This conference is designed to engage women who are involved in this important industry of energy to utilize their full voices to address the challenges and opportunities globally.
Date: Apr 20th-22nd 2016 Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica
The CALICO Project
The Jamaica Technology Task Force officially launched The Calico Project at UWI on February 18, 2016. Calico will offer students a stipend to write software code for various international open source software projects during the summer.
Applications open March 14 – March 25, 2016.
Sponsors are needed to support each student’s $500 stipend. All sponsorships are tax deductible through the new Palisadoes Foundation, a 501c3 organization. Contact Peter Harrison, peter@palisadoes.org
Caribbean Tech News You Gotta Know About
Jamaica has changed governments, has a new Energy, Science and Technology Minister in Dr Andrew Wheatley and they have published their 10point focus for ICT in Jamaica. It covers plans such as a Technology Innovation Fund, More Tech in Schools, Digitizing Government, New Data Legislation. See details here.