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TTIGF 2020

The fourth annual Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum (TTIGF) was on Friday January 31 2020 at the Naparima College Auditorium, San Fernando from 9am to 5pm. The theme of TTIGF2020 was “The Internet & YOU: Ensuring the Internet’s future”.

TTIGF 2020 featured two panel sessions, a youth-led Collaborative Exchange on “The Future of the Internet” and an Open Forum.

Introductory Remarks

  • Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
  • Anriette Esterhuysen, Chair, United Nations Internet Governance Forum’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group
  • Senator the Honourable Allyson West, Minister of Public Administration, Ministry of Public Administration

Panel Session : Fake News & its Impact on You

  • Shernon Osepa, Manager, Regional Affairs for Latin America & The Caribbean Bureau, Internet Society (ISOC)
  • Mark Lyndersay, Editor, TechNewsTT and Opinion Leader Columnist, Newsday
  • Daniel Hernandez, Head, Cyber & Social Media Unit, Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
  • Asha Javeed, Senior Multimedia Investigative Journalist, Caribbean Communications Network
  • Anita Sohan, Director, TTMAG (Moderator)

Youth-Led Collaborative Exchange Topics

  1. The GOOD, the BAD and the POTENTIAL of Online Communities
  2. Big Tech
  3. Internet Pollution
  4. Encrypting Data
  5. I.T for Clean Energy
  6. Social Media and You

Panel Session : Data Hosting: Locally or Internationally?

  • Ian C. Galt, General Manager – Enterprise Services, Telecommunications Services of Trinidad & Tobago Limited
  • Darren Mohammed, Corporate Business Manager for the Caribbean and Country Representative, Microsoft Trinidad
  • Keenan Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Air Link Networks
  • George Gobin, Director, TTMAG (moderator)

Watch the TTIGF 2020 event on YouTube and can read the
TTIGF 2020 report.

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TTMAG 2019 Board of Directors

The Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group (TTMAG) has organisations which are in one of the following TTMAG Stakeholder Groups:

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Each TTMAG Stakeholder Group selects 2 members to serve on the TTMAG Board, following a nomination and selection procedure.

2019 TTMAG Board of Directors

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TTMAG 2020 Board of Directors

The Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group (TTMAG) has organisations which are in one of the following TTMAG Stakeholder Groups:

  • Academia
  • Civil Society
  • Commercial / Business
  • Government
  • Technical Community / ICT Civil Society
  • .tt ccTLD holder

Each TTMAG Stakeholder Group selects 2 members to serve on the TTMAG Board, following a nomination and selection procedure.

2020 TTMAG Board of Directors

Executive

Other Directors

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Anita Sohan

Anita Sohan

Anita Sohan is currently the Director for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Health. She has over ten (10) years’ experience in the field of international relations and has previously worked for the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation in the field of cybersecurity and global ICT agenda coordination, as well as for the Ministry of National Security.  

Anita has served as a member on several committees including the Cabinet-appointed Inter-Ministerial Committee that developed the National Cyber Security Strategy. She has also led policy development and capacity building initiatives both nationally and internationally, and has worked closely with multilateral organisations such as the Organization of American States, the International Telecommunication Union and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Anita holds a Master’s Degree in International Security from the University of Leicester and a Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

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TTMAG 2021 Board of Directors

The Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group (TTMAG) has organisations which are in one of the following TTMAG Stakeholder Groups:

  • Academia
  • Civil Society
  • Commercial / Business
  • Government
  • Technical Community / ICT Civil Society
  • .tt ccTLD holder

Each TTMAG Stakeholder Group selects 2 members to serve on the TTMAG Board, following a nomination and selection procedure.

Executive

Other Directors