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ABOUT CARIBNOG

Sharing for Collective Benefit

• University of California Los

Angeles (UCLA)

• Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
• University of California Santa

Barbara (UCSB)

• University of Utah Computer

Science Department (UTAH)

ARPANET PROJECT

Sharing for Collective Benefit

Many of the technologies that we take for granted today were developed and refined in fora where technical specialists and user communities share knowledge and experiences

Network Operator Group - NOG

Network Operator Groups (NOGs) evolved to meet the need for stakeholders to dialogue and debate over issues that impact the advance of the Information and Communication Technologies

What do NOGs do?

• Knowledge and resource

sharing

• Facilitation
• Skill development
• Problem solving
• Relationship building

AfNOG Workshop

NOG Around the World

Building a Region-wide Technical Community

Capacity, Competence, Commitment

THE CARIBBEAN LANDSCAPE

THE CARIBBEAN LANDSCAPE

• Challenges
• Small communities
• High cost of travel
• Nascent regional technical

community

• In our favor
• High levels of interest
• Support from Internet organizations

The CaribNOG Response

To strengthen organizations, communities and individuals working on or in support

• f Caribbean development;

To foster development, integration and expansion of regional technical community

CaribNOG Objectives

• To bring together Caribbean Network professionals

and practitioners into a functional regional community

• To harness the knowledge and experiences of the

community

• To build the technical expert base necessary for

building knowledge based economies

• To positively impact and serve the national and

regional community

The CaribNOG Approach

Partnerships

• Facilitate Strategic Development

Planning

Promotion

• Collaboration with CARICOM
• Promote Effective Regional ICT

utilization

Leadership Development

• Facilitate Inter-Organization

Collaboration

• Deliver Customized Leadership

Development Programs

Experts Networking

• Network Special Interest Groups
• Harness the Diaspora

Community Empowerment

• Support and leverage existing

regional ICT-based initiatives

• Pilot targeted ICT-based projects

Training

• Expand Centre of Excellence

Curriculum and Programmes

CaribNOG 2017-2018 Emphases

• Internet Infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• Cloud Services
• Mobile Services
• Network Resiliency

Participating In CaribNOG

• Mailing List
• http://maillist.caribnog.org/mailman/listinfo/caribnog-discuss
• Visit our website:
• www.caribnog.org
• Follow us online
• facebook.com/CaribNOG and Twitter: @CaribNOG
• For membership information and updates
• Email: caribnog@caribnog.org
• For meeting sponsorship and support
• Email: sponsors@caribnog.org

ABOUT CARIBNOG