Gerard Best
| Organization: | CaribNOG |
| Affiliation: | Fellowship Program |
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| Region: | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Email: | gerard@gerardbest.com |
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| LinkedIn: |  Gerard Best
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| Twitter: |  @gerardbest
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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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
• ICANN 61, 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[edit | edit source]
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