WEBINAR: Techeconomy Business Series Hosts Experts from MTN, Interswitch, BusinessPlus, others this Wednesday - ITREALMS

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Techeconomy, Africa’s leading technology, business and digital economy publication, has announced an upcoming edition of its Techeconomy Business Series, a virtual webinar.

This month’s edition focused on “Navigating a Career in Tech Sales”, is scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM (WAT).

ETSI webinar highlights outcomes of AI conference - ITREALMS

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The Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies are enabling disruptive new applications across a wide range of digital products and services.

ETSI recently ran a conference dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI) where participants reviewed the current status of AI developments worldwide.

The conference explored the role of standardization in ETSI and other SDOs to support the development of a robust market for safe, lawful AI applications and services within the framework of European policy making.

Held at ETSI’s Sophia Antipolis headquarters from 5-7 February, the ETSI AI Conference welcomed close to 200 participants from 25+ countries, with featured speakers including AI experts from government agencies, standards bodies, academia and industry.

CCA to host webinar on Climate Finance - ITREALMS

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The Climate Action Africa (CAA) has launched the CAAF24 pre-event webinar with focus on Climate Finance in Africa, reports ITREALMS.

The webinar, which is now open for registration, promises to convene a diverse group of experts and stakeholders on February 29, according to the Co-Founder and Executive Director of CAA, Grace Oluchi Mbah.

ICANN to hold pre-Panama policy webinar

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has open its doors for pre-ICANN62 policy webinar, reports ITRealms.

The pre-ICANN62, ITRealms gathered would be in preparation for the ICANN policy meeting slated for the city of Panama, late June, while the webinar has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 12, 2018 by 10am and 19 hours respectively.

ITRealms also gathered the webinar will run in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation. The presentation materials will be translated into Spanish, and posted following the Webinar with the recordings of the sessions.

Interested ICANN community members have been urged to register on or before Monday, June 11, 2018.

In this 90-minute webinar, the Policy Development Support Team will summarize the key policy activities taking place across the ICANN community. The Team will also answer your questions about ongoing community policy and advisory work and discuss what to expect at the ICANN62Policy Forum. To ensure that your questions about policy activities are addressed during the session, the Policy Team invites you to submit your questions through the registration form [docs.google.com] or by email to policyinfo@icann.org.

To assist with preparation for this webinar and for ICANN62, the "Pre-ICANN62 Policy Report" and "Generic Names Supporting Organization Policy Briefing: ICANN62 Edition" will be published by Tuesday, 5 June 2018.

“Please be sure to download and review these materials beforehand for helpful background on policy activities and topics that the Policy Development Support Team will cover during the webinar,” the ICANN team said.

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Ezigbalike, Nwakanma to speak on Africa Data Consensus webinar

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The duo of Dr. Chukwudozie Ezigbalike of the Economic Community for Africa (ECA) and Ms Nnenna Nwakanma, the African Regional Coordinator for Web Foundation are to speak during a webinar on Africa Data Consensus, reports ITRealms.

This is coming on the heels of the recent Data Revolution forum in Africa held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethopia.

ITRealms gathered that the webinar slated for Wednesday, May 13, 2015 by 1pm Lagos time, would explore the Africa Data Consensus by way of updating on the implementation strategy being developed and answering all questions related to data in Africa, and the Data Revolution on the continent generally.

Interested public, especially Africans were urged to take part in this webinar by registering at: https://heirsholdings.clickwebinar.com/866652327.

Social media discussions on the webinar, ITRealms learnt would be aggregated on hashtag #DataRevAfrica.

ITRealms notes that Dr. Ezigbalike is the chief, Data Technology Section at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and has lots of experience on corporate database, associated policy analysis, data dissemination to outside users; corporate data analytics environment, with appropriate software tools; data mining and specialized analytics and data and information products upon request. 

Nnenna Nwakanma, who leads the drafting committee on DataRevAfrica, on the other hand is the Africa Regional Coordinator at The World Wide Web Foundation, with expertise on the Information Society, Internet for Development, ICT Policy, ICT4D, social networks, online communities, virtual collaboration, outsourcing, free software and open source for African development, rule of law, public education, and freedom of expression.

 

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ICANN to host webinar on Translation and Transliteration

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ((ICANN) has concluded plans to host a webinar  via its Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information, reports ITRealms.

The PDP, ITRealms has been chartered to determine whether contact information data should be translated or transliterated into a common language and/or script. 

The group, ITRealms gathered, has published its Initial Report recommending not to make translation/transliteration of contact information mandatory but to allow for it on a voluntary basis.

The public comment period on this Report, according to ITRealms correspondent, is open until 1 February 2015. 

ITRealms further gathered that to help the community understand the Working Group's reasoning and to facilitate the submission of public comments, the Working Group co-Chairs will hold a 30-minute webinar on Friday 16 January at 14:00 UTC.

The aim is to present the preliminary recommendations and allow for an extended question and answer session, providing an opportunity for an interactive exchange between the community and members of this PDPWorking Group.

ITRealms gathered webinar on Friday, 16 January 2015; 14.00-14.30 UTC and  to take part please RSVP via gnso-secs@icann.org. 

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Wednesday webinar on GNSO review process

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The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) has concluded plans for a day web seminar (webinar) on Wednesday, 7 May 2014 to provide the GNSO community with information about the GNSO review process, collect feedback from the community and answer questions concerning this process, reports ITRealms

Also, ITRealms gathered that the webinar would be recorded and available for those who may not be able to join the session live.

The objective of the review as gathered by ITRealms is to examine organizational effectiveness of the GNSO, including its structure components, namely the GNSO Council, GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies.

Equally, the review would be tightly scoped based on objective and quantifiable criteria provided to the independent examiner.

The working methods are expected to include the examination of documentation, records and reports; outcomes from the 360 Assessment; and limited interviews.

The 360 Assessment is an online mechanism to collect and summarize feedback from members of the GNSO community — a "self-review" relative to objective and quantifiable criteria. Interested members of other ICANN organizations, Board and staff also may offer feedback. Relevant assessments of the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team 1 regarding the GNSO policy development process will be factored into the review.

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Diplo to host webinar on Netmundial'14

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Diplo Foundation has announced the intention to host web seminar (webinar) on Netmundial with people that matters as the subject gains momentum, ITRealms reports.

According to Mrs. Stephanie Borg Psaila of Diplo's Internet Governance (IG) webinars team told ITRealms that as part of the March Internet governance webinar, arrangement has been concluded to focus on the upcoming NETmundial slated to hold in Brazil.

Also, she invited participants to the webinar on Friday 28th March at 14h UTC/GMT, on the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (NETmundial), which is taking place in Brazil in April.

Raúl Echeberría, executive director of LACNIC and co-chair of NETmundial’s Executive Multistakeholder Committee, and Rodrigo de la Parra, ICANN vice-president, Stakeholder Engagement, Latin America and the Caribbean, she said, would update the IG community with developments in Latin America in the preparation for NETmundial.

Further, she said to ITRealms that the webinar would address the following, among other aspects: “What can we expect from NETmundial in terms of a tangible outcome? With various IG bodies engaged in the process, how can the IG community participate in the run-up to the meeting and during the meeting itself? Based on the contributions received, what are the top three items on NETmundial’s agenda? What type of ‘Latin American’ flavour can we expect at NETmundial (issues, priorities and actors)?”

She explained to ITRealms that to participate, potential participate would fill in the registration form though attendance is free but registration is required.

“The link to join the webinar will be e-mailed on the day, shortly before the start of the webinar. Participants will be able to discuss the topic with the presenters and other participants present for the webinar,” she submitted.

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