LACNIC On the Move Belize 2021 Biographies
LACNIC On the Move Belize 2021 Agenda
Wednesday 4
| Time (Belize) | Activity | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Opening | Oscar Robles and Etienne Sharp | Video |
| 09.15 | Status of IP Address Requests
The purpose of this section is to explain how to request IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ASNs. Here we will detail how the IPv4 waiting list works and how to request an IP address transfer in light of IPv4 exhaustion. |
Gianina Pensky | Video |
| 09.45 | Break | ||
| 09.55 | CDNs – Facebook Edge. Serving traffic effectively to people
Facebook has worked in the last years to grow its global footprint at a very fast pace, building POPs and deploying its caching solution (FNAs) to connect to multiple Internet Service Providers (ISPs) around the world so People can access content with the best performance to all Facebook applications (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp). This presentation will provide an overview of how Facebook infrastructure works and how it has evolved during the years. |
Diego Domínguez | Video |
| 10.25 | Break | ||
| 10.35 | IPv6 for Decision Makers
This workshop is geared towards decision makers within the ICT sector. The workshop will present the basics of IPv6, its importance for Internet development, and business cases that show that IPv6 is the best solution to the problem of address scarcity from the technical and commercial point of view. |
Alejandro Acosta | Video |
| 11.10 | Break | ||
| 11.20 | IPv6 for Decision Makers | Alejandro Acosta | |
| 12.05 | Break | ||
| 12.15 | Cybercrime trends LAC region
Nowadays the security context has grown too complicated, information and infrastructure are critical assets for all the organizations and knowing how to protect them has become a critical process. In this session we will address how using our statistics and participating in our projects could help analysts respond better to security incidents and become more proactive when securing their systems. |
Graciela Martínez | Video |
Thursday 5
| Time (Belize) | Activity | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | DNS / DNSSEC Workshop
The goal of this activity is to provide hands-on experience on some of the concepts of DNS and DNSSEC. Participants will review how to configure recursive and authoritative servers and learn the basics of troubleshooting and monitoring.
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Carlos Martínez and Nicolás Antoniello | Video |
How to Participate in the Event – LACNIC On the Move Belize 2021
Zoom Platform
LACNIC On the Move sessions will be held on the Zoom platform.
To participate, you must have a Zoom account, if you don’t have one, you can create it here.
Schedule
The agenda uses the Belize time zone.
Code of Conduct
The standards of behavior defined in the LACNIC Community Code of Conduct will apply to this online event just as they apply in the case of face-to-face events. The goal is to guarantee that the activity can be carried out in an environment that is inclusive, safe and free of discrimination and/or violence of any kind.
Click here to read the Code of Conduct.
Belize 2021
LACNIC On The Move Belize will take place online on 4-5 August.
The activity will be supported by the Belize Internet Exchange Point and will focus on topics of interest to the Belizean community.
Among others, topics such as IPv6 for decision makers, cybersecurity, DNS and DNSSEC, and the status of IP address requests will be covered during the event.
The second day of the event will include a workshop on DNS/DNSSEC that will be held jointly with ICANN. This workshop will be open to the entire Caribbean technical community.
Curaçao 2019
The first edition of LACNIC On the Move 2019 will take place on 3 to 5 of July at Sunscape Curaçao, Resort, SPA & Casino. The initiative will be hosted by Bureau Telecommunication & Post.
This event will focus on sharing information, experiences and best practices in BGP, DNS, IPv6 deployment, as well as key Internet network security and stability issues currently under discussion.
LACNIC On the Move Curaçao will be held jointly with the Amparo Workshop, which focuses on the creation of cybersecurity incident response teams. This training mainly involves building capacity for the creation and operation of Computer Emergency Response Teams (CSIRTs), spreading know-now and reaching out to the community. We will work in building and strengthening capacities in different areas, including: What does creating a CSIRT mean? Which services it provides and basic steps to get started.
The conference is meant for all members of LACNIC and other Internet users, network administrators, security officers, and other ICT specialists.
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LACNIC On the Move Curaçao venue
Sunscape Curaçao, Resort, SPA & Casino.
Address: Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. # 78, Curaçao, South-Western Caribbean
Telephone: (+5999)736-7888
Website: www.sunscaperesorts.com/curacao
Agenda
General information
Language: Papiamentu / English / Spanish / Dutch
Zone: UTC -4
Climate: Tropical, average 30* (meteo.cw)
Electricity: 110-130 volt at 50Hz
Monetary: US$, Florin FL
Shopping hours: Mon to Sat ongoing
Banking hours: Mon – Fri 8:00 – 15:30
Service Tips: 10% in restaurants
Curaçao Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.curacao.com/en/faq/
Registry
The activity has no cost, but it is necessary to be registered to participate in the meeting.
Registry:
Slides
LACNIC on the Move – Medellin 2017
This edition of LACNIC on the Move will take place in the city of Medellín, capital of Antioquia’s state; it is the second most populated city of Colombia with 2.508.452 inhabitants. The latest global state survey of Smart Cities of Indra Systems catalogues Medellín as one of the best cities to live in South America. In 2016 it won the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, and in 2013 it was chosen as the most innovating city of the world within the framework of the City of the Year, which is organized by The Wall Street Journal and Citigroup.
Venue of LACNIC on the Move
Eafit University
A Colombian University, located in the city of Medellin. It has received for the second consecutive time the Institutional Accreditation of high quality by the Ministry of National Education, in force until 2018, and is currently in the process of renewing its third accreditation. It is considered as one of the best in Colombia, according to the QS’s (Quacquarelli Symonds) ranking.
