Gerard Best: Difference between revisions

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Organization:	CaribNOG
Affiliation:	Fellowship Program
Region:	Latin America and the Caribbean
Country:	Trinidad and Tobago
Email:	gerard@gerardbest.com
Website:	[gerardbest.com SightLines]
LinkedIn:	Gerard Best
Twitter:	@gerardbest

Gerard Best is a Communication Specialist at International Treatment Preparedness Coalition.

Career History

Gerard Best regularly takes part in Internet Development meetings across the Americas, coordinated by the Latin America and Caribbean Internet Registry (LACNIC), the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Society, the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and the Caribbean Network Operators Group.

ICANN and Internet Governance Participation

•ICANN61, San Juan, Puerto Rico - March 2018

•ARIN 40, San José, California – Oct 2017

•LACNIC 25, Havana, Cuba – May 2016

•CaribNOG 10, Belize City, Belize – Nov 2015

•ARIN On The Road Dominica – Jun 2015

•LACNIC 23, Lima, Perú – May 2015

•Caribbean Internet Peering Forum, Willemstad, Curacao – Apr 2015

•CaribNOG 8, Willemstad, Curacao – Sep 2014

•South School on Internet Governance, Port of Spain, Trinidad - April 2014

•Caribbean Internet Governance Forum, Willemstad, Curacao - Dec 2013

Education

MA, Communication Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Postgraduate Diploma, Development Journalism for Developing and Non-Aligned Nations, Indian Institute of Mass Communications
BA, French and Linguistics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus

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-Gerard Best is a Development Journalist covering technology-related issues including Internet governance, telecommunications regulations, spectrum management, infrastructure development, IXP proliferation, IPv6 transition, cybersecurity frameworks, technological innovation, digital entrepreneurship and technical capacity building. He is based in the Caribbean.
 ==Career History==
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 ==ICANN and Internet Governance Participation==
-•	ICANN 61, San Juan, Puerto Rico - March 2018
+•[[ICANN61]], San Juan, Puerto Rico - March 2018
-•      ARIN 40, San José, California – Oct 2017
-•	LACNIC 25, Havana, Cuba – May 2016
-•	CaribNOG 10, Belize City, Belize – Nov 2015
-•	ARIN On The Road Dominica – Jun 2015
-•	LACNIC 23, Lima, Perú – May 2015
-•	Caribbean Internet Peering Forum, Willemstad, Curacao – Apr 2015
-•	CaribNOG 8, Willemstad, Curacao – Sep 2014
-•      South School on Internet Governance, Port of Spain, Trinidad - April 2014
-•	Caribbean Internet Governance Forum, Willemstad, Curacao - Dec 2013
-==Education==
+•[[American Registry for Internet Numbers|ARIN]] 40, San José, California – Oct 2017
-MA, Communication Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
-Postgraduate Diploma , Development Journalism for Developing and Non-Aligned Nations, Indian Institute of Mass Communications
+•[[LACNIC]] 25, Havana, Cuba – May 2016
-BA, French and Linguistics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
+•[[CaribNOG]] 10, Belize City, Belize – Nov 2015
+•ARIN On The Road Dominica – Jun 2015
+•LACNIC 23, Lima, Perú – May 2015
+•Caribbean Internet Peering Forum, Willemstad, Curacao – Apr 2015
+•CaribNOG 8, Willemstad, Curacao – Sep 2014
+•[[South School on Internet Governance]], Port of Spain, Trinidad - April 2014
+•Caribbean Internet Governance Forum, Willemstad, Curacao - Dec 2013
-==Publications==
+==Education==
+* MA, Communication Studies, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
+* Postgraduate Diploma, Development Journalism for Developing and Non-Aligned Nations, Indian Institute of Mass Communications
+* BA, French and Linguistics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
-==Awards==
+[[Category:ICANN 61 Fellows]]
+[[Category:NGO Worker]]