{"id":15248,"date":"2018-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/09\/en-trinidad-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-08-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T15:00:00","slug":"en-trinidad-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/08\/09\/en-trinidad-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"TTIGF 2018 \u2014 Second Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. On 26 January 2018 the second TTIGF met at the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce under the theme 'Shape Your Digital Future', with online participation available.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation secretary-general Shola Taylor delivered the keynote; three panels covered digital financial services, gender activism online, and blockchain, followed by the customary open forum.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Putting fintech and blockchain on the agenda in early 2018 was an early echo of the Caribbean's financial-inclusion debate \u2014 and the Chamber venue signalled a year-two strategy of pulling business in.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on TTIGF 2018 \u2014 Second Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nTTIGF 2018 \u2014 Second Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\nFriday 26 January 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nTrinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Westmoorings, near Port of Spain), with online participation available (The Chamber sits in Westmoorings, adjacent to Port of Spain; the catalogue's 'Port of Spain' is a metropolitan-area label)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group (TTMAG)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nUnder the theme 'Shape Your Digital Future': a keynote, three panels and an open forum, with video, photos and an official report published<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Digital Finance and Blockchain \u2014 Financial Inclusion, Asked Inside the Chamber<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Panels on digital financial services and blockchain<\/p>\n