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Academic Community Representative from the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT).

Vejai is an IT professional with over 20 years experience in the areas of cybersecurity, IT governance, ICT4D, risk management and project management. He has worked in the national and regional security sphere within CARICOM specializing in intelligence and border security systems. Internationally, he has worked extensively with organisations such as the OAS/CICTE, INTERPOL, CSIS and SOCA/UK on initiatives aimed at building capacity in regional security operations.

He is a graduate of the University of London in Computing and Information Systems and the University of Liverpool in Information Systems Management and holds professional certifications in Project Management (PMP), Service Management (ITIL), Cybersecurity (CISSP) and Risk and IT Controls (CRISC). Vejai is also a certified digital forensics examiner having received extensive training in digital forensics and ethical hacking and was a pioneer in the introduction of Visual Investigative Analysis for regional intelligence operations where he is certified trainer for IBM Analytics.

He currently serves as Director of Technology Services at COSTAATT as well as Education Director for the ISACA Trinidad & Tobago chapter.

Cintra Sooknanan is an accomplished Attorney at Law in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago also holding a BSc in Computing and Information Systems. Her specialisation includes Corporate Commercial, ICT and IP matters.

She continues to contribute locally in the reform of legislation and policy relating to Intellectual Property (with special focus on new gTLDs and traditional knowledge), E-commerce, National ICT Agenda, Privacy and Data Protection, E-government, Child Protection, Internet Governance and Cybersecurity.

At an international level, she has been heavily engaged in working groups of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and also through the Internet Society International, she continues to represent the interests and needs of local internet end-users.

Ms. Sooknanan has over 10 years of experience building local ICT Not-for-Profit organisations, having leadership and involvement through much of her professional and academic career. She is the Founding Chair of the Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter.