[LACNIC/Anuncios] Final Report LACNIC in the Caribbean 4

[Adriana Rivero]

LACNIC in the Caribbean 4 was held between July 18th and July 20th, 2012 
in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti with the support of AHTIC, the meeting's local 
host. More than 130 participants attended the event, almost all from the 
Caribbean region. Host country participants represented 85% of all 
attendees, a figure that exceeded all expectations. All sessions 
included English-French-English simultaneous interpretation.

The following is a summary of the most important activities that took 
place during the event:

Two training workshops on IPv6 (Basic IPv6 and Routing on IPv6) were 
presented by LACNIC's technical staff. Two simultaneous sessions were 
held, one focusing on IPv6 security, the other targeting non- technical 
attendees.

The event's agenda also included presentations by LACNIC staff, 
including a detailed overview of LACNIC's service offerings as well as 
other activities and projects in which LACNIC is currently involved. In 
addition, the Public Policy Forum Chair described LACNIC's public policy 
development process and presented a detailed report of the policies 
currently under discussion.

The second day's activities included a panel titled "ICT Solutions to 
Face Crisis Situations: The Case of Haiti," which attracted much 
interest and a large audience.

Raúl Echeberría, LACNIC's CEO, spoke of the organization's 10th 
anniversary and presented a recap of all the activities and projects in 
which LACNIC has been and continues to be involved since its creation as 
well as a brief description of the institution's evolution over the past 
10 years.

The importance of participation and involvement in LACNIC's processes 
and activities on the part of the Caribbean community was also 
discussed. The topic was presented from the point of view of several 
Caribbean participants who have been involved in these processes and 
attended LACNIC meetings.

The second edition of the "Women on IT" meeting was also held, 
attracting a large audience of women interested in becoming involved in 
training, development and implementation of these technologies. The 
obstacles faced by local women trying to access education and new 
technologies were discussed, as well as the difficulties in accessing 
jobs requiring strong technical training.

Prestigious speakers presented other relevant topics, including the 
importance of IPv6 deployment for business continuity (Owen De Long, 
Hurricane Electric), experiences with IPv6 deployment in the Ca ribbean 
(Brent Mc Intosh, Columbus Networks Grenada), the importance of Internet 
Exchange Points (IXPs) and their proliferation in the Caribbean (Selby 
Wilson, CTU), as well as a presentation by the Internet Society on 
collaboration within the Internet community (Shernon Osepa, ISOC).

After the event, LACNIC's technical staff hosted a hands-on IPv6 
training session for local ISP technical staff interested in the new 
technology. This intensive session allowed participants to gain ha 
nds-on know-how on different topics that will help them to begin 
implementing IPv6 in their organizations.

LACNIC wishes to thank all the sponsors that supported this meeting and 
offer a special thank you to AHTIC, the meeting's local host, as well as 
to all the organizations that supported the event:
NIC.br – CGI.br, ISOC, Conatel, BRH, Gama Consulting S.A., KayTEK, GSIS, 
Voila, Digicel, Keijezer Computer Systems S.A., Hainet S.A., Acces 
Haiti, Multilink, Natcom, REBO, Rhum Barbancourt.