A-James.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our guest panelist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/allison-james-8aa7241a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Allison James<\/strong><\/a>, is of the view that although the man on the street might have heard the term, \u2018digital transformation\u2019, he has no tangible understanding for what the term actually means. More importantly, in not knowing what it means, the average citizen would be unable to contribute to such a society or economy.<\/p>\n<p>We had Allison as a guest on our <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2DdhpjF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 2019 Community Chat<\/a>. Allison is a Manager at KPMG for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean countries, and is based in Barbados. She has a hybrid background as a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor.<\/p>\n<p>So, Allison is of the view that more needs to be said about our region\u2019s move to a digital economy, especially with regard to creating a more inclusive space so that citizens have a better understanding of, among other things, what digital transformation is, and its implications to them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>Do leave us a comment either here beneath this article, or on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICTPulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ict-pulse-consulting-limited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a> pages, or via Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICTPulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>@<\/strong>ICTPulse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Select links<\/h3>\n<p>Below are links to some of the organisations and resources that either were mentioned during the episode, or otherwise, might be useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/craignesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Nesty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/allison-james-8aa7241a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allison James<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntrcdom.org\/index.php\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC), Commonwealth of Dominica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpmg.com\/bb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPMG Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ICT Pulse Podcast episode, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Ob3il8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICTP 024: Picking up the pieces and rebuilding after a hurricane, with Craig Nesty of NTRC Dominica<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>ICT Pulse Podcast episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2DdhpjF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ICTP 038: Community Chat on Single Window Platforms, internet Exchange Points and data centres<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>European Commission, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netbravo.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">netBravo<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n<li>YouTube video, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aGMIz8MXUd0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nPerf Speed Test &amp; QoS App for Android<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Google Play Store, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Monitor Mini<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/signalmonitoring.com\/en\/gsm-signal-monitoring-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Description of GSM Signal Monitoring<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n<li>telecomHall article, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomhall.com\/g-nettrack-and-other-great-tools-for-2g-3g-4g-gsm-umts-lte-monitoring-and-test.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">G-NetTrack (and other Great Tools) for 2G-3G-4G GSM-UMTS-LTE Monitoring and Test<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Wikipedia article, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M-Pesa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M-Pesa<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credits:\u00a0 Joe007 (<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pixabay<\/a>);\u00a0 NTRC Dominica;\u00a0 A James;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Music credit:\u00a0 Ray Holman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this our September 2019 Community Chat and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Allison James and Craig Nesty, the panel discusses the need for disaster policies, as it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[355],"tags":[330,273,358,48,359,212,12],"class_list":["post-150439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-digital-transformation","tag-disastersemergencies","tag-financial-technology","tag-infrastructure","tag-panel-discussion","tag-policy-2","tag-regulation","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Studio-Microphone-Music-Radio-Audio-Sound-Joe007-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-D8r","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150439"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150451,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150439\/revisions\/150451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}