SiliconCaribe is now at Trinidad Startup Weekend on May 22-24th at St. Augustine, UWI

I’m here is at Trinidad Startup Weekend from Wednesday 22-Friday 24th2013 at JDK Auditorium on the campus of the University of the West Indies thanks to sponsors Flow/Columbus Communications and Arthur Phidd & Associates. Follow us here on SiliconCaribe.com, on Facebook and Twitter for reports, photos, quips and quotes.

With a registered 117 attendees from #Jamaica, #USA, #StLucia, #Kenya and #Barbados, the 3 day event promises to be exciting…let’s see what great ideas come out of it all. Watch this space between today and Friday to find out.

What to Expect
“What we want is to network the people who are already working in the Trinidadian Tech Startup Scene- aspiring and current tech entrepreneurs, developers, designers, business and marketing heads, to encourage a culture of collaboration – sharing ideas and working in teams…and just in essence at the end of the day, we hope it’s the beginning of a community and that also some leaders of that community will emerge from that too.” Kirk Lashley was of the chief organisers told me.

The 3 day Agenda.

What is Startup Weekend ?

Startup Weekends are 54 hour events where developer, designers, marketers, product and business heads and aspiring entrepreneurs- come together to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups. Yes all in a weekend! Startup Weekend is an organization with global presence that is sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation and has Google and Microsoft as its partners. Over 45,000 people across over 200 cities have participated in a Startup Weekend event.