Address: Carrera 49 # 7 sur – 50
Telephone number: +57 4 2619500
Webpage: http://www.eafit.edu.co
Nearby hotels
Hotel NH Collection Medellín Royal
Address: Carrera 42 # 5 sur 130
Telephone number: +57 4 2619500
Webpage: https://www.nh-hotels.co/hotel/nh-collection-medellin-royal?
Distance to the event venue: 1km
Hotel Four Points by Sheraton Medellín
Address: Carrera 43 C 6 sur-100
Telephone number: +57 4 2619500
Webpage: www.ghlhoteles.com/hoteles/colombia/medellin/four-points-sheraton-medellin/
Distance to the event venue: 1km
General information
Language: Spanish
Altitude: 1,495 meters above the sea level
Temperature: around 22°C
Time Zone: GMT ‐ 5, all year.
Phone code: + 57 (4)
Medical services and emergency line: 123
Voltage: 110 V/60 Hertz. In some cases, the use of adapters will be necessary.
Flights and Transportation
José María Córdova International Airport (IATA Code: MED, OACI Code : is the international airport that serves Medellín. It is located in the municipality of Rionegro, 30 minutes from the city of Medellin approximately.
Cost of an official taxi from the airport to the hotel: between $50,000 and $60,000 COP (USD 20).
Day 5 Daily Recap
CTU holds Youth ICT Day at Internet Week Guyana
Around the world, digital natives integrate technology into their lives seamlessly, often in ways that are counterintuitive to other generations.
But in the Caribbean, governments are discovering ways to bridge that digital divide, through strategic partnerships with organisations like the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) and the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG).
The government of Guyana recently held an Internet Week, coordinated by the CTU and CaribNOG, alongside several international Internet bodies including the Internet Society, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Latin America and the Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC).
Catherine Hughes, Guyana’s Minister of Public Telecommunications, closed the five-day event with a two-hour town hall meeting with students. More than 300 from secondary schools around the country took part in the all-day event.
Lance Hinds, Special Advisor to the Minister, who opened the meeting, explained the day’s simple agenda: to empower young people to stay safe online while getting the most out of Internet technology.
The global importance of cyber safety translated into personal terms by Michelle Garcia, Communications Specialist with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union, who spoke frankly about how to handle some of the very real dangers lurking around heavily frequented websites and popular social apps. Complementing Garcia’s message, Lydia Moise (CTU) told the young people that told that the power is in their hands to make the best use of the available technology.
To that point, a slate of young business people were on hand to demonstrate the potential of the digital economy. Rowen Willabus of Intellect Storm, Anushka Sonai of Spang Makandra, and Julius Simon of FarmersMarket.gy, took part in a panel of entrepreneurs, moderated by Claire Craig, IT Manager at The University of the West Indies.
Youth day also included demonstrations of app being developed by software start-ups owned and run by young programmers and designers. Version 75 presented an app to enable Guyanese to report non-life threatening and non-critical problems like potholes, inoperative traffic lights, leaking pipes and so on to the relevant authorities. This app is not intended for emergency situations but to ensure less serious problems are reported and that report is recorded and stored for future review.
Intellect Storm presented an online business directory and intends for the directory to be linked to an online payment app which users will be able to use to make payments for the services of businesses listed in its directory. They also announced that they will be bringing a food ordering app to the local Guyanese market in the near future.
The success of the day was most evident not just in the formal agenda but in its aftermath. Long after the formal close, students lingered in the hall, accosting various panelists with follow-up inquiries, taking selfies with the smiling Minister, and even introducing themselves to some of the international experts on hand to field their questions.
The Youth Day was the virtual exclamation at the end of a memorable Internet Week Guyana. Now the work continues to deliver on the potential an convert promise into reality.
Day 4 Daily Recap
LACNIC On The Move Guyana
The second edition of LACNIC On The Move for 2017 was held successfully on October 12 at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana.
LACNIC On The Move Guyana was part of a wider initiative called Internet Week Guyana held from October 9 to 13. The five-day event was hosted by the Guyana Ministry of Public Telecommunications, and jointly organised by LACNIC, the Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG), the Internet Society, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU). The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) also supported the initiative.
The weeklong meeting was geared towards ISP technicians, policy makers, regulators, ICT professionals, university students and other Internet stakeholders. It focused on enhancing knowledge about Internet numbering resources, registry services, and sharing best practices on issues such as IPv6 deployment, Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) for resource certification and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).
Sergio Rojas, Registration Services Specialist, provided an overview of how the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) work to assign and register Internet number resources like IP addresses and autonomous systems for their respective parts of the world. He identified ICANN’s WhoIs as a valuable resource to see who is registered to a domain name and enable users to report inaccuracies or submit complaints if their domain name was stolen or transferred without the original registered owner’s permission.
Alejandro Acosta, Research and Development Engineer, presented on IPv4 and IPv6, bringing global statistics into the regional perspective and even providing a current snapshot of some local realities. Then Rojas returned to the microphone to deliver some more insights on the LACNIC Policy Development Process (PDP).
Justin Nedd, CEO of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T), delivered the day’s feature presentation,in which he outlined and advocated for his company’s position on various issues, including market liberalization, IPv6 transition and IXP deployment. The lively, lengthy Q&A session that followed Nedd’s presentation confirmed the high level of audience interest in the topics covered.
Kevon Swift, Head of Strategic Relations and Integration introduced participants to some practical policy and strategy approaches to promoting IPv6 deployment, focusing on specific actions that non-Internet Service Providers can undertake.
Great meeting! Thank you to all who participated in the LACNIC On The Move Guyana, both at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana and via the online livestream.
If you want to refer to anything you’ve seen so far, the slides from the meeting have been posted online. In the coming days, full webcasts from the meeting will be made available as well.