PACINET2010 Conference - Next Generation Internet: Security And Governance

PacInet Media Release, 11th June 2010: Vanuatu won the bid to host PACINET2010 in Papua New Guinea Last Year 2009. PacINET is a regional conference  organize by Pacific Island Chapter for Internet Society (PICISOC) for practitioners, developers, researchers and those interested in Information and Communications Technology (or ICT) from all sectors to exchange information on the system design, enabling technologies, and anecdotal experiences related to the use of Information and Communications Technology in the Pacific Islands. It has evolved to become the Pacific's largest regular Information and Communications Technology conference. This year's conference will happen in September 13th to 17th at the Universityof the South Pacific's (USP),  Emalus Campus. The Theme will center on "Next Generation Internet: Security and Governance
 
PacINET conference is composed of several types of contributions including Paper Presentations, Demonstrations, Tutorials and Workshops, Panel Discussions and Invited Talks. Traditionally PacINET was a technical conference, but due to member requests (and to cater for the different member groups present at every conference), from the 2007 conference onwards, PacINET was split into dedicated technical and non-technical streams. This was deemed to better serve member needs and travel/work schedules. Typically, there are various sub-themes centered around the general conference theme and presentations are made on topics of interest to ICT in the Pacific including (but not limited to):
 
•    Client-Server Computing
•    Computer Applications
•    Database Systems
•    e-Government
•    eHealth
•    Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
•    ICT for Development
•    ICT Policy
•    Internet Security
•    Open Source Systems
•    Networking and Routing
•    Protocols and Standards
•    Risk Management
•    Rural/Remote Telecommunications
•    VoIP and Convergence
 
The ground work and preparation for the conference is under taken by a local committee comprises of volunteers of IT community. Most of which serve in various important sectors such as the Financial Sector, Education, Government, NGO’s and Telecommunications Industry.

Strategically this is an important conference that will inspire ICT capacity building. Our young and aspiring IT people will be able to meet and communicate with experts from the region and the world. It is a well known fact in the Pacific region that, 'Opportunity' is a defining factor in the people's progress. In the spirit of opening up opportunity, the conference's admission will be free. Hopefully as the preparation unfolds we hope to broadcast the excitement to our young people not only on Efate but on other Islands who are ambitious and aspiring do work in the IT world and join the rank of IT professional in Vanuatu who are directing their energy towards issues of equity which by far characterize the 80% of our population.