The Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum 2020 (#TTIGF2020) will be on Friday January 31 šššš from 9 am to 5 pm at Naparima College Auditorium, San Fernando, Trinidad, hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group (TTMAG).
TTIGF 2020 will have 3-panel discussions related to the theme “The Internet and YOU: Ensuring the Internet’s Future“
Help decide what topics you want TTIGF2020 to focus on! Please fill out the form at http://igf.tt/call-for-topics/ by October 16 2019.
Mark your calendar for the fourth Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum (TTIGF)! The Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum 2020 will be on Friday January 31 šššš from 9 am to 5 pm at Naparima College Auditorium, San Fernando, Trinidad.
The IGF is a forum for multistakeholder dialogue on public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance issues, such as the Internetās sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development.
The theme of the TTIGF 2020 will be “The Internet and YOU: Ensuring the Internet’s Future“.
If you have a topic youād like to have considered for a session at the TTIGF 2020, please fill out the form at http://igf.tt/call-for-topics/ today!
The TTCS OSSWIN v2.60, a collection of the latest version of Free and Open Source Software for Microsoft Windows 10/8/7 is available for download. The latest release features many software updates with 5 new programs added :
Tomboy-ng – easily create desktop notes on the desktop for later viewing and editing.
Joplin – Note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities.
gImageReader – recognize text from images and PDFs to editable text
digiKam – photo management application to import, organise, edit, view and share your digital photos and videos
qBittorrent – download files via BitTorrent, a client file-sharing protocol created to overcome the obstacles of transferring large files over the Internet.
Visit the TTCS OSSWIN page at https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin for more details and to download the 6GB collection as an ISO file for extracting to your harddrive or USB storage device.
Note that you can also browse TTCS OSSWIN online at http://ttcsosswin.ttcs.tt/ which features the web interface to learn about Free and Open Source programs in various categories, including screenshots or videos of the programs and a link to the programās website where you can download the program. The web based UI is responsive, meaning it should be usable on non-Windows small screen mobile phones and tablets.
The twelveth edition of the Latin American & Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF) meeting is taking place in La Paz, Bolivia from August 6-8 2019.
What is LACIGF? LACIGF is the Regional Latin American and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum. The event has been held annually since 2008 and provides a space for multisectoral dialogue where government, private sector, technical community, academia and civil society organization representatives present and discuss their points of view on the Internet Governance agenda for the region.
Screenshot of defaced Trinidad and Tobago National Security website on July 25 2019
At least two government websites, immigration.gov.tt and nationalsecurity.gov.tt were defaced earlier today by “VandaTheGod”. Screenshots of the defaced websites were posted under the @VandaTheGod handle on Twitter.
The two websites are no longer reachable as they have (presumably) been taken offline.
(Update : 9.21 : updated headline to be more accurate)
The project is described as providing mobile handsets to hearing impaired and visually impaired persons (over 18 years) in Trinidad and Tobago that meet certain criteria. According to TATT’s Deputy Chairperson Dr Kim MalĀlalieu, the piĀlot phase of the Subsidised Accessible Devices Project will be from from SepĀtemĀber to DeĀcemĀber 2019 with a full rollĀout from JanĀuĀary 2020 to SepĀtemĀber 2021.
Such subsided handsets will have access to the Caribbean Video Assistance Service (CVAS). CVAS is a collaboration between the CTU and VTCSecure which, according to the CTU :
“ā¦provides a video relay service (VRS) for deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired sign language users, and video assistance for the blind or the visually impaired. This service enables the deaf not only to call each other and communicate directly, but also to speak with agents (sign language interpreters), who relay conversations between them and hearing parties. The agents will also assist blind users, enabling them to resolve issues for which they need the assistance of a sighted person.”
Here’s a 2017 YouTube video by the CTU demonstrating the use of CVAS. In the video, a blind person uses his smartphone to contact an agent who helps the blind person to read his medication labels he is supposed to take and guide him through the building to a specific room.
YouTube video of a demonstration of CVAS by the CTU in 2017.
ICANN65 Policy Forum from 24-27 June 2019 at Marrakech, Morocco (Image credit: ICANN)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ) will be having its 65th public meeting from Monday 24 June 2019 to Thursday March 27 2019 in Marrakech, Morocco. However, you can listen in and participate remotely.
What is ICANN?
What is ICANN and what does it do?
As the name implies, ICANN helps coordinate the assignment and
management of Internet numbering resources (such as IP addresses) and
domain names (forming a system called the Domain Name System or DNS).
The DNS maps domain names to IP addresses.
ICANN also defines and implements policies for how the āNames and Numbersā of the Internet are assigned. ICANN coordinates policy development related to the DNS by bringing a variety of stakeholders (ranging from governments, technical, business, civil society) organised in various groups to develop and advise on such DNS policies. This volunteer-based group of diverse stakeholders is called the ICANN multi-stakeholder community.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) is an member of the ICANN At-Large Community since 2006, which represents the interests of Internet end users in ICANN policies and activities. Currently, as the TTCSā At-Large representative (Dev Anand Teelucksingh), I have continued to be involved in various At-Large activities. I do want to encourage anyone with a interest and a desire to learn more about ICANN policy issues and how to get involved, email me at [email protected] and Iāll try my best to help.
Important links to learn and follow #ICANN65
Some important links to help you learn more and follow the #ICANN64 meeting :
ICANN65 Full Meeting Schedule ā this table (you will have to scroll down a lot) shows the various meetings happening in various rooms at the same time. All times listed are local to Marrakech, Morocco. The time in Marrakech, Morocco Kobe Japan is 5 hours ahead of that of Trinidad and Tobago. So when looking at the ICANN65 schedule, youāll need to subtract 5 hours to get the time of the meeting in Trinidad and Tobago. This means that a meeting on Monday Morning at 10am for example will take place on early Monday morning at 5am in Trinidad and Tobago. If you visit the schedule on your iOS or Android device, you can install the ICANN Meeting App to follow the ICANN meeting schedule on your mobile / tablet device and to personalize the schedule of sessions you are interested in. Search for āICANN Meetingā in your app stores.
Pre-ICANN65 Policy Report (PDF) ā This report provides a high-level overview of the planned work and activities of the ICANN Multistakeholder Community (including At-Large) at ICANN65.
Nissaba pre-meeting Report on ICANN65 – this report is aimed at persons who donāt have an in-depth knowledge of ICANN and to more experienced participants, who simply want a very quick overview of the main issues to be discussed, with pointers to which sessions are relevant for each issue.
How to listen and participate online in #ICANN65 meeting
You will see on the left under the short description are several grey buttons:
Zoom – a web conferencing tool ICANN uses for its online conference calls and F2F public meetings. Zoom allows participants (either face to face or remotely) to instant message each other, review the meeting agenda and documents, follow presentations and raise their hands in order to make comments. This is replacing Adobe Connect which was used by ICANN in previous meetings.
English Audio, French Audio, Spanish Audio – the audio of the meeting ā the presence of muliple languages is done by interpreters in the room allowing different language participants to understand each other (and to be understood by other participants)
Note that not all meetings will have so many different language options, but all would have at least the English audio stream and the Zoom āroomā
