What are important ethical principles that should be implemented to protect users in the metaverse and other digital spaces? Jamaican social enterprise, Youth Can Do IT (YCDI), in collaboration with Jesus College (Oxford), developed some ethical guidelines for the metaverse.

In this episode, we chat with members of YCDI Joel Lawson, one of the youths who participated in the ethical guidelines design process, Cherika Wilson, the Head of People Operations, and Christopher Derrell, the Chief Technology Officer, on the metaverse and the guidelines that have been proposed. Key areas our discussion covered include:

* some of the ethical concerns surrounding the metaverse;

* how Project Amplify, the collaboration between Youth Can Do IT and Jesus College (Oxford), came about;

* the main findings of the research; and

* the next steps now that the guidelines have been proposed.

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https://bit.ly/4fnDxaKTo the outsider, the internet-related issues that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is addressing can seem intimidating. But individuals, micro or small businesses, among others, are part of the end-user constituency and are critical players in ICANN’s policy development process.

In our latest conversation with Albert Daniels, the Senior Manager for Stakeholder Engagement for the Caribbean, we discuss some of the latest developments in the ICANN Space. Some of the areas covered include:

* what exactly is ICANN and why it is important;

* the Registration Data Request Service and the implications for law enforcement;

* the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program; and

* how Caribbean countries could benefit from this and other upcoming initiatives.

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In this podcast episode, our host, Michele Marius, is alone – no guests – and sharing her thoughts on a recent article published in the New York Times in which the writer allowed AI to make all of her decisions for a week.

The article sent Michele down a rabbit hole (of sorts) and had her ponder whether, in the context of AI, we could have too much of a good thing.

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In our October 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Debbie Jollie, the Stammering Communicator who is based in Trinidad and Tobago, and Technology Architect and Digital Transformation Consultant, Garfield Gordon, of Jamaica, the panel discusses:

* our continuing vulnerability to cyberattacks;

* ESG versus CSR and the effects on ICT; and

* Caribbean consultants becoming true digital nomads.

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Globally, offshore outsourcing is a huge market and growing. By 2030, it is expected to be valued at half a trillion dollars! It is thus highly dynamic and competitive with Caribbean countries trying to maintain and even increase their size of pie.

Wayne Sinclair, the current President of the Global Services Association of Jamaica, formerly the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica, joins us to discuss the state of the industry, including:

* whether Jamaica’s outsourcing industry can continue to grow and remain globally competitive;

* the impact technologies such as AI and Robotic Process Automation are having on the industry;

* what it might take to move up the value chain; and

* his thoughts on the future of outsourcing.

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Although we have all played video games, video games developed by Caribbean developers appear to have little or no visibility. Moreover, there is no video game development industry in the region to speak of, and the underpinning ecosystem remains underdeveloped. However, by 2023, the size of the global video games industry is expected by valued at half a trillion US Dollars!

We circle back to a 2021 conversation we had with video game developers, Glen Henry, of Spritewrench Studios, and Graham Reid, of GrahamOfLegend, where they discussed the state of game development and the potential and opportunities in the Caribbean region, including:

* the economic benefits for Caribbean countries;

* the region’s strengths and weaknesses;

* the business of video gaming development; and

* advice for individuals who want to get into game development.

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Almost without exception, all Caribbean countries are net importers of technology, especially ICT. In other words, we import considerably more of the ICT goods and services we use than we export.

With Vashti Maharaj, the Adviser, Digital Trade Policy, of the Commonwealth Secretariat, we discuss technology as an export and how Caribbean countries can better develop this increasingly crucial aspect of their economy. Some of the areas covered include:

* defining the concept of technology as an export;

* factors hindering the growth of the technology export sector in the region;

* important trade agreements that can benefit Caribbean technology exporters; and

* advice she would give to a Caribbean tech entrepreneur looking to expand internationally.

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According to the research and advisory firm, Forrester, the global digital economy will reach USD 16.5 trillion and capture 17 per cent of global GDP by 2028, but how is the Caribbean region’s digital economy developing?

Management Consultant and International Trade Policy Specialist, Chelceé Brathwaite, returns to the Podcast to provide an update. She discusses among other things:

* the changes or developments that have occurred regarding the concept of the digital economy since our first conversation in 2022;

* the metrics used to measure a country’s digital economy;

* key challenges to Caribbean countries more fully realising their digital economies; and

* priorities should Caribbean countries and/or the region be focussing on to more fully develop their digital economies.

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