PICISOC news
At each APNIC conference, there is a dedicated session for women in ICT. APNIC48 held in Chiang Mai, Thailand had a Women in ICT lunch session on Thursday 12th September. The session was sponsored by IPv4 Global, about 100 people participated – with a female/male balance of approximately half and half. The session was filmed…
(extracted from The Papua New Guinea University of Technology Newsflash) Twelve (12) PNG University of Technology staff attended a one week Information Security Workshop at the Lae International Hotel last week. The four day Asia Pacific Network and Information Centre (APNIC) workshop was attended by 35 participants from various companies that looked at various tools…
The SMART Sistas has been representing Team Vanuatu to take part in the First Global Robotic Challenge since 2017. This year 2019, the SMART Sistas Vanuatu Team are eagerly preparing for the 2019 FIRST Global Robotic Challenge to take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on October 24 – 27, 2019 at the Coca-Cola Arena….
My name is Seluvaia Kauvaka, at 33 years of age, I am a woman in ICT in Tonga and this is my story I am currently the Senior System Analyst at the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications and CERT. (MEIDECC) under the Information Department of Tonga. I started my career working…
A blog report by Elvin Prasad ICT Literacy Programme held 29-30 July, Suva, Fiji The ‘Technology Enabling Inclusiveness’ Dialogue brought together twenty-two Australian and Fijian emerging leaders to explore how assistive technology and improved digital connectivity can contribute to social inclusion in the Pacific. This event was organized by HFC Bank Fiji and the International…
GEORGINA NAIGULEVU is the Senior Manager Applications, Projects and Innovations at HFC Bank, Fiji 100% locally owned bank, providing the best banking & financial solutions to the people of Fiji & abroad. She has 11 years of extensive experience in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Financial Industry in the space of software development, process…
The Tongan women in ICT held its monthly meeting at the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDCC) conference room last week. Guest speaker for the month of August was Katrina Ma’u Fatiati who presented on empowerment in the work places. The Women in ICT is an NGO programme…
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Introduction I was fortunate to have been selected by the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain (APTLD) Association Board to the 2019 EuroSSIG in Meissen, Germany from 14th to 20th July 2019 under the APTLD fellowship program. Even though the travels to Europe from my tiny island nation of Vanuatu took more than 40 hours one…
A brief report by Maureen Hilyard Hi everyone, A brief report from me on the recently completed APRIGF at the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia. There was just a small representation from the Pacific at the event, but I think we all did well in providing a Pacific perspective in…
As originally posted on PICISOC mailing list. The Coral Sea Cable System, a 40 Tbps submarine fibre optic cable, bringing next-generation connectivity to the people of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has just landed in Honiara. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTSA 4,700 km submarine cable system linking Sydney to Port Moresby and Honiara. The Solomon Islands Domestic…
An annual exercise of the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the Internet Society, your input is very important. Click for the survey
A report of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). Click to view the report: The SSAC focuses on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet’s naming and address allocation systems. This includes operational matters (e.g., pertaining to the correct and reliable operation of the root zone publication system), administrative matters…
PICISOC members, Andrew Molivurae and Anju Mangal attended the Expert Group Meeting on “The Future of Digital Government for Sustainable Development” from 4-5 June 2019 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Click the link for their short report:
(Extracted from Vanuatu Daily Post) Women and girls were encouraged to be bold and innovative when utilizing an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tool. The call was made by several speakers when Vanuatu joined the United Nations agency on ICT, and girls and women around the world to drive global attention to the need for their…